tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67484014881139551012024-03-13T10:48:33.972-04:00Super Size My CobMy Adventures with Bonnie and RosieJenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-92112987290104158932013-01-28T09:24:00.000-05:002013-01-28T09:24:45.620-05:00Change - It's a Good Thing - New Blog AddressFor the longest time I've been utterly frustrated with Blogger. I have issues uploading photo's, attaching video's etc - it's been so frustrating that I stopped posting.<br />
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I miss writing though, I miss the chronological order of training posts, and a place to store training video's etc. So I decided to move to WordPress. <br />
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I've tried adding the code to have my blogger address simply re-direct to my Wordpress URL but that was a frustrating failure too - Blogger's fault as their underlying HTML/XML is not standard.<br />
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For WordPress blog I had to buy a domain name. So thought, what better time to put the cart before horse and come up with farm name, for my future farm. My logic is that the Wordpress blog will simply transition into my future farm's website - no more expense, no multiple sites to maintain and update etc.<br />
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So if everyone that currently follows me would please add the following URL to your "Blogs I Follow" list I would be greatly appreciative.<br />
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<a href="http://www.firstsightdrafts.com/">www.firstsightdrafts.com</a> <br />
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It's fairly basic layout at the moment a it's still in it's infancy but all my previous posts and comments are there.<br /><br />Sometime today I will post on how I picked that as my farm name. It has major sentimental meaning to my husband and I.<br />
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Thanks Everyone!!! Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-25331660013387227112013-01-19T12:55:00.002-05:002013-01-19T12:55:51.149-05:00Round Pen Clinic (including injury) -- Lots of Pictures!! I signed Jim and I up for a clinic called "Round Penning It's Not Just For Running" and it was last weekend. We were to take both mares - Jim to handle Rosie and myself Bonnie.<br />
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Looking forward to a day together with our horses we packed a cooler and it was a beautiful 60 degree day in southern Ohio in January.<br />
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Since Jim would be handling Rosie both on the ground and riding, I wanted to be sure that Rosie's brain was in the game so I hopped up on her bareback. Well -- I attempted to that is. When I pushed up off the tall jump block my left knee made an audible pop, and felt the crunch grind along with the worst pain ever. Had to have Jim lift me off her. I was bound a determined to not let this ruin our day so I hobbled into the tack room, grabbed an ice pack from the freezer and one of my standing wraps. I "cowgirl up'd" you could say wrapped my knee, loaded both mares into the trailer and headed out.<br />
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***note*** the horses are sweaty, especially Bonnie. It was nearly 65 degrees that day in January. They are in full winter coats and everyone was sweating just standing around. The most any horse did that day in the form of "work"was trot four circles around the round pen. <br />
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Thankfully Logan, my youngest son, came with us and the clinician was very gracious and allowed him to take my slot with Bonnie. I spoke to the clinician explaining Bonnie is EXTREMELY sensitive and Logan is very green with only a handful of rides in the past few years and has never ever done any ground work. To say I was nervous on how the little spitfire mare would be for Logan is an understatement.<br />
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Clinic was about moving your horse around and getting to want to be with you "Join Up". <br />
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Jim's turn!<br />
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And the riding - it was about balance and transitions. With and without reins.<br />
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.. and Jim riding Rosie for the first time well over a year<br />
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My injury - torn lateral meniscus - pre-surgical MRI is this coming week. I'm hoping surgery is scheduled asap as I have a goal to be riding by mid March for the Ride The Park event at the Kentucky Horse Park. <br />
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"S" asked if she could use Rosie in a couple of riding lessons
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able to go with S and Rosie to watch the lessons. S also given me one lesson
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Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-9009964734659598022012-10-23T08:46:00.001-04:002012-10-23T08:46:11.520-04:00Pushing A Shopping CartWhen in training whether it's one disipline or another in equestrain sports, or any other 'thing' one would train for that required learning a new skill we often use analogies that are familiar to us. For example - <br />
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KABAM!!! I've NEVER felt such lifting in the shoulders, balanced, forward implusion from behind, zero weight in my hands from any horse I've ever ridden. <br />
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I love that analogy "Push a shopping cart" - it's something we all know how to do, it's muscle memory already. We just need to train our brain to push instead of resist or block. I have always struggled to keep my hands steady in Dressage. I believe this "push a shopping cart" is the missing piece, assuming one can keep all the other pieces in place. I'm still setting the boundry but with almost no resistance from me (with the exception of my rein length, I don't give that up) my hands became completely steady and I had 2000 pounds of soft, bendy, pony between my legs. It's one of those feelings that you strive for and when you achieve it you have to smile big and give a big ole "whoo hooo!"<br />
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The whole "marshmellow butt" thing - relax your gluteus maximus muscle to warmish marshmellow mushy, sticky state and ride from your core. This does two things - 1 - you miraculously stop bouncing around like a fish out of water in the saddle, and - 2 - the horse lifts it's core to meet your seat since there is no resistance from you there.<br />
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<br />Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-2432316895848960782012-10-10T08:29:00.000-04:002012-10-10T08:29:56.462-04:00Parades & Trails in PinkWith my kids getting older I've been feeling the need to socialize with people my own age with my own interests and my husband, the wonderful man he is, feels the same. I've been wanting to join a group of sorts that is horse related so after discussion and research we joined <a href="http://www.horsethiefdetectives.com/" target="_blank">Goshen Horse Thief Detectives</a>. <br />
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When GHTD was first established, way back in 1892 it was a branch of law enforcement. Today it is a civil group that takes part in community events and is working toward establishing new and maintaining existing horse trails across the area.<br />
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Part of the "community" is area parades! Which I've never done - ever. To be able to participate in parades you, your horse, and your "out walker" have to get certified. It's not a "how many obstacles can your horse do - it's how you handle your horse in new situations, or when horse is acting up. As an outwalker you learn how to handle the horse in a manner that allows the rider to safely dismount and take control of their horse in an emergency situation. I didn't get pictures of our certification as it was getting dark, and was dark by the end, but all three of us are now certified for parades and outwalking. The quote from the head of the mounted division posted this on Facebook -<br />
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So we went out and bought cowboy hats, white shirts, and purchased the official leather vest with the GHTD patch on them and suited up for the Goshen homecoming parade! It's one of the bi-laws that a horse is lead through their first parade so Jim lead Rosie while I walked as an out walker with the group. Out Walkers other purpose is crowd control. People tend to be stupid and want to dart out infront of the horses for candy or to pet them. </div>
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The very next day was the <a href="http://saddleupforthecure.com/" target="_blank">Saddle Up For The Cure</a> ride. This ride benefits both Susan G. Komen and the Kettering Medical Center Foundation Women's Wellness Fund (local medical center). Over $6000 in donations was raised by this event this year. </div>
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Barn owner, S, and her friend, J, and I had a great a day decorating our horses for the ride and having photo's taken.</div>
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This was a pretty emtional day for me - you see the five pink ribbons in Rosie's mane.... Mom, and her two sisters, my mother in law, and my grandma are represented there. Only my grandma is a surviror. I've learned so much about "Breast Cancer" since loosing my mom. My mom and her two sisters did not have "Breast Cancer" (meaning no masses s in the breasts) but the cancers they each had are caused by the breast cancer gene, BRCA. </div>
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It was a beautiful fall day for a ride - and we enjoyed it thoroughly.<br />
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The event was held at <a href="https://happenstancestables.com/" target="_blank">Happenstance Stables</a> and the clinician is their resident trainer "T". <br />
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"T" was great, patient with every rider. You can see above "E's" horse wasn't sure about the "flooring" <br />
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Photo credit to my husband. He spent his entire Saturday out with us horse women!Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-48327801554991287362012-09-24T21:00:00.000-04:002012-09-24T21:00:01.723-04:00One Kick A$$ LessonBrain dump<br />
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*Remember to have "shopping cart hands". Instead of pulling even slightly -give ever so slightly. As soon as I changed that mind set Miss Rosie went completely round and through!! Hot Damn!!<br />
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*Ride the haunches. Coupled with "Shopping car hands" was a double "HOT DAMN" !!<br />
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*Set up canter (for now) by doing a balanced trot turning on the quarter line, half halt, leg yield to the rail, over flex to outside, sit deep, half halt, and just canter without thinking.<br />
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By my third transition I had it. Up hill, correct lead, balanced, I was sitting up and riding! It was an immediate "OMG I GOT IT!" I even screamed that statement out loud, dropping reins and fist pumping, then down to hug my horse and dry some tears in her mane. <br />
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I wanted to learn something new. Rosie already pivots on haunches or forehand but I want to work toward a Dressage turn on the haunches. Jodie kind of struggles with teaching me how to do it because it's a "third level movement" I said "So- what's that mean, I can't start teaching the pieces now?" She really had a hard time with that but still walked me though each piece of it at a walk (of course). The only thing I have to remember is to not over queue and allow a step back with any foot.<br />
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The steps were as follows:<br />
Medium walk<br />
Shorten stride<br />
Shoulder in a couple of steps<br />
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queue to move shoulders a step<br />
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step<br />
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I'm only doing a step or two of the movement after the shoulder in as it's making sense to her to naturally step around. <br />
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<br />Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-12559336261818924902012-09-19T22:11:00.001-04:002012-09-19T22:11:33.781-04:00Happy HourThere is absolutely NOTHING better in world than an mid week after work trail ride!<div>
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I won't bore you with the family life stuff ~ but the equine... EXCITING stuff planned!<br /><br />September is pretty quiet - Rosie and I are back into training for a show late October. September 29, I've organized a mini clinic at a local farm that has an equestrian obstacle course. There have been 8 horse/rider combinations to confirm that they are going. Should be a blast!<br /><br />October 6 is a local Ride for a Cure trail ride. Rosie and I will be going and have a lot of fun. Then it's train for show at the Kentucky Horse Park October 27 and 28.<br />
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Some where in there my daughter will be having her baby!Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-73218592644770046582012-07-27T10:45:00.003-04:002012-07-27T10:45:44.861-04:00We Did It Again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-53747823535401171832012-07-15T19:11:00.002-04:002012-07-15T19:11:34.556-04:00Hard Work Has It's Pay Offs!Yesterday was a big show day for Rosie and I. All I can say is my big mare ROCKS !! We went to the annual Starry Nights Dressage Series show. The first show is always in July.<br />
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Rosie was perfectly calm from the moment she stepped off the trailer to the end. <br />
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Walk/Trot/Canter Dressage Equitation (judged on the rider no matter what horse does) - 1st place (by default I was the only rider). While some competition would have been nice I got a good 5 minutes with the judge at the end with her critique - Canter - I'm stuck not my horse! She gave me some pointers to help will be working on those to see if they make a difference.<br />
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Intro A Senior- 72% - 1st Place<br />
Intro B Senior - 72% - 1st Place<br />
Intro C Senior- 67% - 2nd place<br />
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Intro C introduces two canter circles - first one was great. Second one... not so much. Rosie decided she was more interested in a cute gelding outside the fence and turned-on the after burners, started calling out to him, no focus on me at all. Blowing through every aid I had. Before asking for the canter I did normal half halt - no response. I did another half halt increasing pressure by 5 pounds - just barely a flicker of an ear to me - so I did a full body halt but with my legs on. That woke her up and when I put my leg back for canter she gave a hop and attitude so I shortened that circle to a 10 meter instead of the 20. When I asked for downward to trot I really had to apply brakes again but she listened.<br />
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Looking at these photos I am so emotional - we've come a very long way. At this point Rosie is ahead of me in her training and I need to catch up. That's the way it goes though isn't it.<br /><br /></div>Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6748401488113955101.post-78294046038055409012012-07-04T16:41:00.001-04:002012-07-04T16:41:17.106-04:00Happy Birthday Mares !Today is Rosie's 7th Birthday and we celebrated by taking very short bareback ride and new conformation pictures. <br />
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The new conformation pictures are at the bottom of Rosie's page (Whole Lotta Rosie).Jenihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com12