Why Horse People and Pagent People Should be Friends…

Last night while watching Miss America (don’t ask) I realized that beauty pageants are a lot like horse shows. 1) Normal people would not be caught dead in our show/pageant clothes. I mean, would anyone out there wear a full on ball gown or a full riding habit in their life if they didn’t have [...]

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Of all the times to go without a saddle…

January to February in my area when you don’t have an indoor is really not a bad time at all. Phoenix and I have been working on in hand work (which is going poorly) and lunging (which is going much better) since a week after my dressage saddle left. I used my hunt saddle for [...]

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I know what I will be doing the first 2 weeks in August…

So even though I am still not a 100% sure about showing recognized, me being me, I already had to look and see what USDF shows are going to be offered in my area. I noticed that there are going to be much fewer recognized shows in my area in 2010 vs. 2009 and one [...]

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So am I going out USDF/USEF?

So a while back I had shared with you all that I was struggling with a tough decision. I could not decide if I wanted to show recognized, or if I wanted to keep just having fun at schooling shows. I have been going back and forth about this for months and months now with [...]

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My Saddle Fitting Adventure – The End

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Let me start this post by saying that one of the reasons I use Schleese to fit my saddle is because of how knowledgeable all the fitters are. I could easily get my saddle done by other fitters, and Schleese can fit other brands of [...]

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Blue Hors Matine’s Famous Freestyle

I am so sad about Blue Hors Matine. What a great mare. That video above is the very famous winning freestyle from the 2006 WEGs. I know that not everyone who reads this blog is into dressage, so I wanted to share this video with everyone so it becomes clear why I am so upset [...]

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Blue Hors Matine Euthanized

I found out when PO text messaged me. Seeing it on dressagedaily.com confirmed it. I am so sad right now. Andreas Helgstrand and Blue Hors Matine credit: Cealy Tetley Horse and Hound has reported the Dressage mare Blue Hors Matine, whose dressage freestyle at the 2006 World Equestrian Games in Aachen became an Internet video [...]

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My Saddle Fitting Adventure – Part 5

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 So here Phoenix and I are riding around Jochen Schleese and crew and neither one of us can relax. It was a pitiful sight. We are asked to trot and remarkable, Phoenix trotted. No fuss, no bucking, no nothing. It was not a nice trot by anyone’s [...]

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Umm…what do you all want to know?

So I was looking at my blog the other day debating about whether or not to take down my 2009 show goals (since I don’t have 2010 goals to put up there yet) and had to laugh at my “glossary” section. Not only did I not get around to finishing it, but I still have [...]

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Guess what I did last night?

So with the Oscar nominations coming out on Feb 2nd I was bummed at the total lack of horse related movies out this year. When I saw a promo for the movie The Horse Boy over the summer I wanted to see it right away. There was a screening of it somehow linked to one [...]

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