tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85904914366301218082024-03-12T15:04:31.140-07:00*TBA*My Thoroughbred Adventure. This is a blog about my trials and tribulations training my TB mare Jetta and her 1/2 TB filly Maisie.TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.comBlogger957125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-29994940300601941392019-12-26T18:34:00.000-08:002019-12-26T18:34:05.024-08:00Belated Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Merry Christmas a day late! I played around with some black background pictures for the first time and I love how they turned out! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.<br />
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Jetta was very festive even when I pulled her out of the pasture soaking wet and covered in mud:<br />
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<br />TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-6054700302056663032019-09-12T12:27:00.000-07:002019-09-12T12:30:20.121-07:00Real LifeWell, I'm about 12 weeks out from graduation and I've been working at an amazing clinic for the last couple months. It's been a huge change from school. I can't be happier at where I ended up - it was a massive source of stress for me that I didn't have a job offer until a few weeks before school ended. Then I ended up with two offers from two amazing local clinics, both of which were my dream jobs. I had the hardest time deciding between the two, but now I'm working at such a great place. It's still an internship, which I didn't want to do in the first place, but it's been great and I'm glad I chose it. I have a pretty good support system at the clinic. I'm riding with other doctors part of the week, and going solo the other part of the week.<br />
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On one hand it's been amazing, on the other hand it's been overwhelming, exhausting, and terrifying. But, I'm glad I chose this career path - it's the best! <br />
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The horses are doing well. My baby is officially two years old! She's looking pretty good most days, but very awkward others. She wore her bridle for the first time without incidence. The lunging training is slowly progressing.<br />
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Real life is a tough balancing act. I can't wait to do more with this girl and get more training and adventures going!TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-72908659434433688832019-06-18T18:25:00.000-07:002019-06-18T18:25:14.701-07:00The Ultimate UpdateI feel like all I ever do anymore is write update posts. Also, I'm pretty sure that this is the longest I've ever gone without blogging. I just simply got too overwhelmed/busy to write about anything. The horses have definitely taken a back burner unfortunately, which was pretty unavoidable, but still a bummer.<br />
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Jetta got new matchy bell boots that were on clearance. I love how ridiculously fluffy everything is:<br />
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Maisie also got some new boots - some incredibly shiny rose gold dressage boots:<br />
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Jetta officially turned 13 on April 5th so I got her some fun colored carrots with the very scary tops on them, but unfortunately didn't get as <a href="https://thoroughbredadventure.blogspot.com/2018/04/run-away.html" target="_blank">good a reaction as the first time</a> I gifted her with whole carrots: <br />
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I also bought Jetta a pretty black Mattes pad to complete our all-black outfit:<br />
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Jetta also got the present of a grazing muzzle this year...<br />
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Jetta got to go to school with me for our equine dental course. I also got to weigh her on the real scale and she weighed in at a perfectly round 1200 pounds. Oof. I really do enjoy doing dentals and after an intensive week of doing dentals all day, every day I feel more than prepared to do them on actual client horses!<br />
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Patch, my first ever project horse, came up for sale again. This probably deserves its own post, but who knows if I'll ever get around to that. Basically, after training Patch and selling her, I lost contact with her owners and they ended up abandoning her at a boarding barn. She was sold to recoup board cost and I was contacted by her new owner. This lady was in love with Patch and said she'd never sell her - I even went and visited her. She was now called Scribbles. Years pass and then I randomly saw her for sale on Facebook from a new owner so I messaged him, provided all my old pictures of her, and asked to be given the contact info for whoever bought her. I have no idea what happened between the last lady that owned her and the current owners who had owned her for several years and seemed to have done a wonderful job exposing her to literally everything. Long story short, they told me someone in Utah was purchasing her and they gave the new owners my contact info. A few weeks later, I get a facebook message from a local lady who used to work in the lab at the vet school and she had purchased Scribbles (Patch) and was hoping to give her a forever home. What a rollercoaster ride. I really hope this poor horse has her forever home because she has changed hands so many times and she really is a great horse that deserves a forever home. I really wanted to buy her back as a babysitter/friend horse but I just didn't have the funds.<br />
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One of my favorite local shows happened, but I hadn't really been riding Jetta all that much so I decided not to enter. I did trailer my friend's horse over and decided it would be a great field trip for Maisie - she was pretty good! I was very proud of her hauling skills - she loaded and unloaded 4 times in the course of one day since Dundee is so big and needed to be in the first slant spot, but he had to get dropped off first. <br />
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Leading manners were however not fully installed. I made the mistake of putting her big girl halter on her because I thought it fit finally (it doesn't) instead of her rope halter and she apparently did not remember our discussions about personal space and proceeded to run me over. Twice. Luckily my friend had a stud chain so she was introduced to that and we had no more incidences.<br />
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And lastly, I got to see Trask at a recognized show! He was ridden by a trainer in first level and he did so well! He's matured a lot in the last couple years and I thought his test was very nice. Still some baby bobbles outside of the show ring, but I'm so proud of him! Kinda makes me miss the little guy. <br />
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Jetta's been to the beach a total of about 5 times, but I was still not sure if she'd remember the beach and be ok with everything. It ended up being the perfect day and both horses were great! Such a perfect way to celebrate finishing up vet school with a fellow student <3</div>
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This was going to be semi-"wordless Wednesday" but this is too funny of a story. We crested the dunes to the beach access point and there was a horde of children on an apparent school field trip. They were all screaming and running around and throwing pieces of driftwood - the horses were TERRIFIED. We finally convinced them to walk through the group since they left us no option other than to go directly through the children, and as soon as the kids all saw us they started singing "Old Town Road" at the top of their lungs. What a weird experience...TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-47899042770274329342019-02-04T08:00:00.000-08:002019-02-04T08:00:01.938-08:00Update OverloadI'm not even sure where to begin, it's been a while.<br />
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First
off, most importantly... I passed my boards!!! In less than 5 short months I will
actually be a DVM. It's crazy that it's finally almost here - exciting, but mostly terrifying. But that's another post. It's been a
really long 4 years!<br />
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Lots of things have happened the last couple months:<br />
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Jetta
did this. Because she's an idiot. Apparently her neck cover came off
partially and when the BO called the horses in for dinner, she started
running with the other horses, then obviously her neck cover was
flapping around and "chasing" her. So the logical thing to do would be
to run through the fence, right?<br />
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Luckily
she ended up with no serious injuries, just a few superficial scrapes.
The next day her legs were swollen, but she's a delicate flower and was
never actually lame. A couple doses of bute and she was back to normal!<br />
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We went on a frosty New Years day ride which was lovely. But very very cold.<br />
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I've
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like a real horse a times. An awkward moose calf at other times.<br />
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Maisie
got to go on another field trip to the barn. She got to hang out in the
cross ties, where she's mostly trustworthy. And she got her first full
bath! She was MAD about it, or as mad as a little baby horse can get.
Lots of pinned ears and tail swishing, but that was it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My two favorite nicknames for her: my baby string bean or baby noodle</td></tr>
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And then I had a bad day where I euthanized several horses in a row at school, so we did this:<br />
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I didn't die. I never thought I would ride Jetta tackless simply
because she's the kind of horse that likes to go-go-go and getting her
to slow down is not her favorite. She's been a tough horse to train so while she's very responsive, she also doesn't have the most eager-to-please personality so I just resigned myself to not trusting her without tack, despite the fact that I love liberty work.<br />
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Speaking of liberty work, I do a lot of that on the ground with Jetta when I'm too lazy to ride and I've been having a ton of fun with it lately - Jetta is learning how to collect her trot and canter, in addition to changing the size of her circles while free lunging. I'm hopeful it'll translate to better transitions in the saddle!<br />
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How's that for a disjointed, overwhelming update post?!TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-49780298179915709722019-01-04T08:00:00.000-08:002019-01-04T08:00:04.945-08:00Blogger Gift ExchangeI love this secret santa that Tracy at The Printable Pony hosts every year. I love putting together fun gifts for fellow equestrians, just as much as I love what people come up with for me!<br />
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This year I got a gift from Rebecca at <a href="http://overanxioushorseowner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Diary of the Over Anxious Horse Owner</a>. She did a great job!<br />
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I got a awesome set of monogram stickers, as well as one with Maisie and Jetta's name on them. I just have to figure out what all I want to put them on! Also, a pair of adorable socks with llamas in ties which are just hilarious. I absolutely love this brand of socks and already have a fair number of them so these will go nicely with all the rest! And lastly, some horse treats that Jetta has already eaten a large proportion of.<br />
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Thank you so much for all the goodies! I love them!<br />
<br />TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-72739233003218981172018-12-28T07:30:00.000-08:002018-12-28T07:30:01.085-08:00Bloghop: Favorites of 2018I haven't had time yet to go through my normal year end update with lots of pictures, so I thought <a href="http://the900facebookpony.com/" target="_blank">Amanda's</a> blog hop idea was perfect!<b> </b><br />
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I will keep reposting this photo forever, especially as it's from my favorite show this year - our first recognized dressage show! <br />
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I am ecstatic over how these pictures turned out. I could not have asked for better!<br />
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I don't think I ever blogged about it, but I got this helmet on super clearance this year and I LOVE it. I have never had such a nice helmet!!<br />
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First time out with both my girls - puppy and horse went for a perfect walk around the field.<br />
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Seeing how well Maisie handled things on her excursion to the barn, how she didn't even care about walking over poles or investigating the sprinkler and fan. She is such a great baby horse!<br />
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I think this was my favorite trail ride all year - on my birthday even!<br />
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I have quite a few horses that I loved caring for at the vet school during my rotation on large animal medicine. Unfortunately, I am not allowed to post pictures without client consent and I never really took any anyways! I got to interact with some really great owners who loved their horses and it made me fall in love even more with my chosen career path. I was so glad we got to have lots of happy endings for horses that were really sick and made good recoveries. <br />
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I had way too much fun with Maisie's birthday party this year<br />
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I was so proud of Jetta at this show for being able to transition from a lengthened canter back to a regular canter without throwing a fit or trying to yank me out of the saddle. It was definitely one of the things we struggled with the most this year. <br />
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I don't know why I find this so funny, but it's hilariousTBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-80682826746886001182018-12-26T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-26T08:02:11.866-08:00End of Year Goal UpdateI'm suuuuper bad at achieving goals for myself, so this is mainly to try and keep me accountable<br />
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our Bronze medal. I've wanted to work towards this for a while and I
think it's definitely doable, I just need to hurry up and get started!
This is far off since I start clinics in June and I'm really poor so
hopefully I can save and have enough for a recognized show!</b></li>
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<li>We did it! I didn't think it was going to happen after a couple of lackluster league shows, but Jetta did amazing! I was SO nervous, but we pulled it off with our best tests this year! I may have almost bankrupted myself, but the show was 100% worth it!</li>
<li>I think the clinic helped with an unwritten goal to get more involved and make an effort, I've wanted to ride with that clinician for years too! </li>
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<li><b>Baby needs to learn lots of things</b></li>
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<li><b>Tying</b></li>
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<li>She's a champ! Cross tying is still a work in progress, but I'm super happy with her normal tying. Next step is going somewhere new and tying her there or tying her to the trailer </li>
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<li><b>The beginnings of lunging</b></li>
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<li>We've started lunging, but that is still a work in progress, especially as I don't want to lunge her too much until she's older.</li>
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<li><b>Ponying</b></li>
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<li>Soon! </li>
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<li><b>Trailering by herself</b></li>
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<li>She's great! A regular little traveler</li>
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<li><b>Teach her to self load in the trailer</b></li>
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<li>Not yet, but I should definitely start this </li>
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<li><b>Take her on a handful of field trips</b></li>
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<li>So far only two field trips, but we will do more! </li>
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<li><b>Bathing</b></li>
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<li>Failed. Poor baby has still never had a bath, but I will probably take her to the barn where there's a hot water wash rack for her first one in the next month or two</li>
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<li><b>Maybe wear a surcingle and bit </b></li>
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<li>Another one on the "soon" list</li>
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<li><b>General ground work and manners</b></li>
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<li>This is coming along really well, we now trot in hand, back up with halter and chest pressure, and she yields her haunches. We need to work on yielding her forehand more, but she's learning that swinging her head around as a weapon is not ok, neither is body slamming. </li>
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<li><b>Clipping her face</b></li>
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<li>Done! She's not a fan of her bridle path, but we finally are at the point where I can clip her bridle path, muzzle and chin while standing quietly! </li>
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I set the bar really low this year due to vet school, but I'm really pleased with how well everything went! I tackled some huge goals for Jetta and I this year that have been in the works for way too long. <br />
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2019 is a huge up-in-the-air year for me. I graduate in June and have no job lined up at the moment so I have no clue where I'll be come July. I may not even be in the same state depending on what opportunities I find. That means that the horses are going to be up in the air too. They are definitely never going to be sold, but they may be put on the back burner (like, super back burner, more so than now!). That said, I still like setting goals, so here's our new ones:<br />
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Jetta:<br />
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<li>Show at Second level</li>
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<li>Even if it's just a ride-a-test clinic. I want to go out in public and ride a second level test!</li>
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<li>Go cross country schooling</li>
<li>Ride in a league show at least once </li>
<li>Go for a few trail rides</li>
<li>Beach ride! </li>
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<li>This is always going on my goal list</li>
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<li>Audit a clinic</li>
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<li>I would love to ride in one again, but it may not be in the cards this year</li>
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<li>Since we're getting fairly comfortable schooling second level, start schooling third level movements and wear a double bridle a couple times</li>
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Maisie:<br />
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<li>Pony</li>
<li>Lunge - install voice commands</li>
<li>Self load in trailer</li>
<li>Wear bridle and bit</li>
<li>Long rein</li>
<li>Carry a saddle around</li>
<li>Go for a trail walk - ponying or in hand</li>
<li>Get a bath</li>
<li>Play on a trail obstacle course </li>
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TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-63781975171253229742018-12-10T08:00:00.000-08:002018-12-10T08:00:02.439-08:00Belated Black FridayI'm back from the dead! I have been so incredibly busy lately I've hardly had time to do much more than eat, sleep, and go to school. I'm sure not many people read this blog much any more, but I enjoy posting regardless so I'm going to attempt to get back into it.<br />
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I had quite the Black Friday shopping extravaganza. I finally sold one of my fancy western show saddles that I haven't used in ages so I actually had some money by the time Black Friday rolled around. I love hearing about what people scored so here's my list of the horse-related items I got!<br />
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<u><b>Riding Warehouse:</b></u><br />
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<u>Horze Venice Bridle</u> - for Maisie. I had one of these for Jetta and I quite liked it for the price. Obviously cheaply made, but for something that is only going to be used temporarily until it's outgrown... perfect! A grand total of $40.<br />
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<u>Asmar long sleeved tee </u>- I've heard great things about these shirts and I love this color, so I had to try it.<br />
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<u>Chestnut bay show shirt</u> - I've been wanting a show shirt in this style for some time and these were the perfect colors! I got a navy and a gray. I can't wait to show in them, they are so comfy and cute. I'll do a review on them eventually (hopefully).<br />
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<u><b>Horze</b></u><br />
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This was an interesting experience. I'm not really sure I want to shop at Horze again - or at least not directly through them since it was not a good experience. Basically, they said they had a blanket in stock. I bought it. 3 days later they emailed me to say that they didn't have it any more and that they had "no other option but to refund my money and send me the other items in my order". When, in fact, they could have asked me if I'd like another color (of which there are 4 other colors available in that same size blanket). I emailed them back saying I still wanted the blanket in another size, provided it was the same price as the previous one. Three days later (again - no fast responses here) I got an email saying they could provide me with coupons if I wanted to go that route. I responded that I did and got yet another email with a coupon code, you guessed it, three days later. But, the problem was they only provided me with one coupon, not the two that I previously used so it wasn't even close to the same price. Plus, they were slowly selling out of the blanket it the size I wanted, so by the time I probably would get all the coupons I needed, they'd probably all be gone. So I gave up. If they're going to be that difficult to work with, I don't need to give them my money.<br />
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<u>Andi Technical Shir</u>t - I did really love this shirt! It's in one of my favorite colors, it's super comfy, it fits well, it has thumb holes AND pockets!<br />
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Maisie also got her first sparkly browband! I can't wait until it arrives. They rarely have sales and at most it's typically only 10% off, which is not enough to entice me to buy things I don't really need. However, this year they had 20% off which was awesome!<br />
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I definitely spent more than I needed to, but definitely worth it for the deals I got ;)<br />
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<br />TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-40621246483961222872018-10-29T10:59:00.000-07:002018-10-29T10:59:27.879-07:00Favorite time of YearI can't help it - I love clipping. Yes, it takes forever, you get hair literally everywhere (I found some in my teeth even!), but I think it's super fun.<br />
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I mentioned that I wanted to do something similar to what I did last time I clipped and I didn't realize how similar the clip was! Basically I did the same thing, with less hair on the neck, than last time so it's a modified blanket clip. I'm super happy with how it turned out!<br />
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Also, I've been wanting to buy some <a href="https://snaks5thavenchew.com/" target="_blank">Snaks 5th Avenchew</a> treats for a while now, so I finally ordered a cute Halloween cookie set and the unicorn crunch cups. You can give them to both dogs and horses and Kaida loves them! I've given her some of the crunch cups and she really likes them even though they're very hard and she had to figure out how to crunch them up with her soft mouth. <br />
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Jetta was a little less sure about her cookies, especially as they're pretty big. Once she figured out how to eat them she really liked them. They're just so adorable, I will definitely buy them again for special occasions (they're a little spendy), but they'd make perfect gifts.<br />
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Fall (basically all of October) and Halloween have to be some of my favorites. Love this time of year <3<br />
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TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-18741104096688180592018-10-26T17:22:00.002-07:002018-10-26T17:22:18.473-07:00Decisions DecisionsSo many decisions lately. A bunch of people have already been clipping their horses and I'm trying to decide when I should do Jetta. It's a little early for me to clip, but then again I have time this week before my schedule gets crazy... so that leaves the decision for what design do I want to do?<br />
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I'm probably going to do something similar to the year before last (my favorite one). She didn't get done last year because of baby, but even if I don't ride her a whole lot this winter she just has too much hair. She's been getting pretty sweaty during our rides lately. She has a super dense winter coat, but there's not a whole lot of length. Still too much hair! <br />
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Baby horse hasn't been doing too many exciting things, though she did finally get some boots of her own! I had a pair of medium Veredus splint boots that are a hair too small for Jetta and I haven't been able to get anyone to buy them off me. They're the perfect size for Maisie so I decided to keep them. Then at WEG I looked at a bunch of different boots and decided I liked the <a href="https://www.ridingwarehouse.com/Horseware_Amigo_Air_Flow_Horse_Boots_/descpage-HAAFB.html" target="_blank">Horseware Amigo Air Flow</a> boots. I would've liked some Majyk Equipe boots but I needed to stay under $50 a pair and these were half that price. I'm trying really hard not to buy lots of things for her, especially ones that she will grow out of. I think at this point she has a handful of halters, a cob sized bridle that I used for Trask, a baby blanket, and now boots (one pair of which was a hand-me-down).<br />
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A friend that used to breed warmbloods gave me a blanket for her this spring. I measured her at around a 62-64" (I was being lazy and trying to measure a moving target). Luckily the blanket fits perfectly, unluckily it fits perfectly so she's going to grow out of it shortly. So now I need to hunt for a cheap blanket that will last the winter! I was thinking maybe a 68" or 70".<br />
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She could have cared less about the boots and took a couple funny steps before getting over it and walking a few laps around the round pen. Such a good baby!<br />
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I made the decision not to go to the dressage show this weekend which is a bummer, especially since I am so ready to start showing at second level and this was going to be out debut. But, we need some more time to polish everything and I have other plans this weekend, so we'll have to wait until spring. The good news is that I really like the new second level tests for next year, so I'm excited to start riding them!<br />
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<br />TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-10104535412746209492018-10-18T13:40:00.002-07:002018-10-18T13:40:59.227-07:00Fall PhotosAs usual, I don't have much to report around here. I am enjoying my current rotation on small animal medicine, however it doesn't leave a lot of time for riding. Jetta's mild lameness in her front feet has finally resolved so I wish I was!<br />
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However, I've been itching to get fancy pictures with Jetta this year and this fall has been GORGEOUS recently. I can't afford to hire anyone to take my pictures and I don't have any photography friends who had time at the moment so I coerced the BF to take my pictures. He has a rudimentary grasp of photography but I can do all the settings on my camera and direct him how to take them. He was a good sport, though obviously not super enthusiastic about taking a bunch of pictures of a horse, but he got some great ones! He said, and I quote, "Even a blind squirrel can find a nut."<br />
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I didn't get all the pictures I wanted (someone was impatient), but enough that I'm content for the next few years probably. They turned out so great and I wish there were other people that would let me take fancy dress-up pics in this little forest grove!<br />
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Hopefully I'll get to ride Jetta soon, though sadly I don't think our goal of competing at the end of this month is going to happen. We will see!TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-3355556868328404142018-10-05T11:39:00.001-07:002018-10-05T11:44:53.489-07:00Birthday RideMy birthday was on Wednesday and since I was still off of school this week, everyone else was either working, traveling or in clinics. So I loaded up my pony by myself and headed to the trails. I finally got a new hoof boot to replace the one that broke so we were back in action!<br />
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I decided to go to Chip Ross, it's a park that's pretty close to me but for some reason I haven't been there in years. I really have no idea why, it's been almost 3 or 4 years since I've been there but the trails are really lovely and I used to ride there a bunch!<br />
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Jetta was on her best behavior though we mostly just walked, which was good because we rounded a corner and came upon a gaggle of children sitting in a circle directly on the trail. I'm really glad we weren't going any faster or we would have crashed through them like a bowling ball. Jetta loves little kids though and obligingly lowered her head after they all came running over to pet her.<br />
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Overall, it was just what I needed! I've been really stressed this week as I prepare to go back to rotations (I will be on small animal surgery for the next two weeks) and also trying to study for the board exam which is in just over a month. Scary!<br />
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<br />TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-37797196353211077762018-10-01T18:27:00.001-07:002018-10-01T18:27:43.277-07:00Media MondayFinally bought a couple pictures from our recognized dressage show! I was so excited for these pictures, but I really didn't like a lot of them surprisingly. The photographer is very talented and I always love her pictures, but I was leaning forward and Jetta wasn't moving as nicely as I know she can so that combined just made the pictures pretty meh. I do really like the two that I bought and in a way it's for the best that there weren't more pictures that I liked because they're quite expensive and I can never afford more than two. Two of my favorite pictures of Misty are by the same photographer.<br />
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While I will always try to support show photographers, it's hard to spend over $100 just for two pictures. Especially when you don't get the complete file. I paid $25 for her to take pictures of me at the show on one day, then I paid $45 for each of the pictures to get an 8x10" print and a tiny digital file that is only good for social media sites. Then I had to pay almost $10 for shipping the two prints. I tried making one of them my computer background and it was terribly pixelated, so that was a bummer.<br />
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I was a show photographer for several years so I understand how hard it would be to make a living from that. It takes me forever and ever to edit photos so you have to put a lot of time into these things and photography equipment is not cheap!<br />
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Regardless, I love these two pictures. I was so proud of Jetta at the show and I'm happy to finally have some really lovely show pictures of the two of us!<br />
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<i>And I'm curious - what do you typically pay in your area for show photos?</i><br />
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TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-29508559418146908472018-09-20T11:37:00.000-07:002018-09-20T11:37:57.876-07:00WEG Part 2Like I mentioned in the last post, everything on Sunday got moved to Monday so there was nothing for us to do that day. We had a lazy morning and ordered pizza to our room for lunch (a novelty for us because we both live out in the country where food doesn't deliver to). We tried to buy wine at the grocery store down the street but discovered we couldn't because it was Sunday. Crushed, we decided to do some exploring even though very few businesses were open on a Sunday.<br />
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We ended up finding Overmountain Winery pretty much right down the street from the TIEC. The owner was super nice and she had tents erected for the rain so that people could sit outside. We had a nice time wine tasting there, talking with the owner and eating brussel sprouts from the food truck on-site. One thing I love about the Carolinas - you can get brussel sprouts EVERYWHERE and they're delicious. If I could only pick one veggie for the rest of my life it would be brussel sprouts lol.<br />
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After that we made it out to Farmhouse Tack. They had a nice store with a great variety of tack. I didn't find anything I had to have, but it was nice to see it in person. On the way back to our hotel we passed a little shop called Horse of Course (I think) and it was adorable. I almost bought some artwork but that would have required I ship it home which would have been a little bit too much work for me. <br />
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We went to a great taco place for dinner - Willy Taco. Highly recommend for people in the area this week!<br />
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Monday we got to the TIEC early again since it worked out so well last time with zero wait time to get on a shuttle and into the grounds. They moved the parking so we didn't have to worry about our tiny rental car having to get towed out of the mud at the original parking site. The organization was a little better - they had the metal detectors set up and were screening people but still not checking tickets. Again, no one was open even at 9 o'clock so we headed to the arena to get our seats for jumping. We were crushed that musical freestyle was canceled, especially my mom who is not a horse person and really only wanted to see the "dancing ponies". But luckily stadium was just as fun to watch!<br />
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Horses were pulling poles left and right, time penalties everywhere, there was a refusal, one horse took off and his rider could not pull him up - he jumped some greenery decoration and plowed into the next rider's horse who was entering the arena. Oops. I was so crushed for Ingrid Klimke when she pulled a rail at the final fence but Ros Carter had a gorgeous round so she definitely deserved it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My haul - PR even managed to snag me an autographed picture of Lynn Symansky and Donner - go TB's!</td></tr>
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We FINALLY got to do our shopping after stadium was over. Pro tip - park your mom at a shady table and feed her alcoholic beverages so you can get all your shopping in. I managed to not do too much damage - Arista had some great sale items, including a whole rack of tops at $30 each so I got one of those, I got a non-official WEG shirt, a cool belt, a wine glass, and a hat. I drooled over the La Mundial boots and found out they have a rep in my area which is awesome! Now that they have supposedly fixed their production issues, I really want a pair, but we will see...<br />
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I talked to Dubarry about my boots. They recently sprung a leak in the bottom of the boot somewhere which is a huge bummer. I was hoping these boots would last me forever. They're at least 6 years old at this point. Basically they told me that they couldn't fix it, it wasn't a defect that was their fault, the Goretex is still intact so it really is the bond between the rubber sole at the Goretex liner that is coming apart, and it was time to throw them away which made me sad. I was really hopeful for such an expensive product they would have something they could do for me since I really don't have any desire to drop $500 on a pair of non-riding boots, especially when I take care of them really well and they don't last me at least 10 years (I'm cheap and I want things to live forever!)<br />
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Otherwise I just had fun looking at cool products - I'm not a huge shopper because I want everything to be on sale but it's nice to feel things in person. I decided on which boots I want to buy Maisie now that I got to compare them all in person at the Dover store, I found some gorgeous new Tredstep boots that I want, etc.<br />
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It was a really fun day and we ended it by going to a fancy restaurant called Level 10 overlooking the town from the 10th floor of a hotel. Then I dragged my mom to a brewery because that's what I do and it was really good! I always think it's hard to find good IPA's outside of my state but I loved all the ones I tried on this trip.<br />
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I had a great time at WEG - it was definitely a different experience than in 2010 but it was a gorgeous area and besides musical freestyle, everything worked out perfectly. I'm glad the hurricane weather didn't dampen our experience (pun intended) even if we did get a little wet. I did end up coming home with a sunburn after all. <br />
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TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-30412519922328508282018-09-19T15:55:00.000-07:002018-09-19T15:55:14.655-07:00Pure Chaos - WEG Part 1Despite all of the hurricane warnings and drama surrounding the World Equestrian Games, we decided to brave the rain. My parents surprised me with tickets for my birthday, though my mom would be traveling with me. I'm not sure if I ever blogged about it but I went to WEG in 2010 in Kentucky by myself because my friend flaked out after I bought tickets. Long story short I got stranded downtown after midnight half an hour from my hotel, I couldn't flag a taxi down, my cell phone died, and they kicked me out of the bus station which was the only place with a pay phone.<br />
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As the title suggests, the best descriptors of WEG 2018 in Tryon, NC was pure chaos. It was incredibly unorganized in some ways and the facility was still obviously half built. But I still had a great time.<br />
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We got in on Thursday night around midnight resulting in my first experience with Waffle House. They were the only place open and we were starving, I found it entertaining that they didn't have french fries, just hashbrowns.<br />
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Our hotel... was not ideal. We stayed in Spartanburg as they were the only place I could find a hotel for the dates that we were there. I am a really cheap person, hence I picked a really cheap hotel even though my parents were paying. It was too cheap it turns out - there was mold on the walls, the air conditioner had some sort of terrible smell coming from it, the swimming pool was bright green, etc. My mom ended up sleeping in her clothes on the bed and she decided we needed to switch hotels the next day. Oops!<br />
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Friday we spent the day finding a new hotel, then touring around and figuring out where things were. There are some great restaurants in Spartanburg - Friday we ate at the Crepe Factory for brunch and Cribb's Kitchen for dinner - both were amazing.<br />
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Saturday dawned bright and early and in our excitement to make it to the equestrian center before the crowds we ended up at the spectator parking at 7:30am. The WEG website said that shuttles would begin 2.5 hours before the start of competition for the day, which with an 11am start time for cross country meant that we still had to wait 2 hours. But, that proved not to be true. The shuttles were up and running so we took one from the parking lot to the equestrian center (there was also one taking people to the xc course, but I wanted to look around the equestrian center and maybe do some shopping first).<br />
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We got dropped of at the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) and just sort of followed people in since there were no signs where to go, no one to check tickets or bags. We wandered into the vendor village after 8am (when it was supposed to be open) and it was a ghost town. There were no vendors open and just lots of trucks and golf carts flying every which way through the courtyard. We sat around and waited for the shops to slowly open then decided we should get to the xc course. There were lots of signs and we had read online the day before that shuttles would be taking spectators from the end of vendor village down to the xc course. We followed the signs and reached a volunteer who said that there were no shuttles, we'd have to walk. Come to find out later in the day that they were only doing shuttles from the parking lot to the course. Even though the signs said otherwise. Fail. <br />
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It was a long walk downhill and we followed the course backwards. We got to the main area where a lot of the fences were and someone finally looked at our tickets but pretty much if you didn't want to pay you would not have had to. You could have been in the TIEC, shopping, watching the end of the cross country course without repercussions. It was ridiculous and weird. We ended up sitting by the Longines water complex with our cheap Walmart folding chairs we bought the day before - it was perfect. I loved getting to watch the competitors walk the course (it was hilarious how many people walked the course barefoot!). And I got excited when Hawley Bennett-Awad walked by and said hi, commenting on what great seats we had.<br />
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It was so much fun watching everyone go in person - interesting to see how tired some horses were half-way through the course, which riders took the option to go around the water, how someone almost whacked their head on the bottom of the bridge they were going under, etc. SO many horses refused the waterfall jump (the "cascades") so it seemed like the smart people were taking the option around it. I was also really impressed with the Japanese team. I just love eventer people - everyone is rooting for all the riders, regardless of country. When someone retired after 2 refusals, everyone cheered for her making a good decision. <br />
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The weather held out perfectly, only a couple light showers throughout the day. However, after xc was done we headed back to do some shopping only to find all of the vendors were closed for the day at 3pm. That was a huge bummer. <br />
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Overall, it was a great day! Cross country was fun to watch, we got to walk around the course and see these amazing horses and riders (while carrying around our $11 wine!) and neat to be right on the front lines.<br />
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Of course, everything got cancelled for Sunday because of the rain, but I'll write more on that in my next post!<br />
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<br />TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-83448806798574743452018-09-10T08:00:00.000-07:002018-09-10T08:00:01.403-07:00It's Always SomethingI had some really great rides on Jetta in the past week, including a lovely fall-feeling trail ride. Of course, I've been excited to start schooling second level and hopefully squeeze in a schooling show before the end of the year, but as always, horses have better plans.<br />
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Here's our recap since I'm a bad blogger: <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had a fun day with the pup</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's becoming a great little barn dog!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice trail ride day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though we busted a boot :(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooling off with a walk around the field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty girl</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's looking really cute over fences</td></tr>
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Jetta felt a little off on Thursday and she didn't work out of it under saddle. She didn't feel terrible, just NQR. She had Friday off and when I went to get her out of the pasture on Saturday she was definitely a little off on her right front, but everything in her leg palpated normally - no heat, swellings or thickening of any tendons - so I'm thinking it's an abscess. She got a hoof soak and a really good grooming, so we'll see how it goes from here.<br />
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Of course I don't have hoof testers which would be super helpful, but with how hard the ground has been and her inability to get any sole depth this year, I would not be surprised. It's been so many years since I've had a horse with an abscess, I think 6 years?! So I guess I was overdue. It isn't the worst timing because I'm heading to WEG on Thursday!! Is anyone else going to be there the 13th-18th that would like to meet up? I haven't heard of any blogger meet-ups so I assume everyone's just doing their own thing, but on the off-chance I would love to meet up!<br />
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So for now Maisie gets to be my focus! She hasn't been doing a whole lot, mostly just being a baby and growing up. She gets groomed almost daily and messed with a little bit. She recently learned how to trot in hand which was cute. The first couple of times it was like I was flying a little baby horse kite but by the third time she figured it out. We still really need to work on clipping, bathing and ponying, but otherwise I'm really happy with where she's at right now!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This mane is ridiculous</td></tr>
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I measured her again and she just hit 14.3 hands at 13 months, she string tests to 16.2 hands which is PERFECT. I was worried she was going to get huge, but fingers crossed it's accurate! Our current project is pulling her mane - it is SUPER thick so I've been working on it bit by bit because Maisie hates it, so we've got a quarter of it done so far. She's definitely going to get a mohawk like her mother at some point because this is ridiculous. I thought it was funny today as I was scrolling instagram and someone made the comment that Warmbloods and Thoroughbreds can have their mane pulled easily since they don't grow thick hair... Um. I wish. Maisie's mane can rival that of any hairy breed!<br />
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So that's our life in a nutshell!TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-25276945658599132402018-08-23T08:00:00.000-07:002018-08-23T08:00:01.589-07:00Twin Rivers Classic - Day 2Sunday dawned wayyyy too early for me. We had our ride at 7:30am so I
had to be up at 4:30am to throw Jetta in the trailer and be on our way
by 5am. Ugh. I am so not a morning person. <br />
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I was super tired so Jetta got a minimal
warm-up since she felt pretty much perfect. We went in and put in one of
the best tests we've done recently! I was so, so happy with her effort
and more than ok to end the show on that note. Previously I was bummed
to not have 2 classes on each day, but I really couldn't afford it and
it turns out that it worked out just fine! We ended up with a 67.8%
which I was ecstatic about - last time this judge gave us a 64.8%. We
got lots of 6.5's and 7's with several 8's - one for each halt, one for
our free walk, and one for our canter-trot transition (AMAZING). We got a
5.5 on our right half circle because we didn't show any bend, and a 6
for our stretchy trot. We got all 6.5's on our collective marks with the
comments "A bit stiff legged this morning, needs more suppleness and to
bend right, obedient, just needs balance to relax muscles, rider needs
shoulders more back and seat bones more forward to help balance." One of
these days I'll get my equitation together.<br />
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Take aways from the show:<br />
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<li>I still need to work on my position, but I'm happy with the improvement from the previous show</li>
<li>The stretchy trot it a huge weakness of ours, so we need to either
fix it or hurry up and move to second level where we don't have to do it
anymore! (jk... kind of)</li>
<li>The verbindend bit was a success - I felt like she was definitley
not as over her back into contact as she could have been because of the
bit, but I will take that over having my arms ripped out of the sockets</li>
<li>We need to figure out where our right bend went still</li>
<li>I'm thinking it might be time to do some flexions and see if it's
time to think about joint injections or at least some Legend or Adequan. She doesn't look stiff to me in the video at all, but I'd like just to get an idea of if she's needing more joint management or not as she's never had the best hocks</li>
<li>We need to stop doing First 1 because no one else ever shows it, so it's cool to get first place ribbons and all, but it'd be nice to see how we stack up against other riders, so we need to work on our canter loop in order to show First 3!</li>
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Can't wait to see the proofs for the pro pictures, so I will post those when/if I decide to buy any!<br />
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TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-14132935034799853842018-08-22T08:00:00.000-07:002018-08-22T08:00:14.541-07:00Twin Rivers Classic - Day 1Surprise! I went to a show. And not just any dressage show, but a recognized show. You might remember our lackluster last show and how I was really bummed and thinking that a recognized show was just not going to be worth it for us. I really didn't want to spend a bunch of money on a recognized show only to not get any scores towards our bronze medal.<br />
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But then, our rides at home were really good. And I remembered the "magic bit" (Neue Schule verbindend snaffle). And I thought about how we've been at first level forever and I have never done a recognized show on Jetta and I just keep pushing that goal further and further back... So I signed up.<br />
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I immediately had buyer's remorse. What if I just wasted all that money? I'm perfectly happy doing league shows forever pretty much. And of course my rotation this month took me 2 hours from home so I was only riding Saturdays and Sundays (maybe with the occasional Friday). Would we be ready?<br />
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Long story short, it worked out well for us!<br />
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Luckily my rides on Saturday were in the afternoon, the first one being at 2:30pm. I had packed for the most part the previous weekend and cleaned all my tack on Friday, so I was able to leisurely pack the rest of the trailer, lunge and bathe Jetta, then drive to the show.<br />
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Of course, when lunging Jetta, she was being an absolute psycho and galloping around the arena with her tail in the air and snorting, resulting in the most epic wipe-out I've seen her do. She got up and trotted off like it was no big deal, but I was really worried that after standing on a trailer for an hour and a half, she'd realize that she really did hurt herself and be lame.<br />
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Anyways, when I first got on her in the warm-up arena she definitely felt stiff. Not quite lame per se and I didn't really know anyone around the arena at the time to ask and see what they thought. She ended up working out of it, so I'm not sure if her leg that she landed on when she fell was sore or if she was just stiff in general and the warm-up arena footing is a little bit hard or if she was a little bit footsore, etc. Overall, she felt normal after we had warmed up.<br />
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My goals for this show were to get 60's. Pretty low standards for me lol. But I also wanted to get no comments about me leaning forward or having flat hands, like last time. I was really disappointed in myself for those comments!<br />
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Our first test at First 1 was ok. I did ride in the verbindend to see how it went and I had a lot more control, especially in the canter. She still braced in one of the lengthened trots, which is weird because she only does it when we're going one direction, but not the other (doesn't matter if it's towards or away from the door, just when we go left to right across the diagonal). Overall, I felt pretty good about it. We ended up with a 62.2% with mostly 6.5's and a couple 5.5's - one for our stretchy trot, one for a lengthened trot, and one for a lengthened canter, and a few 7.5's for both halts and the medium walk. Our collective marks were all 6's with one 6.5 for rider's position and her remarks were "Capable team, work to improve her steady stretch to contact and develop more swing over her back. Have fun!"<br />
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The next test I decided to be a little bit more bold in our lengthenings since I felt like she wasn't bracing as much and we had worked at home to reduce the rushing a little bit (judges still say that it's rushed or running, but it feels oodles better than it was). I liked this test a lot in how it went - still a few bobbles, but definitely improved. We scored a 64.7% which I was happy with, mostly 6.5's with a 7.5 for our first halt and free walk, a 7 for both half circles, medium walk, and one of our canter circles. Again, a 5.5 on our stretchy trot, so we definitely need to work on that. Collective marks were all 6.5's with the comments "Fun team with bright future. Work to improve stretch over topline to contact in all work".<br />
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I definitely didn't regret signing up for this show, it was super fun and laid back, and Jetta was on her best behavior!<br />
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<i></i> TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-88934244295026169412018-08-06T13:13:00.000-07:002018-08-06T13:13:27.089-07:00(Kinda) Back to WorkAfter our last show, Jetta has been kinda great. I was pretty frustrated with our rides at the show since I know we are both capable of so much better. My ride after the show we even ran through a test in full (which I never do) to see if there was any bracing happening like it happened at the show... There was none, she was soft and compliant the whole test.<br />
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This is definitely not a new problem. One of the last dressage shows we went to before Jetta got pregnant she was AWFUL - I felt like our whole test was basically a barely controlled bolt, she was running through and ignoring my aids. I walked out of the ring knowing we deserved a 50-something % and a low placing... then we miraculously pulled off a mid-60 score landing us in 2nd place. So obviously her being a freight train doesn't look as bad as it feels, but we're never going to be able to progress in our training if we don't get it under control.<br />
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Overall though, I feel like I finally have my pre-baby horse back, the one who is ready to school second level and everything. She's by no means perfect at home, but we're definitely improving. She's getting steadier in the contact, her trot feels really nice most of the time, and our canter-trot downward transition is kinda there. Two things we're struggling with right now, oddly enough, is our stretchy trot - Jetta is willing to stretch down, but kinda takes off - and our right bend disappeared. Not sure where it went, but I think it's a me thing, that I'm hanging on my outside rein too much, so we've been working on that. Our lengthened canter to working canter transition is still very
resistant, so we're still playing with that a lot while trying to not
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I haven't ridden her in the verbindend bit in a long time - I thought it might be our magic bit when I first bought it, but over time it was just a little too much bit for schooling at home. I put it aside to use possibly just at shows and then forgot about it. I pulled it back out again for the first time in forever and tried a ride in it and I'm not sure it was any better than the Myler. I think I need at least one more ride in it to decide if it's going to be a useful bit just to use in a show environment, so fingers crossed!<br />
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I'm trying to figure out how to budget some more shows into our schedule, but it's really hard since I'm not working right now and of course it's tough to schedule around 4th year rotations, but I'm hoping there'll be at least a couple shows in the books for us! Of course, I'm really wanting to ride lots right now since it seems we're on the upward swing in our training at the moment, but my rotation at the humane society is almost 2 hours away from home so I've been staying in the dorms which is a huge bummer. I miss my ponies, but I at least get to see them on the weekends!<br />
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TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-76360659284659448972018-07-25T15:57:00.001-07:002018-07-25T15:58:27.527-07:00Birthday GirlI can't believe that one year ago (on the 27th officially) I got to welcome my sweet bouncing baby buckskin girl into the world! I had been wanting to breed FOREVER and still somewhat regret not breeding my amazing appendix QH mare years ago (I recently saw a 4 year old with almost the same cross - same stallion that I wanted at the time with the same breed of mare - and I swooned!)<br />
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I could not be happier with my little mini Jetta filly - she is the prettiest little thing with a great brain and I can't wait to see where the future takes us! Of course I had to give my baby a ridiculous birthday party. I made her a cake by putting water in her normal grain, dicing up a couple apples into it and then squishing it into the shape of a cake. I drizzled a tiny bit of molasses on it and then stuck some more apples on it. Maisie LOVES apples but hasn't quite figured out carrots yet so it was just apple-flavored this year and she thought the cake was delicious! (she can be really picky)<br />
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Can't believe I already have a yearling on my hands!TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-47159287639689734532018-07-19T21:00:00.000-07:002018-07-19T21:00:10.420-07:00What an OrdealWe went for a trail ride yesterday which was AWESOME. I finally made it to WM park which was closed last time I tried. This time I scrutinized the website and didn't see anything about closures so off we went. The ride was great. We went around 8 miles, didn't see a single person, did a little swimming. Super fun.<br />
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The drive home was not super fun. About halfway home on the interstate the trailer started wobbling and I looked in the rear view mirror to see pieces of tire flying. A couple people frantically waved at me from their vehicles (which I appreciated! I'm always nervous I won't notice if I blow a tire - but it was super obvious). I made it almost another mile to an off ramp and parked on the side and got to work changing out the tire.<br />
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I was set for this - I am an independent horse woman and I can change a tire! Except, it was super hot. Like not in the 90s anymore, but it was at least 86 degrees with no shade. And I couldn't get the last dang lug nut undone and all these guys in jacked up trucks were driving past me without stopping while I was kicking and throwing all my body weight on the stupid tire iron to get it to turn.<br />
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I was about to give up and throw the stupid tire iron away but finally got it off. Of course at that moment a guy in a little Ford Focus pulled over (car twins!) and asked if I was ok or needed help. At that point I was covered in dirt from getting on the ground and absolutely dripping sweat - it was basically a river of sweat at that point - and I desperately needed a water break so I said sure and he helpfully put my spare tire on for me. He said that I'd already done the hard part, which I agreed, he'd shown up just a couple minutes too late! I was so thankful for him stopping, I really, really appreciated it!<br />
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I cheerfully got back on the interstate only to look in the rear view at a giant cloud of smoke coming from the spare tire. I am equipped to change a tire, I am not equipped to deal with a fire on the horse trailer! I quickly pulled to the side of the highway and was at a loss for what to do. I called Les Schwab since they have a roadside tire repair thing, but they charge a $48 service charge, then $105 an hour, plus the amount that the tire costs. And I had 30 minutes to decide if I needed them because they don't take calls after 5pm (of course, right when they are needed) and they were worried I had something wrong with my trailer axle since the spare wasn't working.<br />
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I ended up calling my barn owner because I couldn't think of anyone who would be available and have access to a horse trailer and truck. By some miracle she wasn't working and agreed to come get Jetta so I could figure out what to do. By that point I was starting to have a panic attack - I didn't know how to get my trailer home on 3 tires, AAA wouldn't help me because I didn't have RV coverage and refused to upgrade me because I had a current roadside claim, it was after 5pm, and I needed to unload my horse on the side of a very busy I-5. And my phone was dying. I frantically called the BF who magically was also just getting off work and he drove out.<br />
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Jetta is A SAINT. She earned herself so many cookies yesterday - as much as I complain about her I am so lucky to have her. She was the most perfect angel possible and I am so glad I instilled a good trailering ability with her. If your horses don't load well I really, really urge you to teach them (or find someone else to do so!) to self load regardless of the situation and practice on trailers that aren't yours. It is an invaluable skill. Jetta stood perfectly still in the trailer for the 2ish hours that we changed tires and then waited for help. When my BO got there to help, I was so worried. Especially because Jetta had never used a ramp for a trailer. I marched Jetta up to the ramp, she snorted at it, I circled her back and marched her right onto the trailer. Easy peasy (minus the fact that I was literally shaking I was so nervous).<br />
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That taken care of, we assessed the situation and decided to try a new tire and see what happened. Of course it was now after 6pm by that point so the only place we could find with my tire in stock was Wal-Mart tire center. My wonderful BF drove over and got the tire only to find that there was a 3 hour waiting time just to take 5 minutes to put the tire on the wheel... he called around and found another tire shop that was still open for another 30 minutes and hightailed it over there across town and they whipped the tire on in under 4 minutes! What an awesome place.<br />
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New tire on, it worked perfectly and I was able to get the trailer home safe and sound. What. A. Day. I really hope I never have to do that again.<br />
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I am now upgrading my trailering supplies to include a fire extinguisher because who knows when that might come in handy. I'm getting a new spare tire that will actually work. And I will never trailer without my phone charger (and/or possibly a plug-in battery charger) again because if I get stranded without a phone I am screwed. I sat on the side of I-5 for almost 3 hours with not a single person stopping. I get that it's a busy highway, but I was a tiny bit surprised that no one stopped. <br />
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If you don't have a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Trailer-Aid-Tandem-Changing-Trailers/dp/B001V8UKBO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1532053295&sr=8-1&keywords=trailer+aid" target="_blank">TrailerAid</a> I highly, HIGHLY recommend you get one. I can't think of a better $40 spent. Seriously.<br />
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Does anyone else have any trailering supplies they consider a requirement for when they haul horses? And I'm considering getting US Rider coverage since AAA is absolutely worthless. Has anyone used them and what was your experience?<br />
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TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-54875031884406097392018-07-16T15:43:00.000-07:002018-07-16T15:43:31.770-07:00Friday Field TripMy truck is finally fixed!! I'm so happy to be mobile again! To celebrate, I decided that it was time to take Maisie on another field trip to Jetta's barn. The plan was to start teaching her how to pony, but it didn't quite work out...<br />
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Maisie loaded up and hauled perfectly. When we got to the barn, I left her in the trailer while I got Jetta out of the field. I tied Jetta to the trailer and unloaded and tied Maisie next to her. I was starting to tack up Jetta when she untied herself and took off, high tailing it back to the pasture. I was about to go after her when a GIANT horse fly started buzzing around Maisie. I couldn't decide what to do first, but I decided that Jetta wasn't going anywhere now that she was grazing back by her pasture and I really didn't want Maisie to get bit and freak out, so I stuck Maisie in her stall and retrieved Jetta. Stinker - you'd think the 12 year old would act better behaved than the 12 month old...<br />
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I tacked Jetta up and lunged her really quickly and discovered we had a problem - the sprinkler was going in the arena and I didn't know how to dismantle it so I could shut the arena door. I definitely wasn't going to try ponying for the first time in a space where Maisie could take off and make a run for it out of the arena. So I stuck Jetta in the cross ties and played with Maisie a bit. We walked around the property and eventually made it out to the field where the jumps were set.<br />
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Maisie didn't even glance at the poles, but walked over them calmly and easily. I was so proud! We did that a few times and ended with walking over a tiny crossrail jump - baby's first jump!<br />
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By the time we finished walking around it was super hot (almost in the 90's) and the sprinkler in the arena still wasn't done. So I decided that this was a good opportunity for Maisie's first bath and then I stuck her in the cross ties while I untacked Jetta. She was great! She did not like the bath at all (shocker), but stood fairly nicely while I sprayed her neck and shoulders.<br />
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Overall, I was super proud of my little nugget and next time we will definitely try ponying!<br />
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<br />TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-48223948385761922932018-07-10T19:59:00.000-07:002018-07-10T19:59:40.930-07:00Trail Ride 'TasticYesterday was the last day that I had the borrowed truck so I decided a trail ride was in order! While I love all the trails that are local to me, I had a free day and I love going places that are different than what I normally have access to, so I decided a trip to WM park was just what I needed!<br />
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I checked the website and calendar to make sure there weren't any special events happening and loaded up, and off we went! It's not super close... about just over an hour drive. I rolled in and was about to put money in the pay meter... when a park ranger rolled up and told me that the majority of the park was closed for construction on the culver and roads that access the equestrian portion. Pedestrians could still use the parks, just not horses.<br />
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I was crushed. I had even checked the website and everything (I went back and looked at it again - and there was a tiny little banner that I had missed stating that there was construction). Boooooo. I was upset that I had driven so far for nothing. Just for the heck of it, I put another park into my phone's navigation. This park was in the complete opposite direction of where I'd come from, but it was only 1.5 hours from my current location. Just about 20 minutes farther than it'd be going home. I shoved some treats at Jetta and headed to the other park.<br />
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We made it to the other park and I unloaded Jetta and let her graze for a bit in compensation for the crazy long trailer ride she'd just been on.<br />
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We ended up having a lovely trail ride. I think Jetta was tired from the show, so she was happy to just walk the trails, though we did do a little bit of trotting and cantering. I love this park, it's the one I grew up going to a lot and I have a ton of super fun memories of long afternoons exploring with friends or solo, horse swimming, picnics, and all of my horses I've owned in my life had been there at one time or another.<br />
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<br />TBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06791705770758173580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8590491436630121808.post-67481151603584028042018-07-09T20:48:00.000-07:002018-07-10T19:22:58.975-07:00Midsummer Night's DreamI'm back with a show update! I have a few weeks off of clinics this summer, so I decided I might as well squeeze some showing in and this is usually one of my favorite shows to go to all year.<br />
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It was quite the ordeal getting things figured out for this show - my truck is still broken and I thought it would be fixed by now, I was going to borrow my dad's truck but then he accidentally took the keys with him when he drove over the mountains for the weekend, so I had to find a truck the day before the show. My 3 local options were all out - one friend had her truck currently in Canada for an externship, another was half disassembled because they're putting a flat bed on it, and the other didn't respond to my text because they're in one of the most insane rotations at school. Luckily the BF's parents have multiple trucks and said I could borrow one, not ideal since it was an hour and a half drive to get the truck (one way), but it was worth it!<br />
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The morning started off fairly excitingly when I went to load Jetta in the trailer, only to open the door and find a HUGE wasp nest in the trailer. I ran back inside and luckily another lady was at the barn and had it covered. I call her the "barn mom" for a reason. She grabbed some wasp spray and a broom and went out and sprayed it all down, killed all the bees and swept all of the nests out for me! It was awesome - I'm not allergic to bees but I am a chicken about them and I will run away from them, most likely screaming.<br />
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We did First-1 and First-2 at this show. I decided to suck it up and do both First level tests since I really feel like we have Training level down and we need to get it together to do First level. Typically I try to keep my expectations low for a show because I'm super competitive and I don't want to get bummed out if I don't do well. My usual goals are - don't fall off and stay inside the dressage ring! But for this show, my goals were to remember my tests (last show I had a reader for first level) and I really, really wanted a 65% on at least one test.<br />
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Jetta has been SO good all week. All of a sudden her canter has turned around and started feeling good instead of the weird funk we were in. She started being steady in the contact, listening to half-halts, and for the most part was carrying herself nicely. I was really looking forward to the show!<br />
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She warmed up pretty hot and wanting to either run or fall on her forehand. I got on pretty early to school her and thought we worked through things fairly well. She decided she no longer wanted to bend right, which I have no idea where that came from, and couldn't get her to change her mind about only bending left. We got in the arena and immediately the bell was rang for us to start, so I was bummed that Jetta didn't get to look around (she's never been to this barn) because the arena has 6 big openings around the sides so it's pretty weird for horses who aren't used to it to see people's heads strolling by or horses and cars all around.<br />
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Our test was tense, Jetta wanted to run through my aids, and half halts were forgotten. It was not helped by the fact that some sort of party was happening at the entrance of the arena where there is a sitting area for spectators - everyone was cheering, excitedly and loudly talking, wine bottles were popped, and paper bags were being rustled. Not the ideal environment for a hot spooky horse in a dressage test.<br />
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I was pretty bummed with how the test went. Unfortunately we didn't have time after to school more because I had to go right back in after one rider went. I had a couple minutes to memorize the next test, and then we were on.<br />
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This time I immediately trotted and did several trot-halt-trot transitions before the bell rang to try to get Jetta thinking and not pulling. I definitely think it helped a bit. For First-2 I didn't let Jetta get as forward in our lengthening trot and canters because she was pulling too much on me in the first test, so I tried to keep her soft but at least show a little bit of difference. I came out of the test feeling much better about that ride than the other one.<br />
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It's funny how every time I think a test went awful and the other one was better, the judge thinks the opposite.<br />
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We scored a 64.8% on the First-1 test. An improvement from our last show, both in score (we got a 64.2%) and how it felt to ride. We got a 7 for both halts, a 7.5 for one of the 10-meter half circles, a 7 on our trot-walk transition, an 8 on our free walk, and crazily enough, a 7.5 on our last canter-trot transition. Our comments were mostly how Jetta's gaits were "choppy" and that I needed to sit up (Jetta was yanking me out of the tack the majority of the ride - I'm disappointed in myself for not just giving her a big half-halt and sitting up).<br />
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First-2, also disappointing, got a 61.56%. I really thought this one would have scored better, but oh well. I was extremely bummed out about this test because this is a judge that consistently gives ridiculously high scores... I can't imagine how low it wouldv'e been with a judge that scored more normally. I thought our leg yields were attentive and accurate but she didn't like them - one of them was "crooked" and the other "leads with haunch all of the way". I wish we had a mirror at our barn because they really did feel straight to me! We did get a 7.7 for our walk, and an 8.0 for our free walk again. One of the lengthened canters, one 15 meter canter circle, and our final halt all got a 7. Jetta was not interested at all in doing a stretchy trot circle so we got dinged on that too. Final remarks were: "Capable pair! A bit too much in jumper position, with dressage position, she will be more supple, cadenced, and have more suspension". I wish!<br />
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Overall, this show made me unsure about my plan to do a recognized show. If we can't even get mid-60's at a league show (with a really lenient judge), I really think it would be a waste of money to do a recognized show when I'm trying to get scores for my bronze medal. I was pretty bummed with this show, we still have a ton of work to do at home obviously and so far the work we are putting in just hasn't shown yet.<br />
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The good stuff - I'm happy that I was able to memorize both tests! For some reason, maybe just being out of practice, it's been hard for me to memorize the First level tests. Jetta didn't canter in any of our trot lengthenings, or trot in our free walk. While she was spooky about the cars, and horses walking past the arena windows, and the noisy people, she didn't leap out of the arena or bolt. I was happy(ish) with our second test's geometry and all but one of the downward transitions. We still have a long way to go, but at least the work at home is getting better!<br />
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Congrats if you made it this far and sorry for the mostly picture-less post! I didn't know anyone well enough to pester them into taking pictures and there were no photographers at this show. Hopefully next time!<br />
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