Considering the massive amount of rain we got last week, I was pretty sure that the weekend was a lost cause for riding. And on Saturday I was right… we spent an hour handwalking (the turnouts have been too wet for over a week) and grazing and grooming, but that was about it. The dogs had quite a fun time hunting mice though.
I also got a pretty awesome haul of new One Horse Designs shirts in the mail on Saturday. Ordered on Wednesday, arrived on Saturday! Can’t beat that. I love them. In fact, I’m wearing one right now (the blue one with the horse head).
By Sunday everything miraculously dried out and the footing was perfect in all the rings and fields. Turnouts are still pretty wet, so Henry hadn’t been turned out in over a week and hadn’t been ridden since our XC school last weekend, but I just got right on. He was exactly the same as he always is… there’s a lot to be said for a horse that can sit for a while and not be a nut. How I got lucky enough to own two of those is anyone’s guess.
We did practice a little dressage test. Why? Because I think I’ve decided I’m gonna go ahead and try to do the eventing derby this weekend. Why the hell not. The hunter derby is a maybe… I probably won’t decide on that one until the day of. I did discover that our ability to dressage is worse than I thought, so I have a dressage lesson tomorrow. My least favorite thing in the world. Yippee. But it has to be done.
After my ride I joined in the group of eventers at the barn to watch Sylvester (one of the very few horse movies I hadn’t seen yet) and talk a little about eventing in general. Let me tell you, there are many worse ways to while away a Sunday afternoon.
This morning I have jury duty. Ugh.
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Not realistic, but still my favorite horse movie. Have fun at the event derby. I’m sure you’ll rock it 🙂
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Ugh, I feel your pain on the dressage thing…it’s not my favorite thing in the world either. But good luck at the eventing derby, you and Henry will be bad ass! 😀
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Shirts! I love mine so far! Boo for jury duty!
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I love the movie Sylvester! My old trainer showed it to me when I was younger. I think most all horse movies are cheesy and riddled with faux pas as a prerequisite but I still enjoyed it. What did you think?
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It wasn’t as bad as most. I still love The Horse in the Gray Flannel suit the most, but Sylvester was decent.
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Yes always rolex first!
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See ya there, 2015.
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I’ve never seen that one! Putting it on the ‘to watch’ list 🙂 Glad things are drying up for you!
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sounds to me like you’re rapidly transitioning to the dark side.
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You forget – I’ve already been there. 😉
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Dipping your toe in the dressage pool! I’m sure you guys will be fab. 🙂
And boo for jury duty.
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Sylvester cracks me up. So excited for this weekend!
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How exciting!
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Where might I be able to find one or ten of those tshirts?!
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http://onehorsethreads.com/ Add them on Instagram at onehorsethreads, they have sales and stuff pretty regularly.
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I got in on the One Horse Threads sale too! Talk about fast shipping.
Have fun at your dressage lesson! Well, as much fun as it’s possible to have at a dressage lesson…
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Which is totally impossible.
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excited for your derby! i thought i would hate dressage lessons, but it turns out that having a trainer there makes finding solutions to problems so much easier – and getting actual productive homework instead of trying to figure it out on my own = super helpful. good luck!
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I also am lucky enough to have a “sit around all week and be normal” pony. God. Bless. Her.
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Those shirts are awesome! I’ve always wanted jury duty….I’m so curious about it.
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One of my all time fav movies….!
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Haven’t seen the movie- good idea for a rainy day!
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