I Forgot About You...

Whoops...I guess I did not take this blog very seriously because it has been 2 years and no posts. Disregard the post I made about a "job", that lasted a whole 3 weeks and I was back home feeling let down. I was really looking forward to my independence and new adventures in my life. I guess in the end it all worked out for the better as I am getting to do what I love, it just happens to be still at home.

I don't take it for granted and am very fortunate to be able to run Rising Stars as my own and take care of all the day to day operations. I love being a barn manager and doing all the duties of one; even stall cleaning.

It has been an up and down past 2 years more so on the family front than with the horses. I finally managed to get my warmblood, Vinny, sold. Though thinking about it now it is bittersweet. I miss having more than one horse. But I am stuck paying for Star so I really can not afford a 3rd mouth to feed no matter how much I would love to have something else to ride. Thankfully there have not been any more mishaps with Telly which is something that makes me really happy to write. He has only been getting fitter and stronger and making a real comeback. I started giving a few lessons and used him in the process and he was such a gentleman. He started doing so well that going to a show was looking like something achievable in the near future.

So in December 2011 we attended the Gold Coast AQHA show.....it had been over 4 years since our last competition. I wanted a strong comeback but more so just a fun experience that had us walking away with a smile on our face. Things were a little hectic because my sister also took him in a class and then a girl I was giving lessons to did a few walk/trot classes with him. Not having just his focus on me and the overwhelming feeling of being back at the shows with all those horses sorta hindered our performance some. But by the last day and my last class I knew we were connecting strongly and I really did walk away feeling an overwhelming amount of pure joy and excitement.

I was thankfully able to show again in May with a good friend from the barn. It was just an open hunter jumper show but I felt after months of preparation that we were jumping together better than ever before. I did a jumper class the first day and unfortunately had a refusal at the first fence. But we finished the course strong and awaited the next day. I did 2 eq classes and a medal class. We started off rough but managed to end the day in top form and looking ahead to the next show.

I am excited to see what the future holds with horse shows. I will probably be doing more hunter jumper than QH since I have someone to show with, which makes it all the more fun. I still have my sights set on doing a hunter derby and I really think Telly is capable of taking on that challenge. Since AQHA now offers this class I am going to prepare as much as I can for the event held in January.