Been There, Done That has jumped in with both feet. Since last we checked, there a have been three more horse posts. The Worst Test The worst dressage test I ever rode was on the same horse who gave me the best dressage ride I ever put in. Odd, isn’t it! In his second-level work,Continue reading “Support Your Local Blogger”
Category Archives: Horse Shows
Show Report #3: A Hot Mess
Third show in the winter series last Saturday. Same ribbons, reverse order. The bad news: I was a basketcase about riding a horse other than Sam. I had ridden Casey the previous week to good effect. There was no reason to think I would ride all that much worse at the show. Casey is aContinue reading “Show Report #3: A Hot Mess”
Show Ring Greed
I thought I was out of the box with an American Saddlebred sport horse [Support]. Turns out, I’m nowhere near original. Saddlebreds have been and are being used in sport horse disciplines. In addition, the saddlebred world has a growing Hunter Country Pleasure (hunt seat) division at regular saddebred shows. The kind lady who hasContinue reading “Show Ring Greed”
Contest Winner
After 10 months of cogitating, Rodney’s show name is … drumroll … Rodney. Unexciting, but I have cause. Friday’s plan was to turn the mare out for her sunshine break. Bring her in, feed lunch early, find the old Coggin’s tests, and come to a final decision on The Name. Meanwhile, Hubby would leave workContinue reading “Contest Winner”
Contest in Final Days
Update February 4, 2013: Winner declared. Last chance to invent Rodney’s show name & win a prize. Explanation & rules here. Feel free to comment there or here. The vet is coming Friday. The name I give for Rodney’s Coggin’s Test will be his show name. Of course, if I don’t show him at allContinue reading “Contest in Final Days”
Lessons From BrickFair
BrickFair was fun, but not as much last year. First off, I offered to be a Theme Leader. I stepped in at the last minute after the previous volunteer broke an important moving part just before the convention. I had no clue what I was doing, but the duties where easy enough to understand. TakeContinue reading “Lessons From BrickFair”
Glad Post
What is your reason for being happy? I have three: one equine, two off-topic. 1) I won my class last weekend [Report]. More importantly, I worked hard, rode well, and feel that it was a righteous win. Even more importantly, I had a moments before and during my classes, mostly the second one, where IContinue reading “Glad Post”
Virtual Brush Box 