Today’s transformation features an adorable Haflinger (and y’all know how I love a good Haffie!) from Adventures of Shyloh. Here’s her story! She is a little spooky, but not at things horses normally spook at. ” This is what I was told when I went to look at Shyloh before I bought her. The buying of her could be a story in and of itself, but it all ends to I bought her. She was just what I wanted: a mare, a…
I’ve seen different posts on blogs throughout the past year where people had a negative experience with IHSA, which is the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association. Reading those posts always made me a little sad, because I absolutely would not be the rider I am today without participating in this program. Instead of being bummed, I decided to write about it… and here we are at today’s post. Disclaimer: I’m writing from my personal experiences only, and I stopped riding IHSA…
Life has been a struggle bus so far (more on that tomorrow), which is why I’m uber excited about my trip to Wellington this year! I’m going a tad bit earlier than normal, for week 10 instead of week 12. While this means that the classes going on won’t be quite as spectacular, it’s still the best place to visit for any hunter/jumper enthusiast… and I get to hang out with one of my best buddies! Even though my trip…
I recently received some Ariat breeches to review, which is pretty much as exciting as it sounds. Breeches! In the mail! It’s like Christmas! My childlike enthusiasm aside, I was genuinely curious about these because traditionally I have not been an Ariat breeches wearer. Nothing against the brand (love many other Ariat products), but I have hips and a butt and have had fit issues in the past with their breeches. One quick aside, I would usually post photos of…
When you think your horse has a broken back, it’s bound to be not much of anything. So I had the vet out yesterday afternoon and was prepared to do hock injections and hoped my horse didn’t have a rare degenerative spinal disease. You know, the normal fears. When the vet called, he said that he lunged Simon on the hard ground and the ring. He was ouchy on the hard ground, and responded positively to hoof testers in his…
Even though we had a fun weekend at the schooling show, something is nagging me in the back of my head – Simon is NQR. Here’s the timeline: Wednesday: Trainer jumps Simon 2’9″ – 3′ in training ride. She says he is awesome. Thursday: I ride Simon in a lesson. He starts off feeling a little weird every now and then in the hind, but not consistent. By the time I get the words out of my mouth for trainer…
I kept a bit quiet about it beforehand, but Simon and I went adventuring to a small hunter/jumper schooling show with Jen and Paddington Bear this past Saturday. I’ll be 100% honest and partially wanted to go because I figured it would be a small show and we could win pretty ribbons. Yup, I’m vain and shallow at times… sue me! 🙂 Because I had this thought there ended up being tons of kiddos in our division, go figure! Of…
Selfie Sunday could almost be totally re-named to BT Sunday… but it’s time for another BT update. I was hoping to have really good news regarding her eye, but I really don’t. It started going downhill Friday afternoon. Tim took her to the vet Saturday morning, and we’ve scheduled a removal this coming Tuesday. I’ve kept pictures out of these posts for various reasons, but I know there are several people who may be reading this that are curious about…