This past Saturday I spent another day at the horse show cheering on friends and taking pictures. Each summer circuit show has a special Saturday night class, and this weekend was the jumper classic. It’s a big deal to us with a satin obsession, because they award giant beautiful neck ribbons. And who doesn’t want to win giant beautiful neck ribbons? As always, it was nice to observe the horse show from a spectator’s point of view. Some horses just…
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?
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…
I visit my friend in Wellington, FL every year and stay at the luxurious farm she works at located in Grand Prix Village… but that’s not her only residence throughout the year. Years ago when I lived in New England, I visited the farm’s summer location in Saratoga, NY. Saratoga is a cool, artsy little town with a lot of horse history and the farm is not too shabby either!
Once upon a time I was a poor college kid (or recently out of college) with a little equine photography business, and I took my first paying farm call. The owner wanted some pictures of her saddleseat bred Arabians trotting liberty for a sales ad. Being young and fresh, the horses offered up a lot more galloping and trotting but it sure led to some beautiful photos. Even though arabians aren’t “my breed”, these are still some of my favorite…
Our local show circuit is called CenTX, which stands for Central Texas Hunter Jumper Association. Austin is different from what I was used to in Raleigh as far as the show scene goes. In Raleigh, you could take your pick in any given month from a selection of open shows, hunter/jumper schooling shows, and C or A hunter/jumper shows in the surrounding area. In Austin while we are lucky to have a good hunter/jumper scene, the choice is TSSA (classy…