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
Ellie and I had SO MUCH FUN at our first Pony Club jump rally this year. We drove up to Clay Brook Farms, where we had our D-1/D-2 rating, in order to compete for the day on July 20. This happened to be one of the hottest days of summer, so the organizers modified the schedule a bit. Instead of doing two rounds in the morning and one in the afternoon, we all did just two rounds (with a ten-minute break in between) all in the morning, so we were done and headed out just after lunch. Everything ran so smoothly despite the condensed format. We were able to do our formal inspections right before we mounted up, and we were all encouraged to limit our warm up time. We were not allowed to wear jackets, and there was a TON of horse water and ice cold human water available at numerous stations around the field. Ellie chillin' with her new BFF for the day I was competing with Epona Pony Club, but I was again put on a Horsemaster team with two other adults from Foxcroft Pon