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Back to Basics The season was ending. I had just done my first Prelim with the most difficult horse I've ever started under saddle. And for the record, I've been starting horses for........cough.......cough........ a long time...... Babies are something I'm good at.
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Jane Hamlin Lesson with Ky Yeeeeeeeeee this pony is so awesome!!! We had a jump lesson today with Jane Hamlin in my continuing quest to get back some of my lost jumping confidence and start feeling ready to maybe head back out into the eventing world again. I haven'
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Red Numbers I wasn't really worried about my dressage test......... I was mostly just worried about forgetting it........... For some reason, every time I went through the test in my mind I would get to a move like oh say..... haunches in and then forget what was next.
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The Horror of Prelim B Do you think it's wrong that my absolute #1, most important reason to get to Intermediate with haste is so that I never EVER....... EVER have to ride Prelim Test B again? I've ridden test B in lessons for weeks. I&
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Rolex (Okay, not Rolex, but it felt like it) Righty tighty, lefty loosie. Loosie? Loosey. Loosee? To make loose. Note to self – when the guys at the trailer shop are doing your annual service, tell them NOT to use the hydraulic doobaflotchy thing when putting the tires back on. I
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The Secret to Winning... Jim Wofford loves to tell riders that he's found the secret to winning every event! He leans in close, with a twinkle in his eye and a smirk on his face, and he whispers... "The secret to winning every event is [pause for
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Cross Country and the Learning Curve As opposed to the last time I was here, the Cross Country day dawned beautiful, sunny, and breezy. We gathered at the start box (did I mention that David and Laura have made a really wonderful set of jumps, from pre-BN through Intermediate? Well,
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How Bad Eventer found her Sitting Trot Bad Eventer found her sitting trot this weekend......... in spades. So here's Bad Eventer's recipe for success... #1. Fill your boots with 5 (or maybe 6) inches of water. No cheating on this one, be sure your boots are
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I am a big believer that a positive outlook and positive thinking can transform your riding and your life. If your first reaction to that sentence was to roll your eyes and considering closing the browser, think about it this way: Most of us have experienced a bad mood or
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Take THAT Ditch and tarp... Kapow!! It's a start!!! Go pony :) Today we had a XC lesson at Ashland. It was fun. We had some good parts and some not so good parts, but overall it was a big success. I worked on my hands and hugging Fleck
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Beat the Confidence Monster But Took a Stupid Pill What was I thinking? Seriously. What on God's Green Earth was going through my head when I set out on XC in the North Carolina heat slash humidity with bare hands? I've done plenty of stupid things
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LET THERE BE LIGHT! And God said, "Let there be light: and there was light." GMHA- back field coming home... neither of my jumps I so want to keep this as simple as possible but, then... why have a blog? So, we completed GMHA, did not fall off
