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Dressage Pony: Only looking up when my head’s down
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Thursday, May 14, 2015. Only looking up when my head’s down. We've been on the struggle bus since coming back from the show. I also will happily pay that price again if it means I could have every weekend as well-done as that one. The quality of the show was really high, with several people trucking above five hours in, and the horses reflected the investment of the time spent putting them on a truck and bringing them down. Flair followed suit, ...
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Dressage Pony: August 2015
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The last few weeks have been the stretch run of summer. It's the quiet lull of the routine between shows, clinics and events that make the days drone on. Every day is a little like Groundhogs Day. I live in the same twenty meter space or out in the same wide open field. Every day, the same, but a little different. Thankfully, the season is over half way done. The KWPN Keuring has been the first priority in the books.
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Dressage Pony: January 2015
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Monday, January 19, 2015. It's been about a week since I touched down back in Europe and I haven't stopped moving since. To say that I like it here is an understatement. It's one of the best things I've done for myself and my career to date. I miss my horses, cats and my significant other, but I feel at home here. It's a step forward in many places, and I've learned a lot even in a short time. Sunday, January 11, 2015. We're not talking about th...
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Dressage Pony: April 2015
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. I was raised with the idea and notion that European horses were superior sport horses, and that the baseline quality was, and still is to some extent, much higher than that in the US. How could I not? I was raised with the ISF adverts and being around people who purposely bred with those lines, and constantly imported ones who were added into the genetic and talent pools. Compounding things is the idea of breeding itse...
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Dressage Pony: May 2015
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Thursday, May 14, 2015. Only looking up when my head’s down. We've been on the struggle bus since coming back from the show. I also will happily pay that price again if it means I could have every weekend as well-done as that one. The quality of the show was really high, with several people trucking above five hours in, and the horses reflected the investment of the time spent putting them on a truck and bringing them down. Flair followed suit, ...
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Dressage Pony: My type
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. I was raised with the idea and notion that European horses were superior sport horses, and that the baseline quality was, and still is to some extent, much higher than that in the US. How could I not? I was raised with the ISF adverts and being around people who purposely bred with those lines, and constantly imported ones who were added into the genetic and talent pools. Compounding things is the idea of breeding itse...
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Dressage Pony: February 2015
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Into paradise without day and night. The last few weeks have been a large blur of activity. Between working six to ten horses per day at various stages of training and development, Monday through Saturday, and various other things (stallion show, verband inspection, sales calls) that have been happening it makes for long, uncomplicated days of working. At home, my horses are fairing well in the bad weather. Sinar...
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Dressage Pony: Living like we're renegades
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Sunday, July 5, 2015. Living like were renegades. May and now most of June was just completely non-stop with sales, lessons, clinic planning, personal items and shows. I may have gotten a day off, but I couldn't really tell you otherwise. But, while we're in it to do well in the young horse classes, the real goal for her, no matter with who she ends up, is the Grand Prix. It's days spent on the ground stretching or doing things under tack that j...
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Dressage Pony: March 2015
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Notes from a competitive FEI dressage rider's regular life. Saturday, March 28, 2015. Make it back home by Monday. My time in Germany is coming to a close, next Sunday I pack my bags and I catch a flight early Monday morning back to the states to begin my season there with my girls. It's crazy to think my first show is May, and my season's calendar is looking booked with shows and clinics. Labels: Bro a Bryn Swirnai. Thursday, March 12, 2015. All alone she moves. By the time I'm going to bed, I'm getting...
