tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post8457715417873497930..comments2024-03-29T03:54:36.711-07:00Comments on 'Fraidy Cat Eventing: more xc schooling!emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-37644383855929310352015-06-19T16:47:25.340-07:002015-06-19T16:47:25.340-07:00Thanks! Isabel is super brave about up and down ba...Thanks! Isabel is super brave about up and down banks - definitely makes it easy for me!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-33177080296350044982015-06-19T15:45:29.831-07:002015-06-19T15:45:29.831-07:00Looks like a really fun outing! Great job on that ...Looks like a really fun outing! Great job on that down bank into the pond!!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925650148327532110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-86167235109846828932015-06-16T05:45:56.306-07:002015-06-16T05:45:56.306-07:00haha that's the hope!haha that's the hope!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-89467612452410754972015-06-15T14:50:01.242-07:002015-06-15T14:50:01.242-07:00Isabel is gonna be so damn fit by the end of the r...Isabel is gonna be so damn fit by the end of the riding season!Cathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652933884652697666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-29155951729751436932015-06-15T05:48:07.644-07:002015-06-15T05:48:07.644-07:00yesssss you totally should come!! never mind that ...yesssss you totally should come!! never mind that it's probably a super long drive..... the more the merrier!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-33661350545991844542015-06-13T08:52:38.451-07:002015-06-13T08:52:38.451-07:00Gah! I want to come ride with you guys ahaha.Gah! I want to come ride with you guys ahaha.Madeline C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14246076712179468308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-10655373635561859932015-06-12T13:47:23.479-07:002015-06-12T13:47:23.479-07:00haha water is to be avoided at all costs!! haha water is to be avoided at all costs!! emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-88691364804175471332015-06-12T13:26:23.760-07:002015-06-12T13:26:23.760-07:00Vallu agrees with Isabel that water is dangerous ;...Vallu agrees with Isabel that water is dangerous ;) He refuses to walk through puddles, never mind the water that you guys went through! Seriously well done!Roosa's Horsey Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04827410009484558113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-61101748219596184732015-06-12T10:15:33.930-07:002015-06-12T10:15:33.930-07:00thanks! she's honestly a total beast about all...thanks! she's honestly a total beast about all things related to the water - up and down banks, jumps in jumps out... all of it. only AFTER she's had a chance to acclimate to that specific water complex... emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-50471051981071307152015-06-12T09:55:37.313-07:002015-06-12T09:55:37.313-07:00Really impressed by the down bank into the water!Really impressed by the down bank into the water!Lauren @ She Moved To Texashttp://www.shemovedtotexas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-48771832644566060902015-06-12T09:12:27.945-07:002015-06-12T09:12:27.945-07:00omg yessss!!!! i am so excited - it's going to...omg yessss!!!! i am so excited - it's going to be such a blast! and i may or may not be trying to scour the internet looking for pictures or maps of the course haha. but yea, that water complex has our name written all over it. and isabel will NOT be looking at it ahead of time - just straight in like an adult event horse lolemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-15679018509227546182015-06-12T09:10:36.037-07:002015-06-12T09:10:36.037-07:00thank you! :)thank you! :)emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-90827757896897529972015-06-12T09:07:31.117-07:002015-06-12T09:07:31.117-07:00So much fun!! I CAN'T WAIT for our school toge...So much fun!! I CAN'T WAIT for our school together next month - we are gonna school the ever-loving crap out of that water complex. Alli + Dinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928482808436392040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-70216825196887665572015-06-12T08:39:45.767-07:002015-06-12T08:39:45.767-07:00Exciting! You look great!Exciting! You look great!Paolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169356458758529349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-10772121078744358162015-06-12T06:27:46.884-07:002015-06-12T06:27:46.884-07:00oh it's SO MUCH FUN!! even if you don't en...oh it's SO MUCH FUN!! even if you don't end up doing a ton of jumping. we are so so so fortunate to have so many facilities nearby that allow schooling, and a fun group of ppl to go with. maybe you'll just have to haul on down here and come with us! :Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-66553506714118389952015-06-12T06:21:21.926-07:002015-06-12T06:21:21.926-07:00so envious of all your xc schooling! I have yet to...so envious of all your xc schooling! I have yet to do that!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543984663767954777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-43509997554426263782015-06-12T05:58:24.033-07:002015-06-12T05:58:24.033-07:00thanks! aside from breaks over the winter isabel a...thanks! aside from breaks over the winter isabel and i trail ride a couple times monthly (and i have a post on it tomorrow lol). <br /><br />her ease and comfort with the streams around us does not translate to comfort with brand new water obstacles tho. so i'm thinking it has more to do with her familiarity - but hopefully general exposure will make it easier every timeemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-61807927541066589752015-06-12T05:56:39.412-07:002015-06-12T05:56:39.412-07:00thanks! we had a lot of fun :Dthanks! we had a lot of fun :Demmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-71981453565974387352015-06-12T05:56:16.909-07:002015-06-12T05:56:16.909-07:00isabel has actually been a trail riding machine fo...isabel has actually been a trail riding machine for many years - and our little section of woods is crisscrossed with all kinds of streams of varying depths and widths. she has never ever cared about that, and we frequently take advantage of that fact to introduce new horses to the water. so i was pretty shocked to discover last summer that water on an xc course is apparently a very different thing for her. <br /><br />she goes in, and she does get comfortable (as evidenced by the gif above) but getting her to canter in to a brand new water complex and handle a 2'7" jump one or two strides out of the water (a standard BN question) is pretty dicey right now...emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-41122969601379956822015-06-12T05:46:01.782-07:002015-06-12T05:46:01.782-07:00I second trail riding and add going out after a ni...I second trail riding and add going out after a nice rain where there are plentyyy of puddles lol As you know Quest and I are working on water as well - she still worries her pretty head about it but she'll get over it with time. I'm sure Izzy will be the same way, if not better, since you guys look pretty nice already (:Grace Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940229993479813381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-12388797145049162132015-06-12T04:59:19.760-07:002015-06-12T04:59:19.760-07:00You guys look so awesome :)You guys look so awesome :)Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303236534507171227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-932439930694780998.post-40097265544660733742015-06-12T03:21:51.202-07:002015-06-12T03:21:51.202-07:00Do you trail ride her? My new mare didn't rea...Do you trail ride her? My new mare didn't really do water so I took her on a trail ride where the trail had about 15 creek crossings. Her level of arabian hysteria gradually notched down over the ride until she plowed right into a 1/4 mile portion of the trail entirely IN the creek. Another trail ride with just as many water crossing and by the time I took her XC schooling she sighed and went right in. Stanthehorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804787123319580400noreply@blogger.com