I started my 2015 eventing season with an unspoken goal – I wanted to win some year-end award stuff. Let’s face it – you can take the girl out of the hunters, but you can’t take the hunters out of the girl. Awards were, and still are, a big deal to me! Chatt Hills has […]
After months of waiting, wishing, and hoping, much like a child does in anticipation of Christmas morning, I got the news that I was not selected to ride in the George Morris clinic at Blackjack Farms. So, I did what any reasonable fangirl, er, horseperson would do – I went to audit! My two best […]
If I’m eventually going to move up to Novice off-farm, I need to take the training wheels off at Go With It Farm first. For the third GWIF farm show of the year, I entered only the Novice CT division. I was confident we could get through it (and by “it” I mean the jump […]
Ever since JJ spooked and stopped at the American flag jump at Poplar in July, I’ve been equal parts excited to go back, and terrified to go back. I knew one day I’d have to face my fears and try that jump again, and this was the weekend we made it happen. A small group […]
I got a new(ish) dressage saddle recently. I realized that even if we go double clear in our jump rounds, we’ll need to improve our dressage scores if we want to actually do well and be competitive. As JJ’s jump saddle is totally awesome but also too big for me, I decided I needed to […]
Stadium has always been so easy for us, but after the unexpected (and painful) fall at Poplar last weekend, it’s now my biggest source of anxiety. Fortunately, our next event was back at Chatt, where I felt comfortable and safe. It’s funny how I’ve gone from being the most freaked out about cross country and […]
We’ve been on a roll lately where we’ve had more success than failures, and I was excited to get back to Poplar for another 3-phase. Poplar’s cross country course is a lot of fun – while the terrain is challenging, the jumps are inviting. I figured it would be an easy, confidence-boosting weekend… I was […]
Go With It Farm‘s second farm show of the year took place on a beautiful summer day, and JJ and I were proud to be a part of it! We did both a Beginner Novice CT and a Novice CT once again, with the Beginner Novice jump round serving as a warm-up for the Novice […]
I’ve had a lot of ups and downs lately. We’ve had struggles and successes, but it’s been tricky to do anything regularly. I figure the more events we can go to, the more practice we’ll get, and we’ll start being more consistent. I’ve been talking to a few of my more-experienced eventer friends lately, and […]
I’d heard a lot of great things about Oxer Farm’s CT and 3-phase shows, so when our schedule worked out that we could go to one, I was really excited. We drove up the morning of, and got started bright and early. We scored a second 40.00 in a row for dressage, this time on […]