Entries for August 2008

SuZQuzie

Awesome lesson on Eddie. He is my little dressage pony now.

Penny I have really been concentrating on lately. I have her at the point that she is cantering around in a snaffle on an even tempo and is suppling. For many, that doesn't sound like much. But for Penny, that is monumental! I couldn't be more proud of this little mare.

Oh, and I'll tell you a little secret. Penny is going to Twin. And competing. Shhh! Don't tell HGS.

SuZQuzie

So yesterday I was working with Penny. She was very fiesty since she hadn't been worked in three days because of the horse trials. I was jumping her because that way she concentrates a little bit more than if we were just flatting.

Well, my trainer came by on her horse and said that I was riding very dangerously. She continued to say that I was riding the same way on XC and probably got marked for dangerous riding so that people would watch me more closely.

I asked...

SuZQuzie

I'm really not raving about stadium because (and I risk being boastful saying this) it really wasn't challenging. You can see in pictures how Ed would either (1) step over the jumps or (2) decide to overjump like a menace for his own entertainment. It was dumbed down compared to how it should have been at that level over halfway through the competition year. There was not a single 3'3" jump there (I know this because I talked to the jump crew).

Now, I'll tell you...

SuZQuzie

Thank you Emily for keeping tabs on me.

Today went well. It could have gone better, but I did finish () so I'm not allowed to complain.

I'll describe the course fairly quickly so that when I'm talking about things people aren't utterly confused.

Course:
#1: Log with hay bales underneath on flat.
#2: Curve to log pile with flowers.
#3: Uphill slightly to palisade on the hillside, then downhill.
#4: Skinny hay bale...

SuZQuzie