We took it easy going into the winter and then the winter from hell hit. Record snowfall and most of January and February we were lucky to see temps in the 20's. It was an awful winter for training, plus my work was VERY demanding. We pretty much hit every indoor within a 30 mile radius. Oh, and most of Chester County lost power for over a week! Needless to say, we weren't able to go South with Courtney as planned but we did what we could. Seth and Jango made a lot of progress and were able to get to a CT at Thorncroft in January which went very well. They are really developing a great relationship and 2014 looks to be a standout year for the pair. Today was our first XC school of the year at Unicorn and they looked fantastic...they even did a corner and a chevron skinny....Training here they come! Hobbs and I will debut at Morven next weekend at Prelim and hopefully bounce back to Intermediate at Fair Hill in April. Then we'll see what the season brings. I'm feeling much more comfortable with the bigger fences and Hobbs and I seem to really be in sync. His dressage has really been solid...I toyed with a double bridle this winter a few times and we had been working on changes. He's just so darn athletic it's a lot of fun! I'm hoping it all translates this year and we continue to improve.
Monday, March 24, 2014
When Hell Freezes Over
2013 brought many successes for Beaventing. Hobbs and I successfully ended the season as an Intermediate pair. After our triumph at NJHP we went on to successfully complete Fair Hill (first clean XC jump) and then Morven to end the season. We had an unfortunate run-out at Morven at a tough question, but he felt great on course. We had a tough corner combo early on in the course which he took like a champ. Our dressage was a disaster, but I will chalk that up to bad planning...we should've arrived earlier since Jango was along for the ride. Seth and Jango had a fantastic run at Morven at the Novice Championships. They were in a very competitive 10th place after their best dressage test to date and then went clean on XC, with a very sticky moment at the maxed out trakehner (see video below). They then had to jump in the indoor and sadly had 2 rails to drop them back, but it was an incredible weekend with Seth competing against some of the top riders in the sport. It was a solid way to end the 2013 season.
We took it easy going into the winter and then the winter from hell hit. Record snowfall and most of January and February we were lucky to see temps in the 20's. It was an awful winter for training, plus my work was VERY demanding. We pretty much hit every indoor within a 30 mile radius. Oh, and most of Chester County lost power for over a week! Needless to say, we weren't able to go South with Courtney as planned but we did what we could. Seth and Jango made a lot of progress and were able to get to a CT at Thorncroft in January which went very well. They are really developing a great relationship and 2014 looks to be a standout year for the pair. Today was our first XC school of the year at Unicorn and they looked fantastic...they even did a corner and a chevron skinny....Training here they come! Hobbs and I will debut at Morven next weekend at Prelim and hopefully bounce back to Intermediate at Fair Hill in April. Then we'll see what the season brings. I'm feeling much more comfortable with the bigger fences and Hobbs and I seem to really be in sync. His dressage has really been solid...I toyed with a double bridle this winter a few times and we had been working on changes. He's just so darn athletic it's a lot of fun! I'm hoping it all translates this year and we continue to improve.
We took it easy going into the winter and then the winter from hell hit. Record snowfall and most of January and February we were lucky to see temps in the 20's. It was an awful winter for training, plus my work was VERY demanding. We pretty much hit every indoor within a 30 mile radius. Oh, and most of Chester County lost power for over a week! Needless to say, we weren't able to go South with Courtney as planned but we did what we could. Seth and Jango made a lot of progress and were able to get to a CT at Thorncroft in January which went very well. They are really developing a great relationship and 2014 looks to be a standout year for the pair. Today was our first XC school of the year at Unicorn and they looked fantastic...they even did a corner and a chevron skinny....Training here they come! Hobbs and I will debut at Morven next weekend at Prelim and hopefully bounce back to Intermediate at Fair Hill in April. Then we'll see what the season brings. I'm feeling much more comfortable with the bigger fences and Hobbs and I seem to really be in sync. His dressage has really been solid...I toyed with a double bridle this winter a few times and we had been working on changes. He's just so darn athletic it's a lot of fun! I'm hoping it all translates this year and we continue to improve.
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