The show is this weekend. I have gotten my ride times and have done a week's crash course with my new/old trainer. I am feeling pretty good about everything. Onyx is not perfect, but we should be ready enough to tackle a class designed for green horses. She has been really lovely lately and is starting to behave with her head. She is one ( Read more... )

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I love my barn. One of the riders there has offered to take Onyx over to Derby Farms for lessons. I am going to talk to Pam about it next week. I really don't want to leave such a great group of people. Lately everyone has bonded and the atmosphere is amazing. I just can't leave that. Pam has also offered to evaluate Onyx and tell me what she ( Read more... )

Took my lesson at Derby on Saturday. It went very well. I kind of felt like a beginner on the school master. I must not be too awful because the lady stated it was nice to see an advanced rider on the old guy and see him strut his stuff again. That made me feel incredible. She also stated some very nice things about my riding and said I was a ( Read more... )

I just got called back from a great eventing barn. They never have openings, but one may be available in October!!! The big problem is that it costs $600 a month. I don't know if I can swing that. I am already paying $400 a month. Can I really squeeze $200 more a month out of my lacking paycheck? This is a chance of a lifetime for Onyx and I ( Read more... )

FRUSTRATION! What happened to my horse training skills? I have successfully trained several horses, including OTTBs, in my lifetime. Have I lost my touch? I took a lice ridden, underweight mare and turned her into an expensive show horse. I know it is in me. I doubt myself and maybe that is the problem. Onyx was much better tonight, but we ( Read more... )

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Oh Joy! Onyx gets to trot under saddle today! She is in for it tonight. We are going to start working our dressage tests out. No cantering until next week, but we are getting there. I am so glad we have gotten to this point. She was starting to get bored with the walk work and loosing muscle tone. I am going to set up trot poles so we can ( Read more... )

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I am selling my Rollerblades in order to buy a new dressage coat. They are a size 10 but fit more like a 8.5-9.

It has just been too hot to do anything with the pony. She gave a 4 year old her first lesson on Saturday. Onyx is so good with kids. I thought about riding her, but she was sweating from walking. Yesterday she got a good bath and a fresh coat of fly spray. We are trying to keep off the fly hives. She had some nasty ones this week. I banged ( Read more... )