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Equitation Evolution

Equitation Evolution

Alilson at Pony’Tude had a great post the other day when she posted a series of equitation photos showing her progress as a rider. Even in the early “bad” shots, I was pretty impressed. See, riding did not come naturally to me. I figured that because I read every horse book known to mankind by age nine, I would just be a natural. I thought I would speak horse! I thought I was destined to win blue ribbons at my very first…

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Three Years of Nerd Horse

Three Years of Nerd Horse

I still have so much to sift through right now, and I’m overwhelmed. I am dangling some carrots for me to get me through this rough time, but I won’t be ready to blog about my ideas until I know where my feet are more. However, there is a bright spot that still shines and that is my Simon. Each year I like to compare two similar photos from the previous years. You can see year one and year two…

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Simon’s Showing Progression

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…

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Rock Solid Citizen

Rock Solid Citizen

Once upon a time I had a green horse.  Rides were somewhat unpredictable, and some lessons I could do my best and things would still kinda suck overall because he was green. Then I took weekly (or twice weekly) lessons for two years.  I added a weekly training ride.  We went to shows with the only goal being “get around”.  We did more stuff at home on our non-lesson days.  Slowly it started coming together. Simon has always been a…

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Working On Our Trot Trot

Working On Our Trot Trot

I’ve been trying to push our flatwork up to the next level for a few reasons.  First, let me give you a brief synopsis of how I usually hack my horse. Wow you’re lazy today.  Well, lazy means I’m not getting run away with!  I can do lazy… I’ll call it “long and low”.  Well we’ve done a few laps now, I should do circles or leg yields or something.  That was moderately successful.  Those hard hard.  Let’s canter!  Two…

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Two Years of Nerd Horse

Two Years of Nerd Horse

Last year, I did a post showing how Simon evolved in the first year I owned him.  Since this July marks two years since I’ve had the creature, I figured I’d do another before and after type post. Again, we’ve had our ups and downs but I feel more strongly than ever that this horse is the perfect match for me right now.  I just hope he stays sound and we can enjoy many more years together. We may be…

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Simon Conformation Update

Simon Conformation Update

I am the first person to admit that I’m a bit of a conformation idiot.  I can tell if a horse is shaped like a donkey (and is in fact, a horse… not a donkey) but that’s about as far as it goes. So when I looked at these two comparison pictures, I was kind of like “WAH HE LOOKS THE SAME.  No proof of hard work.” Therefore, I whined to Jen. Jen is not a conformation idiot, and said she…

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What A Difference A Year Makes

What A Difference A Year Makes

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…

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