Horseback Riding, Training, Lessons for Dressage, Western Dressage, Working Equitation and Pleasure
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Capistrano August Dressage Show
Cousins and competition weekend! Dressage test by day followed by movie and dinner nights with the family. My cousin’s daughter even volunteered to groom for me and we had a lovely day with the Fergster🐴 Fergie is still building strength at 2nd level but I was pleased we picked up some scores in the 60’s.
CDS San Diego Road to Championships 7/18-7/20
Glad to be back in Del Mar🌞🌊 Fergie decided to give me daily brain massages during class breaks. Between her self appointed barn security duties, she rode well in her dressage test. She also could not decide on which ribbon she liked the most, so we brought home 3 different color options.
Happy National Dog Day from Olivia❤️& Logan💙
CDS SoCal Regional Adult Amateur Championship
Congratulations to Sandra & Renee who competed in their first RAAC Championship 🥳The beautiful duo placed 3rd in their Training Level Novice division 🎉👏
SCEC Dressage Show
Forget Me Not & Lisa enjoyed another outing showing at second level. Sundays ride captured the daily Oldenburg N.A Sporthorse High Point award🎉 Thank you to the horse show organizers, staff and judge.
USAWE Train to Win Clinic
Thank you Christy Reich, Kellee Campbell and Kiki Pantaze for all your time and effort to provide the Working Equitation community with the Train to Win clinic series. Thank you WAWE Judge José Andrès Benito for your enthusiastic teaching and skillful eye during all 3 days of the informative clinic. You helped us align our eyes to the International standards of the sport through each dressage and obstacle ride. Last but not least, thank you to every rider in the clinic that allowed us to be apart of your learning journey🐎I appreciate your effort and determination to master each task at hand while in front of an audience. Each rider and auditor left with information to share with our Working Equitation community 😃
Enjoyed a wonderful Memorial Day weekend at the El Campeon Farms Stars and Stripes Working Equitation show! A big thank you to Christy Reich, Abigail Followill, El Campeon staff, show workers and the volunteers who knocked out another stellar show🤩 The president of the jury was WAWE Judge José Andrès Benito from Spain & USAWE “S” Judge Doreen Atkinson (WAWE judge candidate). I enjoyed a lovely front row seat while fulfilling my silent judging requirements. The always smiling Leslie Martien and Kris Blacklock would pick up our test after each ride, calculate them and have our scores set up on a spread sheet for end of day discussion . Those wonderful discussions consisted of Judge José Andrès Benito reviewing each movement of a riders test and comparing our scores/comments with his. Thank you José for taking the time after each show day to help us calibrate our brains to international judging standards.
Cheers to Summer Dressage Show
If you know the journey of Fergie and I then you understand the overwhelming feeling of joy trotting down centerline at Galway🤩 Thankful to have my wonderful friends who were cheerleaders and grooms! It takes an amazing village to maintain show horses. Thank you to the body workers, farriers, vets and clinicians (everyone needs eyes on the ground) who got us here. We showed at second level and each ride was better than the next. I adore my partner Fergialious and thank her daily for giving me wings to soar❣️
CAWDA Spring Fling
Congratulations to Brenna & Karma on their first Western Dressage show! These two have been growing as partners the past few months. Karma scored a 66.5% in Intro test 1 & 65% Intro test 2. Just because the show was online it does not make it easy. These judges have pause, rewind and fast forward buttons😱 Congratulations to fellow teammate Colleen & Mustang Sally for navigating through their new test 4 and scoring in the mid 60s🎉 A big thank you to our videographer Victoria Gabay😃
Memorial Day Classic Working Equitation Show
Whether you are showing or volunteering, an El Campeon show is the place to be! Lovely weekend scribing and learning from our 2 wonderful S judges Nicole Chastain & Rebbeca Algar 😃 The staff is fantastic and paired with such a lovely facility it feels like a mini horse vacation. Looking forward to July’s show🤩
CDS Stepping Into Summer Dressage Show
Teresa and McRed Boogie are finding their groove in Level 1 🎉 She had 2 successful rides, and increased her scores from the last show🤩
Dressage at SCEC
Renee has figured the show routine out 1)Warm up 2) Ride lovely tests 3) Model her two 2nd place ribbons🎊
It takes patience and persistence😃
I read a theory about why so many riders lack a deep command of basics, and it was explained like this---
Correct basics are hard to master because there is an enormous amount of repetition involved, and if someone has tried something hundreds, possibly thousands of times, and still can’t do it, it is easy for the person to conclude that he/she is taking on an impossible challenge.
In his book “Mastery,” George Leonard wrote that on the quest to become good, there will be long stretches of “seeming non-improvement.”
Like watching grass grow, change is happening, but so slowly that it can’t be measured daily, weekly, or even monthly. But at some point, for those who stick with it, “suddenly” they can do things that before they couldn’t do.
The issue is giving up in frustration before putting in those many many many many months of practice.
That is ONE theory. I am sure there are many others, but this one does ring true.
Happiness is having 2 great rides in a Christophe Theallet clinic!
Spring Benefit Dressage Show & CDI
Yay Nee Nee! Another successful outing with Sandra & Renee collecting scores for year end awards. Followed by an afternoon watching a few Olympians compete on their up and coming horses. A cool perk we have on the Southern California circuit.
Pomona Chapter CDS Spring Fling Dressage Show
Sandra & Renee are officially qualified for California Dressage Society State Championships🎉 Their qualifying training level score also earned them AA High Point for the show🏆
Pomona Chapter CDS Spring Fling Dressage Show
You must have mental fortitude to survive this sport! Thank you Victoria for your efforts on and off the horse to build this skill💜 I know it has been a tough road with Adelita Df, but all the stars have finally aligned 🎉
Pomona Chapter CDS Spring Fling Dressage Show
New year and a new level for Teresa & Kona!
They had a successful test debut at Level 1 with scores in the 60s👏👏
🐣 Happy Easter ✝️
ICC Spring Schooling Dressage Show
Gretchen is back in the show arena after giving birth to a beautiful Friesian filly last year🎉Sandra & Gretchen entered the Intro A & B classes. This was only Gretchen’s second time going down centerline. The mare was a super trooper at the show!
Pacific Coast Dressage Show
Congratulations to Sandra & Renee for trotting down centerline at their first triple rated show 🤩 The🥇&🥈made the day even sweeter🎉
California Western Dressage Association Year End Awards Banquet
Thank you CAWDA for a wonderful Sunday filled with friends, food, awards, and fun games🤩 Colleen and Teresa already have been working on their new test to debut for the 2024 season. The following are their 2023 awards results:
🤠Teresa Dalton & Mc Red Boogie 🎉
4th place Basic Level AA live shows
10th place Amateur High point live shows
🤠Colleen Vincent & Mustang Sally🎉
5th place Intro AA online shows
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