Celebrating holiday/recovering from show. Therefore, am recapping tweets first. Show report tomorrow. Show stalls all set for horses: https://t.co/Bljt6v90rr — Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) May 19, 2014 This was Monday. I began tweeting on Friday & drove up for Saturday. Let the show tweets begin. 6 in my class. Biggest since Nationals. — Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga)Continue reading “Show Tweets: Mid-South Spring Premiere, Rainsville, AL”
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Sportin’ the Bling
Willie models the saddlepad Sam won at ProAm. Now that I have two (!!!), I’ve decide to have fun using one of them. In the Saddlebred world, I don’t have my own horse. I don’t have my own saddle. But, dammit, I have my own saddlepad. Willie Back in the day: Reply Hazy Shows: ETSA,Continue reading “Sportin’ the Bling”
Text Art: Towel Day
[Don’t Panic]
Horse Show Today, MSSP 2014
New year. Same show. Same horse. New division.
Foto Friday: Do You Know Where Your Towel Is?
Rodney prepares for Towel Day on Sunday. He’s a hoopy frood. Technique notes: taken in Portrait mode in an effort to imitate aperture priority/shallow depth-of-field. Photo project [Recommitment] may have to wait for if/when I get a real camera. Point & Shoot is not as adjustable as I thought.
Rider Up
I rode Rodney! To be honest, I sat on him a few weeks ago. I didn’t mention it because I wanted to demonstrate repeatability before I went wide. That time, I eased around few small circles. Last Sunday, we worked! Kinda. Sorta. On one hand, all we did was walk through weave poles and overContinue reading “Rider Up”
Finding One That Fits
(Long post, lots of good things to share.) Rodney had a saddle fit appointment last Saturday. Fred Melnick of Melnick Saddle (saddle evaluation and fitting, billet replacement, saddle reflocking. 205-913-3841 fgmel@aol.com) came out with his bag of tools and several saddles. First off, his angle widget indicted that Rodney’s back is wide to extra-wide. ThisContinue reading “Finding One That Fits”
