Monday, March 14, 2011

A regular day at a horse show

Here's a little background on what we do:
FRIDAY-
6pm: Get to horseshow,wait for pro day to finish
11pm: School horses (Train/practice)
12pm: Drive home.

SATURDAY-

4:30 am: Wake up, shower,
5:30 am: Get in car, DRIVE.
7 am: Arrive at horseshow, unpack
7:30 am- 9 am: Wait for your class to come, then help Mom and friends get on horses.
9 am- 11 am:  Watch them ride.
11 am-12pm Untack horse, brush
12pm-1pm: Eat lunch, consisting of crappy food. EX: Oreos, Cheetos, Pancakes, etc.
1pm-9pm: Wait for jumpers to go. Get on horse.
9pm-11pm: Ride, win (hopefully!)
11pm-12:30am: Untack MY horse, and close up for the night.
12:30 am- 1 am: Drive to hotel
1am-1:30am: Shower, relax.
1:30 am: SLEEP!!

SUNDAY-

6am: WAKE UP. Yes, we do this for three days.
7am: Get to horseshow. Wait, wait, wait!
9am-11am: Time to show!
11am-4pm: Wait for last rider to go so we can pack up and haul out.
6pm: Haul out folks! Get ready to do it again next weekend.

Some important terms:
Over-Fences: When you compete jumping over jumps. Thus the OVER FENCES term. Abbreviated O/F
Under-saddle: When you compete without jumps. You are not actually under a saddle. Abbreviated U/S or reffered to as "on the flat"
Hunter: When you are judged based on your horses performance and appearance. (Compete O/F and U/S)
Equitation: When they judge the rider on appearance and performance. (Compete O/F and U/S)
Jumpers: When you compete for the fastest times. Usually involves tight turns and running. (Compete O/F, NOT U/S) Just for the record: In my opinion this is the fun division!!!!!!!!

I promise the next post will be better! :)

1 comment:

  1. What a crazy schedule. I'd probably be asleep half the time.

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