We wish everyone a very happy holiday season!
Now that Christmas is behind us, I'm starting to look forward to my new year. I'm super excited because I believe I finally have a horse that I can take to a show! Ollie just mentally can't handle it and I don't want to put either of us through it. He is the king of meltdowns. But he's a blast to ride so we will keep on with our work and perhaps one day he won't be so anxious about going into canter.
In the meantime, I want to set myself up to get Canoodler going! We're lucky here in Kentucky that we have many schooling shows. Even in winter! The "go to" schooling shows for winter are the Snowbird Dressage Series. They have a show each month except in January. So we have plenty of time to work on our strength and suppleness before the next show. It's a low key show that is perfect for newbies both equine and human. I happened to take Ollie there a couple years ago but we never made it into the show ring.
The barn where Canoodler is located has several horse and riders that will be participating in these shows as well. This is perfect because I'll be clueless and need my friends to help me out.
Assuming Canoodler can handle going to a show, I want to set up some goals for future shows and real shows! Not just schooling shows. I guess that means I need to fill out memberships to everything - USDF and Kentucky Dressage Association. It's all so new for me! I love having goals!
Don't forget Usef for membership as well for rated shows.
ReplyDeleteI love having goals, too; I guess that's part of the draw of dressage. However, I keep getting thwarted when I get set up to show at the recognized level, so I'm only re-upping at the state level and will be happy if I can make it to some League and schooling shows. Happy New Year!
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