Anne

It is way too hot today! It was oppressive at dawn and only got worse. Bart rested in preparation for the 7:30 departure… Derry and Jane arrived and Derry inspired Bart to arise… And once we were at the NEC, the long day began. Bart and Derry were entered in the Hopeful Jumpers (1 meter, […]

With today being “schooling day” for The Charity, biggest show of the year around here, I thought I would tell a story from the past. But first, today, Jane and I took Derry and Bart over to the NEC briefly to ride outdoors in the 90 degree heat in preparation for showing tomorrow. Bart was

Saturday was the culmination of the High Children’s/Adult Jumper Division with the Classic. Naturally, Bart spent the day resting up… Jane and I rode here at home in the morning. Jane decided to skip the rest of the show and regroup. As I have mentioned countless times, horses are hard on many levels. It’s a

Poor Bart is WAY too tired to blog this evening, so it falls to me… Horse showing is hard. It’s fraught with danger… There are many ups and downs, victories and debacles, that can buoy us up or devastate us in a split second of luck, or lack thereof. Yet we do this for fun.

Bart suggested that he write the blog this evening.  He thinks his perspective is more pertinent.  It is, after all, a Horse Show. So… It was a beautiful, cool morning, and luckily Anne was late coming out to bring us in for breakfast.  Stone and I were enjoying stuffing ourselves on extra grass, since the horse flies are