Road to the World Cup: Three-Gaited & Five-Gaited. Guest Post

  Saddle Seat Wednesday   Stepping Stone Farm rider Reagan Upton is on the U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team. She is sharing her story. Welcome Reagan. Part 1 [Road to the World Cup: Have Saddle, Will Travel] Part 2 [Road to the World Cup: First Team Practice] ~~~ The World Cup riders are dividedContinue reading “Road to the World Cup: Three-Gaited & Five-Gaited. Guest Post”

ASHAA Awards for 2017

Saddle Seat Wednesday American Saddlebred Horse Association of Alabama banquet for the 2017 competition year. Champion WTC Adult Showmanship Champion WTC Adult Equitation Champion Academy Driving High Point Adult Academy Rider At first blush, it seems silly to have a separate Adult High Point when there is only one Adult Academy division. However, if theContinue reading “ASHAA Awards for 2017”

Road to the World Cup: First Team Practice. Guest Post

Saddle Seat Wednesday Stepping Stone Farm rider Reagan Upton is on the U.S. Saddle Seat World Cup Team. She is sharing her story. Welcome Reagan. Part 1 [Road to the World Cup: Have Saddle, Will Travel] ~~~ Like any other team sport, the U.S. Saddle Seat Team has practice. Before I went to our firstContinue reading “Road to the World Cup: First Team Practice. Guest Post”

Milton’s Show Schedule, Driving

tldr: and yet more logistics Driving Thursday Milton’s rate-limiting step for driving shows is transportation. Locally, we could drive the cart over, come back, drive the horse over, show, reverse the process. If the show is 20-30 minutes away, that equals 3 hours of shipping. Cumbersome, but not impossible. This is what we already doContinue reading “Milton’s Show Schedule, Driving”

My Saddle Seat Show Schedule

Saddle Seat Wednesday tldr: more logistics. Thrilled to be at the point of having these kinds of problems issues to iron out. My saddle seat schedule can be reduced to 2 words: who knows? Logistics I hope to make my debut with Milton at a show in March [Schedule]. Since I am currently riding inContinue reading “My Saddle Seat Show Schedule”

I Do It All, But Not as Well As Milton Does

Saddle Seat Wednesday I did not show last weekend. I did not feel ready. Between rain, the holidays, the cold snap, and riding (yay!) and driving Milton, I’ve only had two saddle seat lessons since the last show [Show Report]. This was not enough to give me confidence that Whiskey and I were ready toContinue reading “I Do It All, But Not as Well As Milton Does”