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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…