RDLA Horse Trials: Cross Country
We walked the cross country course after dressage. It was a very nice little Intro course. Most of the jumps were tiny and there was a decent variety. I imagine… Read more »
We walked the cross country course after dressage. It was a very nice little Intro course. Most of the jumps were tiny and there was a decent variety. I imagine… Read more »
We had a two hour break after dressage before show jumping. We took some of that time to go walk the cross country course. Then we just hung out by… Read more »
Sunday was the RDLA Horse Trial. I signed up for the Intro division though I was tempted to do BN. I figured we could handle the dressage canter, but the… Read more »
You know what’s a great idea? Take a mule that’s used to being ridden 5-6 times a week. And not just hacks, but intense dressage rides or 10+ mile conditioning… Read more »
Mel needed to run the Thursday morning riding lesson so she asked if we could do cross country on Friday and we said sure; we don’t care. So Thursday morning… Read more »
Wednesday morning I woke up with a horrible cramp in my neck. The pillows are really terrible and I think I just slept weird. I don’t think it was related… Read more »
The morning was looking a bit overcast so I put my rain jacket on. I was assigned Gannet and my husband was on Ranger. Gannet was a huge red roan… Read more »
We were told there’d be a demonstration followed by an evaluation and then a short ride because of the evaluation. I was worried that the demonstration would be long and… Read more »
My husband and I spent the last week at Bitterroot Ranch in Wyoming. I have so much to write that I can’t get it all down tonight. Actually, I already… Read more »
When I bought my Wintec dressage saddle from the used tack sale, they threw in free webbers and stirrups. I got to pick any stirrup worth $10. I ended up… Read more »