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
After a fantastic first ever dressage show back in May, I was pretty excited to see what the June show held in store for us. Admittedly, I do think it is tough to start out so well with such stellar scores. I am NOT complaining, I am happy we did well, but it is tough to start on top. I would have much rather started in the lower 60s and mid pack for ribbons, and then we'd have a place to "move" to and improve. I figured we had only one place to go and that was down! LOL!
But, Snappy came out ready to show yet again and was a rockstar. I, on the other hand, got extremely sick on Saturday before the show and spent the day with a yucky stomach flu. I did manage to school her lightly that morning before things went really downhill, but it took me double the time to braid her because I kept puking (GROSS) and having to sit down after each braid. I wiped down my tack and didn't even clean my saddle! Oh the horror!!! Haha. I was worried that I would end up feelingfine better on Sunday morning and kick myself for scratching. So yes, I am a crazy insane horse person who forced herself to bathe and braid her horse in order to show the next day and possibly win little scraps of fabric. There are worse things LOL!!
We had another great show. It was run by a local Standardbred group, so instead of high point horse/rider (which we would've missed by just over a point), they only awarded high point Standardbred of the day. Out of six Standardbreds, Snappy was the high point horse! Yay mare!
Intro A - 1st place out of six with a 72.813%
Intro B - 2nd place out of nine with a 70.938%
High Point Standardbred
But, Snappy came out ready to show yet again and was a rockstar. I, on the other hand, got extremely sick on Saturday before the show and spent the day with a yucky stomach flu. I did manage to school her lightly that morning before things went really downhill, but it took me double the time to braid her because I kept puking (GROSS) and having to sit down after each braid. I wiped down my tack and didn't even clean my saddle! Oh the horror!!! Haha. I was worried that I would end up feeling
We had another great show. It was run by a local Standardbred group, so instead of high point horse/rider (which we would've missed by just over a point), they only awarded high point Standardbred of the day. Out of six Standardbreds, Snappy was the high point horse! Yay mare!
Intro A - 1st place out of six with a 72.813%
Intro B - 2nd place out of nine with a 70.938%
High Point Standardbred
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