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Step aside, Seth. I'm who the people want to see. fight me, seth It was a full weekend to say the least starting with a very cold and windy Saturday. The pasture didn't take too long due to the rain we received last week, but it was so cold that the horses didn't get turned out until right before I was done. When we did get them out, it was a bunch of running and bucking and carrying on as horses like to do. As much as I really didn't want to deal with a fresh horse, I sucked it up and did a short ride on Baby. Fortunately, she was a steady Eddy, easy off the aids, forward, relaxed. These are really the best rides. Quarter sheet??? In spring?? When will the lies end??? I took my double lessons today with Miss J. First was Leo at noon, then Corbin at 3:30. I'd like to joke that Leo was being a speedy little lion today, but a lion can't compare to what he was doing. It wasn't too great from the start. He went to a show last weekend, but hadn...

And only one video because I'm lazy. Not gonna lie, Wednesday was a super lazy day for me. I was in two-point for two laps at the walk, didn't bother to stretch at the trot, did a little bit of canter work. I really have been pushing myself to canter, though. I go into most rides only wanting to walk and trot, and then I get to a point where I'm trotting and feel like I've done a lot of work, but I know I haven't, so I throw in the canter, likely with transitions. I considered doing limited two-point work today as well, but then I thought "What would Beezie do?" and, in reality, Beezie probably doesn't two-point at the start of every ride 'cause she knows what she's doing. However, if we consider "What would Miss J do?", then there is an incentive to two-point for the fear of having to run laps on Sunday. I've been trying Carolyn's old saddle instead of the old Stubben (because another girl who will be in my lesson uses...

The dress isn't even caramel, but okay. I guess I can excuse it cause that's a cute dress. This is basically the outfit that I want to wear to the MHSA banquet next year (gotta be prepared). Unfortunately, the dress isn't available to be shipped to the USA, so I'll just cry about that and try to find something similar. 1. Toast Faust Heel     www.toast.co.uk 2. Lesebi Horseshoe Carval Bracelet     www.lesebi.com 3. Lesebi Gold Strand Necklace     www.lesebi.com 4. Chotronette Dulce de Leche Dress     www.chotronette.com 5. Lesebi Citrine Silver Talons     www.lesebi.com

That's probably due to the fact that I'd rather set up a jumper style course when everyone at my barn does hunters or equitation. In my defense, equitation is just jumpers but slower. Same techniques, right? Corbinator could do the jumpers, puddle jumpers that is, I'm fragile With the warmer weather finally showing up, both outdoor rings have been plowed and drug, and the big outdoor needs a new course for this year. Other than two outside lines of some sort, we don't follow any patterns in set up. I think we should get a little bit more unorthodox with it this year. um, no Better Even better omg, yes, rollback central I'm 'bout that bending line life Please let the equitation gods bless me for I am ready And, of course, my ideal set up with some changes to make the two outside lines. All I need in life . . . well, this plus a soft leg But then comes to task of convincing Miss S to let me go about my shenanigans. We might be...

Well, bridleless then bareback. Zoey & I got in a short and relaxed ride today. It was a struggle to pull her from the pasture; Piper and Nik would've rather gone in (for some strange reason), but their owner was there to help me out. She was laid back, so I rode her in the halter. We just did walk and trot, and I was done in 15 minutes or so. I've been debating taking the halter off completely and going sans head gear. Yeah, I trust that pony enough. She pays attention, but the leg cues aren't all there, and I usually ride her on lesson days and would rather not run over a child. Ponies = large toddlers  I had a half hour private around 2:30, and Miss S made it a bareback lesson. We did a small figure 8 at the trot, which was good. It was moderately successful at the canter. The main focus was getting me to loosen up my shoulders, but today literally everything else felt stiffer than usual. Stiffness didn't help when three poles and a crossbar were intro...

They are calling for more snow tomorrow morning. I am done. 1. Ariat Monaco Field Boot     www.doversaddlery.com 2. Lilly Pulitzer Quarter Zip     currently unavailable , but a similar shirt can be found here 3. SSG Lyrochet Horseshoe Glove     www.doversaddlery.com 4. Ariat Heritage Knee Patch Front Zip Breech     www.smartpakequine.com 5. Hermes Logo Belt     www.h-fans.com 6. HKM Seaside Function Saddlepad     www.hkm-sportsequipment.com

I videod some of my recent rides for a critique on the forum, and wow. Saying that I was surprised would be an understatement; I'm flabbergasted, to the point where I've had an epiphany about the vertical balance related to riding. I've worked and worked and worked on my leg for about a year now. I'm sure I had something about it in every post. But it seems that my base isn't as stable as I thought it was. I have a stiff ankle, yes, a stiff ankle of all things. Plus, the saddle that I'm borrowing isn't helping me out because it's too narrow for Baby. The stiff ankle is stiffening my leg, which causes both the knee to pinch and my leg to move forward, which then moves to a seat too far back in the saddle, which forces my shoulders forward so that I can actually stay on the horse. Stiff back, stiff shoulders, stiff leg; as above, so below. And while this is a type of horror movie for me, I am determined to have a happy ending. I'm switching bac...