Happy Thanksgiving!
Hi Everyone!
Sorry I've been so slow to update the journal- I've had an incredibly busy fall trying to balance a full course load (I'm in my last semester at UVM) with doing seven horses a day! Needless to say I am very much looking forward to the Thanksgiving break from school. After that it's crunch time for my final exams, a little breather for Christmas and then off to Florida.
Fizzy's been doing incredibly well. We had a super show season overall and finished 11th for Horse of the Year standings. Once the new Grand Prix Ranking lists come out we should be listed on the "B" team with a 65% CDI average for Grand Prix. After the NEDA CDI we spent a lot of time doing fitness work in the hay meadows and hardly any time in the ring. November 1st we started doing ring work again in preperation for riding at Equine Affaire with Steffen Peters. Unfortunately, Steffen had the flu and couldn't come so Fizzy and I stayed home but are hoping to work with Steffen if he comes to Florida at all.
The horses are scheduled to leave for Florida just after Christmas- probably the 29th, so we can be there for January 1st. We will be taking six horses in total- Fizzy, Odin (a 7-year-old Fizzy son), Zoom (a 5-year-old Hierarch daughter who my working student has been riding) and three horses in training (a 4-year-old Rousseau daughter, a 9-year-old Hanoverian who should be ready to do the small tour and one other client who brings her horse down- a 16-year-old Latvian gelding who is a wonderful teacher for his owner!).
I can't even begin to express how excited I am at the group of horses we're bringing down. They are all such special guys in their own right and I think we have a nice variety of ages, training levels and personalities. I am so thankful to have such wonderful horses, owners and riders to work with!
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday,
Cheers,
Liz+The Gang
Sorry I've been so slow to update the journal- I've had an incredibly busy fall trying to balance a full course load (I'm in my last semester at UVM) with doing seven horses a day! Needless to say I am very much looking forward to the Thanksgiving break from school. After that it's crunch time for my final exams, a little breather for Christmas and then off to Florida.
Fizzy's been doing incredibly well. We had a super show season overall and finished 11th for Horse of the Year standings. Once the new Grand Prix Ranking lists come out we should be listed on the "B" team with a 65% CDI average for Grand Prix. After the NEDA CDI we spent a lot of time doing fitness work in the hay meadows and hardly any time in the ring. November 1st we started doing ring work again in preperation for riding at Equine Affaire with Steffen Peters. Unfortunately, Steffen had the flu and couldn't come so Fizzy and I stayed home but are hoping to work with Steffen if he comes to Florida at all.
The horses are scheduled to leave for Florida just after Christmas- probably the 29th, so we can be there for January 1st. We will be taking six horses in total- Fizzy, Odin (a 7-year-old Fizzy son), Zoom (a 5-year-old Hierarch daughter who my working student has been riding) and three horses in training (a 4-year-old Rousseau daughter, a 9-year-old Hanoverian who should be ready to do the small tour and one other client who brings her horse down- a 16-year-old Latvian gelding who is a wonderful teacher for his owner!).
I can't even begin to express how excited I am at the group of horses we're bringing down. They are all such special guys in their own right and I think we have a nice variety of ages, training levels and personalities. I am so thankful to have such wonderful horses, owners and riders to work with!
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday,
Cheers,
Liz+The Gang
posted by Liz @ 1:51 PM
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