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Meg_at_ Banned from Photographing at Old Salem Horse Show

Meg_at_ Banned from Photographing at Old Salem Horse Show

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The equestrian Instagram world is a bit abuzz right now with a topic that is very interesting to me. A popular instagram account Meg_at_ (formerly Meg_at_wef) has been prohibited from doing any photography at the Old Salem horse show. Meg has a little under 10,000 instagram followers, and posts photo journalistic style images from popular hunter/jumper shows. I follow her, and enjoy her work a lot.   You can read the full account of the situation on her blog (I suggest you do,…

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When Horses Can’t Even

When Horses Can’t Even

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You know at least one person who’s said it.  “I can’t even!” It seems like there is not a shortage of opportunities for people to use this phrase.  Most of the time when I hear that I think, “I’m pretty sure you ‘can’ some!”  Still, when I was perusing through my Pin Oak photos (aka pulling as many blog posts as possible from them), I noticed a few horses that really… can’t even. “I can’t even combination.” “I can’t even jog.”…

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Difference Between Local Shows and AA Shows

Difference Between Local Shows and AA Shows

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Last week, Diary of a Horse Obsessed Girl wrote an excellent blog post about the differences between local and rated horse shows. Since she has a lot more horse show experience than I do, I can go ahead and tell you that her post will be way more informative and accurate than this one. So go read that if you want to know the nitty gritty. This post however, is more about pictures and silliness.  Since I haven’t actually shown rated,…

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Bonnet on Fleek

Bonnet on Fleek

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I have a co-worker who is much cooler than I am, and subsequently teaches me all kinds of slang the cool kids are saying these days. I find this hilarious, because the slang is so stupid. An example of this is “On Fleek” which means on point / ready to go / cool / I’m not sure I’m too old for this stuff. I think originally it had something to do with eyebrows, but since it’s stupid and hilarious to…

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Confusing Perception

Confusing Perception

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I’m having some troubles right now, and I don’t want to talk about it.  My horse is fine though… love him. Let’s tackle something easy – like perspective.  For example, I think the 3’6″ hunter ring looks terrifying.  I am pretty damn verbal that I have zero interest in showing hunters that high.  3′ Adult Amateurs?  Totally.  3’3″ Amateur Owners?  Maybe.  3’6″ Amateur Owners?  Oh to the hells no. So, so so big. Then we stroll on over to the jumper…

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Between the Classes

Between the Classes

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Late blog post today because I guess with a dead cell phone and no dogs to wake me up… I needed to catch up on sleep.  A lot of sleep.  Over 12 hours of sleep – whoops!    So anyway, last weekend at Pin Oak more than one person commented to me about how the junior riders looked like they weren’t having any fun.  Pairing that with a conversation with a friend who told me about a horrible show of…

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Beautiful Braids

Beautiful Braids

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Still editing photos from over the weekend, but I’m going to have to step on it because I’m heading out of town for a long weekend to go home to North Carolina.  Simonista is getting some training rides and a lesson taken by a friend while I spend some quality time with family.  The blog won’t go silent though, as I will have some Pin Oak goodness and other posts ready for y’all. Say what you want about hunter braids,…

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Pin Oak Preview

Pin Oak Preview

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It had been a really long time since I had taken images I was happy with at a nice horse show.  With the heritage Pin Oak Charity Horse Show a mere two hour drive away, I decided to trek out this weekend in search of some AA pony time. And I found ponies, literally. Also junior hunters, adult jumpers, and some AO/junior jumpers.  All the pretty horses essentially. Being me, I tried to take a series of photographs to turn into…

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