Random Post Show Thoughts & Cross Country Video
For the most part, things have been pretty quiet on the May front since our show. It's already getting hot in California, and I am not sure how many events…
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June 4, 2021
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…
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