Even though I decided to cancel my plans to show in March, I’m a horse show addict and I usually can’t stay away. I headed out early to watch our hunters go, planning to ride Simon during lunch before the jumpers and then come back to the horse show to watch and photograph the jumpers in the afternoon. Of course, we know how horse show schedules go and I ended up staying all day and getting properly sunburnt. The morning…
When 2013 started out, I was planning on showing my lovely creature as much as possible. I wanted to get a lot of miles on Simon and hopefully mold him into my good little show horse. Then he was lame for four months, and all my hopes were dashed. At the beginning of his rehab we switched barns, and I was just happy to be riding again. Needless to say, the fact that we got our shit together enough to…
Horse show hangover is happening for real. I’m both super elated about how this weekend went and completely over it all and ready to decorate my house for Christmas and do non-horsey things for a little bit. Good news is that Simon has definitely earned a few days off and the weather is too yucky to ride anyway. By the middle of the week I’ll be re-charged and ready to go tackle the mess of dirty tack and wraps that…
For now. Full show write ups this week but for now I want to go through photos and take a nap 🙂
Though we all know I’m a hunter/jumper girl, I appreciate pretty much any kind of horse show with quality horses and riders. So when my local fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC hosted a major dressage show several years ago – I checked it out. I really think hunter/jumper shows could do with a few more flags in the background. It makes for a nice photo backdrop! Also, how do you dressage riders get your boots so shiny? Dude, seriously. How?