I had many great horsey experiences in 2019! I am really pleased with how the year went overall; nothing is ever perfect, but both horses are sound, happy, and healthy, which is really what matters to me. Some of my 2019 goals were met easily or with lots of hard work, and a few of them were utter fails haha. C'est la vie! Let's recap! Happy, health, sound Both mares are doing well in this regard! Dreamy will be 29 this year, and while she definitely shows signs of her age at times, she overall looks and acts much younger than she really is! Ellie has really matured this year, filling out as well as mentally becoming more comfortable in her own skin. As she will be eight this year, I feel like we have moved through the baby phase. having this photo shoot was definitely a highlight of 2019! Continue lessons with Beth and Babette This goal was met and then some! I took almost weekly dressage lessons with Beth and monthly jump lessons with Babette. Thanks to the
Coming off last weekend's strong showing at Scarlet Day Farm , Snappy and I headed to another SMDA show at the Hollis Equestrian Park. We did the May and June shows there, so I knew she would be comfortable at the venue. Snappy was great yet again, earning two more blues for her growing collection. Intro A - 1st place out of 4 with a 67.813% Intro B - 1st place out of 5 with a 68.438% The tests were obedient and accurate. I really want to clean things up enough to move up to Intro C and Training 1 next year, but time will tell. It is tough to have a time frame in the back of your head because horses progress at their own pace. And I am certainly no professional trainer, so it takes me double the time to teach my horses anything LOL! I am still extremely pleased with this mare, but I will honestly say that I just wanted to break 70% again and would have been happy to come in dead last at this show in order to do so LOL! It's not about the ribbons, it'