Category Archives: Horse Shows

Hanging With The Saddlebros I, Entering The Class, Pre-show Report, Mid-South Spring Premiere 2019

The Gray Wonder, Adventures in Saddle Hunt Seat      Coach Courtney: Why don’t you ride Milton in Academy at Mid-South Spring Premiere? Me: I can do that? Apparently, yes. There is nothing in the class description that specifies either Saddlebreds or saddle seat. Other folks have ridden hunt seat in Academy, frequently the MorganContinue reading “Hanging With The Saddlebros I, Entering The Class, Pre-show Report, Mid-South Spring Premiere 2019”

Wagging Its Streamers Behind It, Show Follow-up, Full Circle Horse Park, May 2019, Dressage

The Gray Wonder, Dressage Diva     Look what showed up! The management at Full Circle Horse Park was kind enough to send along my missing ribbon & prize from our dressage class [Show Report], along with a nice note. Now that’s service. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott

Show Shirt Surprise

Ovation® Destiny Evercool Long Sleeve Show Shirt- Ladies’, White/Periwinkle. Image from manufacturer’s web page. Back when I was learning to dress myself, cotton was good, polyester was bad. Cotton was soft and breathable. Polyester was wrapping yourself in Saran Wrap. Flash forward to the show last weekend [Show Report]. Time to dress for dressage. IContinue reading “Show Shirt Surprise”

On Course Again, Show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, May 2019, Show Jumping

The Gray Wonder, Jumping Diary   Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park Pell City AL, USA May 18, 2019 [Show Report] Major Milton 23. 12″ Cross Rails. Clear Round Despite my hesitation [Pre-show], I’m glad we entered the same level as last time. Milton did an excellent round, but he was still not sureContinue reading “On Course Again, Show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, May 2019, Show Jumping”

We Cantered! We Won! Guess Which One I Care About! Show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, May 2019, Dressage

The Gray Wonder, Dressage Diva   Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park Pell City AL, USA May 18, 2019 Major Milton Class 5 – 2019 USDF Intro Test C – Adult, 1st of 2 or 4 (4 entered, 2 showed, this is important later), with 65% Highest score: 7.5, canter circle! Lowest score: 6.0,Continue reading “We Cantered! We Won! Guess Which One I Care About! Show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, May 2019, Dressage”

Entry Philosophy, Pre-show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, May 2019

The Gray Wonder, Dressage Diva, Jumping Diary     I wonder if other people spend as much time cogitating about which classes to enter as I do. Class 5 – Intro C Time to canter. We’d learned what there was to learn at Intro A&B [Preliminaries Accomplished]. Yes, we still had a huge amount ofContinue reading “Entry Philosophy, Pre-show Report, Full Circle Horse Park, May 2019”