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
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
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2020 IEA Horse Trials – Results and Wrap Up
There were quite a few horses left in my division as we wrapped up XC, but as we took the nice long walk back to the barns, I realized that…
August 13, 2020
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2020 IEA Horse Trials – Cross Country
Usually, I am a good blogger, and I take wonderful pictures of all the XC jumps during my course walk. However, since this weekend was SO BUSY for my trainer,…
August 12, 2020
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2020 IEA Horse Trials – Show Jumping
Unless otherwise noted, all riding photos in this post are courtesy of Xpress Foto. So after Dressage, we had a bit of time to sit, wear a mask, get changed,…
August 11, 2020
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,…
August 10, 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