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Stormy and Lefty Updates: Sleep tight, ONE job to do…
I gave them ONE job to do…🤣 You may have noticed that Stormy and Lefty like to be close to each other, especially when they are sleeping. 😴 I have cameras in the stall, and in this video, I captured Lefty’s early attempt to sleep beside Stormy. He really wanted to cuddle…but he hadn’t quite…
Read MoreLittle Lefty and his pal Stormy: unloading from the trailer, meeting the first time, drinking milk, and Lefty’s layers of blankets!
This is a round-up of my social media updates, all in one place for your reading (and viewing) enjoyment! Videos of the orphans arriving. Little Lefty got his name because he has white on his left front and left hind. Later, after he had the name a few days Clara Quade (you’ll see her in…
Read MorePresto’s score sheets: Western Dressage World Show 2020, Basic Level Test 1
?The score sheet for Presto’s first show arrived! The class placings are still not available but the judge’s marks and comments are. You can click each one to enlarge it and the pdf version is available on my website (if you’re having trouble reading these). If you’re new to reading the test results, here are…
Read MoreWhat if riders changed their emotions?
In eight days, I will find out the results of Presto’s first horse show…not that I’m counting:) ⏰This extra time, this unusual gap between ‘show’ and ‘results’ has been an interesting experience. Generally, the results are known quickly. Moments, minutes, maybe an hour later. Many a rider has held their breath…waiting to hear how they…
Read MoreTraining Time vs Riding Time
?When I look back over two decades of training horses, there are patterns I can see. One of the patterns I see is riding time vs training time. While they are closely related, for me there is a difference. ?❄️I live in an area with four seasons. I have an indoor arena that helps…
Read MorePresto’s Western Dressage World Show Debut
Here is Presto’s world show video entry. It isn’t very fancy in either lighting or in performance. But that’s the point. When the idea of ‘showing’ Presto came up…after the initial shock, I began looking at the tests I could choose from. In the WDAA, the ‘Basic’ level test 1 includes walk, jog and lope.…
Read MoreManaging expectations when showing horses
‘Managing expectations’ is not the most appealing phrase to lead with. Yet, after videotaping for a virtual horse show, it is the phrase that most frequently comes to mind. During the last 10 days while I’ve been recording rides for the Western Dressage World Show I’ve also been reflecting on all the lessons it provides.…
Read MoreThree reasons to show at home (virtual horse shows)!
Three reasons to show at home: 1) you’ll prep your riding area 2) you’ll act weird 3) you’ll learn something Have you entered a ‘virtual’ horse show? The Western Dressage World show is my first record-at-home horse show…and it has been quite a learning curve! My initial thought was that I would have two main…
Read MorePresto enters the Western Dressage World Show
?Unexpected… Much of 2020 could be explained with that word. Sometimes the word ‘unexpected’ carries a level of negativity. But sometimes ‘unexpected’ can be a pleasant surprises. ?I just entered Presto in the Western Dressage Association of America WDAA World Show. I did NOT expect to do that. When the Western Dressage World Show became…
Read MorePresto’s ‘world tour’
?Presto is finally home from his ‘world tour’. ? I’m calling it his world tour because even though we really traveled the east coast…Presto is absolutely sure we have been all over the world! I’ll let him think that a bit longer before I show him more of the country on another trip!? There were…
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