S.a.l.e. Horse Sunny working with Kari today. Message today and get yourself a new western dressage partner for the holidays!
When you’re trying to get liberty trot videos of the ⛵️horse but she just wants to be in your pocket… this beautiful girl wants her own best friend and she’s going to make someone SO lucky!
After three tribulations (truck breakdown requiring a swap, trailer tire blown and then locked out of running truck on side of highway thanks to an upset Dachshund), lots of caffeine, many podcasts and audio book chapters, truck rest horse walking and a great travel crew…. Sinatra and Clifford have officially made it to the North Carolina Horse Park for the War Horse Championships. We may be a half day later than intended but we are here and the boys celebrated in their typical fashion. Going for TWO good rolls! This last week neither have been worked much due to rain and personal stuff on my end, but. Kari and I are just excited to be at a new venue with our favorite eventing OTTB’s. It’ll be fun no matter what because we get to be out here doing what we all love!
A chilly but beautiful morning to kick off November!
Accuracy in holding those lines makes skinny jumps no big deal! Even on a one eyed horse 😅
They appear to be lining up to go… to Narnia? I’m not really sure. But they’re definitely patiently waiting for admission. Should I tell them that is a solid wall?
Rhaegal says the only way to get anywhere is to prance, prance, prance! 💃🏻🕺💃🏻🕺
When you have multiple horses who need conditioning work, we hit the hills in pairs! Kari rode Clifford and ponied Havana while I rode Jacob and ponied Sinatra.
Havana was such a grown up girl today at the MAEA horse trial, competing at Beginner Novice. She was great during her dressage test, even with her hind end slipping around the grass corners (will be putting studs in for next time!). Judge called her a very nice horse! We then easily jumped two clear rounds. She felt so confident in her take off spots and her rhythm. Good job baby girl!
So proud of this kid (and my pony!). Kari’s horse Clifford has been on stall rest the last three weeks and she’s been taking the opportunity to ride some of the other horses at the barn. She has been doing great with sales horse Havana this last week and was signed up for a Beginner Novice CT. After a great warmup, Havana took an off step after her first canter circle in her dressage test and yanked a shoe off, resulting in an elimination due to that ouchy foot. I offered to let Kari jump Sinatra in a 2’ and then 2’6” jumper class, since she couldn’t finish with Havana.
Kari has never ridden Sinatra and nobody besides me have ever jumped him. He is not the easiest ride and she went out there with nothing but my prep talk, about 3 minutes of coaching on the flat and over two fences total, and jumped two lovely clean and quiet rounds. Even got herself a blue in the 2’6”.
Way to go kiddo! Love seeing hard work paying off! 🥰
Havana may have glared at me with the side eye to end all side eye for the rude decision on my part to allow someone ELSE to ride her… but it didn’t stop her from looking like a dream boat with Kari! She hasn’t been ridden for *coughcoughlongerthaniremember* and after some baby fun moments, I couldn’t have been happier to see her go around responding to everything Kari asked of her.
I swear, I’ll really post her for sale, soon-ish… she’ll make someone an amazing partner. This is the first time Kari has fully ridden her without me having done so first. Havana has the skills to do big girl stuff and the brain to do it with an AA or a Jr. with the loving personality that will melt anyone’s heart. 💕💕
She is technically currently for s.ale, so if you happen to fall in love from her videos, shoot me a message. If not, one day, this year…. I’ll put her official looking for new home statement out. I swear 😬
