Oh boy… it’s getting exciting folks! Matches are harder! The voting is closer! The chocolate surprises are growing nearer and nearer for the Final 4… Who will it be? Who will become queen of each region?! Did I under estimate how much time it would take to host this thing? I only know the answer to one of those questions. So today in the interest of getting this over with blogging competition I’m hosting seven matches. What does that mean?…
When I go visit WEF, I generally creep around with my camera. Usually I talk to no one, and just walk, watch, listen and shoot. Of course there are exceptions, like the time that I took so many pictures of these two horses that their grooms heard my camera clicking, stood up, fixed their shirts and said “I’m ready for my closeup baby!” Oui. So through my stalking around the horse show, I try to pick up a few things. A…
I think part of it is the winter, part of it is Simon being NQR for a few weeks and a huge part of it is my whole saddle debacle plus all the dog and personal life drama… but honestly I’ve felt a bit like a deflated balloon for 2014 so far. When I wrote these goals at the end of last year, I was on a showing high. Now I’ve had a lot of financial setbacks and some mental…
We’re getting closer to the final four! Since we had an unusual number of teams compared to the NCAA style brackets, the voting this week gets a little wonky. There’s kind of a semi-semi final? Or maybe I just suck at making brackets, but anyway it’s just for fun so roll with it. Here are the standings so far: Today I will do six rounds of voting to get us closer to the final four. Things should start getting tougher…
You see it in ads all the time. “Horse is a 10+ jumper” “This one is your hack winner!” “His trot is totally a 10”. Those kinds of descriptions usually describe pretty nice horses. One of my favorite things about going to WEF and watching the hunter ring, is that you don’t really hear those phrases.. you see them. You see them everywhere, because I’ve never been to a place with more nice horses in one ring. Say you’re chillin’ at…
Today’s the day where we finish up all these qualifiers! I’ll leave the voting up for about three days and then we’ll get to the semi-finals, woot!! The first match up today is also the final west coast qualifier. Pony and a Payday covers aspects of various disciplines from hunter/jumper to rodeo while The Polka Dot Periodical focuses on Pongo, a beautiful leopard appaloosa eventer/dressage horse. Cast your vote below! [socialpoll id=”2193076″] Moving on to the midwest, we have A Gift…
Simon’s birthday was the day I left for Wellington, so we didn’t get a chance to celebrate “properly” until last night. This time last year I was throwing a party hat on a lame horse, so the fact that I could get a few photos and then go for a ride was just splendid! I warned my trainer that I was bringing birthday goodies for my horse, and even though she probably thought I was a crazy person… no one complains when…
With this past trip to WEF, I tried to have a game plan of what I wanted to document and write about during my time there. So instead of one giant ALL THE WEF THINGS post, I have a lot of topics planned out with photos to go along. If you love hunter/jumpers or big horse shows, I hope you’re excited to hop along the WEF train with me for a little while! I know I’ve said it before, but…