Insanity
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein Stampede is back in full flatwork since he proved to have enough energy to hop around like a crazy animal in the field Friday…
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Stampede
Wordless Wednesday
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Pony problems
So as you could tell from my Wednesday post, Stampede had managed to foil my plans to show yet again this year. I guess at least I didn’t care as much since I’d only gotten to do one show all…
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Wordless (guess who’s not showing this weekend) Wednesday
Saturday lesson, Sunday ride
Saturday Stampy and I had our last lesson before the horse show at the barn next weekend, which is the last show of the season. Since we didn’t get qualified for the medal finals in the one show we did…
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Saddle addiction
If you’ve been reading my blog long enough, you know that I’ve gone on a lot of saddle searches and dealt with lots of fit issues. The main factor that makes the saddle hunt so hard for me is that…
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Wordless Wednesday
Passion
The barn taught me passion. Very few people get to experience passion at its core, in the way that it is meant to be felt. Not the passion of winning—that is superficial and relative. But rather the passion that you…
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Choke
Tuesday night when I arrived at the barn to take care of P before my lesson on Stampede I knew something was wrong as soon as P looked at me. He was miserable, and clear saliva was coming out of…
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More sand tests and lots of pony time
This week I rode P both Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday I had the saddle on and we even jumped an X a few times in the ring after flatting in the field. P was super excited about jumping something, as…
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