2020 IEA Horse Trials – Dressage
Oh gosh. I have so much to say about this show. I figure I will write about each phase and then do a wrap up post. But before all that,…
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August 10, 2020
XC Schooling – Stone Creek Stables
After a momentous amount of rain last week, I was pretty convinced that we were going to have a 0% chance of XC schooling. The footing near us was wet,…
August 3, 2020
Playing Catch Up
Unsurprisingly, as basically every aspect of my life has gotten exponentially busier, blogging has fallen a bit by the wayside. In a lot of ways, riding has too. Up until…
July 31, 2020
June 2020 – Spring Run Mini Trial – Show Jumping
We had a super quick change after dressage. (Exactly an hour between our dressage time and our SJ time and XC ran right after SJ.) So I ran back to…
June 25, 2020
June 2020 – Spring Run Mini Trial – Dressage
The morning of our show started hot and muggy, but it didn't matter. We had a horse trial to go to! After our great schoolings lately, I was pretty excited…
June 24, 2020
XC Schooling – FINALLY
Not sure if anyone remembers at this point, but we were originally entered to run our first horse trial of 2020 in April... Originally, the horse trial this weekend wasn't…
June 16, 2020
Better Late Than Never – Jump Lesson Recap
Finally getting caught up on some posts, so bear with me! I have spent most of the last 2 weeks listening, reading, and putting energy into things that, I hope,…
June 15, 2020
A Lesson in Accuracy and Consistency
When Mandy reset the jump course, she pulled out some of the flower box fillers, bought some new flowers, and set them out around the ring. In total, there were…
June 1, 2020
May Virtual Show – Show Jumping Score Card
So in the May virtual show, I also entered the jumping. Part of this was because A) the process of walking a course and then going and riding it is…
May 21, 2020
May Virtual Show – Dressage Results
Scores rolled in fairly quickly for our virtual dressage show. For the most part, it seems things lined up pretty well, but I was definitely scoring things I felt vs.…
May 13, 2020