In other news, Brittanie Hardy & Wonderbaar are Open Novice Champions for the United States Eventing Association Area II! http://www.usea2.net/competitions/points/190-2010-year-end-points-participant-photos Brittanie Hardy & Wonderbaar ended 4th for Novice from the United States Equestrian Federation for their zone, and…
It was an absolute whirlwind of a 4-day weekend, with a super successful ending to a great start. Fridays I usually don’t work so I can get my weekly errands done, so I took the day to get the barn cleaned up and rearranged for winter. Friday…
Friday night a friend and I went to the Washington International Horse Show at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. We made it in time to watch the Puissance competition, which went for only about 45 minutes because they only made it 2 rounds to 6’1″…
So Wanda and I have been having hiccups at our events lately. It’s frustrating because we started off in the Spring winning everything, and lately we haven’t been able to complete an event without a run-out. This past weekend was pretty busy for us. On…
Here’s what we missed: August: Drove to Canandaigua, NY with mom and dad, stayed at the Acorn Inn Bed & Breakfast, and passed my United States Pony Club ‘H-A’ Rating!!! Totaled my 2004 Mazda 3 “Craig” (ouch) Went to the DC Improv with…
This past weekend I got to ride with German-based dressage rider Catherine Haddad. She’s in the US trying to qualify for the World Equestrian Games this summer, so my dressage trainer Patrick set up a clinic for the weekend. I couldn’t afford two days…
Today was the Maryland Horse Trials at Loch Moy I, and Wanda and I ended 8th! I had the opportunity to be accompanied by Cathy Fredrickson, who really helped out a TON during the event. It’s so odd to actually travel to an event with your trainer and…
Today was the 66th annual Judy family reunion in Franklin, West Virginia. It’s about a 2.5 hour drive over a very scary, very curvy mountain to get there. This was my mom’s dad’s family, so we represent his side with my mom’…
Been a very busy couple of weeks around here and Millwood! June 13th was my 23rd birthday, and it was awesome. I got to see Nick Thune at the Arlington Cinema and Drafthouse (he has a show on Comedy Central) which was pretty cool! Sunday was spent kayaking on the…
Just returned from the 2010 Virginia Region Show Jumping Rally in Manakin Sabot, VA. It was held by the Deep Run Hunt Pony Club, so we got to play on their turf 🙂 I’m too tired to write a lot about it right now, but our kids did…