Wet Reins: Moving up to Novice

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Moving up to Novice

next weekend at the Hopeful Horse Trials. Nervous!

4 comments:

Grace Miller said...: Whoa! Congrats! Good luck!; June 24, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Anonymous said...: Good luck! Expecting a detailed report:); June 24, 2012 at 3:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Good luck! Expecting a detailed report:); June 24, 2012 at 4:00 PM
Albigears said...: Thanks, I have no idea what to expect. I've never even walked a Novice course.; June 26, 2012 at 6:30 PM

Jasper's Accomplishments

2012

April:
Icebreaker H/J schooling show. 2'6 courses, a first place in a hunter class!

Yves Sauvignon stadium and cross country clinic at Tulip Springs.

May:
Post Falls Equestrian Center H/J show. Won the 2'6 division!

Dressage clinic with Jessica Wisdom.

June:
Deep Creek Derby, Beginner Novice. First place!

Fran O'Reilly clinic at 100 Acre Wood Farm. First up and down bank. Huge ditch. Novice level fences.

Hopeful Horse Trials, first attempt at Novice. Lowest dressage score, no jumping faults!

2011

April: Pony Club sponsored jumping day at Busy Bee.

October: Pre-Green Hunter champion at Post Falls Equestrian Center.

2010

April: Jasper and I move to Yelm, WA for dressage training- I am a working student for Jessica Wisdom.

May: Steuart Pittman cross-country clinic at Aspen Farms.

Trip to the ocean, Long Beach, WA.

June: Cross country schooling at Northwest Equestrian Center with Josh Lacy.

Stadium jumping lesson with Terrie Hook.

Aspen Farm Horse Trials! Our first recognized event. Beginner Novice, 20 people in my division.

Dressage: A score of 29.5 puts us in first place.

Stadium: A wild and crazy ride, but only one rail down. We're still in first.

XC: Awesome. A refusal at the second fence, but soon found his stride and pulled me to the jumps. 8th place overall.

Back home to Spokane!

Hopeful Horse Trials (unrecognized) in Deary, ID put on by the Pony Club. Beginner Novice.

Dressage: 27
XC: Clear
Stadium: Clear
Place: First!
We also got an award for having the lowest overall score.

July: Jumping lesson with Betty Hirst. She taught me to ride when I was in elementary school and I rode with her until I went to college. I hadn't seen her in 15 years!

2009

April: Jasper retires from training to become a racehorse due to his lack of wanting to go fast and comes home with meeeeeee.

First trail ride.

May: Jumping- First cross bars.

Dressage show at PFEC. Intro Test B 64%. 3rd Place.

June: Deep Creek Derby, Rock Hopper division. Intro Test A, 12" jumps. Dressage score: 34, 8 jumping faults (water). 6th place.

Lady Raven Schooling Show. Classes entered: Intro and Training Dressage, in-hand and mounted trail classes, and english pleasure. Huge classes, good behavior.

July: First off-ranch trail ride.

August: Horse Camping trip at Farragut State Park. 4 days, 3 nights.

First Dressage Lesson at PFEC.

September: Horse Camping trip (all adults) at Farragut. 3 days, 2 nights.

Tulip Springs hunter/jumper clinic.
Tulip Springs hunter/jumper schooling show- CHAMPIONS in the 18" division, RES CHAMPION in the 2' division.
Cross Country clinic with Jil Walton.

October: Moved to Valley Chapel Farms.