With 2/3rds of our classes filmed for our next online show (that’s 14 classes out of 20, mind you), it’s time to start working towards the last 1/3rd – all of our English classes. Hank’s pretty good at most things English; it’s me that needs the work. Diagonals kill me every time, especially recently. I’ve … More Jumping between disciplines
I made a slight mistake recently, regarding the world of online horse showing: I signed up for too many classes. It’s not much of a problem unless you factor in that I decided to treat it like an intensive, self-made three day event with 20 classes spread out. Thankfully the third day is a week … More Equestrian Exhaustion
I’ll admit it, I’m starting to get hooked on Western Dressage, and not just because Hank looks so good doing it. It’s actually started helping us in our other disciplines. A month ago, it was common to see Hank loping around fairly fast with his head up in the air. Now – even after just … More The drive of Dressage
I talked about our first try at Western Dressage back at the beginning of April, showing my scores and judge’s comments. I’ve even got a YouTube video posted with a voice-over of our scores and judge’s comments for our first two (ever!) tests. By some stroke of luck, we managed to get first in both … More With progress comes rewards
At the beginning of April, Hank and I entered three online horse shows: a western dressage show, a stock horse show, and an open show. Two of these shows offer the competitors the chance to watch their competition complete their runs in a given class, which is useful to see how you compare to the … More Standing on the saddle soap box
It’s another rainy Monday, which knocks me out from working in the garden (although it’s looking pretty good so far). So, in lieu of shots of sprouts I’ve got some shots of powder thrown at Hank. As part of my Photo II class we were assigned two self-defined projects. (It was three projects and included … More Horsepow(d)er
Another pretty light day today in terms of actual content, at least writing-wise. Here’s a slew of photos I’ve taken for classes over the past month and a half during this time of social distancing: Food – JEM 490, Advanced Photojournalism These were taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T2i, 18-35mm lens. Natural daylight from … More Food, Photos, and Social Distancing
Recently (as in April 4th), Hank and I tried a bit of Western Dressage through the online “show” Dressage Show Online. Yesterday, April 8th, we received our scores for the two tests we filmed and submitted. And wouldn’t you know it, we didn’t do half bad. In the few days between submitting and getting results … More A goal and a score
With nearly all travel-to shows being cancelled across the globe for equestrians, it seems the only way for these folks to get their competition fix is online, provided their barn hasn’t shut down due to the virus. Virtual horse shows aren’t a foreign concept – they’ve actually been around for several years now. They are, … More Loping into the world of virtual shows
It’s a Monday morning and I took care of quite a lot over the weekend. I guess first I should start on Saturday, when I spent nearly 7 hours at the barn getting ready for and filming 13 classes/tests for three different virtual horse shows. (The filming only took about 3 hours, and that includes … More A waiting game
Roaming Appaloosa 