Mary Wanless Clinic

The clinic was so much fun!! i learned so much its ridiculous, i once again realized how messed up my body is when i ride, but in a good way!! I tilt my pelvis back to do a down  transition (big no-no). I was relying too much on my stirrups to post. I was leaning WAY too far back, and numerous other funky shit.
Most of the problems i had fixed by day three and really don't have to think about fixing them all that much anymore, except not tilting my pelvis. Which two weeks later i have finally figured out how to not do.
instead of trying to "scoop" my horse to get the transition, i need to anchor my knees and pull my seatbones back (slingshot) and squeeze with my knees. However i also learned that no matter what your doing you have to give your horse a direction and then release!! I can't drag the direction out and expect the transition or movement to be crisp and immediate.
In other words. Tell the horse what to do and get out of their way so they can!!

-HeadDesk-
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Yeah i felt real smart about then......

oh well i know now, and its all part of the journey :)

In Which I Light my Horse on Fire.....

India's poor hips were hurting again. However I'd prefer I didn't  pay the ridiculous amount the chiropractic guy charged again, as I'm a broke student. My lovely mother did some research for me while i was studying for algebra II, and found a lady that does chiropractic work and acupuncture.
So she came out last night and started working on indie.
It was so cool to watch, did you know that acupuncture needles are about 6 inches long?? i didn't.
before i continue the rest of the story i have to tell everyone about my pathological fear of needles. I Cry. Everytime. And i might have once kicked my doctor in the nose.......maybe.
Needless to say the horse did much better than me. She didn't like the first one and tried to bite the lady holding her, but after the first one i think she actually enjoyed it (although i wouldn't really know because i couldn't watch her put the needle in)

After all the needles were in, she started to put these little pieces of rolled up paper on the needles and actually lit them on Fire. It's a little nerve racking to see your horse on fire. But after a while i got over myself and started to breathe again. Then she started doing chiropractics and really concentrated on her hips. After she was done, she said that the problem might not be in her muscles but her kidneys.
I'm going to try and explain this the best i can, but i'm no vet. The kidneys get impacted or something and hurts causing the muscles above them to tense up. Other than that i have no idea she started using big medical words that meant nothing to me. Good thing there was a vet tech at the barn that understood, i'll ask her about it later.
She said that giving her a medicine (that i can't for the life of me remember the name of) should flush out the kidneys and then she'll work on her again and relax the muscles. So i really hope this works because i really want her to enjoy work and not dread it.

Going Cross-Country :)

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)