I've been putting this off for a while........

This is a picture of something you will never see again.

Red horse is permanently lame, he has a bone chip in his knee and arthritis in his fetlocks. The vet said he would be sound for the occasional pony ride at a walk, but thats it. So now we're looking for a pasture ornament home for him.

This makes me so angry because all this could have been avoided if he had not been raced as a two year old. The whole racing industry just disgusts me. This is a wonderful gelding that has just a perfect mind, he is willing, friendly, polite, and just so darn sweet. And there is NOTHING we can do to make him comfortable. NOTHING. All we can do is turn him out and hope he can still walk when he's 18.  I HATE racing, it ruins so many good horses and makes so many more that no one can take, so they get a roadtrip to mexico. And ruining horses could be avoided for the most part by WAITING to race them until THEIR FINISHED GROWING!!

so all i have left to say is.........

SCREW YOU RACEHORSE OWNERS!!!! YOU GREEDY SLIME OF THE EARTH!!! THESE HORSES ARE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND YOU FAILED THEM!!!!

i'm done..........

Estrogen Levels are reaching Toxic

This my friends is the "guurrll i will cut you if you get any closer with that saddle" face.


Two females in close proximity is never a good a idea, because eventually the female hormone levels synchronize. And when that happens all hell breaks loose. Thats all i have to say on the subject

Indie-boo

In my opinion this is the video that indie looks the best in :)

::Goals::

So goals of last year, i think i actually did pretty good!!

Goals for 2010

1:

Half-pass

(doesn't have to be pretty just git 'er done)
Well i got a couple steps so it totally counts!!

2:

walk pirouette

(this however must be pretty)
once again.....i got a couple steps so it counts.......

3:

get a real pretty legit lengthening
Hahah!! i actually did this one!!

4:

conquer simple changes
Got it. now to clean it up......

5:

show first level
Check!!

6:

go to atleast two shows (minimum)
i went to exactly two so that one was close

7:

get a summer job related to horses
you might think i failed at this one but truthfully i didn't!! i just got one for summer 2011, i'm going to be a working student over the summer. SURPRISE!!!

8:

apply for riding scholarship from local dressage club
alright i did fail this one........epicly

9:

attend dressage rally

not only dressage rally........championships :D and won!!

GOALS FOR 2011

1) An actual pretty more than three steps half-pass

2) Show Second level or Third level one of the two

3) Get first level scores for bronze medal

4) Start schooling third level

 

5) Flying Changes. kthanksbye

(i just know i'm jinxing myself)

 

6) Go to atleast four shows

 

7) Actually keep my bridle clean

 

8) Get working student postion somewhere

 

9) USPC Champs and/or Region Champs

 

10) Actually turn all forms in on time and worm indie on time (oops)

Merry Christmassss!!

Merry Christmas!!!

now i'll be the first to admit i am the biggest christmas grinch this year. i am just not overly enthused by the whole idea of not being able to ride for a week because of shopping for other people.

But i'm going to put all that aside, and hope that next year will be even better!! which reminds me i need some new goals for next year :)

But today on Christmas Eve i want to talk about India.

She is like my rock, the one thing that i know will always be there for me.

And she has been there, when my parents separated, when we sold the farm, when my grandfather died, when i was so depressed that i came home from school everyday and cried, I always knew i could go to the barn and see my baby.

It wasn't always easy, and i didn't always love her this much. For the first couple years together i would never admit it but i was scared of her. She liked to bolt and me being only about 50 pounds there was no way i was stopping her. All my lessons focused on keeping her in the arena, let me tell you i developed quite a survival seat!!

Every time we went to a Mary Wanless clinic everyone would always turn out for my lesson, probably because it was so painful to watch.

The change really happened when we put her in a kimberwick, that shiny piece of metal gave me confidence. I remember one judge at a show had to come see me try and ride without the kimberwick to see if i could ride without it at the show, she agreed with us, i needed the kimberwick. 

One day i realized i didn't need it, i could control her on my own. As she got more sensitive i got more confidence. However it took me a while to realize that she wasn't the same horse she had been. as my mom put it "stop riding like a damn Nazis!!!"

Once i figured that out and learned to be soft, Indie really gave me more.

I still haven't discovered all she can do, she's always surprising me, like the other day when i took her over some ground poles, she passaged right through. Don't ask me why but she did and I'm sure we couldn't do it on purpose.

The progress we have made makes me so proud of her, and wonder what the hell i was thinking. The fix for all the problems we've had seem so simple now, why didn't i just do that before?? But hindsight is 20/20.

So to finish off..

India, i love you so much, every time i see you its like my chest fills up to the point of exploding.

I promise to always try my best for you.

I love you Boo.

Who needs Human Boys??

Not Me!!

Actual riding will resume on friday for an hour then back to studying, then on tuesday riding will resume until finals.

Christmas is Coming!!

Which means Christmas break!! can't wait!!
i will get to actually ride more than twice a week. seriously cant wait.
Exams = riding  Death
so in the meantime......

Christmas List     >:)

Patent Leather Double Bridle

no idea how i'd keep that clean...

Wintec jumping saddle

cause their easy to keep clean

Bell Boots

mine are about to bite the dust

White Polo Wraps

so we can look classy :)

And Good Weather

Repeat after me: "ahhhhhh beach.....*sigh*"