Category Archives: Horse Shows

Show Report MSSP 2016

Saddle Seat Wednesday Summary Two victory passes: one riding, one driving. Highest placed adult in the Championship. Technique/equitation continues to improve. Pleasantness/showmanship remains a work in progress. Smile! Having Problems On Thursday, we drove up to spectate. Coach Courtney was at her most supportive, congratulating riders for their efforts. I commented that I don’t getContinue reading “Show Report MSSP 2016”

Get Ready, Get Set, Don’t Go

Saddle Seat Wednesday Tuesday I spent yesterday helping Stepping Stone Farm get ready for The Dixie Cup show this weekend: cleaning the trailer, making up haynets, loading haybales, finding room for those last few miscellaneous boxes, and so on, and so on. I miss this part of showing. Yes, even mucking the trailer. A cleanContinue reading “Get Ready, Get Set, Don’t Go”

State of the Blog: TYFR

End-of-the-month commentary on blogging. [State of the Blog] At the end of last month, I started new habit. I end each post with Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott At end of the audio CD of Pacific, the author/narrator Simon Winchester says, “Thank you for listening.” How nice, I thought. I should do that. It’sContinue reading “State of the Blog: TYFR”

Nerves Update, April 2016

I can stop questioning my nerves. They won’t get better until I ride or come to terms with Rodney &/or Milton. As long as those two remain gorgeous and useless, I will feel like a failure, which will erode my confidence, which will increase my anxiety. Simple as that. Nerves – at least my nervesContinue reading “Nerves Update, April 2016”

Rodney’s Progress, April 2016

Grooming 🙂 😦 Ground ties. Stands like a rock. Shifts weight to put down the hind foot when I work on that side. Rodney is so good about grooming that I get surprised – and yes, frustrated – when he suddenly flings his head up in the air. He remains intermittently head-shy about brushes nearContinue reading “Rodney’s Progress, April 2016”

Show Report: Team Awesome, Pro-Am 2016

Saddle Seat Wednesday “Aren’t you glad you’re a saddle seat rider?” Huh? We were standing in the permanent stabling, next to the covered walkway, leading to the indoor ring, watching the pouring rain. My feet were dry. My feet were likely to stay dry. I remarked that, at this moment, I did not miss eventing.Continue reading “Show Report: Team Awesome, Pro-Am 2016”