Sunday was the second and final day of the horse show… also, the best day! I woke up with an agenda that terrified me – show a 2’6″ division for the first time in my life. I know for a lot of seasoned horse showers, this isn’t a big deal. People at my barn tell me that it’s not a big deal. My horse still practically canters over the 2’6″… but for me, it’s a really big deal. It’s the…
Horse show hangover is happening for real. I’m both super elated about how this weekend went and completely over it all and ready to decorate my house for Christmas and do non-horsey things for a little bit. Good news is that Simon has definitely earned a few days off and the weather is too yucky to ride anyway. By the middle of the week I’ll be re-charged and ready to go tackle the mess of dirty tack and wraps that…
For now. Full show write ups this week but for now I want to go through photos and take a nap 🙂
Doing some quick micro blogging during the show 🙂 Friday I got in first, got our stalls unlocked and put out shavings while trying to calm my spaniel down from his worried mania. I guess my springer (my buddy for the weekend) forgot what shows are like since it’s been so long. He kept wanting to go back to the car… Sorry buddy, were here all weekend – but I digress! Lunged Simon for a bit but could only trot…
I’m sure most of us have a huge respect for veterinarians.  After all, they help us with our beloved ponies in times of need.  In addition to the obvious, I think most horse owner know that being a vet can be a hard, thankless job.  With that in mind, I loved today’s interview from my buddy Jennifer! Who are you and what do you do? 🙂 My name is Jennifer Wickline and I am an equine veterinarian near Dallas, TX….
My brain is almost 100% on the year end show, and because you guys are my captive readers I’m going to drag you down the crazy train with me. Most of my showing has been exclusively at local one day shows and schooling shows, and last year’s CTHJA year end show was my first “away from home” weekend show where I actually sat on my horse and rode him around a ring. Â Success! This year the year end show is…
I’ve been told by an eventing friend that hunter/jumper shows are a foreign world and leave her feeling very confused. Â It’s hard for me to see that since I’ve only been to hunter/jumper and open shows, but after reading some blogs lately about people feeling frustrated to some degree after attending a hunter/jumper show I thought I’d give my two cents. Â It may or may not be helpful, and I’m sure I’ve missed something so if my fellow hunter/jumper enthusiasts…
So last week in my model horse series, I told you how I got into the hobby and became obsessed with little plastic horses. This week, I’m going to explain a bit about a huge part of the model horse showing and collecting hobby – original finish halter. That doesn’t make sense now, but it will soon! What does Original Finish mean? Models come in all shapes and sizes. Some are sculpted and painted by individuals, but most are factory…