Cross Country Outing :)

Today, Ashton, I, and several other riders in our area went and schooled a new cross country course! It was a lot of fun :) Eventing is definitely NOT my thing, but every now and then I do enjoy schooling. We also went swimming in a nearby pond afterwards which was soooooo much fun! I love taking the horses swimming, especially Buckshot...he shoulda been born a duck I swear. Scooby only tried to kill Ashton a handful of times and he was an angel over the bigger jumps :) Buckshot wishes he was about a hand taller so he could more easily get over the big stuff lol he still manages to keep up with the big boys though :D Maybe next time Sky can go too hahahahaha...he'd faint at the sight of a log ;) Gotta love him. So, without further ado here are some pictures of the outing :]

Scooby jumping a big boy jump ;)

I love this picture of us! It's very huntery...just in an eventing setting.

Favorite!

hahahahaha...he loves to leave long, but you'd never guess it.

I wish I had pictures of the horses swimming, but I don't sadly :( I had so much fun riding and jumping even though I thought I might melt in the heat a few times!

Long Time, No See

So, as you know, I went to North Carolina over two weeks ago and just got back Monday :) I loved it up there! I'm not upset that I had to leave, but I would have happily stayed longer too. I can't wait to see everyone again...wether it's in a month at a clinic or 7 months in Gulfport. It was such a privlege to hack Vick's grand prix horses, show horses that are far more expensive than I'll ever be able to afford, work with Natalie, and the many other opprotunities I was blessed with up there. I took about a gazillion pictures, but here are a few of my favorites and I'll probably post more another time.

Entering North Carolina.

This is Lucky. He acts like and looks like a short sturrip pony, but he's won many grand prixs...the shock factor is fun when he beats all these high strung horses haha!

This is Isis. She was one of my favorites to ride. I so would have brough her and Mari (another grey mare who I don't have any pictures of, sadly) home if I could!

This is Savannah. She's a mare I was going to show, but I ended up showing some others :)

This is Achilles. His showname is Fuerfleige which is German for "firefly" :) He was a super sweet horse, but we were not the best match xD He had a little to "go" for me, but he'll make someone an awesome show horse...he's just got to find "his" rider.

The cute little town we were close to.

Achilles was a cutie :)

Belvedere! He was the horse I showed the second week until he went lame :( He was new to the barn so no one knew what it was caused by. It was really muddy the two days I showed him so something may have flared up from the mud, but yeah hopefully it isn't soemthing serious. He looks so much like Sky it's kind of creepy. He had the most perfect lead changes and a jump to die for! I must have a liking for greys...Isis, Mari, Belvedere, Sky, Comet, and Cullen haha xD

CHUBS! Okay, his real name is Teak, but he's just so chubby :D

Belvedere again. He's a pretty horse, that's for sure.

Fidalia. I rode her twice before the show and then another girl showed her the first week. After Belvedere got injured I showed her and we got 2nd out of 9 1st out of 9 and then we won the 3ft Children's Classic!! We meshed really well :) She was soooooo much fun to ride...I even got my highest personal score of 80 on her :)

Emily with Zoe and me with Fidalia!

                                                  Walking Fidalia back after our jog :)

Rachael and me after my classes!

Rachael, me, Natalie, and Fidalia after the show :D I also got an awesome cooler for winning the classic! It was a PERFECT ending to the show :)