catch ride;

I want so badly to find a catch ride for this nugget for the Camden Spring Classic.

I feel like all his talent is wasting. I wish I could get him qualified and either sell him or let Sarah take him as a green this year. I honestly don't even care if he places I just want to take him and be a part of it. He's so freaking talented. 

I dreamed last night that I got to take him to Pony Finals. And then I woke up and realized how shitty it is to be an adult. I freaking hate it. I just want to go back to my pony days. :[

Stuck in that pony daze.

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pet-peeve;

I've hauled horses a lot this week, and aside from people pulling out in front of of you just because you're pulling horses, but they also love to TAILGATE.

I've decided that I'm getting a custom bumper sticker made for my new trailer that reads:

CAUTION SHOW HORSES

(meaning you'd have to sell your car to replace them)

too much?

Oh well, hopefully it gets the point across.

/endrant

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PS- I've had a super busy week, I'll be posting about my lesson on Remi and what's going on this weekend soon! Spring Break is almost over :[

Official announcement:

Splash has officially rejoined our family for the 2013 show season. My sister is leasing him and taking him to Pony Finals this year and she's super excited! They're great together!!
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re-dubut;

So I took Dodger to a small schooling show this weekend and was amazing.

He had a few breakdowns, but nothing major.

He hacked really well on Friday after a very energetic lunge:

and needless to say he attracted a lot of attention all weekend. I seriously got so many compliments on him and of course it made me happy :3

And then at the end  of Saturday we celebrated the big baby's birthday! He turned 6! And all his buddies were at his party and they got to eat cake before we al headed home. 

Left to Right:

Woody, Dodger, Cowboy, and Splash

It was a great weekend! Can't wait to actually show him next month!!

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college lyfe;

If I could morally discourage you away from college I would. It's so overwhelming 99% of the time.... and I'm a junior. If they tell you that you'll figure it out... you won't. It's an impossible system of bust your ass or fail.

I'm an A student. I've always been an A student. I personally don't accept anything less from myself. I want to succeed. I have this great picture driven by ambition that if I study harder, or plan better I'll get it all done. FALSE. 

Sometimes stress takes the wheel and you cartwheel out of control.
Today was a stress day.
Thankfully I got to hack Dodger for a whopping 20 minutes + a 10 minute lunge. It was a second to relax... but even then I was more focused on school work.

Tomorrow will be better. I'm giving my first "constructive criticism" type thing. It's not a lesson. I'm just helping a local girl with some of my knowledge on green horses. It'll be something new, and something else to add to my agenda; but new is good. And "I'll make time."

But I'm excited about it.

I also have to bake three dozen cookies and a horse-safe birthday cake for Dodger's birthday party on Friday/Saturday, and I promised my roommate I'd make my famous Eggplant Parmesan tomorrow night. And I have to pre-make my breakfast casserole so it'll be ready Friday morning. Can you tell I like to cook?

And I have to finish packing and loading for the show so I can leave at 11:05 on Friday for the show!!

See.... this is what college does to you, instead of blogging I gave y'all an itinerary for tomorrow. Oh Lord, please help me... Spring Break is only two days away!
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Froyo&Fruit

So as I mentioned earlier in the week I've been doing a lot of collection and lateral work with Dodger. Well today I started a fight to get him collected AND working correctly at the same time.

I have to say that I'm obsessed my new hack routine that I've started. It's the perfect amount of work to make them tired, but not make them bored; AND it's been helping both Dodger and Remi tremendously. So Dodger worked fabulously in the trot today, and he's caught on so well to the idea of collection he almost didn't need any help from me today when I asked him to collect. Because he was so quiet and working well I decided to jump him a little today. I'm really bringing him back slow after his injury because I don't want it to reoccur; so he hadn't been jumped in about two weeks. I've just started doing line work again with him too. So I trotted a jump a couple times with him then I cantered one line and he was perfect. He was straight, he was collected, he was together and not rushy, and on the other side of the line he gave me the most gorgeous lead change he's ever done. I was so proud. Flat work really does pay off and I can feel him turning into an amazing horse. So excited to have him back out at a show next weekend!

Saturday, which will be spent at the horse show, is Dodger's sixth birthday... so I'm planning something cute to do with the ponies. I'll let y'all know what that is when I figure it out --- haha

----on a side personal life rant. My boyfriend is one of the most critical people I've ever met. He makes me ridiculously mad sometimes. Like he'll critique my driving or something I say... or he'll go out of his way to make sure I know I did something wrong and that he has a better way that it could be done. I really hope this is just an immature guy thing, because I can't take him if he'll be like this forever. I can't handle it. It drives me completely insane.

Also, in breaking news.... my addiction to Starbucks has been replaced with a new, equally expensive, addiction to frozen yogurt with strawberries and blackberries. Mmmmmmmm.

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Field Hack Friday!

This mare never ceases to amaze me. She is just so mentally mature. She just makes me so happy. 

So I've been working on top-line and hindquarter fitness with her because she has some trouble carrying herself behind through corners sometimes. Well she used to. For about a month I've been hacking in the fields (40 minutes of trotting hillwork) doing mainly a lot of lateral work on gradual hill them some straight trot work up the bigger hills. And it has improved her fitness 10 fold. She never swaps off anymore, unless she's exhausted. However, I don't ever do anything except trot the fields because I'm just scared something might happen and she'll get hurt. But today, while my trusty roomate/best friend/aspiring photographer was out there I decided I'd try to give her a good shot. So we galloped up the hill a few times. Remi LOVED it. She got so into it, but never stopped listening. She would halt with a simple "Whoa" at the top and very quietly walk back down to the bottom. 

I couldn't be more happy with this mare. Considering she was headed for an auction house if we didn't buy her, I think it was a good save.

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