Accident Trainer (now known as the AT) texts me in class and tells me about Gorgeous Filly (GF).
Big Sister Trainer (now known as the BST) and I plan to go behind my parents back and go to Texas in the spring of 2007.
We say we are going to theme park and to watch a cutting show.
In reality, we go see the GF.
I fall in love with said GF.
Come home to parents who are kicking and screaming.
AT comes to land of the hicks.
Asks for check.
Mum writes check.
GF is mine.
Of course, there was crying and lots of promises.
98% of those promises were not delivered until spring of 2008.
I fell into a hole of the land of the boys, but was kicked out of it.
GF is home and I am attempting to learn how to ride her.
As a rider who spent three years fighting with a TB gelding over EVERYTHING who needed no leg, and hell, no hand either. I'm not really sure how the HELL I rode him, actually. However, I did live to write this blog entry, so I must have done something right.
Now, more about said GF.
GF is a 2004 AQHA filly by Artful Move and out of Dinner Invitation (by Invitation Only). She is about 16 hh, brown, no chrome, and incredibly affectionate... when she wants to be. She has been home for almost two months, she spent the first 10 months of me owning her with my AC. Uhm... we get along really well, I just have to learn how to ride her and correct the habits of riding the TB. I have improved on alot of things, ALOT of things. Now I just have to put the whole package TOGETHER. We will go to our "first" (I don't count Tampa...) show in September, and damnit, we will be ready. I will also point out that a horrific fall a few years ago on said Crazy TB (the CTB) left this rider only wanting to ride hunt seat equitation, hunter under saddle, and hunter hack. Everything else is too skeeeeery for my taste. And I will only go into the HH pen with me kicking and screaming, but I will do it for my filly.
The whole point of this blog is to document my victories and defeats from the view of a 17 yo has been eventer turned hunt seat rider on the road to the 2009 AQHA Youth World Championships. Of course, I am not alone in this skeeeery task. I have the support of two amazing trainers (including the AT), my parents, God, and a fellow new to the AQHA show pen 13 yo rider who just purchased her first horse. But more about everyone later. It is 1 am and I should probably go to sleep. I have to ride my SHSF and the HBG in the mornin'.
2 comments:
Very cool! I can't wait to read all about it. Too bad you're so far away, I am in search of a good working hunter trainer for the VLC in a few years and it sounds like your trainer would be a good possibility.
I loooooove Artful Move's get. They are all so elegant.
Not sure if you will ever run across this, but my trainer is EXCELLENT as what he does. You know those Big Name Trainers you talk about? He is essentially one of those... but he KNOWS what he is doing. And it doesn't involve starving or drugs. Yay for humanity!
It would be an honor to work along side with the VLC. =]]
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