It’s not all about the ribbons. Sometimes there are trophies. Ribbons & trophies from Winter Tournament 2014-2015: three shows, twelve classes, four divisions. Decorated water bottle for the horsemanship division. Ribbon rack for equitation. Horse trophy for high point adult from Stepping Stone. Division Results Advanced Horsemanship WTC Adult, 1st of 6 Only 3 ofContinue reading “Winter Tournament Banquet 2015”
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Shopping: Make-up
Getting ready to horse show. For safety’s sake, I tossed the eye products that I’d had for two seasons & bought new, with the help of one of the barn moms. (Waves hi!) My make-up advisor was startled at the brightness of the gloss red lipstick and metallic blue eyeshadow from my make-over at NationalsContinue reading “Shopping: Make-up”
Shopping: My First Model
Chinese Year of the Horse. Breyer model # 1715, mold # 717. “The Esprit mold was designed specifically for the 2010 World Equestrian Games (WEG). It was sculpted by Kathleen Moody.” Identify Your Breyer: Espirit As I understand it, “model” refers to the paint job, “mold” refers to the underlying body type. Breyer has retiredContinue reading “Shopping: My First Model”
New Equipment: Grooming Bats
Okay Milton, wave that back foot at me one more time. Go on. I dare you. I do not advocate fear, or pain, or abuse. I do advocate respect. Me for the horse. The horse for me. A horse needs to know that a misstep will receive swift retaliation from the herd leader. That wouldContinue reading “New Equipment: Grooming Bats”
Spring Forward!
Milton is mobile! We went to Stepping Stone on Sunday! Test run of horse, truck, and trailer! Success! There and back again! Milton thinks the peacock is darn weird! Milton has a point! Rodney got ridden! Twice over the weekend! A handful of minutes at a walk! The ring was in a different place! HeContinue reading “Spring Forward!”
Text Art: E is for Eventing
~~~ Alphabet 2015 D is for Dressage C is for Caesar B is for Boot A Is For Appaloosa
Repost, BTE 8 of 9: Spring Fitness
Continuing to repost the entries from my previous monthly blogs Back To Eventing and Back To Riding. This was originally posted on the USEA website Tue, 2011-04-19, archived here. Illustration by Jean Abernethy. At this point in the column, the rot had started to set in. It’s was becoming more obvious that I would notContinue reading “Repost, BTE 8 of 9: Spring Fitness”
