Category Archives: Horses

Show Report: Winter Tournament 2, Hartselle AL

I hath cantered in a saddleseat show. On purpose. For this year’s Winter Tournament shows, I moved up from Beginner Walk-Trot Adult to the Advanced Walk-Trot-Canter Adult, skipping the four steps in between: Intermediate WT, Advanced WT, Beginner WTC, Intermediate WTC. In my first class at this level, I placed third out of five. AmContinue reading “Show Report: Winter Tournament 2, Hartselle AL”

Guest Post: Amber Heintzberger, co-author of Modern Eventing, on Babies & Books

I have not read this book. I do not plan to read this book. It’s too depressing to read about Eventing when the closest I get to a cross-country course is the pictures in the book. Maybe some day. Meanwhile, Phillip Dutton is an accomplished rider and Amber Heintzberger is an accomplished writer. I haveContinue reading “Guest Post: Amber Heintzberger, co-author of Modern Eventing, on Babies & Books”

Back In The Show Ring, Redux

Today is the second Winter Tournament show. Let’s hope my plans gang less agley [Back In The Show Ring, updates]. As before , the goal is for me to make my canter “debut” and do a pattern. LW&TCDR. I will attempt to tweet from the show. Tweet sidebar has been expanded for the duration. TheContinue reading “Back In The Show Ring, Redux”

New Year, New Contest

More accurately: New Year, New Iteration of Old Contest Awhile back, I asked for help finding a showname for Rodney [Help Me Name My Horse, Prize Offered, April 2012]. That was the summer Matilda got hurt, so it took several months until we worried about simple amenities such as Coggin’s tests [Contest in Final Days, January 2013].Continue reading “New Year, New Contest”