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Saturday, September 26, 2009
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Jumping
Today since there is no eventing Doug and I are off show jumping. I did not realize how rich this area is in professionals . . Nona Garson has a beatiful farm about 20 min away. Sir Bally just jumped and finished with a clear in the first and clear in the jump off finishing 4 th. I have to jump HC in the next few BC they are children/adult jumpers but its good for bally to get in the ring and there are plenty of people here to show him to .
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Monday, September 21, 2009
2 place finish at CIC***!!
Well the weekend finished off excellent! Tate really stepped up to the plate and finished on his dressage score. Plantation did an amazing job with sponsors and owners, the Sponsors tent seemed to be filled all weekend! The cross-country was a good track but with plantations terrain( side of a hill) it is always a tough run. Tate kept pushing the whole way around and bar one scary moment when he decided to leave a stride out at a table( I guess he was feeling keen!) it was a solid performance. Six horses came in under the time he was one, coming in about 8 sec fast. He recovered well but did get a good gash behind from an inside stud. Sunday we didn't jump till around 1 so I took tate for a good long hack in the morning and he was feeling great! Jumping and literally squealing at the sound of the loud speaker ! Going into show jumping there was not a rail in hand from 1st place to 20th so the pressure was on.. Philip was winning Boyd right behind then myself then Phillip was abut . 4 behind me on his next horse! Tate was fantastic .. I took a big risk going into the triple and took a bit of a flyer but he handled it well and left the rails up and he finished with a clear round!.. Boyd had 2 down and Philip jumped a clear so we moved up to 2 place. Tate also won an extra award for best conditioned which was very exciting due to that being a priority this year bc he struggled a bit last year with his wind. Im very proud of him and we will keep up the extra lessons bc they seem to be paying off! Next for Tate is the 3 star at Fair Hill!! This weekend im hoping to take Racer to a little BN and then possibly Some boys down to Morvan the next week.. thats it for now..
ps tate looks happy/sound and dirty after rolling in his field all night!
ps tate looks happy/sound and dirty after rolling in his field all night!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Monday, September 14, 2009
bucks county
Well little racer took the big win at bucks county in his second ever event in the begginer novice! Last week at seneca I dont think racer or I really knew what was going to happen at his first outing. He won the dressage on a 30 he was very consistant in the ring. We did have to have two looks at some of the jumps on xc but he was adorable and just trying to figure out what the actual job he was supposed to be doing was.. as soon as he figured that out he was flying!( as flying as you can be at begginer novice).. He is a very smart little dude and came out this weekend like an old pro! He led the dressage by around 10 points on a 29 ! He rocked around the xc like he had been doing it for at least a whole season and had the last rail in show jumping but really put in a little hunter round so im very pleased!.. We had a crew from the local barns with us and other than one or two little blips everyone had a good day, doug took every ribbon from 1st to 6th, Nina finished 3, larry had double clear jumping phases, jen took blue, kelsey won the dressage so all and all a good showing! .. now we are getting ready for plantaion Tate and Geoffery are getting health certs today. Wend Tate and I have a lesson with Betsy Steiner then straight to Plantation, trot up on thurs!
Saturday, September 12, 2009
sorry been a while
Sorry it has been a while since my last update but things have been CRAZY! In a good way.. The horses are all going well and business is picking up. First thing first Tater is doing Fab and we are getting prepared for the CIC 3* at Plantation next week. With help from our training grant I have been getting Dressage help consistantly from Betsy Steiner and jumping with Katie Purdant and Anne Kursinski. I can not express how much this help as pushed me and taken not only tate to the next level but is helping all my horses. I really feel that the details that need to be addressed to win at the top levels are being addressed and that has me eagar as hell to keep the nose to the grindstone! Geoffrey has been reaping the benifits of my added knowledge and seems to be complying to work now that in his opinion im worthy of being listened to! Geoffrey like all pretty boys does not like being told what to do espesially by a girl! But i think he is starting to like me. He is headed to the CCI 1 * at plantation. Racer is headed to a begginer novice tommorrow and is on good form, still learning and getting a little caught off gaurd every now and then but still happy every day to go to work with a smile on his face ( if horses could smile) which is an awesome attitude to work with. Im doing a lot of teaching which i am enjoying as well as breaking a Lucitano for Cindy Stys which is an entertaining experience! I have not worked with his breed before but he has a sensitive TB like side as well as a quiet nature like a warmblood. He is def. keeping me on my toes as well as last week on the floor! But working with every horse from the baby just starting to the Advanced is helping to keep things in prespective and im loving it ( but I do think a day at the spa would do my bones good!)..xx
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