Haven Farm Has Moved!

Haven Farm has moved! We are now at Cottingham Farms, in Derby Downs. The old Haven is being remodeled, so we will be at Cottingham for 1-2 years. The pastures are so nice, and it is all very clean. The arena is HUGE.

Bareback Jumping

Bareback jumping at Claire’s house! Lea came along too.

Playin Around With the Camera

It ’s been so nice these past couple days, so I took the opportunity to take some pictures.

Here ya go.

Jumpernite!

Hello! Last weekend, Blitzen and I went to a show in Olympia, called Jumpernite. It was really fun! It was my first show without Mollie, and It was a good experiance having Phil as my trainer for once. The first class I went in, Blitzen was being stupid and was scared of the first fence, so he refused it and I almost fell off! Then I made him jump it, and we did the rest of the course. On fence three, we came to the fence at a bad angle and weird distance, so I flew up in the saddle, but luckily landed back down. I jumped the next fence without my stirrup

Riding Updates

It’s been a while since I posted something, and a lot has happened since then. I have ridden two different horses, the first one was Princess, my trainer’s horse. She had not been ridden for a very long time, and got out of shape, so I was riding her to get her fit.  Now my friend Jacqueline rides her, and they do well together.  Now I ride Blitzen, a cherry bay gelding, who enjoys bucking. He was being really bad for his old rider, Maria, and so she doesn’t ride him anymore. He is a very fun horse, and he can be lazy sometimes, but in the winter, he can be complete insanity.
I will try and get some pictures soon.

The Last Playday!

Saturday’s Playday was very small, much much smaller that we thought, being it the last Playday of the year!
On Friday, it said 90% of rain, but did it rain on Saturday? NO! I was very greatful.
I rode Taffy this time, for there was no one else to ride. We got to the barn late, because someone slept in…(Jacqueline), so we had to hurry and get ready to make it to our classes in time! I practically trotted down to Saddle Club, worrying that my class had already started. But it hadn’t yet, so I had just enough time to put my number on and walk into the ring. Because the show was awarding double points, (you get points for each place you get, 1st place getting the most points) my goal was to do well. It turns out, I got 2nd place for every single one of my classes! I was very satisfied. Then I went and bought a bunch of cool stuff from a big tack sale next door! It was a good day. Sorry I don’t have any pictures, I forgot to tell someone to take them.

Saddle Club Playday: Shorter Than I Thought

Well, the day started out raining, and I had hoped that it would stop before the show. But, to our disappointment, it rained the whole day. Snickers was a little wound-up when I warmed him up, and I could tell that today would be interesting…

Octoberfest!

Now most of you are probably thinking “What’s Octoberfest?” “Why, what ever it is, is it in September?”
Well, those are good questions, but Octoberfest is a horse show, that took place last weekend! I took a horse named Reuben, and we did the Low Children’s Jumpers 3′-3′3″ together. Reuben first came to the barn for my friend Jacqueline to try out as a horse to buy, but he was too crazy at first, so a few people rode him before he came to her. She rode him for a while, until he bucked her off. Then I started riding him, and we fit well together, so my trainer said I could take him to the show. Reuben would be perfect if he didn’t buck. He spokes at random things, and usually his bucks are not of happiness, but to get you off his back! He tried a few times to get me off, but he didn’t succeed.

Evergreen Classic!

Last week on Friday, I went with a friend of mine to visit the show grounds of the Evergreen Classic Horse Show. People from my barn where there, so I was with them the whole time. My friends Erin and Emma got Champion and Reserve Champion! Here are many of the pictures I took those two days.

August 2nd Playday Results

The August 2nd Playday has come and gone, and things went pretty well! Snickers and I entered two flat classes, and ended up with a 4th and 5th place. We also did two trot pole classes, and won 1st and 2nd, once again! He has gotten so much better. Then I rode Taffy (I have written about Taffy in previous posts), and entered in three jumping classes. The first class we ended up with 6th. Taffy was very fired up, and later I learned that she hadn’t been jumped in a month… The second didn’t go as well, all the jumps were really good, but I forgot the course. The last class went well, and we ended up with 3rd place.

Here are some pictures of Snicky and I: