Courtney King Dye
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
More pictures!
So one of the kids was nice enough to take a couple of pictures of me and Lucas from the show last weekend. I wore my hunt seat clothes because we only had a 5 min tack change between the showmanship class and the HUS stake. (and although I have my hunt cap on I did change into my helmet for the riding stuff). It's been poring buckets of rain all day today along with thunder and lightning so Im sticking at home and getting to bed early for a good nights sleep.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Picture...
This is a picture that the show committee took at the last App/Open show. I must say that Lucas looks fantastic, me a little silly! I have the "I just won a ribbon!" look on my face!
Things are ok at the barn, Lucas is having most of the week off from riding although I might get on him on Thursday night. I lunged him tonight in the side reins trying to get him to work a little more from behind on the line, mostly it seems that we're using the lunge to get energy out but I need to get back to using it for more fitness and collection again.
Im still not sure how I feel about the whole showing thing... I do think that we need a bit of a shake up but im not sure what form that will take. There is a dressage show about 40 min away next weekend so Im heading out to that to watch.
Things are still crazy on the family front. My mom and dad are fine but we have some serious issues with my Aunt and Uncle taking advantage of my Grandmother.... Just more stress I guess.
Things are ok at the barn, Lucas is having most of the week off from riding although I might get on him on Thursday night. I lunged him tonight in the side reins trying to get him to work a little more from behind on the line, mostly it seems that we're using the lunge to get energy out but I need to get back to using it for more fitness and collection again.
Im still not sure how I feel about the whole showing thing... I do think that we need a bit of a shake up but im not sure what form that will take. There is a dressage show about 40 min away next weekend so Im heading out to that to watch.
Things are still crazy on the family front. My mom and dad are fine but we have some serious issues with my Aunt and Uncle taking advantage of my Grandmother.... Just more stress I guess.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
2nd to last show
Well we had a very good day, three ribbons in 4 classes. He got 5th in Halter Geldings, 2nd in the HUS stake, and 2nd in showmanship. We didn't place in our sr HUS class due to him spooking at a noise, but we recovered well (which is almost more important!)
Im not sure what we are going to do about his kicking in the trailer. It wasn't too bad when we first got him (only when the trailer was sitting still and we were loading or unloading horses) now hes doing it all of the time no matter how long the ride is. He seems to do it no matter what type of trailer, size or how long the trip is any more. Thankfully this was the last show we had to trailer to. the last one is at our property.
So me and C had a little talk yesterday and she agreed with me that once the last show is over in September, Lucas will have his hind shoes pulled and he goes back out with "the herd". Right now the herd is out to pasture while the turnout paddocks are re-graded and re-fenced. Lucas has no respect for electric wire so hes stuck in privet until then anyways.
Im not sure what direction I want to take Lucas into. As much as I love the breed show format, Im board, and I don't really enjoy going in circles any more. Lucas doesnt like the pressure of the pressure of the pattern classes. Would dressage be better?
Im not sure what we are going to do about his kicking in the trailer. It wasn't too bad when we first got him (only when the trailer was sitting still and we were loading or unloading horses) now hes doing it all of the time no matter how long the ride is. He seems to do it no matter what type of trailer, size or how long the trip is any more. Thankfully this was the last show we had to trailer to. the last one is at our property.
So me and C had a little talk yesterday and she agreed with me that once the last show is over in September, Lucas will have his hind shoes pulled and he goes back out with "the herd". Right now the herd is out to pasture while the turnout paddocks are re-graded and re-fenced. Lucas has no respect for electric wire so hes stuck in privet until then anyways.
Im not sure what direction I want to take Lucas into. As much as I love the breed show format, Im board, and I don't really enjoy going in circles any more. Lucas doesnt like the pressure of the pressure of the pattern classes. Would dressage be better?
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Thanks everyone
For your words of encouragement on my last post (seems like Im doing this alot lately, I promise I will have a good post soon!)
Lucas and I are both doing good, thankfully missing out on the heat wave that seems to be hitting the rest of the country! We've had alot of rain and humid days mixed with thunder and lighting storms which has made for interesting horse keeping.
I went and had a ride with Lucas and the kids last night, working on getting that elusive left lead that seems to come and go. Apparently I need to bump slightly on my right rein, throw my left leg off and kiss. My friend watched me go on the weekend and agreed that my legs were correct in the way that I was asking before (when we kept getting the wrong lead) but it was obvious that I couldn't keep the pressure even between my legs and Lucas was getting the cue to canter off from my outside leg.
Were off to a show down the road on Saturday, showing in halter, showmanship, HUS stake, HUS, hunt seat equation and if were still having canter lead problems we will go into road hack (they ask for an extended trot and canter). Should be a fun show with a good judge. Cross your fingers for correct leads!
Lucas and I are both doing good, thankfully missing out on the heat wave that seems to be hitting the rest of the country! We've had alot of rain and humid days mixed with thunder and lighting storms which has made for interesting horse keeping.
I went and had a ride with Lucas and the kids last night, working on getting that elusive left lead that seems to come and go. Apparently I need to bump slightly on my right rein, throw my left leg off and kiss. My friend watched me go on the weekend and agreed that my legs were correct in the way that I was asking before (when we kept getting the wrong lead) but it was obvious that I couldn't keep the pressure even between my legs and Lucas was getting the cue to canter off from my outside leg.
Were off to a show down the road on Saturday, showing in halter, showmanship, HUS stake, HUS, hunt seat equation and if were still having canter lead problems we will go into road hack (they ask for an extended trot and canter). Should be a fun show with a good judge. Cross your fingers for correct leads!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Clinic breakdown
So the clinic on Sunday was so-so. The judge from the day before did the clinic. He liked Lucas' walk and trot, but thought I was having him go way to fast in the ring.
He didn't think much of Lucas though, he recommended that I look at purchasing a young prospect as he thinks all Lucas is good for is the HUS and showmanship. (Even though he still gave him a reserve in halter)
And I agree, Lucas does get extremely worked up over the pattern classes, so much so that we never practice a pattern at home or at a show with cones. I only have one good pattern, after that I might as well just not even bother. So when we practiced several patterns on Sunday Lucas just couldn't handle it. Hes so worried about messing up that if I as him to do anything he panics and just shakes, and loses complete focus.
The judge was good in giving his opinion on how things look from the middle of the ring but didn't have much of an opinion on how to improve things... Once Lucas had done his 'freek out' over the patterns the judge wanted to know what exactly had led up to this point. He is very 'anti-trainer' (not that that is a bad thing, and he is a breeder, not a trainer) and was not surprised with Lucas' back groud. He was also sure that Lucas' tail had been done at one point.
He referred to Lucas as the "Monster english horse",,,
It kinda pisses me off, is that how the industry should be? Horse doesn't fit your exact specifications, sell, and buy new? If people didn't work with the horses that had minor issues, what would happen to them? And I don't mean horses that try to kill you, but not alot of owners would be willing to deal with Lucas' issues. Such a disposable society....
Anyways Lucas isn't going anywhere!!! Even when I cant ride we will still be able to do showmanship and halter :)
He didn't think much of Lucas though, he recommended that I look at purchasing a young prospect as he thinks all Lucas is good for is the HUS and showmanship. (Even though he still gave him a reserve in halter)
And I agree, Lucas does get extremely worked up over the pattern classes, so much so that we never practice a pattern at home or at a show with cones. I only have one good pattern, after that I might as well just not even bother. So when we practiced several patterns on Sunday Lucas just couldn't handle it. Hes so worried about messing up that if I as him to do anything he panics and just shakes, and loses complete focus.
The judge was good in giving his opinion on how things look from the middle of the ring but didn't have much of an opinion on how to improve things... Once Lucas had done his 'freek out' over the patterns the judge wanted to know what exactly had led up to this point. He is very 'anti-trainer' (not that that is a bad thing, and he is a breeder, not a trainer) and was not surprised with Lucas' back groud. He was also sure that Lucas' tail had been done at one point.
He referred to Lucas as the "Monster english horse",,,
It kinda pisses me off, is that how the industry should be? Horse doesn't fit your exact specifications, sell, and buy new? If people didn't work with the horses that had minor issues, what would happen to them? And I don't mean horses that try to kill you, but not alot of owners would be willing to deal with Lucas' issues. Such a disposable society....
Anyways Lucas isn't going anywhere!!! Even when I cant ride we will still be able to do showmanship and halter :)
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.
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