I am going to talk to the barn owner about getting my boy a mister. That seems to be the thing that most people thought would help. The only other thing I can think of was Laura’s idea. Clearly if I want Gen to be happy in the summer time heat he needs more than [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Wanted: Personal Assistant…
Posted in Horse, tagged Horse, horses on June 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Gen is just not a hot weather horse!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Horse, horses on June 28, 2010 | 9 Comments »
There is an excessive heat advisory until 8pm tonight in my area. It has been hot for about a week here. Like over 90 with 100% humidity hot. I briefly thought about moving down south earlier this year, and then we had a really hot day and I decided against it! It is the humidity [...]
The Memorial Day Horse Show Saturday – Part 4
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Phoenix, tagged Horse, horses on June 25, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 So as I was riding around feeling out of place I got yet another blog to my ego. My first test, the one I thought I did okay on? Well during my warm up they announced that I got a 56.522% for the whole world to hear! Yikes! I [...]
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The Memorial Day Horse Show Saturday – Part 3
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, Phoenix, tagged Horse, horses on June 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Part 1 Part 2 With the footing being so bad my trainer and I decided that it was in our best interest to be conservative in the warm up. What did that entail? Lots of walking . It was good because the more we walked the more warmed up his back got, but in the [...]
The Memorial Day Horse Show Saturday – Part 2
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, Phoenix, tagged Horse, horses on June 18, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Part 1 I took some deep breaths and figured it was better to unload him, even though I would be alone. Luckily, Phoenix backed off the trailer like a big boy. As he started to jig around me though I started to question my decision to unload him so soon. I set about fussing over [...]
The Memorial Day Horse Show Saturday – Part 1
Posted in Dressage, Horse, Horse Show, tagged Horse, horses on June 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
*Can I just say that it is weird to write up this show? I have not seen Phoenix since I walked away several weeks ago. I hear he is happy and doing well. It was hard to bring myself back to that show to write this up…* So I had done all my prep for [...]
Guenter Seidel Fractures Pelvis in Riding Accident
Posted in Dressage, tagged Horse, horses on June 15, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Original Article Can Be Found Here Written by Astrid Appels U.S Olympic team rider Guenter Seidel got injured in a riding accident this morning at Klaus Balkenhol’s stable in Rosendahl, Germany. The American WEG team contender was thrown off a very fresh UII and fractured his pelvis. He successfully underwent surgery in the Munster [...]
Courtney King-Dye Update June
Posted in courtney king-dye, tagged Horse, horses on June 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Sounds like things are going well! I am reposting Lendon’s facebook update below and Courtney’s own update below that. I really hope she becomes an out patient soon! As for Hippotherapy…there is a wonderful facility not far from the Kessler facility she is at called “Rocking Horse Rehab” that has a great staff, volunteers, and [...]
The Fun Horse Show – Part 4
Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 So while waiting for the riding classes we ALL started to fade. We had been hanging out for over three hours waiting for the trail classes, which normally would not be a big deal, but not only is my dressage self not used to it, but my trainer and [...]
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