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Wentworth Hunter Pace - June 6, 2021

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

Day Thirteen: 30 Day Challenge

Day Thirteen: A picture of your worst riding

Oh geez, this could be interesting!  LOL!  I am not sure I actually want to publish a pic of my worst riding! Now that I have looked all through my folders, I could not stop at just one......ha ha ha.  Get ready to laugh...or cringe!!

Dreamy's first horse show, fall of 2006.  She decided that the first crossrail was super scary (and now that I look at the fence, I see that it is set up incorrectly with a false ground line!  SMART!)  This is me trying to NOT fall off...she stopped so hard that I ended up on her neck (I was sitting on her withers!) and almost on top of the left jump standard.  I refused to actually fall off, so I clung to her neck, got myself back in the saddle, circled her, cleared the fence, finished the course, and placed sixth out of 13 riders.  (The following spring we placed first in the same class.)  Sorry Mom, I am sure your heart just stopped looking at this...  ;-D



Downeast Congress, summer 2010.  Dreamy had a complete and total meltdown in her hunter over fences class.  Something spooked her in the covered arena (she HATES that ring) and she tried to run out to the right at the second fence.  This is me doing my damnedest to keep her straight.  Defensive riding at its best!  I particularly like my tongue sticking out.  LOL!

Standardbred Nationals, summer 2009.  Ah, yes, this is classic: looking down to check the lead, rounding my back and shoulders, bracing my elbows, loss of contact.  Oh man.  And Dreamy is at the most awkward moment of the gait so she looks mighty fine herself!  Bahahahaha.

Linda Zang clinic, spring 2009.  Dreamy looks cute, despite my equitation fail.  I just LOVE my leg!  LOL!  Bent wrist, weird elbows, and pinching with my knee.  Lower leg is gone.  :-)  It is the "up" phase of the rising trot and I look like I am about to take flight off my horse's back.

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  1. Gotta admit I get a kick out of refusal photos.

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  2. HA HA HA, I know, right? At least I did not fall off. I like our faces in each one. :-)

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