One of the joys of having a horse that’s registered is frantically googling all of their relatives. In the horsey family tree, only a few really matter in my opinion – Sire, Dam, any full siblings, and any half siblings from the same dam. Luckily for me, my search for Simon came up with solid results on several of these categories! Here’s the quick facts about Earth Colony, Simon’s sire. Earth Colony (KY) B , H, foaled February 11, 1991…
Technically I should have written this post at the beginning of July, because July 2012 is when I officially became Simon’s owner. I’m a few weeks late, but I wanted to show some transformation pictures to show y’all how far we’ve come. He went from being the scraggly horse that not many people thought was worth much, to a solid citizen with a job and some small success (that I’m sure will grow!). The biggest surprise to me is that…
In general, I’m a forward thinker. The next big thing. The next challenge. Up up. Forward. It’s rare for me not to have a goal, and I’m not always the most patient person getting to that goal. But patience is one of the most important aspects of riding. Jumping ahead is a problem I have with my equitation, and my psyche when it comes to Simon. Sometimes I want to run before we can walk, and that’s pretty detrimental to…
Before I write this little anecdote from the show last weekend, let me give you some background information so you don’t think I’m a total asshat who doesn’t know how to do anything with my horse. Simon wears gummy rubber pull on bell boots 24/7. I flip them up, take them off, etc all the time. No issue. I do this in cross ties and not tied and all variations of the sort. That being said, here is the story….
Had a good lesson last night. On Saturday I picked up my tall boots from the cobblers from getting the zipper fixed, and since then I’ve been complaining about them almost non-stop and feeling like I can’t ride at all with this slick concrete boot on my lower leg. Asked my trainer if I could potentially show in half chaps at the show, and she wasn’t impressed haha. The good news is that by the end of the lesson I…
Didn’t have a remarkable equestrian weekend. Light hack Saturday in the afternoon heat, and then I attempted to murder my horse pulled mane and tried to clip ears. Lets just say that Simon and I battled a but over ear clipping and no one won – he got his ears clipped but he was so naughty that they look really bad. Sunday I had a lesson but my head wasn’t 100% in the game. Simon is getting quite fit again…
To whom it may concern regarding the new thing hanging in my stall, I do recall a time in the not so distant past where a wonderful sugary orb was placed in my stall for licking. At first I was not so sure of this new object. What does it do? Why does it smell so good? How can I possibly secure it to get the tasty out? I was told it was for ‘Christmas’, but I don’t really care…
Usually I try to offer you dear readers something extra when you visit this blog. Some wisdom, a chuckle, insight into my personal struggles… Stuff like that. Other times though, I just want to squeal and hold you captive for a few minutes because we had an amazing group lesson on Sunday and dear hubby came to take pictures! So now you have to look at my sweet boy and then tell me how amaze balls he is, because I’m…