One year with Maestro
It’s so crazy to think that last Saturday was a whole year with Maestro as my riding partner. To think I bought my first non-chestnut over 365 days ago. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kristen Morse…
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Tag Archive: riding
SR B Finals 2018
I’ve been having all the thoughts about the fact that show season is over. Especially the fact that my first show season with Maestro is over. Time goes so fast and I feel so lucky to have this pony as…
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HR June B Show
Armed with the knowledge of what went wrong last show and a forecast involving lots of rain trainer and I formulated a plan for the young beast. Trainer rode and jumped him Monday then I did a longer flat Tuesday…
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SR June B Show and Beyond
I suppose I’ve held off long enough sharing a recap on my first outdoor show with Maestro which happened in early June, shortly after the poor guy fell with me while we were trotting around the ring. Having not fallen…
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Baby Maestro goes boom and other random updates
So two weeks ago from yesterday (why yes I’m behind and also owe you a show recap too!) it was a fairly nice Sunday for a quick flat ride with my friend D who I don’t get to ride with…
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Belated birthdays and busy days
So way back on the 28th of April a certain special needs horse celebrated his 17th birthday and I have failed to blog appropriately! Somehow the horse who no one liked but me has become the favorite of both my…
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Back into the show ring
After spending March of 2006 through February of 2017 doing almost all my jumping and all my showing on a big chestnut thoroughbred with back issues it’s definitely been a bit of a strange experience working with Maestro. I love…
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All Aboard the Struggle Bus
Long post ahead but lots of media too! So obviously the day after I write a post about how well the chestnut boys are doing I go out at night to clean stalls to find Phoenix on three legs (he…
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Hot Showers and Sharp Teeth
Well for about two weeks now I’ve wondered about two things: Why do I live somewhere that it gets this cold? Why did I think it would be fun to have horses at home and do all their care in…
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Ear Icicles
I have definitely found the learning curve for winter horse care with ponies at home to be much larger than summer. As I mentioned in my last post, Stampede is pretty insistent that I keep him warm and dressing him…
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