In 2011 I never thought I'd...
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Nic
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I never thought I'd:
*Enjoy my year "off" from horses after Mick's accident. It's been nice not to worry about training & fitness, and just pootle about hacking.
Back on board now & in serious need of a XC fix though. Roll on next season! Plus I think the single braincelled one developed a new braincell on his time off.
*get tickets to the 2012 Olympic eventing MEEEEEEEEEEPPPP!
*Enjoy my year "off" from horses after Mick's accident. It's been nice not to worry about training & fitness, and just pootle about hacking.
Back on board now & in serious need of a XC fix though. Roll on next season! Plus I think the single braincelled one developed a new braincell on his time off.
*get tickets to the 2012 Olympic eventing MEEEEEEEEEEPPPP!
Kat
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Buy a 4 year old!
Oops, I was trying to be soooo sensible too....
Oops, I was trying to be soooo sensible too....
mtj
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Have a go at vaulting.....and love it.
PooJay
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in 2011 i never thought i'd....
Love madam Jurata quite as much as i do as she was a real s**tbag for the first year of owning her.
Rekindle my love for jumping without totally freaking (and actually improve my beasties way of doing ze jumps - and managing to slow her down!)
Do a lil ODE comp and actually come 4th out of more than 4
Do a premlim with canter in and not get tanked off with or get any silly crazyness (and got placed against some real nice ponies - very proud mummy moment)
Find the man of my dreams and actually still love him enough to buy a house with him a year later
(i thought i'd be single with a house full of cats and a yard full of ponies before i met someone willing to take me, my animals and my annoyingness on 
)
Have a hacking accident involving me and the horse hitting the deck and coming out of it with no broken bones or a completely broken pone! (very lucky)
Been a brilliant year (except for the hacking accident obviously) I've properly loved life and i'm looking forward to 2012 and residing in our unknown house with the OH a lot nearer to work and more importantly to the stables.
Love madam Jurata quite as much as i do as she was a real s**tbag for the first year of owning her.
Rekindle my love for jumping without totally freaking (and actually improve my beasties way of doing ze jumps - and managing to slow her down!)
Do a lil ODE comp and actually come 4th out of more than 4
Do a premlim with canter in and not get tanked off with or get any silly crazyness (and got placed against some real nice ponies - very proud mummy moment)
Find the man of my dreams and actually still love him enough to buy a house with him a year later
(i thought i'd be single with a house full of cats and a yard full of ponies before i met someone willing to take me, my animals and my annoyingness on )Have a hacking accident involving me and the horse hitting the deck and coming out of it with no broken bones or a completely broken pone! (very lucky)
Been a brilliant year (except for the hacking accident obviously) I've properly loved life and i'm looking forward to 2012 and residing in our unknown house with the OH a lot nearer to work and more importantly to the stables.
floradora09
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In 2011 I never thought I'd...
-Qualify for the Dengie Dressage champs, and actually make it to them! (Pulled a shoe 4 days before and didn't come sound until the day before!!)
-Take so long to get the hang of eventing/cross country...
...but towards the end of the season for it all to come together more and have 3 really good runs round events/hunter trials!
-Start hitting the 70%+ scores in our prelim/novice tests
-Learn so much about horse's feet!!!
-And perhaps most importantly, realise that at the end of the day, it's all about fun and working with your horse, and that all plans can go pear shaped- so don't beat yourself up about it!
-Qualify for the Dengie Dressage champs, and actually make it to them! (Pulled a shoe 4 days before and didn't come sound until the day before!!)
-Take so long to get the hang of eventing/cross country...
...but towards the end of the season for it all to come together more and have 3 really good runs round events/hunter trials!
-Start hitting the 70%+ scores in our prelim/novice tests
-Learn so much about horse's feet!!!
-And perhaps most importantly, realise that at the end of the day, it's all about fun and working with your horse, and that all plans can go pear shaped- so don't beat yourself up about it!
jester_ben
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Up's mostly! And a down..
I never thought I'd..
+ Smile so much in cross country. Best time's I have had this year.
+ Change around the mind of a throughbred, twice over. The recent being of the track since August and happily goes in an outline and does nice movement's.
+ Have had a chance to change the future, and now I do, and excited about it. Even lucky enough to go and see the cross county, Olympic's, in real life!
+ Ride two under 13hh. Now that was classic.
+ A comment from an Eventer that make's me smile still, which mean's alot. [And evidence!]
-Having to say goodbye to a horse and a dog who got me through thing's no one can really understand; Jester, 8th November. Also my beloved dog Charlie, 10th May. It hurt, alot not to see them around anymore. They meant alot, and alway's will.
I never thought I'd..
+ Smile so much in cross country. Best time's I have had this year.
+ Change around the mind of a throughbred, twice over. The recent being of the track since August and happily goes in an outline and does nice movement's.
+ Have had a chance to change the future, and now I do, and excited about it. Even lucky enough to go and see the cross county, Olympic's, in real life!
+ Ride two under 13hh. Now that was classic.
+ A comment from an Eventer that make's me smile still, which mean's alot. [And evidence!]
-Having to say goodbye to a horse and a dog who got me through thing's no one can really understand; Jester, 8th November. Also my beloved dog Charlie, 10th May. It hurt, alot not to see them around anymore. They meant alot, and alway's will.
QueenOfCadence
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In 2011 I never thought that...
- I'd qualify for South African Champs Dressage and actually place on my psycho palomino
- Make a splash in the showing world by also making it to SA Champs and the SA-NZ Showing Meet in my first year of doing some serious showing.
- Find a STUNNING black beauty who I'll bring up the grades for his owner next year
- Sell my bay hano baby boy
- See my bay hano baby boy with his new owner win his first ever show (Preliminary Champs Qualifier) with 69% and then go on to actually win his second ever show (Preliminary Champs) with 71%
- Enter at A and exit at C with a fly buck up center line then a nice Thoroughbred style gallop out of the showing grounds gate and down the road.
- Go up from Elementary to EM regardless of the occasional misbehaviour from my palomino sweetheart.
-Compete and win against a 18hh imported Dutch Warmblood on my 14hh Welsh Cob x TB XD
The dressage:
The Showing:
- I'd qualify for South African Champs Dressage and actually place on my psycho palomino
- Make a splash in the showing world by also making it to SA Champs and the SA-NZ Showing Meet in my first year of doing some serious showing.
- Find a STUNNING black beauty who I'll bring up the grades for his owner next year
- Sell my bay hano baby boy
- See my bay hano baby boy with his new owner win his first ever show (Preliminary Champs Qualifier) with 69% and then go on to actually win his second ever show (Preliminary Champs) with 71%
- Enter at A and exit at C with a fly buck up center line then a nice Thoroughbred style gallop out of the showing grounds gate and down the road
.- Go up from Elementary to EM regardless of the occasional misbehaviour from my palomino sweetheart.
-Compete and win against a 18hh imported Dutch Warmblood on my 14hh Welsh Cob x TB XD
The dressage:
The Showing:
dressagelove
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Never dreamed I would do quite so well at BD.
*We qualified for Area festival after just two competitions.
*We have now completed 6 competitions and have placed in every one
*Won our first ever attempt at elementary
Loving our stressage!
*We qualified for Area festival after just two competitions.
*We have now completed 6 competitions and have placed in every one
*Won our first ever attempt at elementary
Loving our stressage!
Silmarillion
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First one for me is not so good, as I never thought I'd lose my lovely mare to colic.
However, this lead me onto my good (and competition-related) one - I never thought my mum and brother would end up with a smart but neurotic little pony they wanted me to compete! Roll on getting her fit next year and getting her strutting her dressage stuff! I never thought I'd ever be realistically hopeful of being able to affiliate BD..!
Ask me this time next year and I hope to say something about actually competing!
Lots of lovely posts on here about some good achievements
However, this lead me onto my good (and competition-related) one - I never thought my mum and brother would end up with a smart but neurotic little pony they wanted me to compete! Roll on getting her fit next year and getting her strutting her dressage stuff! I never thought I'd ever be realistically hopeful of being able to affiliate BD..!
Ask me this time next year and I hope to say something about actually competing!
Lots of lovely posts on here about some good achievements
Golden_Match_II
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Well 2011 was quite a year! After 2010 being a bit of a nightmare(with Tam going lame and finishing the season in July!!)
In 2011 I never thought I'd....
1. Get a 20.8 dressage score on my first event back on Tam in May!
2. Do my first DC inside the Time at PC Open Areas, coming 3rd individually and Winning Team!
3. Be in our local newspaper because of the above!
4. Go to the PC Championships at Open level, and go clear show jumping and get round the XC - a dream I've had since I was about 10!
5. Be told I have a great leg position by a BE coach!
6. Get my B test and be told my riding was faultless and that I should go for my A test one day! :O
7. Get All As and A*s at GCSE and get into one of the most academic schools in th country!(Scary times....)
8. Gain 9 BE points when I only did 6 BE events this year!
Negative:
1. Choose to sell Tinky because her heart wasn't in eventing
On the whole the year which fulfilled all my dreams!!!! Bring on JRNs next year!
In 2011 I never thought I'd....
1. Get a 20.8 dressage score on my first event back on Tam in May!
2. Do my first DC inside the Time at PC Open Areas, coming 3rd individually and Winning Team!
3. Be in our local newspaper because of the above!
4. Go to the PC Championships at Open level, and go clear show jumping and get round the XC - a dream I've had since I was about 10!
5. Be told I have a great leg position by a BE coach!
6. Get my B test and be told my riding was faultless and that I should go for my A test one day! :O
7. Get All As and A*s at GCSE and get into one of the most academic schools in th country!(Scary times....)
8. Gain 9 BE points when I only did 6 BE events this year!
Negative:
1. Choose to sell Tinky because her heart wasn't in eventing
On the whole the year which fulfilled all my dreams!!!! Bring on JRNs next year!
Piglet2010
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...have sold my mad horse and have youngster.
...have taken said youngster and got 4th
...be looking forward to next year and in with a chance of winning.
...have taken said youngster and got 4th
...be looking forward to next year and in with a chance of winning.
Hen
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... own the reining horse I'd always admired the most in the UK for non-pro competition
... have won several show circuit championship reining awards
... win a British Reining year-end high point buckle in a division 2 levels above where I was at the start of the year
... qualify two horses from AQHA.UK national amateur reining championships and one for the open
... be in the top 10 NRHA UK Rookie reining point earners and top 10 NRHA European Rookie money earners
... have the courage to take one (and more) horses out of professional training to deal with myself - loving the experience, and hopefully not ruining them!
... have two of the nicest-minded horses to call 'my own'
... be questioning whether competing is all it's cracked up to be!
... be reminding myself what fun it is to explore the British countryside on a great-minded horse
... have won several show circuit championship reining awards
... win a British Reining year-end high point buckle in a division 2 levels above where I was at the start of the year
... qualify two horses from AQHA.UK national amateur reining championships and one for the open
... be in the top 10 NRHA UK Rookie reining point earners and top 10 NRHA European Rookie money earners
... have the courage to take one (and more) horses out of professional training to deal with myself - loving the experience, and hopefully not ruining them!
... have two of the nicest-minded horses to call 'my own'
... be questioning whether competing is all it's cracked up to be!
... be reminding myself what fun it is to explore the British countryside on a great-minded horse
fuzz
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Mine are both happy and sad. In 2011
*i never thought I'd achieve my dream of being selected for a British team - the British snowboard cross team
*and because of above be forced to put my first ever pony out on loan
*i never thought I'd achieve my dream of being selected for a British team - the British snowboard cross team
*and because of above be forced to put my first ever pony out on loan
Barney2003
Member
... jump round a course of showjumps on the scaredy cat youngster
... win a class
... go cross country schooling
... jump my first bsja on the same scaredy cat youngster and win
... win a class
... go cross country schooling
... jump my first bsja on the same scaredy cat youngster and win
Piaffe63
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Jump 90cm!! (I'm quite a nervous jumper)
LadyRascasse
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In 2011 I never thought I'd
-win a veteran class with mr joe under a judge who hates me
-lose my joe
-win a veteran class with mr joe under a judge who hates me
-lose my joe
Blitzen
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This year I never thought I'd...
Buy a scrawny scratty 2yo simply because he had a kind eye (love at first sight), and that he would turn from being a skinny nervous wreck into a strapping 16hh, bold, brave young man in a matter of weeks.
That said baby would come in placed in the top 3 at every in hand class I put him in, and I would be told by a lady who judges at county level that he has "bags of potential" and is "fabulous. Just fabulous" (!!!)
That at the our final show for the season we would win coloured champion, and that I would cry tears of pride at how far we have come together in only 10 short months.
Oh and also that I would win the 80cm class at a local PC hunter trial, beating the 3 snobby cows on their whopping great warmbloods who laughed at me and my 14.2hh piebald cob mare when I was in the warm up area with them. I know its not all about winning, but this one made me grin like a cheshire cat!
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Buy a scrawny scratty 2yo simply because he had a kind eye (love at first sight), and that he would turn from being a skinny nervous wreck into a strapping 16hh, bold, brave young man in a matter of weeks.
That said baby would come in placed in the top 3 at every in hand class I put him in, and I would be told by a lady who judges at county level that he has "bags of potential" and is "fabulous. Just fabulous" (!!!)
That at the our final show for the season we would win coloured champion, and that I would cry tears of pride at how far we have come together in only 10 short months.
Oh and also that I would win the 80cm class at a local PC hunter trial, beating the 3 snobby cows on their whopping great warmbloods who laughed at me and my 14.2hh piebald cob mare when I was in the warm up area with them. I know its not all about winning, but this one made me grin like a cheshire cat!
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only_me
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Pass my Pony Club A test - the horsemanship part
lady_luck
New User
in 2011 i never thought i would have a run round a BE Novice, on a horse that only started jumping in 2009
CrazyMare
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I never thought I'd jump a 5 bar gate ever, let alone this year!!!
Dizzydusty
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I never thought I would affiliate at showing...
or qualify for RIHS
or actually attend said show, with horsey....no hope of being placed but we had a fantastic time
qualify for the RC working hunter at Blair Castle... we went and it was scary!.
qualify for the Scottish Northern Equestrian dressage championships in both prelim an novice (even though we dont 'do' medium trot)...event was cancelled due to lack of entries
Actually manage an elementary test...not our best dressage score ever but got to start somewhere!!
All on my teenage maxi cob. Horse wise its been a good year.
or qualify for RIHS
or actually attend said show, with horsey....no hope of being placed but we had a fantastic time
qualify for the RC working hunter at Blair Castle... we went and it was scary!.
qualify for the Scottish Northern Equestrian dressage championships in both prelim an novice (even though we dont 'do' medium trot)...event was cancelled due to lack of entries
Actually manage an elementary test...not our best dressage score ever but got to start somewhere!!
All on my teenage maxi cob. Horse wise its been a good year.
Wolfie
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Never thought the big man and I would get placed in a dressage comp, and even get a 70% in one.
Sadly our jumping career has been as dire as I anticipated!
Sadly our jumping career has been as dire as I anticipated!