Horse Shows – Page 78 – Virtual Brush Box

Reign of the Swan Princess

I am at a horse show today. Another horse show?! Yes, I am quite aware how lucky I am. It’s close enough not to be worth getting a hotel, so I am driving up for the day. I shall swan in at 8 am for hair & makeup. I shall stand about like a princessContinue reading “Reign of the Swan Princess”

On Idle

No lesson this week. Instructor went on Sunday to set up the stalls for the horse show. Horses went up on Tuesday. I will be going on Saturday. This is one reason I don’t see myself committing to big-time saddleseat. [For a more ponderment on the subject, see Suiting Up.] Our menagerie is such thatContinue reading “On Idle”

I Want It All

[No end-of-month commentary. I’ve done enough authorial navel-gazing this month. [I’m Baack] Spent the weekend streaming the 36th Annual Saint Louis National Charity Horse Show, courtesy of Seehorse Video, and ignoring the multitudinous posts about the American Eventing Championships. The big show for saddlebreds is in Louisville. However, that show does not have ASB HuntContinue reading “I Want It All”

Show Photos: Southeastern Charity, Conyers GA

Photos by Ame Kehoe.

Show Report: Southeastern Charity, Conyers GA

Willie and I took first & second in the two Adult Walk/Trot classes and fourth in the open-to-all-comers Championship class. The winner was an 8-year-old who Instructor said I probably could not have beaten anyway. On this particular day, I wiggled. I thought I had moments throughout the day when horse and I were smokin’,Continue reading “Show Report: Southeastern Charity, Conyers GA”

Why Green?

When I posted about the World’s Championship Horse Show in Louisville [Radio Silence], Writing From the Right Side of the Stall asked why the shavings are green. The color is iconic. The phrase “green shavings” refers to L’ville the way “Rolex” refers to the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event. First time riders will often take aContinue reading “Why Green?”

Imagine This

Blurry yes, but imagine Rodney doing this in a dressage ring with me floating effortlessly along on top. This is the reason we keep returning to hit our heads against this particular wall. In a recent email, a friend had this to say, “Sell the goddamned F-ing idiot and get a horse you can use.”Continue reading “Imagine This”