It’s the last day of Tracy‘s 5 day challenge! 21. Favorite classes to watch I love watching equitation medals and hunter derbies. I know a lot of people find those classes super boring, but they’re my dream finals… way more-so than jumpers. Grand prixs are exciting, but most times I would choose a derby over a grand prix in terms of entertainment value to me personally 🙂 22. What’s in your cooler at horse shows? Booze! Actually no, not even a…
Last week we talked about resins and customs and the week before we talked about OF halter, but this week we get to talk about my favorite part of model showing… performance! What is Performance showing? What is performance in a nutshell? Well, remember how you played with your Breyer horses as a kid and had them jump over little jumps or run around little barrels and squealed with delight with the little saddles they wore? It’s pretty much that,…
And we continue with Tracy‘s 5 day challenge! 16. One thing you’d like to change about your horse I really wish he worried less. Most of the time, you would think Simon is the most chill horse on the planet. We’re talking reins on the buckle do anything kind of horse. He’s his own worst enemy though. The more complex the work is or certain situations (ie flat classes) get him totally worked up into a tizzy. It’s not spooking. It’s not…
More Tracy 5 day challenge fun! 11. Critique your horse’s conformation This one is hard, because I am not a conformation expert. I think he’s pretty well put together? He definitely has a high/long wither and a long, flat back. Hind end is on the weak side. His shoulder angle could probably be a little bit better? Honestly I don’t know. I’d love for any of you conformation buffs to offer your feedback in the comments! 12. Horse’s favorite riding exercise…
Another fun day of Tracy‘s 5 day challenge! 6. Favorite equestrian book and movie Oooo, that’s a difficult one. I kind of have the same answer for both… Black Beauty! For those of you who haven’t read the book, you really must. There’s a fantastic section in there about humans pursuing fashion in terms of horses, and the horses hate fashion and don’t understand it. The book was written in 1877, and the exact same sentiment holds true today. It’s a…
Tracy from Fly on Over came up with this cool challenge and I wanted to play! 1. Most influential person on your riding This answer has three parts for me, mostly because I can never give a one absolute answer to anything. In the way of support, the most influential person is my husband. Without him, my horse life would be drastically different. He also believes in me and gives me the little push I need sometimes to press on….
I’ve been doing Christmas cards of my equine family for years. Horses in Santa hats are always cute, but even if there are no Santa hats involved I like to have at least one nice photo and a milestone to celebrate the furry loved ones in my life that year. This year is no different, and I’d like to share my Christmas card tradition with you readers! If you’d like to receive a holiday card from yours truly, please…
Last week in model horse mania 2013, we went over original finish halter showing. Today we’re still in halter land, but instead of factory finish plastic ponies I’m going to introduce to the beautiful world of customs and resins. Get ready to be wowed by a lot of amazing photos by Jennifer Buxton who has a beautiful collection of these horses. Today’s post will be photo heavy, because I think the beauty of these pieces can be explained best by…