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What Next? Who Are You?

Training Journal Job one. Get to know my horse. Now that Rodney is getting less disturbed about life, I am meeting the horse underneath the hysteria. Please understand that I mean ‘less-disturbed’ for a high-strung, Thoroughbred definition of the term. Rodney is never going to be an easy ride. Over the years, I haveContinue reading “What Next? Who Are You?”

Words, Show Report, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019

Training Journal Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park Pell City AL, USA August 24, 2019 Rodney Class 3 – 2019 USDF Intro Test A – Adult, 5th of 6, with 60.938% Highest score: 7.0 Lowest score: 5.0 Results FCHP Shows Jeremy Villar Photography How Did That Happen? After Rodney cantered so calmly andContinue reading “Words, Show Report, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019”

No Words

Training Journal Words tomorrow. Katherine

Beadapalooza

Random Images Last weekend, friends who are bead artists pried me out of the house planned a trip to a local bead show. Since the endless maw that is daily content must be fed, I figured I’d find horse-themed beads to buy and use as blog fodder. Ha! Animals shapes were abundant: turtle, bee,Continue reading “Beadapalooza”

Show Today! You Are Not Going To Believe This

Training Journal Dressage. Full Circle Horse Park. Intro Test A. With Rodney. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, right?!?!?!?! Since our canter session at the end of July [They Said It Couldn’t Be Done], we have been quietly planning this show debut. I hope you understand why I haven’t said anything until now. Many a slip twixtContinue reading “Show Today! You Are Not Going To Believe This”

Redneck Summer Party, Between The Ears At Peach Park

Random Images What do you do when the heat index tops 100? Hose off the horses, turn them back out, and head down to Peach Park in Clanton for peach ice cream, peach cobbler, peach candy, and, of course, peaches. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

Milton Continues His Summer Break

Training Journal tldr: We almost found a saddle for Milton, but fell down the NQR rabbit hole instead. The local tack shop had a used 18″ Steuben. Ideally, I ride in a 17 1/2″ saddle, but 18″ is not a dealbreaker. It was old, but those saddles last forever. Eventhough Milton was taking timeContinue reading “Milton Continues His Summer Break”