Guys, guess what came?!?!

I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am to have a Magnawave machine of my own. I’ll do an actual review of it at some point soon after I use it more (have I already magnawaved 3 horses and myself? Yes.) but it feels like a gamechanger and I’m psyched.

I got the Semi 10, which is a small, very portable little machine. If you were doing a big barn full of horses every day or running a MW business you’d probably want a bigger model, but for in-barn use on a handful of horses the size of the Semi 10 is really convenient. It’s still plenty powerful, but easy to carry and store.

I got a lot of attachments too, some of which I haven’t used yet. I think the butterfly loop and the XL Wave Wings will probably be the most-used attachments for the horses, but I sat on the MagEnergy Mat and did my back (I have scoliosis so my back is pretty much always tight/sore) and it was great. I haven’t used the MagEnergy Guard (the big black box that horses stand on to do their feet) or the large loop yet. Their time is coming.

I will say, I did feel glad for the 9000 videos and assessments I had to do for training to get my certification, because I was able to hit the ground running with no questions or fumbling around. Fun times. Zappy zaps for errybody.

Other than just that exciting arrival, things have been predictably busy. Presto had two training rides last week, flat and jump, and I had a dressage/poles lesson, a jump lesson, and yesterday we popped around a few XC things ahead of the show this week.

The dressage/poles lesson was really like 900 transitions on a circle, over poles at the trot and canter. After we warmed up we started out cantering around the circle, trotting before the poles, trotting over the poles, and then cantering again after. Then she spread the poles out and we trotted around the circle, cantered before the poles, cantered over the poles, and trotted again after. She made the poles in the middle raised, and it took us a hot minute to figure out all the feet…

but it was a great exercise for working on the timing of the aids, response to the half halt, keeping consistent bend, staying uphill through all the transitions, etc etc. We’re getting down to the nitty gritty detail work and it’s so hard and I love it.

Not sure what that says about me, really.

Anyway, we’re headed back to Rocking Horse this week, where we haven’t been in like a year and a half. Last time we went there was for an open schooling day, right before we figured out Presto had those nasty ulcers on the roof of his stomach, and it was NOT a good or productive day. He wouldn’t go near a ditch or down bank. So… fingers crossed he’s not harboring any worries or resentment about that day. Only one way to find out. I do think he’s gonna be a bit spooky no matter what, since he hasn’t been there in a while. He schooled really well yesterday though and felt plenty confident, so fingers crossed we can carry the good vibes forward.

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The changes in him are getting more and more evident, I think. He feels stronger and more mature. Granted, he’s still and probably always will be a very cheeky horse that loves to spook for sport, so I would never in my life say he’s predictable. Just more trained. Most days.

I also had some content shoots to do last week, particularly one for Riding Warehouse x LeMieux spring collection.

Y’all know matchy matchy isn’t really my own personal style (unless it’s black) but we always manage to have fun with these shoots. Michelle is in town right now and took the pics for us, and she got some really cute ones for sure. I gotta admit, the pink grew on me a bit by the end, too. Not a pink girl in general, but it was working for Tully.

Presto’s outfit was Dusk and Mimosa, a color combo more typically in my wheelhouse. He slayed, I think.

I’m also doing some content/testing for Gatusos horse boots, a brand I hadn’t seen before but is REALLY interesting. I’ll have a review coming soon for those as well.

On the nerdier side of things, I got the breeding data finished and sent over to the Aiken GrandPrix of Eventing Showcase for this weekend, so if anyone is watching the live stream hopefully the hosts will use their data sheets! It’s a little bit of a smaller field than usual but there’s a lot of quality and depth, and many of the horses are aiming for Kentucky in April so it’ll be a fun preview.

On a similar vein, this week Eventing Nation launched their very first podcast episode. It’s been a long time coming and there are some really cool plans on the horizon, so make sure you’re following! Sally did a great job on the first episode, co-hosting with Will Faudree.

When they were first planning this episode and posted publicly asking for questions for Will, I thought I was being funny by submitting a bunch of marginally unhinged questions about Mason (Mama’s Magic Way). Y’all know I stan Mason big time. But anyway she actually asked him all my insane questions and now I fear that I’m forever immortalized in EN history as a Supreme Stalker Deluxe. Will did say I could have Mason’s autograph tho.

Worth it.