Simon’s Showing Progression
Sometimes when you’re in the middle of a tough journey with your horse, it’s hard to see the big picture. Even though I don’t feel stuck at all right now with Simon (rather, I feel pretty flippin’ fantastic but that makes for boring content) I still thought it might be a good time to step back and look through the archives.
Below I’ve chosen one photo from every show since I got him. They start in October 2012 and go through June 2015. We started showing in the 2’0″ Beginner Hunters, and most recently in the 2’6″ – 2’9″ Intro Jumpers.
I’m sure a lot of people could have progressed faster or better, but I’m really proud.
In July I will have owned Simon for 3 years. This horse is and continues to be the thing I’m most proud of in life! If you haven’t taken the time to look back and compare photos recently, I highly recommend it 🙂
25 thoughts on “Simon’s Showing Progression”
love this
You guys have made excellent progress and you are a great team!
great post – you guys have done so much together – and so well! i love looking back at pics like these to remember where we came from, and maintain an events page for exactly this reason.
Most definitely, its not about what other people are doing, every journey is different. You’ve come a long way, and literally and figuratively had several hurdles to leap. Great job! You have every reason to be proud!
Holy shit, Lauren! Your form and Simon’s form look completely different. He’s so much more elastic and using his neck 100x more! And you — dang girl. Your release, upper body and lower leg have all gotten so much better and stronger.
CONGRATULATIONS! You should be so incredibly proud. 😀
I think you should be very proud of how far you and Simon have come. You guys look FANTASTIC. Speed freaks should be ignored. 😉
You guys look so much stronger, tighter, and better connected. 🙂 What a great journey so far.
Congratulations! You have certainly progressed.
You should be damn proud girl!! We all have setbacks and periods where we feel in a rut. The important thing is working through and coming out the other side. 🙂 Wow you guys have turned into a badass jumping pair!
Wow! Look at you guys!!! That’s awesome and you’re really doing well. Congrats!
Look at you!!! Great post, great photos, you’re doing awesome!!
Great progression photos! You guys have some so far, and that last photo is GORGEOUS.
You guys look awesome. I am jealous of your position. Always good to look back so we can see how far we have come.
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You guys look fantastic! Great to take a look through the archives for big picture!
You look super- I love how Simon’s expression hasn’t changed! He looks happy in every single picture.
I love progression posts. This is a wonderful one! You really can tell just how far you two have come!
This is such a fun post! You two have come so far together! Look at how much stronger your position is, and also how much better Simon is jumping. Nice work!
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Great progression! Congrats, all that hard work is paying off!
What a great progression. You two look great!!! It looks like you could have raised the jump a few holes in that last pictures. Adorable!
Incredible! I’ve been riding for 11 years now and I always wonder what my life would be like if I would have been in full training my whole life. I just have to remind myself it is the journey and not the destination!
I need to do this!!
You should be proud! Both of you have come a long way.
Such a great showcase!
You guys have really improved!!
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