First California Horse Trial – Show Jumping
I think it is zero secret on this blog that I strongly dislike show jumping. In theory, it should be my strongest phase. After all, I grew up in the…
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May 24, 2021
First California Horse Trial – Cross Country
As mentioned in my horse show prep post, this event ran in a different order than I have ever run a horse trial. After Dressage, we had a couple of…
May 21, 2021
First California Horse Trial – Dressage
Showing at a new facility is always a bit more difficult than showing somewhere you are familiar. Luckily, this weekend I had some familiarity with Galway from schooling there and…
May 20, 2021
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Horse Show Prep
That's right. I said horse show prep. We are competing in our first recognized event in California this weekend, so instead of writing on this blog, I have been doing…
May 14, 2021
Horses Make Liars of us All
Last week, I managed to get myself into two lessons. The first one on Tuesday was a bit of a continuation of the lesson I had the previous week in…
April 27, 2021
Riding the Rideable Horse
So a weird thing has happened. May is like... really rideable. I mean like... really, really reideable. Wanna move her shoulder 6" to the right? No problem. Wanna open her…
April 19, 2021
Copper Meadows – One Day Schooling Show
Yes, that's right. I went to a show. Why didn't I mention it in a previous blog? Because I wasn't really planning on going. However, I looked at the show…
April 5, 2021
Whose Horse is Dat?
Before owning May, I rode a lot of different horses. Through high school and college, I would ride 5 - 6 difference horses 6 days a week. Ponies, warmbloods, OTTBs,…
March 31, 2021
Flatwork and Footwork To Improve Rideability
As you can tell from my previous posts, flatwork has played a really significant role in improving May's rideability over fences. She's always going to be the kind of ride…
March 26, 2021
The “Mid-Teens” Horse
By my rough guess, May is 15 this year. Statistically speaking, she was most likely born in the Spring, so 15 it is. Obviously, May has no idea she is…
March 16, 2021