After Margaret and I had such a fun time at the fall hunter pace, we opted to go again this spring! This time, while I rode Rejoice again, Margaret rode her horse Jester and had a friend ride Ladyhawke. All Kennebec Morgans!! Jester and Rejoice have the same dam and Jester and Lady share the same sire. Unfortunately instead of a lovely late spring day, we had one of the first intensely hot and humid days of the year. It was definitely a bummer, but the ride was mostly in the shade of the woods and we had a great time! most of the fences were 3' coops but we found a small log and this hay to jump haha Until we didn't. 😑 We brought along a third friend who rode Margaret's older mare, Ladyhawke. She's a good rider but hasn't known Ladyhawke for very long and didn't realize how much of a cranky boss mare she could be at times. She kicked Jester right in the front leg just about halfway through the ride, and while the cut itself ended up not being a big deal in the
Well, there was ice in the buckets this AM. This is SO NOT COOL. I am in complete and utter denial that winter is coming. I think I am pretending that I am either going to FL for the winter or that we are suddenly going to go from fall to spring! LOL! Ah, either of those scenarios would be my ultimate dream. I am SO done with winter.
Another bummer.....I found out yesterday that I am only allowed to ride one test tomorrow at my show....a Ride-Re-Ride with SMDA. I was hoping to do both Training 1 and 2...but I guess they forgot to mention in the omnibus that in order to allow as many rides as possible, they are only allowing each rider to ride one test. BUGGER.
Oh well....naturally I chose Training 1. This is purely for year end scores......while ME Dressage Society gives awards based on levels, Southern ME Dressage Assoc. gives awards based on test. So it behooved me to ride Training 1 since that is the test I have shown all year. I am such a tricolor ribbon-ho....LOL! ;-) Not really.....I am just dying to score above a 60% on Training 1 again.
OH....and because they have so many rides tomorrow (as in I am riding Training 1 TWICE, back to back....but only the first ride "counts" for points) they set up two rings. I am in the "new ring" (I sure hope Dreamy is happy with the new oddly placed ring) AND this means I am NOT riding for Keith Angstandt!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR.....this defeats the entire purpose of why I wanted to do this show.....to be judged by an "r" judge as opposed to an L judge. My plan is to do rated shows next year so I wanted to get feedback in the Ride-Re-Ride format from a "real" judge. I have shown already under the judge who I am riding for tomorrow, and she is great, but I don;t know....I am a little disappointed with the entire thing.
AND....I had to give up on my fantastical costume class idea. C wanted to do it on Dreamy, so I allowed him to chose the costume. He and Dreamy are going to be black cats. It will be super cute, but will not fulfill my childish desire....see here.
Oh what's a girl to do??????? ;-)
Another bummer.....I found out yesterday that I am only allowed to ride one test tomorrow at my show....a Ride-Re-Ride with SMDA. I was hoping to do both Training 1 and 2...but I guess they forgot to mention in the omnibus that in order to allow as many rides as possible, they are only allowing each rider to ride one test. BUGGER.
Oh well....naturally I chose Training 1. This is purely for year end scores......while ME Dressage Society gives awards based on levels, Southern ME Dressage Assoc. gives awards based on test. So it behooved me to ride Training 1 since that is the test I have shown all year. I am such a tricolor ribbon-ho....LOL! ;-) Not really.....I am just dying to score above a 60% on Training 1 again.
OH....and because they have so many rides tomorrow (as in I am riding Training 1 TWICE, back to back....but only the first ride "counts" for points) they set up two rings. I am in the "new ring" (I sure hope Dreamy is happy with the new oddly placed ring) AND this means I am NOT riding for Keith Angstandt!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRR.....this defeats the entire purpose of why I wanted to do this show.....to be judged by an "r" judge as opposed to an L judge. My plan is to do rated shows next year so I wanted to get feedback in the Ride-Re-Ride format from a "real" judge. I have shown already under the judge who I am riding for tomorrow, and she is great, but I don;t know....I am a little disappointed with the entire thing.
AND....I had to give up on my fantastical costume class idea. C wanted to do it on Dreamy, so I allowed him to chose the costume. He and Dreamy are going to be black cats. It will be super cute, but will not fulfill my childish desire....see here.
Oh what's a girl to do??????? ;-)
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