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[lola843]

It was awesome! I don't know what we placed, I think 2nd or 3rd of 5 or 6ish, but it was more of a clinic type thing where the judge also gave us each a mini lesson, then we rode the test again. I was very pleased with Jesse and I, I think we did a good job.

But now I'm angry! So, to pay for my lease, I feed at the stables twice a week and tutor our family friend's kid twice a week. But today, for at least the third time, I was just sitting at him waiting for him to come. Half an hour after he is supposed to come I finally call his parents, and he's not coming. Thanks for calling me a head of time! Thanks for wasting my afternoon! And, to top it off, apparently he says he promises to do his homework himself now. Sure... So, now half of my lease money is no longer likely going to come, so how am I supposed to pay for my lease? And I REALLY don't want to get a job yet. I knew I'd probably have to next year, but I don't want to yet There have been at least 6 times they cancelled in the last three months, two or three times without calling me, then another one or two times when they called me within an hour of when he was supposed to come. Making me waste my afternoons. Gah!!

That sounds really cool! So it was like a show with a combined clinic? I wish my trainer did those lol! Sounds fun! Oh, no that stinks!! Maybe you could work out more hours at the barn?? I needed to do that once I started ridding 4 days a week thankfully I was ablw to work something out with her. Maybe you could see if you could work something out too! But that really stinks!

[Hanoverian]

@Dolphin: I read through all of your posts, but I don't have time to answer everything really in detail right now. D: I've been super busy lately.
Congratulations with Megs, though! You guys look so cute together. (: He's a chestnut? I always imagined him as a bay. xD But Chestnut is my favorite color for a horse.
And YAY about your SADDLE! That is so exciting! And it looks SUPER nice. (: So you're riding in it tomorrow? Have you ridden in it yet? Is it on trial or did you actually buy it already? Sorry about all of the questions, but I obsess about saddles. xD

Show news:
My trainer said that for the 28th-29th show I'll probably do the two foot Hunters and Equitation again, because Willow still doesn't have lead changes. >< And they don't have 2 foot jumpers at this show, or else I'd do that. But she said for the next show I'll definitely do the limit, which is 2'6! ;D We do 2'6 at home, but she wants me to be comfortable with my flying changes before showing 2'6. And, well, Willow needs to learn 'em. :p
If I can get my lead changes before then, though... then I could do the limit at the next show! The problem is that she likes to go on her forehand and isn't very strong right now. She's getting better now that she's at my barn, and although I can sometimes coax a nice little flying change out of her, most of the time she swaps half the lead. xD
Any tips for the changes?



@Horselover:
I'm sorry about your fall! D: How are you feeling?

And I'll crit that video as soon as possible, I've just been super busy lately, sorry! I already watched it. C:

[Toppyrocks]

That sounds really cool! So it was like a show with a combined clinic? I wish my trainer did those lol! Sounds fun! Oh, no that stinks!! Maybe you could work out more hours at the barn?? I needed to do that once I started ridding 4 days a week thankfully I was ablw to work something out with her. Maybe you could see if you could work something out too! But that really stinks!

Yeah! It was really cool. So we got judged like it was a show, but then had instruction. Tell your trainer about it, maybe she'll try and organize something! And I dunno, there's lots of people working there already, and I can't get out there anymore days a week cause it's 20 mins away and my mom doesn't want to drive me lots. We'll see though, there's still hope he might come, and if not, I think McDonald's is really good about hiring students and is very flexible. Ick, though, still.

How's Beau doing?

[Hime]

@scene_kid: Huge congrats and loads of good luck! Where in the world did you find that kind of guy? I want one of that kind too. XD

I was suprisingly pain free yesterday after all that work, though my back felt really stiff. But it wasn't so bad. I'm having a lesson later today and then again tomorrow. I feel like I haven't been on a lesson for ages. Hopefully the snow has melted more there than it has here. Because it would be nice to canter so that someone could tell me if the lead is wrong. Yes I can't tell when I have the right one.... Well sometimes I can tell when it's wrong, but I'm not sure most of the time...

[scene_kid]

@hime, thank you, I found him when I was competeing at dressage regionals on my old horse challenger (I miss him loads) he was taking pictures and he came up saying that my horse was really photogenic lol he was a poser. I just need to finalise my plans, so far I have decided.
1 barn, 6 stables each side.
Tack room which is 8meters square
Feed room (same size) (they will be next to each other)
Opposite will be two small cross tie areas
Heated area next to it for drying
Out side the barn will be a washing area
One large out door arena
One small covered round pen
All the rest of the 8 acres will be turn out

[bonjour.]

Had a Drill Team meeting last Thursday, and my inscructor liked my idea of a Michael Jackson theme. We're going to wear a red shirt with our Drill Team jackets over top, a red stripe down the side of dark jeans and one white glove. A white sequined band around our helmets too. (:.

I have a lesson tomorrow. I asked for Bam Bam for Drill Team, so I'm probably going to practice a few moves with him tomorrow, like figure eights and serpintines. Another girl asked for him too, but she knows I want Bam badly, so she's going to try Aurthur, who is trained with dressage moves. Talk about smooth. If she likes him, she'll ride him. Oh, I hope she likes him.

[Dolphinlover~]

@Dolphin: I read through all of your posts, but I don't have time to answer everything really in detail right now. D: I've been super busy lately.
Congratulations with Megs, though! You guys look so cute together. (: He's a chestnut? I always imagined him as a bay. xD But Chestnut is my favorite color for a horse.
And YAY about your SADDLE! That is so exciting! And it looks SUPER nice. (: So you're riding in it tomorrow? Have you ridden in it yet? Is it on trial or did you actually buy it already? Sorry about all of the questions, but I obsess about saddles. xD

Show news:
My trainer said that for the 28th-29th show I'll probably do the two foot Hunters and Equitation again, because Willow still doesn't have lead changes. >< And they don't have 2 foot jumpers at this show, or else I'd do that. But she said for the next show I'll definitely do the limit, which is 2'6! ;D We do 2'6 at home, but she wants me to be comfortable with my flying changes before showing 2'6. And, well, Willow needs to learn 'em. :p
If I can get my lead changes before then, though... then I could do the limit at the next show! The problem is that she likes to go on her forehand and isn't very strong right now. She's getting better now that she's at my barn, and although I can sometimes coax a nice little flying change out of her, most of the time she swaps half the lead. xD
Any tips for the changes?



@Horselover:
I'm sorry about your fall! D: How are you feeling?

And I'll crit that video as soon as possible, I've just been super busy lately, sorry! I already watched it. C:

That's fine, I understand. Thanks for reading them, and sorry for overwhelming you Dx Thanks so much <3 Yep he's a chestnut ;D Haha that's fine, I always imagined Willow as a light gray :3 Ah thank you!!!! Thanks, yeah I LOVE it. I actually just came back from the barn and rode in it ;D It feels A.MA.ZING! It fits Meg really well too. His owner said I looked good in it and so did Meg. It is great to know that it fits Megie too. It is on trial for 4 days (until April 7th) but since it fits Meg and me well I think we are keeping it <333

So I rode Meg today, and his owner was riding another one of her horses, Tempo. My trainer wasn't there since she had a doctors appoiintment. I just rode in the ring with Meg's owner. Just flat work again today, but it was great! Meg was a doll as usual and Meg's owner said that I rode him well. Our walk to canter transitions are awesome! Even Meg's owner said that our transitions were great! Awesome ride today, especially mt first ride in my SADDLE <3

That's fine that your doing the 2' Eq and Hunters on Willow. That's great actually!! That is awesome that you will be able to jump Willow 2'6" at the next show, or even this show if you can have doing changes. Don't worry about it though, it's no big deal especially since you will be showing her 2'6" next time ;D She sounds like she can be like Meg when does changes. His right to left is good but not left to right. His owner says just to overexaggerate to get the change...Maybe that would work with Willow too? Be sure to let me know how the show goes <333

[wibeke]

Awesome day at the barn today:) A very nice older girl drove me out this morning, and we got there around 10:30. I did a lot of work like cleaning tack, taking light blankets off of horses, sweeping the grain room, ect. Then Meg got his spring vaccination and I brought him in from pasture to groom him and get ready to ride! It was really nice today, like mid 60's so we rode outside. Just did flatwork today, but I had a blast. My trainer said that I could do what I wanted to and she would be there to supervise and to yell at me xD Trotting and cantering was great as usual. We went across the diagonal to do a lead-change and Meg got a bit excited so we were fast cantering around the ring for a while until I got him to swap leads. After that we just cantered the other direction and my trainer said it was awesome! She said I did a really good job today and had a good lesson :3 Yay.

It was a fabulous day, but that's not even the best part -- my dad drove out so we could...go SADDLE SHOPPING <3 WHOOO!! So we went saddle shopping in a town about 5 minutes away. There were TONS of used saddles, like hundreds. My trainer came along too ;D Today I came home with...MY VERY OWN SADDLE <3333 EEEPPP!!! Yep, my dad just bought me my first ever saddle. It is used, but in great condition. It's a Pessoa Legacy saddle and fits pretty much perfectly 8DD We also bought stirrup leathers and irons. Woah, this is an AWESOMETASTIC day 8DDD I can't believe I have my own saddle.

Tomorrow I am going back out the barn again, and get to ride in my saddle! I hope to be able to jump MegaDeal too. I just love jumping him <33

That sounds awesome. Meg sounds like a great horse, too. ^^
And congrats on getting your saddle. I just looked it up, it looks really awesome! I remember sitting on one of those at a tack store once, you picked out a really nice one. I'm so jealous of you right now. xD
It's such an awesome feeling, isn't it? I remember when I got mine a few months ago I could stop staring at it and cleaning it. I had to wait a week to ride in it and I nearly died of excitement. xD

Thanks ;D It was a ton of fun. I just love hanging out at the barn:) Yes, he is a wonderful horse. Thank you sooo much <3333 Haha, yeah I actually just looked up the price of it new too xDD I am in love with it. Thank you, my trainer picked it out actually x3 Aww you don't need to be jelous, I am sure your saddle is amazing too. It really IS such an awesome feeling. That will be just like me. I am taking pictures of it, and will be cleaning it like crazy >.< Haha, I am sure you did! What kind of saddle did you get? Is it new or used?

It's great that you found such a wonderful horse, you two sound like a perfect match. He sounds like a real sweet heart. x3
Saddle shopping is so much fun. I remember we found mine by accident, and it was my trainer who found it, too. It's funny how everyone ends up stumbling into the perfect saddle for them. Oh, and you should definitely post pictures.
My saddle is a circuit elite saddle from around 2006. We bought it used at a tack sale for a rescue [for 150!] and it was dry and gross and had a rip in it, but it fit me perfectly so my trainer said we should fix it up. So we put a patch on it, I cleaned and oiled it obsessively for the past few months, and now it looks like new. It was made before circuit started using some of the really cheap, bad quality leather, too. The leather is like butter. <3

[Hime]

@hime, thank you, I found him when I was competeing at dressage regionals on my old horse challenger (I miss him loads) he was taking pictures and he came up saying that my horse was really photogenic lol he was a poser. I just need to finalise my plans, so far I have decided.
1 barn, 6 stables each side.
Tack room which is 8meters square
Feed room (same size) (they will be next to each other)
Opposite will be two small cross tie areas
Heated area next to it for drying
Out side the barn will be a washing area
One large out door arena
One small covered round pen
All the rest of the 8 acres will be turn out

Sounds pretty good, 12 stalls is not too much for one person. Have you thought a place where you can hang wet rugs to dry? Our stable uses the upper tack room for that, but it get's really cramped sometimes with rugs hanging from hooks on the ceiling, as there's only 4 or 5 proper hangers for them.
What kind of heated area where you thinking about?
I like the idea of an outside washing area, I wish they would make one at our stable as well. Now they just have a long whose outside, and the water needs to be turned on inside the building. So it's really hard to wash a horse if you're alone. Plus loads of water is wasted. XP

My lesson went really well. I got there bit late, had about 10 minutes to get Heta and tack her up. Luckily she hadn't rolled on the ground, which still has some snow on it. We started to lesson by trotting with no rein contact. Heta was pretty good, but liked cutting few corners and speeding up when someone was in front of her. I corrected her with tap on the shoulder with the whip and slight rein contact. Then we started doing transitions to walk, no rein using allowed. That was bit harder, I got her slow down to walk with seat and voice pretty well. Then my instructor told me to do it with out voice. >_< I got Heta to slow down the trot with my seat and if there was no horse close to us stop after few meters. I cheated a bit and used the reins little bit first, like really really little. That got her listening and then I got her to walk with just my seat couple times. We changed the rein and did the same thing to right, which turned out to be bit harder direction for Heta today. Usually the left is harder. We managed though and them moved on to do tolt the long sides. We got some positive feedback of looking more balanced and calmer, also that the contact was bit better looking(meaning Heta was not hanging on the bit so much). ^____^ Then we got to canter, yay. Heta was first bit difficult to the left, but got her to pick up the canter. My instructor though wasn't looking at the moment, so couln't tell if the lead was right. Then one left canter I got really really well. Heta usually cuts through the arena when we go to left, but this once she cantered the WHOLE arena, no cutting corners badly or going to pace in the corners. I was so happy, even my instructor complimented the transition and the canter itself. The we switched rein again and did some cantering to right. We got the lead wrong once I think, not bad considering Heta usually likes the right canter more. Then I think she messed up one canter because of me. But then we got some nice ones too, though when we got too close to another horse Heta thought it would be a nice idea to race him... I saw it coming, so managed to slow down fast. Anyway, I was really happy with the lesson, even if we didn't do anything complicated. But we have improved with the canter for sure as my instructor thought so too. I'm still all hyped up. Though tomorrow's lesson will be harder according to my instructor, it's going to be all about getting the hind legs to work... '

Also my friend is coming with me to the stable this Friday and she's going to ride Heta. She has never ridden before, so I will walk with them. But still I'm really excited anyway and she's looking forward to it as well. I shall brainwash her to start riding, or Heta will do that. actually

[psychodrama]

Well my saddler decided not to turn up today so no ride for me, the my best friends lets me ride her horse,Tucker...I asked for a canter, he was fine, suddenly starts galloping I loose my stirrups, my reins, my arm got scraped round the whole fence, I was in a t-shirt, and oh my god was my arm battered, I have over eight cuts, bleeding. I felll after 2 minutes of being dragged on the fence in gallop.