We are off tomorrow to the wonderful state of Maine! There is a 4 judge ApHC show that we are taking 2 horses from our barn (C's 3yo and the weanling) and we are picking up the ex-boyfriends sister and a yearling colt by the stud they imported when I was dating him. (And I caught lead him at one show)
I packed a ton of clothes but were there until Monday AM, and I get absolutely filthy. Really I mean I have brought 2 every day shirts for each day! I always end up spilling something on me at a horse show!
I hope to take lots of pictures!
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
And spring training begins.
I am no longer the only boarder riding on a regular basis! Although some of the kids have kept up with lessons on the weekends, I'm usually on my own during the weeknights. However Tankers owner was at the barn on Thursday night for the first time since Christmas. (Shes been spending more time on her family's beef farm but now that calving season is over she'll be at the barn more)
So we tacked up and rode together. Tanker was great, for having a couple of months off she went right back into work. Lucas not so much! He was quite upset that he had to share the arena, and that Tanker was in 'his' space! Considering that they can't bear to be separated when they are outside it was funny behavior. So after we got a couple of trips around at the walk, we had Tanker and her owner ride around us in tight circles, and pass us a couple of times in each direction until Lucas realized that it really wasn't that bad.
After that we had a decent ride, both of us had a break longer than expected with my flu, but he had some great trot work and we did some serious work on getting some control over his back end with some hip in/out work and even did some shoulders in as well. D told us to start working in some turns on the forehand to keep him from 'locking' up like he tends to do when something becomes hard.
My friends horse came in on Friday, and the girl that did some riding on Lucas last summer brought her horse back today, so the barn is filling up!
Our halter mare had her Appaloosa baby on Thursday! She a very well developed filly who is very happy and healthy and loves people, her only downfall is that she didn't get much color. I hope to get some pictures soon to share!
So we tacked up and rode together. Tanker was great, for having a couple of months off she went right back into work. Lucas not so much! He was quite upset that he had to share the arena, and that Tanker was in 'his' space! Considering that they can't bear to be separated when they are outside it was funny behavior. So after we got a couple of trips around at the walk, we had Tanker and her owner ride around us in tight circles, and pass us a couple of times in each direction until Lucas realized that it really wasn't that bad.
After that we had a decent ride, both of us had a break longer than expected with my flu, but he had some great trot work and we did some serious work on getting some control over his back end with some hip in/out work and even did some shoulders in as well. D told us to start working in some turns on the forehand to keep him from 'locking' up like he tends to do when something becomes hard.
My friends horse came in on Friday, and the girl that did some riding on Lucas last summer brought her horse back today, so the barn is filling up!
Our halter mare had her Appaloosa baby on Thursday! She a very well developed filly who is very happy and healthy and loves people, her only downfall is that she didn't get much color. I hope to get some pictures soon to share!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
progress
I dont know if anyone has been either to a APHA or ApHC show where they have in hand trail, but it is a class where a horse and leader complete a regular trail course (no lope overs though!). Our fun show thats coming up in 2 weeks has this class so Lucas and I have been practicing the obsticals this week in prep for the show. That would give us 3 classes without the riding classes. Im not sure if I want to show him under saddle or not...
The girl that did the video for me a couple of weeks ago, rode him again on Thursday night for me, and had a great ride. Lucas was almost excited to go back to work and he worked well for her.
There is somone coming to look at him 'hopefully' on Monday night so cross your fingers.
Oh and were getting a truck load of weanlings from out west next week (6-7) so it should be an intresting week.
The girl that did the video for me a couple of weeks ago, rode him again on Thursday night for me, and had a great ride. Lucas was almost excited to go back to work and he worked well for her.
There is somone coming to look at him 'hopefully' on Monday night so cross your fingers.
Oh and were getting a truck load of weanlings from out west next week (6-7) so it should be an intresting week.
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Another halter point,
Yup Lucas went reserve in Open Halter Geldings! That was just about the highlight of the day! We got second in the showmanship against a bunch of tough Novice Amateur's. We blew both left leads in our under saddle classes, which was very disappointing. With only 4 or 5 horses in a huge ring I didn't have time to fix it before the judge saw us. We had a clinic today with the judge but Im exaused so it will have to wait until tomorrow.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Meeting and beating expectations
Lucas was a super star this weekend!
3rd in Halter Geldings out of 19
!!!!!1st in Over 18 Western Showmanship out of 17!!!!!
3rd in Over 18 English Showmanship out of 7
6th in the Sr HUS out of 18
and
2nd in the HUS $250 added stake class!
and one more but you have to read until the end
I was sick as a dog with nerves all day on Saturday. Lucas was very good in halter and got beat by some nice younger horses.
We nailed our showmanship pattern (I will do a break down post of all of the pattern classes later on this week) I was waiting in the line up and I kept seeing all the horses that were the toughest competition for us getting called out before me (they placed from 6th to first) and then they were down to first and I had a moment where I looked around and realised that maybe we did win, and then they announced our name! I was just about crying when I left the ring but it was fantastic feeling. The judge stopped me as I was walking out and told me that I had an excellent pattern.
English showmanship was OK, I wasn't as crisp in the pattern, and the horse in front of me had a huge poop right where Lucas needed to pivot, and he wouldn't step in it. So we had a sloppy pivot and set up but we got lucky with a 3rd.
And then came the class that I was dreading. The Over 18 HUS class. If you remember from last year this is the class that Lucas almost bucked me off in, and we didn't get all three gait's in. I used the animal communicators chant that apparently Lucas wanted me to use. (We are winners and we will win this class!) Don't laugh because it worked! We had a fobble with our left lead (as expected because we were having problems with it at home) but recovered well. We got cut off so bad we had to break gait to avoid being hit, and we recovered and kept showing. I was so happy with how he went that the 6th place was icing on the cake. We delt with my biggest fears and kept right on going!
So then we went into the stake. Our first direction was good but we didn't have a great transition into the left canter lead but we did get it! But the second direction was perfect. We had a good walk, then his canter to the right was the best it has ever been in a class, forward, easy, and relaxed. We had a great transition into a trot, and I just dropped the reins and let him trot! I was so happy with that last canter I figured that it was worth the shot to push the envelope! My friend was watching in the stands and she said that the judge didn't take his eyes off of us for an entire circuit of the ring.
It was the best class I have ever had on Lucas.
I guess it really proved to me that if I trust him (and we have our little pep talk while walking the first direction!) He will put his heart into the class. So we got 2nd, and got beat by a fantastic horse with a great rider so I was happy with that.
And then today we did the Over 18 Horsemanship class! We kinda went into it only half way, I wanted to do a pattern class in my western saddle before I did one in my english saddle. I put his twisted wire on a friends western bridle and we rode in D's training saddle, my showmanship jacket, and my everyday jeans. Oh and my helmet.
We had a very good pattern, spot on for our transitions but our canter (well, lope) wasn't as balanced as I would have liked. And we got 3rd!!! That was my first equation type class in over 5 years!
I'll go over my patterns latter this week for all of you. I did wear my proper approved helmet in all of my classes except for showmanship and halter and it didn't seem to matter. Lucas was happy and relaxed for the entire show although he wished that I had brought more treats.
After all of the nerves and worry I'm so glad that we had a good show, Lucas and I have come a long way in a year and only have more good things to look forward to!
3rd in Halter Geldings out of 19
!!!!!1st in Over 18 Western Showmanship out of 17!!!!!
3rd in Over 18 English Showmanship out of 7
6th in the Sr HUS out of 18
and
2nd in the HUS $250 added stake class!
and one more but you have to read until the end
I was sick as a dog with nerves all day on Saturday. Lucas was very good in halter and got beat by some nice younger horses.
We nailed our showmanship pattern (I will do a break down post of all of the pattern classes later on this week) I was waiting in the line up and I kept seeing all the horses that were the toughest competition for us getting called out before me (they placed from 6th to first) and then they were down to first and I had a moment where I looked around and realised that maybe we did win, and then they announced our name! I was just about crying when I left the ring but it was fantastic feeling. The judge stopped me as I was walking out and told me that I had an excellent pattern.
English showmanship was OK, I wasn't as crisp in the pattern, and the horse in front of me had a huge poop right where Lucas needed to pivot, and he wouldn't step in it. So we had a sloppy pivot and set up but we got lucky with a 3rd.
And then came the class that I was dreading. The Over 18 HUS class. If you remember from last year this is the class that Lucas almost bucked me off in, and we didn't get all three gait's in. I used the animal communicators chant that apparently Lucas wanted me to use. (We are winners and we will win this class!) Don't laugh because it worked! We had a fobble with our left lead (as expected because we were having problems with it at home) but recovered well. We got cut off so bad we had to break gait to avoid being hit, and we recovered and kept showing. I was so happy with how he went that the 6th place was icing on the cake. We delt with my biggest fears and kept right on going!
So then we went into the stake. Our first direction was good but we didn't have a great transition into the left canter lead but we did get it! But the second direction was perfect. We had a good walk, then his canter to the right was the best it has ever been in a class, forward, easy, and relaxed. We had a great transition into a trot, and I just dropped the reins and let him trot! I was so happy with that last canter I figured that it was worth the shot to push the envelope! My friend was watching in the stands and she said that the judge didn't take his eyes off of us for an entire circuit of the ring.
It was the best class I have ever had on Lucas.
I guess it really proved to me that if I trust him (and we have our little pep talk while walking the first direction!) He will put his heart into the class. So we got 2nd, and got beat by a fantastic horse with a great rider so I was happy with that.
And then today we did the Over 18 Horsemanship class! We kinda went into it only half way, I wanted to do a pattern class in my western saddle before I did one in my english saddle. I put his twisted wire on a friends western bridle and we rode in D's training saddle, my showmanship jacket, and my everyday jeans. Oh and my helmet.
We had a very good pattern, spot on for our transitions but our canter (well, lope) wasn't as balanced as I would have liked. And we got 3rd!!! That was my first equation type class in over 5 years!
I'll go over my patterns latter this week for all of you. I did wear my proper approved helmet in all of my classes except for showmanship and halter and it didn't seem to matter. Lucas was happy and relaxed for the entire show although he wished that I had brought more treats.
After all of the nerves and worry I'm so glad that we had a good show, Lucas and I have come a long way in a year and only have more good things to look forward to!
Friday, March 25, 2011
Halter
Well we didn't ride tonight, work has been stressful and I haven't been getting to the barn as early as I would like. Last night one of the boarders halter mares got inseminated with appaloosa semen, hopefully she catches, but she threw the whole barn out of sinc. Tonight I just lunged Lucas and discussed a fitting program with D and C. They both agreed that If we can fine up his neck a bit he should be in good enough shape to carry himself into the ring while looking good for halter.
His big bonus in the show ring is how balanced he is. He has many faults in his front legs but his rear legs are good. He is also has a small fine head, which makes his body look bigger than it is. And hes pretty!
So were in the market for a neck sweat, C has one I can borrow until I get one in but I don't want to do that too often. Hes still fitting into the Med size so I guess his neck isnt that big, just thick looking. Thankfully hes not thick though the throughtlatch so he wont have to wear the fuzzes but he will need to be sweated a couple of times a week.
His big bonus in the show ring is how balanced he is. He has many faults in his front legs but his rear legs are good. He is also has a small fine head, which makes his body look bigger than it is. And hes pretty!
So were in the market for a neck sweat, C has one I can borrow until I get one in but I don't want to do that too often. Hes still fitting into the Med size so I guess his neck isnt that big, just thick looking. Thankfully hes not thick though the throughtlatch so he wont have to wear the fuzzes but he will need to be sweated a couple of times a week.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
quality time
I went and spent some quality time with Lucas tonight, who took every oppertunity he could to remind me how spoiled he is. :) And how lucky we both are.
Work has been a little crazy lately, and is only going to get worse.... however show season is coming, if there was ever a better excuse for late nights in the barn that makes 2 good reasons.
We did our 'halter' workout tonight, and we have a lesson scdeduled for tomorrow night. Hes getting stronger with the work so for only being back into work for 2 months (with me having to take a week off due to the flu) I think were doing ok. Truthfully hes so broke he could show by himself in 2 months.... Its me Im worried about!
Work has been a little crazy lately, and is only going to get worse.... however show season is coming, if there was ever a better excuse for late nights in the barn that makes 2 good reasons.
We did our 'halter' workout tonight, and we have a lesson scdeduled for tomorrow night. Hes getting stronger with the work so for only being back into work for 2 months (with me having to take a week off due to the flu) I think were doing ok. Truthfully hes so broke he could show by himself in 2 months.... Its me Im worried about!
Monday, September 14, 2009
So the 2nd to last
Well I thought that my show last weekend would be my last for the summer, at least the breed shows. Sassy won all of her halter classes and was Reserve champion twice (out of 4 judges) the mare that beat us went overall halter champion. I also managed to catch lead a yearling stud to 4 grand champion awards and a 2 in a most colorfull class of 16. The stud is the same one that I went and picked up last winter with the ex. I didnt mind helping as he was well behaved, and it may end up getting me another horse to show next year.
And my friends new horse is comming home from Ohio this week and will end up at the local AQHA show as a pick up point. The friend is riding another horse in the show so the yearling will end up staying for the weekend so I asked if I could show her in halter and my friend said yes. So three different breed shows in the same amount of weeks.
And my friends new horse is comming home from Ohio this week and will end up at the local AQHA show as a pick up point. The friend is riding another horse in the show so the yearling will end up staying for the weekend so I asked if I could show her in halter and my friend said yes. So three different breed shows in the same amount of weeks.
Monday, June 29, 2009
well now what?
So we went to the horse show, and got the final point that Sassy needed to recive her superiour award in Open Halter. Yippie!! Although I didnt party like I thought I would, I am relived that we finaly got it done.
Now to the truth of the matter. Im really bad. I mean really bad. I could hardly walk on Sunday and even the judge asked if I was ok. I could hardly jog the 15 steps needed for the soundness test, and I think that hurt our placings.
Took the Methotrextate on Sunday night and passed out at 7, my parents and a friend called and I only remember the friend, and that she told me somthing about her horse. I didnt wake up the next day untill 10am with a headacke and was dizzy and sleepy till about 5. (I managed to sleep another 2 hours during that time too...) I think it was mostly due to the drug but also due to the fact that I didnt sleep much on the weekend.
I really dont know what to do, I was worried about not riding again, and now Im finding it harder to walk, what am I going to do if I cant do anything with horses. I cant even show halter horses I dont want to go to the shows. It wasnt so hard at first I thought I would get better as they figured out my drugs but now Im getting worse. What am I going to do when I cant walk? I thought I would be in my 40's or 50's not next year when Im 28
Now to the truth of the matter. Im really bad. I mean really bad. I could hardly walk on Sunday and even the judge asked if I was ok. I could hardly jog the 15 steps needed for the soundness test, and I think that hurt our placings.
Took the Methotrextate on Sunday night and passed out at 7, my parents and a friend called and I only remember the friend, and that she told me somthing about her horse. I didnt wake up the next day untill 10am with a headacke and was dizzy and sleepy till about 5. (I managed to sleep another 2 hours during that time too...) I think it was mostly due to the drug but also due to the fact that I didnt sleep much on the weekend.
I really dont know what to do, I was worried about not riding again, and now Im finding it harder to walk, what am I going to do if I cant do anything with horses. I cant even show halter horses I dont want to go to the shows. It wasnt so hard at first I thought I would get better as they figured out my drugs but now Im getting worse. What am I going to do when I cant walk? I thought I would be in my 40's or 50's not next year when Im 28
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Halter horse
Well pic from the show this weekend. She really didnt stand that well in the front... She now has a new halter. Please excuse my baggy pants... I didnt realize how much weight I had lost .... they also went almost up to my boobs!Sunday, February 8, 2009
Results
Well we got 2nd in the nation for yearling mares with 36 points the horse that beat us had 49. I actually met the owner of that horse at the national banquet. Shes a carded judge and she and her husband train and show... if I had to lose to anyone atleast it was her!
We got 7th in yearling lunge line, and 6th in yearling trail.
She ended up earning 60+ open points (she has points in hunter in hand but we dont know how many.) As well as youth and amature points (results are not posted yet)
We got 7th in yearling lunge line, and 6th in yearling trail.
She ended up earning 60+ open points (she has points in hunter in hand but we dont know how many.) As well as youth and amature points (results are not posted yet)
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
sooo long time no see....
So they ended up canceling my surgery, and are now going to try radiation with radioactive iodine. Yeah i know, I'm going to glow. Im just hoping that everthing will work out and that my thyroid will kick in, and that the growth will srink. Oh and that my pitituary starts working again that would be a bonus!
On the yearling side..... I ended up being able to go to the show last weekend. The owners did there best getting her ready, but her coat could use a little elbow gresse and her lunging sucks but shes grown alot! and super friendly and quiet. So we head out to the show ring. My BF came with to help me (although she says i'm really high maintance lol) and now says she hates halter because its soooo boring. Oh well I did help her for a long time with her own horses :P
So we were the only yearling fillys there so we won that class and went into the grand champion class thinking that if she stood quiet we'd be happy. Well she went reserve champ. mares! LMFAO I didnt belive it the owners didnt belive it, it was funny! I mean shes a well built horse but not 'halter' prep condition. Although I guess thats saying somthing about what they are looking for in a halter horse now...........
So we go the next day planing the same thing.... Our goals were to have her set up better than the day before. Well we went Grand Mares!!! WITH A YEARLING!!!!!!!!!! I walked out of the ring and her owner goes "did you get reserve again? thats great!" He almost fell over when I said that she went grand. "this horse??? a yearling????" That hardly ever happens. She then went on to win her amature and youth classes as well (they are not divided by horses age only there handlers).
We dont know for sure how many points we got but we beat the aged mares who earned 6pts so thats 6 the first day and 7 the second. If this year goes similer to last shes alraday made the top 10 list for the country in yearling mares. Even if she was a qh we would have had enough points to qualify for the Worlds in one show :P
On the yearling side..... I ended up being able to go to the show last weekend. The owners did there best getting her ready, but her coat could use a little elbow gresse and her lunging sucks but shes grown alot! and super friendly and quiet. So we head out to the show ring. My BF came with to help me (although she says i'm really high maintance lol) and now says she hates halter because its soooo boring. Oh well I did help her for a long time with her own horses :P
So we were the only yearling fillys there so we won that class and went into the grand champion class thinking that if she stood quiet we'd be happy. Well she went reserve champ. mares! LMFAO I didnt belive it the owners didnt belive it, it was funny! I mean shes a well built horse but not 'halter' prep condition. Although I guess thats saying somthing about what they are looking for in a halter horse now...........
So we go the next day planing the same thing.... Our goals were to have her set up better than the day before. Well we went Grand Mares!!! WITH A YEARLING!!!!!!!!!! I walked out of the ring and her owner goes "did you get reserve again? thats great!" He almost fell over when I said that she went grand. "this horse??? a yearling????" That hardly ever happens. She then went on to win her amature and youth classes as well (they are not divided by horses age only there handlers).
We dont know for sure how many points we got but we beat the aged mares who earned 6pts so thats 6 the first day and 7 the second. If this year goes similer to last shes alraday made the top 10 list for the country in yearling mares. Even if she was a qh we would have had enough points to qualify for the Worlds in one show :P
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