National Academy Championship Horse Show 2015, Day 3

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Go big
or
Go home
Stand ringside screaming for your barnmates.

Traditionally, the adult divisions (WT & WTC) have less than the 10-entry, up-or-out cut-off. If so, I merely have to make the finish line on all three days to earn a fancy Top Ten neck sash. Advantages of being an old fart.

However. This year’s entries could be different. Horses could be horses. I will not count my neck sashes until they are awarded. Therefore, I am either riding today or cheering for those who are. Or both.

National Academy Championship Horse Show
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Motivational reading I have left for myself.
Sixteen Hands: Surviving in a Subjective Sport
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Livestream
StreamhorseTV will broadcast the Sunday Finals. (Peppermints to JW for the reminder.) If riding, I am in classes 59 & 67, Adult WTC.

Sunday, November 1-MORNING
Morning Competition begins at 10:00 a.m.
54. Adult WT Pleasure National Finals
55. Sr. WTC Pleasure National Finals 13- 17 yrs
56. Jr. WT Pleasure National Finals 9-12 yrs
57. Pleasure WT National Finals 7-8 yr
58. Sr. Equitation WT National Finals 13-17 yr
59. Adult Equitation WTC National Finals
(I suspect this will be the Pleasure Finals)
60. Pleasure WT National Finals – 5-6 yr
61. Jr. WTC Pleasure National Finals 9-12 yr
62. Adult WT Equitation WT National Finals
63. Sr. WT Pleasure National Finals 13-17 yr
64. WT Equitation National Finals 5-6 yr
65. Jr. WT Equitation National Finals 9-12  yr
66. WT Equitation National Finals 7-8 yr
67. Adult WTC Equitation National Finals
68. Jr. WTC Equitation National Finals 9-12 yr
69. Sr. WTC Equitation National Finals 13-17 yr
Schedule

I will not be in a position to help with technical difficulties. However, if you have any, please leave a comment. One of y’all may be kind enough to help.

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Day one of #bloglikecrazy, a 30-day challenge from See Jane Write. Last year’s intro: Why should I #bloglikecrazy?

National Academy Championship Horse Show 2015, Day 2

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HUSTLE UP!

National Academy Championship Horse Show
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Motivational reading I have left for myself.
Horse Collaborative: How to Manage Your Energy for Peak Performance
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Happy Halloween

The Great Pumpkin's horse
The Great Pumpkin’s horse
Is he sincere enough?
Is he sincere enough?

Outakes

2014: Happy Halloween
2013: Happy Halloween 2013
2012: Happy Halloween

Looking Back

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National Academy Championship Horse Show

Travel day. Tennessee, here we come.

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2014
To Go or Not To Go
Happy Halloween
Show Today: NACHS 2014
Text Art: Llama Font
Show Report: Important Questions from NACHS 2014, Part 1
Show Report: Important Questions from NACHS 2014, Part 2
A Horse Show In 80 Tweets
Lessons from Nationals: Dreaming of Blue
Lessons From Nationals: Going For the Win
Lessons From Nationals: The Value of a Coach
Promo: Hastings House
Show Photos
And Now For Something Completely Different
Text Art: Nationals

photos by Courtney Huguley
photos by Courtney Huguley

2013
National Academy Day 1: Managing Expectations
National Academy Day 2: Up or Out
National Academy Day 3: Bright Lights, Big Horse Show
National Academy Day 3+1: Horse of the Year Nomination
National Academy Day 3+2: I Owe It All To Rodney
National Academy Day 3+3: Still Napping
Show Report: NACHS, Part I
Show Report: NACHS, Part II
Show Report: NACHS, Part III
Foto Friday: Ribbon Details
A Horse Show In 86 Tweets
Text Art: Happy Words
That Moment When …

NACHS ribbon

Boot Camp 2015, Third & Final Progress Report

SSF BC logo

For the last two months, I have been devoting my time and energy to getting ready for the National Academy Championship Horse Show. I am fortunate. Most people are not free to drop everything in order to address a goal. So, whats it like?

Well, it’s not fun.

Fun is light-hearted. Fun is restorative. Fun is effortless.

The last two months have been awesome and challenging and educational and horrible and intense and amazing. I spend one day convinced I am indestructible. I spend the next day wondering why I bother with a lost cause. I have an epiphany and then don’t remember where I put it. The lessons change. The demons remain.

Win or lose, I learned a ton. Future riding will benefit.

Win or lose, I had the opportunity to give it my best shot.

Win or lose, I get to attend a horse show.

That sounds all lovely and reasonable, doesn’t it? Good. Because it is covering up my inner competitor who is hopping up and down, waving a fist, screaming, THE WIN IS MINE! SHOWER ME WITH BLUE RIBBONS! QUAIL IN FEAR AT THE AWESOMENESS OF MY TROT PASSES …

Ahem.

Finally, I would like to thank Courtney Huguley of Stepping Stone Farm for her enthusiastic support of this project. She has taken my goals seriously without letting me take myself too seriously. She has been a gift.

Onwards!

Let the Tune-Up Begin
Boot Camp 2015, Progress Report 1
Boot Camp 2015, Progress Report 2