Angel upta' pasture....

Isnt he just the most handsom thing you have ever seen?

He is a lover too!

Angel By Day Interview with prospective owners

SORRY I DROPPED THE BALL!!!!!!!

Well... again... sorry... !!!!!

hadnt been on in so long.... forgot I was in the middle

of posting all the ROLEX vids I made of our trip!

REALLY.... I am telling you ... losing my mind...

If you find it please send it to 46 Ramsell Way!

Finally An Update

Finally made it back to the indoor to have Jamie work with Charile for the first time ever.
It was good even though he acted out when repremanded with the crop.
It was a great first session.
So enjoy the movie that Haley made...

GREAT GREAT GREAT meeting of the minds

I was on Eventing USA blog and got to watch a great seminar on breeding and preparing a horse for 4 Star Eventing. Hosted by Bruce Davidson with other speakers like

his son Buck and good friend Denny Emmerson.

WOW... I mean great insight!

I was meant to hear it.... FOR SURE!

Everything they speak of... I have done....

well except going to IRELAND to train cross country in the Spring!

NOW WOULDNT THAT BE GREAT?

But honestly.... I learned to ride young, bopped around,

messed around endless days in the barn,

enjoyed riding for hours, I think back and Q "gee how far was that?!" Racing 3 wheelers, hanging with my horse in the pasture, showing locally, and understanding partnership.

In the last 20 years I have enjoyed

endurance trail rides

team penning

cutting

barrel racing

pole bending

dressage

Hunting cross country

showing western pleasure in AQHA circuit

& putting 5 national halter points on Baby just for something to do!

Now... I have not been nationally recognized for any of it.

Not even regionally mainly because I just enjoy doing whatever I want with my horses.

Side saddle and driving are things I have not tried AS OF YET, but I own a carriage and harness and have future plans to drive Baby at Acadia National Park SOON....

and a proud mamma I will be , as I will have trained her myself.

So goes the EVENTING... "I can almost taste it" are words I have used in my BLOG profile... and so Bruce has mentioned in this seminar. Those words speak to me and give me new hope and continued drive to keep on plugging forward toward my dream of

competing at the **** level.

I mean why NOT?

When not having a support group and going this dream alone ... it gets tough and you wonder, is it all just $$$ that gets you to the top? Is it luck? Is it a little of each or really is it the drive and hard work that one puts in day after day? I hope it is the latter.... as I will keep on keeping on after hearing this message that was meant for JUST ME! I have a OTTB and an evening TB / Appy that has scope and drive and play and courage... I KNOW HE IS THE ONE!

ANYHOOOOOOO... intersting seminar that hit many Q I had in my mind.

Answering most all of them... honestly... the getting fit one... hit really hard :()

ENJOY the movie in the link!

http://useventing.com/blog/?p=7433

Endurance Saddles from Hilason

http://www.hilason.com/

Check it out !~!
After being so happy with my new working saddle...I mean for the money...

how could I not take a peek at the rest of their selection?

This is a endurance saddle that some of you trail riders/endurance riders may be interested in...

Light weight... cushion seat... leather.... and REASONABLE!

You can also find them on ebay for less than they advertise on their website!

Worth a L@@K!

Enjoy!

When you dont have something nice to say......

ROLEX ~ Day 2 vaca ~ Dressage

Day of Dressage

Amazing day taking in the riders

&

anxieties of competition.....

Exciting!

All pictures in compitition I took while there at the event.

The preview to get your heart pounding are pics I got online.

ENJOY!

ROLEX video is complete!

Day 1 of our trip to Lexington KY.

A couple of the pics are blurry cuz they were scanned from tiny

thumbnails provided by WALMART ~ as they neglected to actuall

put my pictures on the CD and that is all I had from our first DAY of pics!

REALLY was upset.... you can check my old post... probably.. swore :)

a video a day... keeps the naggers at bay!

ENJOY!

... Freestyle... memory lane

ME with Tessi at 13 years old!

Tessie was just 8

thought it was cool to show off the

HI HO SILVER moves I taught her!

OMG! So young....

OH... then again... not so young... 19 here...

showing off what I used to do with Tessi when I was 13...

NICE... OMG!

After shows ... when tessie was all white and clean and snuggly and tired...

we would nap :) I think I was 19 here too

This is us breaking for lunch at a show...... where else would you sit?

OF COURSE.... great idea... lets sit under our horse and relax!

HELLLOOOOOOOO.... brainless... again here at 17 years old I was...

completely brainless!...

thank GOD... TESSI had a brain about her!

Look at that angel dearest look on her face!

OMG!

THEN WE HAVE ....

BABY!

TA DAAAAAA!

She apparently is in training for my next gig!


This is what my little Baby darling is learning....

isnt that wonderful?
Ya!.... my little tessi in disguise!
THANK YOU HALEY!

:)

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

ROLEX

Lexington KY Arena Entry

Rolex 09 DAY 1 Dressage

Day 2 The Water Complex during Cross Country

Day 3 Stadium Jumping ~ the Calumet Farms Sponsored Jump

Well we all knew this was coming right?

I can tell you after ROLEX this year... it was bound to happen!

66 and still competing!

GO BRUCie BABY!

Denny Emerson & long time friend Bruce Davidson

Denny hands over the bronze replica

AKA "Grandfather of Eventing"

Inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 50th anniversary

at this years USEA meeting & Hall of Fame Galla in Virginia

Bruce is legendary due to the fact that he has won the ROLEX at least 5 times!

Add that up quick and you are talking 3/4 of a Million Dollars!

Reining still is the way to go if you are in it for the money...

but then again... you cant have as much fun as you do

3 Day EVENTING!

Denny Emerson was the trainer I was planning on going to in VT

this summer with Angel for a week.

What a week we would have had!

... but Angel had other plans... like summer vacation

...with a absess!