Dressage Show Success

This past week I have been remiss in posting because I fell victim to a fun bout of food poisoning. Yay! As a result, Brego got lots of time off, and my dressage show became less and less of a priority over, say, eating and not passing out. Oh, and getting to work.



Regardless, Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day in New Hampshire, and we went a' showing sans schooling or practicing. At this point, my goal was to stay in the saddle and stay in the arena. I am very happy to report that Brego won his first blue ribbon! The "Always a bride's maid, never a bride" curse has been lifted! We won our Training Level Test 1 class and placed second in our Training Level Test 2 class. Three cheers for the big Brego!









It was also a good day, because I was obviously not feeling my strongest and even had several dizzy spells during warm up. And Brego was such a good boy and did not pull any of his warm up hijinks he has relished in the past. He was a complete professional and won the hearts of the show organizers and many of the spectators who commented on the appropriateness of his show name: Quite the Casanova.

The farm where the show was hosted was incredibly beautiful and the judging was a little tighter than I was used to in Central Texas. This is definitely a horse-knowledgeable slice of the world, with better judging and stiffer competition, even in the training levels. How I just need to find the trainers to help me to the next level.

Now we both get a couple more days off, but not too long because... [insert excited squealing and jumping up and down], we are signed up for our very first Hunter's Pace next weekend. Woohoo! I feel like I have finally arrived in horsey heaven. We NEVER had an opportunity to go to a pace in Texas. Now, there are more activities than we have time for. I can't wait to see how Brego does over the 10 mile course. No fence will be over 3 feet so I am hoping to jump most, if not all, of them. Ahhh... to much horse sport, too little time.