Another Good Ride

Today's ride was even better than last weeks! All of the pieces are coming together. Circles are super fun; his is coming back from large/fast to small/slow so strong that I practically get tossed forward in the saddle (a 0 to +1/2 manuver). Then the run downs are just getting better and better. He is waiting for me more and not trying to run as fast on his own. And the stops...well you've seen the pics! The stickiest part was the turn arounds and today they were great; atleast +1/2 to the left and a probably a 0 to the right. I am really pleased. Just for fun let's add up the score potential if everything went perfect in the show pen (which ofcourse it never does, but let's calculate it out anyways):

Rt spin = 0
Lt spin = +1/2
Lt cirles = +1/2
Rt circles = 0
1st stop = +1/2
2nd stop = +1/2
3rd stop & back up = 0

So that would be a 72! That works for me! And I think that that is fairly realistic. I put a score of 0 for the rt circles since he is harder to change leads that direction and sometimes gets in a bit of a reverse arc. And then I did a score of 0 on the last stop since he would probably be going on pretty strong at that point and might not look quite as smooth.

My mom didn't video this week so no action shots. But, I did give Breezy a thorough bath and took some fun pics.




And since Jeff and Dave liked the pic I posted last week of the wiskers, I took a few more:




ISN'T HE SOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!

Blog-iversary

So today marks the 1 year anniversary of my blog. As I click through my posts over the past year it is interesting to see how they have changed and how I have changed. Let's discuss just one asspect of that change. It seems that the blog has gone from a journal style to more of a scrapbook feel. Now that I can post pics I rely on them more than the words I relied on before. I think I need to get back to posting more words and less pics. Okay, so let's get realistic. I am not going to be able to resist posting the pics, so I will just have to try to be sure to post words too and not rely on the pics to tell the story. But, pictures are worth a 1000 words though, right? Wait. Stop...that is just the laziness talking. Pictures don't show personal perspective or feelings; and isn't that really the point of the blog. Isn't that what draws you in and keeps you coming back to read more?

Okay, more pics and less words....NO, it's the other way around!

More Pics (as promised)

As you can see...Breezy's spins are getting alot better too!


PS - I am still smiling about how much fun I had yesterday ridding Breezy!

FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

I had the best lesson today!!! Breezy was so good and I was much better, too. I will post some action shots once my mom downloads them from her video camera. But, here are some pic I took afterward for fun :o)

Even Better...

Every time I ride Breezy I am liking him more and more.

Only one sketchy stop during this Saturday's lesson. See Below:

Good-


Not So Good-


Yes, I have a rather drastic bruise in the inside of my left knee :0)

Better...

Well here are a couple pics from the video of Saturday's lesson. Seems that I have improved, but still have some room to go. We didn't run down as hard this week as last so the stops don't look quite as dramatic.

Good:


Not so good:


Ofcourse, Breezy looks good in both pics. The great news is that I could probably be sitting backwards with the reins in my teeth and Breezy would still stop well :o)

Okay, so I just couldn't resist posting another pic or 2 of Breezy. I know you are probably totally sick of it by now. But, hang on; I am sure my excitement will begin to wear down soon.

Breezy has been getting some girth galls so I had to drop of some medician at the barn for him today. Since we were there way not take a couple pics???

Seatbelt Required

So below are some stopping pics from my first lesson on Breezy last Saturday. Let's just say we (ok, so more like "me")were having some timing issues....




Breezy looks great in all the pics, seems that I am the problem :o(

Luckily this Saturday's lesson was like a 1000 times better. My mom is extracting some pics from that video which I will be able to post to prove it :o)

SCU Labor Day BBQ

More Pics of The Breez-ster

There were taken before this mornings ride: