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Working hard, again

emily — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:31:34 -0600

We had a day off today, after getting right back to work this weekend. Belle is getting better and better with the saddle--only a matter of weeks now until she's reliable enough for me to sit on. And B has his homework for the next few months: Nailing the movements in second level test four and third level test three. He's been very cooperative for the past few days. We've been working on elasticity at all the gaits--having him jump through at the canter, rise over his back and into the bridle, and sit down on his haunches for push.

USEF Announces World Cup Teams

emily — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:42:30 -0600

The USEF announced its dressage and jumping squads for the upcoming Rolex World Cup in Las Vegas. The teams are a bit of the same-old, same-old--but that's okay considering how well some of these riders did in Aachen, Germany in September at the World Equestrian Games. Rumor has it that Catherine Haddad, who rides and shows in Germany, is all that and more, and if she gets a chance to show it could be the clincher for the U.S team.
Dressage:
(Rider/Residence /Horse/Age, Breed, Sex/Owner)

Steffen Peters/San Diego, CA/Floriano/17-year-old Westphalian gelding/Stephen and Laurelyn Browning

Barrel Racer

Mary R. Vogt — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:38:12 -0600

Easy ride for the moment

What are Your Best Horse Travel Adventures?

emily — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 12:56:47 -0600

I'm thinking about horse adventures. I want to hear about yours: That's the theme of this upcoming week: Horse adventures. The parameters? totally open. What was the craziest trip you ever took in search of a horse?
What's the best horse art exhibit you've ever seen?
Hair raising trail ride?
Coolest horse thing you've seen in a foreign country?
Or???
Can't wait to read them.

Bossy Baleno

emily — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:36:42 -0600

Big bad B. Bossman. The Whale. Bossy B.

Those are just a few of the nicknames for Baleno, my second level, almost third level, dressage horse. I bought him from Ann Sparks Whitten of Horses Unlimited, at an auction, and he was a bargain, but a more Alpha gelding you'll never meet. He's absolutely, positively in charge.

We've gotten to be a good team after the first tough year...now, four years into our partnership he no longer rears and tries to rub me off on the fence, and he's getting really good at dressage. Out on the trail, though, he can only be described as a turd. He'll spin and turn for home, and he knows he can out-muscle me, but I whack him once and then he behaves again, for awhile. Then we repeat that performance.