My first big saddleseat show. My first big-time show since longer than I wish to contemplate. In my three classes, I took first, second, and fourth. What can I say, I was feeling patriotic. Academy Equitation Adult WT In our first class, Lola had the wiggles. Her head would go one way, her feet another.Continue reading “Show Report: ASAC, Clemson, SC”
Category Archives: Horse Shows
Regular Programming
…will resume after this update on my Weekend Plans. Horsemanship Challenge In retrospect, I should not have worried about the Horsemanship part of the day. As the lone adult, I had been riding 2-3 times longer than my competition had been breathing. However, the Challenge aspect was worse than I anticipated. My understanding was thatContinue reading “Regular Programming”
Weekend Plans
Saturday: Horsemanship Challenge. The inward-looking, obsessive side of me wants to know why on earth I ever agreed to hop on strange saddlebred. The outward-looking, perky side of me thinks this will be an adventure. I am trying to dial up the volume on the latter. Sunday: Awards banquet for Winter Tournament shows [one, two,Continue reading “Weekend Plans”
Lunching With Lola
On Monday, I went out to brush on and have a chat with Lola. I want to get to know her better in preparation for blowing everyone’s doors off in SC. Logic dictates that knowing a horse on the ground would help riding the horse, no? However, there are certainly elite grooms who do notContinue reading “Lunching With Lola”
Translator Needed
At the South Carolina show, I will be riding Lola, a ~16 h, chestnut, ASB mare. She is dainty, well-trained, and clear about what she wants. However, between her saddleseat accent and her mare accent, I don’t always understand what she is saying. Occasionally, I find myself inexplicably at the wrong gait or headed offContinue reading “Translator Needed”
Does Dressage Need Golf Handicaps?
In her post, Our Responsibility To Dressage Judges, Bonnie Walker says that There has been much talk about placing a different standard of testing for the adult amateur versus the professional … Wtf? Seriously? Incidentally, Ms. Walker does not approve … and I am against this. While my sympathies lie with the AA who getsContinue reading “Does Dressage Need Golf Handicaps?”
Echoes
A hunter/jumper trainer is leasing space at the saddleseat barn where last weekend’s show was held [Report]. Not just any h/j trainer but one who had taught Previous Horse and with whom I had hoped to continue on Rodney. Back when, I had talked with him about shipping in &/or what it would cost toContinue reading “Echoes”
Virtual Brush Box 