This time last year I had a lame horse turning seven, and we certainly have had a lot to be thankful for in Simon’s seventh year! We moved barns, got out to several horse shows, and most importantly improved our partnership quite a bit. I really feel like he’s maturing from the gangly lame OTTB into a muscled, above average Thoroughbred show horse 😉 We still have our struggles, but I’m so excited to see what the eighth year will…
There’s been a lot in the media lately about photoshop. With celebrities being anti-photoshop (show the world my wrinkles and hips!) or okay with it (show no one my wrinkles and hips!) the topic has gotten a bit polarizing. Simon has conflicted stances on Photoshopping his portfolio. He feels as if a little enhancing could really help him with the “plump, hunter warmblood look.” Without any post processing enhancements, his hope for an AQHA Aged Geldings Halter World Championship would…
I kept a bit quiet about it beforehand, but Simon and I went adventuring to a small hunter/jumper schooling show with Jen and Paddington Bear this past Saturday. I’ll be 100% honest and partially wanted to go because I figured it would be a small show and we could win pretty ribbons. Yup, I’m vain and shallow at times… sue me! 🙂 Because I had this thought there ended up being tons of kiddos in our division, go figure! Of…
So much is going well with Simon pants right now. He’s jumping with great form. He’s starting to relax with flat work. He’s even making strides with getting the strides (-1 points for over use of the word ‘stride’). There’s just one problem we’re still having… lead changes. For the record, I officially hate lead changes and I don’t think it’s possible I will ever own a horse that does them. That being said, I love my Simon and I’m…
I was planning to have an awesome lesson write-up post for you with tons of new and improved jumping pictures. But I have jack. Why? Because I hate the weather. I know that immediately I will get a bunch of comments about how much worse your weather is than mine, but at the moment I don’t care. I lost a lot of days riding this week due to rain, and when it was beautiful low 70’s and sunny on Saturday, all the…
Remember that time when I was like it’s flat work boot camp time! And I was all gung-ho and all COUNTER CANTER ALL THE THINGS! And Simon’s brain exploded? Oh wait, I didn’t tell you about the brain explosion part. So, flat work boot camp started out fantastic. We did bending! We did circles! We did rollbacks! We did counter canter! We did canter extensions! We did transitions… well, we didn’t do transitions. Instead, we did a series of really shitty…
Simon doesn’t usually write guest posts, but when he does… he’s begging for Christmas gifts. What Simonpants Wants, Needs, and Desperately Deserves for Christmas – 2013 Edition Update for the mass public – even though I didn’t know about treats until the summer of 2012, I have now had a full year of treat eating under my belt. My palette is also refined enough to now enjoy carrots, so I recommend you mail them to Texas. I live in the main barn…
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…