So due to the foot of snow we recived today I spent alot of time online! So please see the attached:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpP6QA_1shQ
That is Executive Privilege 3E, owned by Kingridge stables in Ont, and ridden by Hugh Graham. It is a gp jumping class at Halton Place just outside of Georgetown Ont.
Now the reason I included Hugh and this gelding is for a couple of reasons...
1) I actually worked and groomed for Hugh for one exciting (and hard working!) summer. I groomed this geldings sire and dam at several differnt shows over that summer. Hugh taught me alot, some good, some bad. If you look at my photos you'll quickly catch on to where I get my flapping elbows from! I learned about high stress barn management, and how no matter how many times you have seen someone on tv, they are still just a person. Up untill this point my verson of equation kinda fell apart when the horse did somthing wrong. I would be able to fix it but would panic in the show ring because I "lost my position" I got out of that working for Hugh!
2) This is filmed at Halton Place about 4 years after I left. Yup I worked there for about a year. I loved that place, and the opertunity it gave me to improve my riding and high level horse management skills. I was only given one horse to ride when I got there but progressed to 4 by the time I left, one of which was leased out to an amature that I helped during the week. It also ment that I was trying to keep 7 horses in jumping form, when some of them were only ridden once or twice a week. (the owner rode the young stuff on the weekend). It really taught me to learn from the horse, and to learn when to push and when not too. All 4 of mine were capable of jumping 5 foot, and could preform up to PSG. Talk about a learning experence!
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Sounds like you've had a lot of experiences working for show barns. Even bad experiences are learning experiences and it all goes into the learning pot. It's snowed a lot here too so after the dig out we're mostly in the house too.
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