Sweet Summertime :)

So, today was definitely a lovely summer day :) Ashton and I rode three horses each and though we nearly died of dehydration we had a lot of fun! I'm leaving for North Carolina tomorrow morning :D I'm excited and nervous...I've never been that far away in my life, especially without family with me. I just hope that it all goes well and God teaches me something (hopefully something good! lol) Ahhh, just so much could happen (good and bad) it makes me so nervous! But, I'll just chill out and go with it and hope for the best :] So, anyway, back to our riding. It was beastly hot, but Ashton rode Scooby (her baby) and I rode Sky. Then, we switched and she got on Sky for a second...which was freakin' hilarious, because she screamed the whole time (she's used to horses under 15.2hh and Sky is right at 17.2hh LOL)! So, yeah, then I got on Coco as a "goodbye ride" (we're bringing her to NC with us to be sold). She was really hyper, but very good for her. Ashton got on Teddy (a large sized pony) and he is the cutest thing ever! Personally I like the name Pillsbury Doughboy as his show name ;) he's as wide as most of the horses hahaha...I usually resort to calling him Butterball instead of Teddy, it suits him much better. Lastly, I rode Maroq bareback (he's being boarded out there for the month while we're away) and Ashton rode Crawdaddy for the first time :D He's such a handsome horse. Well, to wrap things up here are some pictures of our rides...most Ashton's rides xD

Ashton screaming as she rode Sky for the first time...

But she actually rode him super well!!

Well, the jumping was a little rough ;) I'll give him some slack though since he was actually supposed to trot over it and not jump over it..

My "goodbye ride" on Coco!

Teddy!!!!

Sooo, he's still learning how to turn xD

Trot, trot, trot.

My little ponyyyy, my soooo prettyyy ponyyyy :)

Yeah, he's pretty stinkin' adorable, too bad he may be leaving soon :(

Smiles :D

Crawdaddy. Someone seriously needs to learn how to pick out better names...he's a horse, and in no way does he relate to seafood. Oh, those Cajuns.

Texting while riding...I do not recommend this.

Pretty Boy!

:)

Huh?

The End!

Did I mention I'm going to North Carolina tomorrow? :D Welllll, yep I'm full of nervous excitement ;) So, adios!

Lesson Day in the Rain

Yeah, that was my attempt at a clever title. I know you're impressed :) Well, I spent most of the day running errands with my mom (which I know is beyond exciting to you). Then this evening I had a lesson with one of my best friends...in a thunderstorm. We're just dare-devils, what can I say? I rode Jackson, who is a bay, (I'm just guesstimating here) 16hh,  Appendix Quarter gelding. He's not the fanciest horse in the world, but he's super cute and he tries to please his rider. The one really cool thing about Jackson is he can clear pretty much anything...it may not be with perfectly square knees, but he'll clear a 4ft jump with room to spare :) I'll post some pictures of him and a few of the other horses I frequently ride.

This is me jumping Jackson 4 feet last summer. It was my first time over that large of a fence and he was such a gentleman :)

 This is Buckshot :) I've had him since I was eight years old (he was 3). We've basically grown up together and I love him to bits. This was him earlier this year taking a younger rider in a class...he's a saint :)

This is Sky, the horse I ride most often. He's a 17.1hh Trakhner gelding that was VERY kindly leant to me this past year. We've come pretty far in the past year or so, even though we've had several set backs. This was us showing in the Children's Hunter class at the Gulfport Winter Classic (my biggest show to date!).

This is Coco! She is COMPLETELY a 4y/o Thoroughbred mare haha. I ride her occasionally, but she's a sale horse of my trainer's. She is absolutely stunning in looks and she'll make one heck of a hunter horse in the future :)

This is Crawdaddy...yes odd name I know. He was a lesson girl's horse, but she dropped out of riding so know he's a sale horse too. I've only ridden him a handful of times (he's probably the most eye pleasing horse on the farm...and has a wonderful personality). He was treated for EPM (he responded very well) and is back in work now so hopefully a friend and I will start riding him soon.

This is Maroq, the other horse I truly own. He's a 26 year old Arabian who is basically in semi-retirement haha. He used to be a lesson horse before we bought him and he's a quirky old man.

And, finally, this is Serrano. We call him Buckshot's twin, because they look so much alike xD He's not my favorite horse at the farm (as silly as it sounds he's basically an "off-brand" Buckshot...you know, like Coco Puffs and Choco Puffs or something. They're never quite as tasty lol.) He's a nice lesson horse and everyone but me really enjoys riding him!

Well, hopefully that was somewhat entertaining. I leave for NC in two days :D I'm so excited and I'll be sure to take a lot of pictures :)

Dream Big!

Nothing interesting has really gone on today. I did FINALLY get to ride Sky today though! I haven't been able to ride him in about two weeks due to him being a little off. The vet came out and gave him the "all clear" and he was great today :) Now I'm sitting at home being lazy :P I guess I should go do something productive, but instead I'll post this awesome video. I hope this will be me someday! Well, considering I have to be under 18, I hope this is me soon! haha. I just admire and aspire to have beautiful equitation. It's so awesome to make riding look so effortless when in reality it's VERY difficult. I don't know if I'll ever be able to reach my dream of showing at indoors (the Maclay would be wonderful, but to show at any of the indoors would just make my life!), but I don't think it's impossible. Unlikely, yes. Impossible, no :) So, yeah, I just love this sport so incredibly much. Enjoy!

Blogging Forreal

    For some reason my old blog disappeared into the dark abyss of the online world. I wasn't keeping up with it so I'm not surprised, but this time I promise to post more frequently. Even though I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who reads it haha...but after all the point of it is to record MY memories ;)
    So, on July 1st I leave for North Carolina! I'm super excited! This quote basically sums up the reason I'm going..."Some opprotunities only come once, seize them." I have no idea what to expect, but if nothing good comes out of it for my horseback riding "career" I'm soooo hopeing their is less humidity up there! We can always hope right? I guess I'll post some recent pictures I've taken of the horses, enjoy!