The Last Horse Show Of The Year – Part 1

Saturday morning came too soon. It also came too cold I went to leave and found my truck covered in a thick layer of frost that needed to be scrapped off. As I was standing outside in the early morning hours scrapping the ice off the windshield I thought to myself, “Most people wouldn’t do [...]

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My Saddle Fitting Adventure – Part 2

It was almost 3 when the saddle fitter finally got me. I had been sitting at the barn doing nothing for 3 hours. The fitting gets a whole post onto itself. Why? Because my problem with the saddle could not be fixed. Which sucks! After all that. The saddle fitter really worked to make it [...]

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My Saddle Fitting Adventure – Part 1

I should have known better then to schedule my saddle fitting with the Young Rider. She has terrible saddle fitting luck. The very first time she got her saddle fitted she ended up waiting for hours in the freezing cold before finally bursting into tears and getting sick. Every time after that has also been [...]

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The 2009 Massachusetts Equine Affaire

So as you are reading this I am hopefully doing very well at the show. My saddle fitting was an adventure was not so fun and deserves a whole post to itself. Since today is a good day I only want to talk about good things. And one thing I am super excited about is [...]

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Saddle Fitting and Show Prep

So today I have the day off! Hence the late timing of my post. Tomorrow is my last show of the year and so I want to enjoy getting ready for it and not be totally stressed out and running out of time and light. I also am getting my saddle fitted today. I am [...]

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Scoring for a competative trail ride…

So last week I told you all that on Sunday I would be heading out to volunteer at an endurance event. I learned when I arrived that it was not an endurance event, but rather a 25 mile competitive trail ride. What is the difference? I learned that while both endurance and competitive trail riding [...]

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The Halloween Horse Show – Part 4

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 So since I was flying solo I wanted to quickly get Phoenix loaded on to the trailer and headed home before the sky opened up. Luckily, my very pregnant trainer and the half-blind horses rider both stuck around after my second test waiting to see my scores. They also [...]

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The Halloween Horse Show – Part 3

Part 1 Part 2 I will admit that it was hard to get my focus back on work after getting all dressed up. I know that Phoenix felt the same way. Luckily, my trainer, who is 8 months and 3 and a half weeks pregnant, came to coach me so after 5 minutes of walking [...]

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The Halloween Horse Show – Part 2

Part 1 So for those of you who thought I might not do the costume for fear of being different, you don’t know me very well, because as much as I want to fit in to the dressage world I know that I never will and have accepted that. So, since I know I can [...]

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The Halloween Horse Show – Part 1

So last week I had a rough week. My job is pretty intense and I had to do more than one 10 hour day. I was pretty good about riding any day that I could, but by Friday I still did not feel so confident about the fact that I had entered the show. I [...]

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