Training Journal Now that Rodney has been to a show, we are treating it a beginning rather than a bizarre one-off. The ability to go places and to show opens up many possibilities. Local dressage is an easy first step. As many of these as we can find. Every chance to go in theContinue reading “What Next? Where To?”
Category Archives: Horses
What Next? Who Are You?
Training Journal Job one. Get to know my horse. Now that Rodney is getting less disturbed about life, I am meeting the horse underneath the hysteria. Please understand that I mean ‘less-disturbed’ for a high-strung, Thoroughbred definition of the term. Rodney is never going to be an easy ride. Over the years, I haveContinue reading “What Next? Who Are You?”
Words, Show Report, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019
Training Journal Dressage, CT, 3-Phase Full Circle Horse Park Pell City AL, USA August 24, 2019 Rodney Class 3 – 2019 USDF Intro Test A – Adult, 5th of 6, with 60.938% Highest score: 7.0 Lowest score: 5.0 Results FCHP Shows Jeremy Villar Photography How Did That Happen? After Rodney cantered so calmly andContinue reading “Words, Show Report, Dressage, Full Circle Horse Park, August 2019”
No Words
Training Journal Words tomorrow. Katherine
Beadapalooza
Random Images Last weekend, friends who are bead artists pried me out of the house planned a trip to a local bead show. Since the endless maw that is daily content must be fed, I figured I’d find horse-themed beads to buy and use as blog fodder. Ha! Animals shapes were abundant: turtle, bee,Continue reading “Beadapalooza”
Show Today! You Are Not Going To Believe This
Training Journal Dressage. Full Circle Horse Park. Intro Test A. With Rodney. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, right?!?!?!?! Since our canter session at the end of July [They Said It Couldn’t Be Done], we have been quietly planning this show debut. I hope you understand why I haven’t said anything until now. Many a slip twixtContinue reading “Show Today! You Are Not Going To Believe This”
Redneck Summer Party, Between The Ears At Peach Park
Random Images What do you do when the heat index tops 100? Hose off the horses, turn them back out, and head down to Peach Park in Clanton for peach ice cream, peach cobbler, peach candy, and, of course, peaches. Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott