Okay, so maybe that’s still a work in progress. My lesson on Tuesday went quite well overall. I started my course with a decent forward pace and none of the jumps (2’3″ – 2’6″) looked intimidating to me at all. We cantered up to a vertical and I didn’t see a spot, so naturally I pulled for the add and my horse was like “Trot?” and it was kinda fugly. Well, that wasn’t amazing but we recovered fine and no harm…
My ego with riding continues to be bruised, but I’m not a quitter. I’m officially doing the schooling show next weekend instead of the originally planned two day show this weekend. Bonus points for saving a lot of money? That’s how I’m pitching it to myself. I also got bumped from the jumper lesson (hopefully temporarily) this weekend, since the more experienced girls needed to prep over bigger fences for the show this weekend. I mean even if I’ve been riding…
If I let myself, I could get really depressed about my riding right now. We are no where near the level we were last fall. The shows I had planned on doing this spring and summer (even the one next week) are seeming out of grasp right now. I’m totally the remedial rider in the lesson group, and there are lots of instances where I’d gasp watching me ride. My ego is shriveling up and dying, but my self esteem…
I’m dealing with a lot of mental shenanigans with my riding lately. The good news is, I feel like I’m winning the war. The bad news… well, there are lots of battles in a war! Due to a scheduling snafu (if you call someone changing show dates after they publish the ‘official’ list on their FB page a snafu… grrr), I’m showing much earlier than I planned to in May. I’m also going to have to show straight in the 2’6″…
I’ve had several lessons and good rides since ‘the incident‘, but even so nothing has felt quite normal. Either I’ve been worried or Simon has seem worried (most likely because I am). I’ve been riding defensively and either going too fast, too slow, leaning or getting left behind. Nothing tragic has happened, but nothing has really felt good either. The derby ended up getting entirely cancelled due to rain, which I have mixed feelings about. However after my lesson on…
These are going to be the least satisfying pictures of something I’ve ever put up on my blog. You’ve been warned! Magic unicorn bridle arrived yesterday, and I set it on Simon last night after our lesson. The verdict? I think the fit is pretty ideal! An earless bonnet is thrown in for your viewing pleasure, because I’m still trying to get the perfect fit of that too. Anyway, I didn’t bit up the bridle since it was after our…
And I just can’t hide it. Today, let’s talk about the Euro. You all read the post where I went a little tack ho crazy and bought a smancy bridle from France since the Euro was low. I have it in my hands as of today, and will give this glorious piece of leather its own post in the future (pray it fits the pony… it looks large). So while I’m all like YAY CHEAP LESS EXPENSIVE BRIDLE, my best friend…
I walked to the barn for my lesson last night with my positivity hat on. I also immediately walked to a lovely group of barn ladies enjoying Sangria, and I had a glass. I figured Sangria could only help our situation. (P.S. I have no media so enjoy these random faces of Simon while I tried to take a picture of his new bonnet I made) Simon brought his A-game too. He actually trotted up to me in the pasture, which…