Otherwise known as let’s do a sex change on my horse and pretend I’m going to breed him blog hop! Even if I did own a mare, I’m pretty sure I would not breed. There is so much risk and money and heart breaking in breeding. Not saying I am only going to have OTTBs for the rest of my life, but I would probably choose to buy a yearling or two year old over breeding my own. That being…
The last morning of the horse show, I leisurely arrived at the show grounds again (love a “will not start before 9:00am class!) and opted not to lunge since it was pouring rain. He had worked pretty hard the day before, and I didn’t anticipate any shenanigans. Since I felt so brave over the 2’6″ jumpers the day before, I briefly thought about adding a 2’9″ class to end the weekend on a challenge. Sunday I decided against this for…
After a brief break for Simon to eat some hay and me to change his bit back to our normal setup, we were on again for the 2’6″ jumpers. Our first course was the same as my previous 2’3″ class, so I didn’t have to do any more memorization (score!). Waiting for our round I was super relaxed… which is a big deal for horse show nerves me. Therefore, Simon was also super relaxed. None of the jumps looked big to…
If you like cliff notes, here’s the high level overview: I had so much fun this weekend. Simon was an absolute rock star. Seriously y’all, he was just so good. I could brag about him for days… and I guess I will be since I’m breaking up the show write up into several posts. There’s just a lot that happened and a ton of photos so I wanted to write everything as detailed as possible without making the show post into a…
I’ve had three official “jumper” lessons now. That basically means I’m an expert. Right? Right. Since I’m such a baby jumper expert, I will drop some pearls of my new-found knowledge on you. Bam! In jumpers, there are more jumps. Shocking I know! When I used to be like “Ah, I’m so ready for this hunter course to be done” around fence 8… in jumpers, I’m still going. I’m still going and I also have to jump off (hopefully) soon….
My debut in the jumper ring with Simon is just a few days away! Squeeeeeeeeee! Naturally, part of the reason I’m excited is because I get to wear all the fun tack. That is a reason for celebration… not stressing about late leads, super bonus! That being said, I really try to live by the philosophy that I should only use things I need on my horse. Though jumper tack is super fun, I don’t currently need a flash or figure 8. I…
When I go to WEF, I feel like I’m at a horse show aquarium. So I watch a lot and take a lot of pictures and learn by observation. One of the things I like to do is pick a class and see what kind of bits/hardware/tack people are using. For this trip, I chose a Low Junior Jumper classic. It was interesting, because overall I’d say that the horses at this level were super athletic, fast and scopey… but…
There have been some great Transformation Tuesday stories submitted so far. When looking through some old photo albums, I realized I had my own transformation story to share about the horse I never talk about. The horse that kind of haunts me a little. This is the story of Beckett, my third horse. My former trainer has a knack for finding a diamond in the rough, and when she talked to an AQHA trainer friend of her’s I got super…