Georgia Fall Classic Horse Show [Facebook] Georgia National Fairgrounds and Agricenter Perry GA, USA November 21 & 22, 2015 Not doing a very good job of cutting back, am I? [WNSSV] One last show to round out the season. Reason: our Academy driver will not be competing. Reason: Academy classes are held Saturday and Sunday.Continue reading “Show Today: Georgia Fall Classic 2015”
Category Archives: Horses
First Appointment
Preliminary results from my first sports psychology appointment last Monday [Appointment Today] with Dr. Margaret [Meet]. We will be meeting once a month with email/phone/text contact inbetween. My stomach acid generators are two-fold, if interrelated. On one hand, I get nervous before lessons and shows with the Saddlebreds. On the other hand, I am aContinue reading “First Appointment”
Meet Dr. Margaret
Margaret Smith, PhD, of The Mindside, has been tasked with helping me sort out the screaming vortex that is the inside of my head. I found The Mindside using stringent search tools, i.e. Google. It was the first hit. Any established and reasonably competent practitioner would have been fine. I am not complicated; nor areContinue reading “Meet Dr. Margaret”
Top 5 Horse Show Essentials, Academy Division
For the first Saddle Seat Wednesday, a blog hop, originated by the $900 Facebook pony: the adventures of Henry and his human. Original post: Blog Hop: Top 5 Horse Show Essentials. Since I am riding ASB school horses at shows, other people take care of remembering tack, feed, muck buckets, and other vital equipment. MyContinue reading “Top 5 Horse Show Essentials, Academy Division”
Home Team Update, November 2015
So what have Rodney & Milton been up to? Nothing much. I have been 1) Recovering. After two months of boot camp and three days of showing, some degree of letdown was inevitable. At one point, I rode seven days in a row: 4 days of double-set lessons, the Saturday group lesson, and the funContinue reading “Home Team Update, November 2015”
Appointment Today
This afternoon, I meet with a sports psychologist to start addressing my pre-competition jitters [Whither Now?]. I know the process is supposed to help, but right now it’s making me nervous all over again. I will have to rehash, and thereby relive, everything that makes my stomach hurt. This will probably spill out into theContinue reading “Appointment Today”
Text Art: W is for Weave Poles
Alphabet 2015 V is for Vest U is for Unguent T is for Tweet S is for Stepping Stone R is for Rodney Q is for Quilt P is for Peppermint O is for Outstanding N is for Nail M is for Mathilda L is for Longe Line K is for Kopertox(R) J is forContinue reading “Text Art: W is for Weave Poles”
Virtual Brush Box 