December classic

Today Grier had their first “B” Rated horse show and I rode Daisy and Joey, a students horse.
We did pre-adults and the bit-o-straw classic (if you dont know what that is it is two jumping and one flat. the jumping is scored like equitation) and she did really well. We got reserve champion in the [...]

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Roadblock

Since I came back from vacation I have been having some hard times with Daisy.
She gained about 100 pounds while I was gone and needless to say is off her evening feed and is getting her smartpaks at breakfast now. But since she was out of work and gained so much weight she is [...]

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The Best Ride

Tonight I took Daisy out to hack in our larger outdoor for a change and to get her out of the indoor. Ellen threw a halter on Loui and rode him up bareback with me just to keep me company and to give him a change of pace as-well.
I started out just walking her on [...]

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A Different Job

On the third of July we took Daisy to the State College Classic to ride her in the Hopeful Hunters to see how she would do at a horse show and see how she would jump. At this point I had never seen anyone jump her and had no idea how she would go.

She wend [...]

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Bareback

Well summer camp has officially started and we are just getting into the groove. Yesterday we took a few counselors on a trail ride in before the children in the rookie camp session arrived. 

I decided that I wanted to ride Daisy bareback because I was too lazy to put my saddle on and I just [...]

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First Outing

Daisy and I went to our first show over the weekend at Kocher’s show grounds. We only did a pleasure hunter class (three flat classes) but she did wonderful. 

We were having some lead issues but my trainer and I think it was just because she was tired and we were both disorganized because yesterday I [...]

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A Rocky Start

Daisy’s first few months with me.

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