Category Archives: Eventing

State of the Blog: Another Aborted Twitter Adventure

@RodneysSaga – active briefly, inactive once again. @RodneySagaBlog – active, for now. Post alerts, except for weekends [Weekends Off]. Aside from a set of horse show tweets [Nationals], I had not Twittered since January of 2016. Then came Rolex 2017. I followed anyone who was posting on websites, Facebook, or Instagram. I even resurrected myContinue reading “State of the Blog: Another Aborted Twitter Adventure”

Styling, Or Not

Saddle Seat Wednesday Over the years, I have compared saddle seat to dressage [In A Nutshell]. Probably because they are both on the flat. Now I’m thinking that saddle seat has more in common with hunters. And that’s not a good thing for me. In jumpers, cross-country, and show jumping (phase 3 of eventing), theContinue reading “Styling, Or Not”

Countdowns

Saddle Seat Wednesday Another competitor in Adult Academy used the hashtag #howmanydaystillnationals. I thinks to myself, I can answer that. So, when I updated the AEC counter ([AEC], link in the upper right corner), I added a Nationals countdown. Since that came out in months & weeks, days.to gave me the exact answer. As ofContinue reading “Countdowns”

Letter Art: T is for Training Level

  Training was the highest I went in USEA Eventing. Getting around Prelim with a modicum of grace is my bucket list goal. These days, I’d be happy to get back to Training. Who am I kidding, I’d be happy to leave the start box at any level. ~~~ 2016 Alphabet   S is forContinue reading “Letter Art: T is for Training Level”

Louisville 2016

Saddle Seat Wednesday Two horses from Stepping Stone showed at the World’s Championship Horse Show this year. Go Team Awesome! No ribbons 😦 but folks were psyched to be on the green shavings :). [Why Green?] What is it about these iconic places? Even I, saddle seat heathen that I am, experienced a frisson whenContinue reading “Louisville 2016”