First in a while

Today I rode Jasmine for the first time in over a month! Wow! Yep she was ok, I mean I haven't ridden my green, fat Friesian in over a month so she won't be perfect. Oh Well. This little post will not be long since I don't have much else to say on the subject. So...Bye!

Its a Show Day Review.

So yesterday I did a show with Cookie, her second of the season. HA! yes the season is almost over and I'm starting with Cookie now, I've done three shows, wow. I plan to do two more. So 5 shows this year. Anywhoo It was our first rated show. C-rated. But it sure didn't feel like it. Ok, well it was organized and had a good judge I guess, but there was no one there, I was the first person there at like 7:45 when the show starts at 8:30 But they started later because of the rain the night before. There was one other trailer in, and the rest was young girls that ride at the barn. My classes were the first ones of the day, 1,2,3 and 4. A W/T division with hunter and Eq. flat and cross rail classes. There were three in my division. I got a 2nd in hunter cross rails, was eliminated for three refusals in Eq. cross rails. Got a 2nd in hunter under saddle and a 3rd in Equitation. So eh, it was alright, I don't think we were on top of our game, couldn't practice the day before because of the rain. grr. And Cookie was a speed demon. >.< So that was my show day, tada!

Sneaky Ninja Punk

That is what Jasmine is. :P Well as every day goes with the final paddock cleaning of the day, the girls stand near the gate but are not stupid enought to even dare to walk out. So I'm there with my wheelbarrow and fork walking into the paddock, gate swung inwards. As everyday they stand there and look at the half open gate, and me who is the all-powerful gate keeper. None shall pass. But of course this starts out as "This day was different" so, Jasmine's fatass sneaks pass me and stands inbetween the outside world and in the paddock, I drop my stuff and go over 1 foot to the gate and she walks out about 2 feet, there is grass, she's not moving far. I'm thinking about how to get her in, she has no halter on and trying to make sure the infamous escape artist, Cookie doens't do the same thing. So I grab the nearby lead rope get on the other side of her and chase her in, it worked. Now its usually Cookie who comes up with these plots and tries to perform them. Boy was I surprised when Jasmine grew some and walked out. So it made me ponder, She's either been plotting this for a while and waiting for the perfect moment, or Cookie told her to do it. xD both are probable theories. xD ahh silly poniez.

Braiding Adventures

So while waiting to drive Jelke the Friesian gelding when I was at Friesians of Majesty i started to play with his long, stright, nice mane. I discovered a hidden talent. I can actually braid yay. So I brought this skill home to Jasmine. Now her mane really sucks, its not nice and black, straight/wavy, or even. So i started to braid it and I was surprised it came out really good, for my first real time braiding. :D It also looks alot nicer than leaving it down, filled with shavings, a red tint and unevenness. So maybe braising it can maintain it and help it look nicer? maybe, I don't know, if you know how to grow a mane, please help me out. ^^

My horse is out to get me.

Another ride on Miss Cookie and another extream workout by me. Now I like to think of Cookie as 50% Arabian 50% Thoroughbred and 50% Quarter Horse, yes she is 150% horse. She has the stamina of a Arabian the speed of a TB and ther versatility of a QH. (QH seem to do just about any and every equestrian sport) So my biggest issue is cantering my litte demonic horse. She is just a total bitch when asking her, she does mini rears and bucks and is like screw off lady. When were in the canter she is usually good I can adjust she speed and now we are working on getting her on the rail and we're doing well. She's a mare and has her mare moments. But I think I'll work on transitions and getting her really good at the trot and walk and then move on to canter when we both are ready. I'm not in a rush to get cantering, and I don't like hers that much, we'll canter but its not really good, like jumping we'll canter and such. Nah, not asking for advice so please don't give it I got a trainer I know who i'm going to ask my questions about Cook. But somedays she really is out to kill me but I still love her! (:

Curiosity will scare the horse.

So today my dad needed to get into the paddock with his back-hoe and refill an area with gravel. When it rains alot and hard all the dirt near the water and side of the barn floods and runs down the slight hill and make a mess. The horses are fine walking on it to get to the water. So I open the gateand there are Cook and Jaz standing there, wellnot for long once Jasmine sees the tracter she is out of there not like flips out and runs away more like turn around and trot off. Cookie just stands there looking at it while it passes by. We've done this before and Cookie always walks up to it running or not and investigates. Her favorite thing to do is walk up to it and once it moves wait until its right next to her an run off like a scared little girl. I don't think she'd ever notice if it ran her over. And when my dad is digging she'll stay a distance away and eventually creeps up to it and gets like within a foot of it, and once it moves turn around and trot off. She is a silly, curious girl. So glad it doesn't bother her. Jasmine in ok but she takes the saying "Scared shitless" literally, for really anything that startles her to a point, she tenses up and...ploop. I guess she was scared shitless. xD