Oh no you didn't

Speaking of my last post about the show, I really don't like riders sometimes, especially in the warm-up ring. Now there is the main ring and the jumping ring and that's the only places to warm up. Well you have the fields too. So before my division thee was 15 min warm up, for anyone so there was about 14 riders in the ring. I was mostly walking a little trotting and keeping an eye out for all the other riders, left shoulder to left shoulder, yeah, did all that. So most of the other riders were walking and trotting and one of two were cantering in perfect control and were well aware of the other riders. So I see these three little girls under 14 just acting like they own the ring, yelling to eachother, riding around on thier 5 year old horses. and being a little rude. Weaving in and out of the other riders so they can canter and trot. The ring isn't that big and any more then 10 or so it crowded, so of course their trots are fast and not very in control, their canters are like gallops and they were just rude. Oh and to top it off this girl on her paint who was really getting pissed, head in the air, ears back, 5 years old was bragging about her pathetic braiding job. Picture this, nice little button braids with hair sticking straight up coming out of them. It was very sloppy. So I didn't like my warm-up because of those girls. >.<

Better late than never.

Wow I didn't even put my wonderful show results with the last show I did, so away we go...

10 riders in my W/T division

W/T Eq. - Did Not Place
W/T Pleasure - Did Not Place
W/T Command - 2nd out of 10
W/T Cross Rails - 3rd out of 5

Yeah, a way to crowded show. there was like over 30 horses/riders there, and its a small-ishy schooling show. Well, it was the last of the season.

What Zee Hell?!?!?

So i'm flipping though the latest issue of Equine Journal, ahh, I love it. I make my way to the back of the magazine to all of the advertisings and such and my eyes spot something horribly horrific...Friesian Mules. *jawdropeyebleaching* Now who was the Harvard graduate who thought it would be a kool @$$ idea to come up with that cross??? Now i've seen this ad before but now it really caught my attention. So yet again it comes up that, if its black, has feathers, stunning features, and oh its a Friesian we must discrace the breed and hey add a little Friesian to your foal. I can deal with some other inventions with Friesians but this one gets the Most Likely To Make You Grab The Eye Bleach Award. Congrats!!! >.<

Cut to the results

I had a show today, it went okay-ish so lets just go straight to the results because there wasn't anything too interesting that went on, excpet a Morgan with a friggen long ass tail.

Pre Green Horse Pleasure - 2/3
Walk/Trot Pleasure - 6/6
Walk/Trot Pleasure Championship - Tied for 6/8
Pre Green Horse Eq. 3/3
Walk/Trot Eq. - 5/8
Walk/Trot Eq. Championship - Tied for 6/9
Pre Geen Horse Pleasure(2) - 2/3
Walk/Trot Pleasure(2) - 5/8
Reserve Champion Pre Green Division

Tada!

Poor Djuk and Feddy

So I got the results from the Keuring a few days ago and other than the fact about Othello not getting approval, another big WTF moment is staring right at me. Djuke, a filly out of a Model Mare, Ymkje(New England's first Model Mare) and I think she's by Feike 395, could be wrong, I don't really know. So back in July when Friesians of Majesty had their yearly Keur Clinic, the brought out the oh-so-cute, Djuke. So the judges are looking her over and taking a long time to analyze her. The judges don't say anything so Bob asks them whats wrong with her. They look at eachother and say, "Nothing" Translation: This is a flawless filly. Impossible? no, not to these guys. 2 or so months later the oh so friggen wonderful Keuring comes. This flawless filly, this perfect-in-each-and-every-way filly is being presented, the results...a 3rd Premie!!! A 3rd Effing Premie!!! WTF! Now 3rd Premie isn't..err. bad, but its not good. 3rd Premie foals cont for about 50% of the population it indicates a good Friesian. 2nd Premie, a very good quality Friesian and 1st Premie Friesians are of exceptional quality. This being judged on the breed standard. A lot of us were shocked by that. Seriously, WTF judges.

Well the colt that I fell in love with, Fedrick also got a 3rd Premie I believe, but for him it was because his star was too big. He's still cute though. ^^

Twas not a good keuring. >:(

The not so kool Keuring.

Well my mom went to the Friesian Keuring today, well day two of it. The babies all went today. She saw all of our friends at Friesians of Majesty and yeah took photos and videos of their horses. It was fun seeing the surrogate, chestnut mares in with the black friesians, Ha! So I hear later on that it wasn't a good keuring for anyone, no one was safe from the judges uber, super critical inspection. A first premie, a few second premies, a ster, and a crown mare, eh, not really eventful. To top it off, the super beautiful, amazingly awesome, stellar stallion, Othello did not get approval. Which slapped a wtf moment in all of our faces, and I wasn't even there. Everyone must of been very disappointed. Bleck!

In a rut in a nutshell

To make a really long story short, I just had a bad day with Cookie. It seems like we are not improving or moving on up as I would like us to do. We have our ups and downs but I want more ups and less, down on want to get bigger and better with her. She's 10 years old, trained, and has been there done that. But with me it doesn't seem that we can work on our problems together and solve them. We need to work on speed control, in an indoor, since she is not used to them and when I go in one she is a speed demon. I feel like she isn't responding to her loose-ring snaffle as well anymore. I did alot of walk/trot/halt/backing transitions and I know it wont come overnight but she knows this and i think i'm asking her the right questions but I don't know. I just need to get back into a lesson program with her so we can finally move forward.

Haven't seen one of those in a while

So I put my shoes on and just start to walk out the door to the barn when I see...a lone coyote. It was so unexpected, I haven't heard them of heard of anyone seeing any including us who live in the woods. I just stood there, actually almost trembling and on the borderline of peeing my pants because it was like a total wtf moment. He...or she I don't now, stopped, turned and looked at me and trotted away into the woods. I did not want to walk out there in the dark alone. I'm a chicken. xD So hopefully I don't hear any or see any more. That sighting ruined the whole non-coyote sighting and hearing of the season and most of the year. Bleh. >.<