Day 2 – Moving On Adult WT Equitation Championship – 3rd In a saddleseat walk-trot class, one enters at a trot, walks briefly, reverses, trots in the other direction and then trots into the line-up. There might be a short walk after the reverse and/or between the second direction and the line-up, or there mightContinue reading “Show Report: NACHS, Part II”
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Show Report: NACHS, Part I
Day 0 – Lead-up & Warm-up I was a mess. Anyone who interacted with me in the run-up to the show can attest to this. I managed the standard activities of daily living. However, if the slightest thing went wrong, I was immediately reduced to a quivering heap. The nerves pretty much started Sunday beforeContinue reading “Show Report: NACHS, Part I”
National Academy Day 3+3: Still Napping
National Academy Championship Horse Show, Murfreesboro, TN, November 1 – 3, 2013. Short SitRep It’s not so much that I am tired, as tired of. My instructor’s voice echoes in my head like a bad earworm. I wake up during the wee hours in a panic that I must drive to Miller Coliseum. I haveContinue reading “National Academy Day 3+3: Still Napping”
National Academy Day 3+2: I Owe It All To Rodney
National Academy Championship Horse Show, Murfreesboro, TN, November 1 – 3, 2013. I was warned that this show is a long haul both mentally and physically, that the weekend would leave me gibbering for longer than usual. Therefore, today is my second day of post-show, pre-written posts. Way back in the mists of time, IContinue reading “National Academy Day 3+2: I Owe It All To Rodney”
National Academy Day 3+1: Horse of the Year Nomination
National Academy Championship Horse Show, Murfreesboro, TN, November 1 – 3, 2013. This is my standard apres-show post giving me time to recover – perhaps even more heartfelt than after previous shows. I will be tired. That’s what they tell me. Usually, my Academy shows are two or three classes in one day. Then IContinue reading “National Academy Day 3+1: Horse of the Year Nomination”
National Academy Day 3: Bright Lights, Big Horse Show
National Academy Championship Horse Show, Murfreesboro, TN, November 1 – 3, 2013. Today I am a) riding in one or two National Finals classes, b) sitting home in a huff, or c) still at the show, cheering on the rest of the barn, wishing I was home in a huff. I keep hearing that NationalContinue reading “National Academy Day 3: Bright Lights, Big Horse Show”
National Academy Day 2: Up or Out
National Academy Championship Horse Show, Murfreesboro, TN, November 1 – 3, 2013. Today is the second day of competition. Our instructor has reminded us that the goal on days one and two are to move up. The exact placing doesn’t matter. We are not here to win the semis. The show is over three daysContinue reading “National Academy Day 2: Up or Out”
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