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Hurrah, it's nearly the weekend... :D

What's everyone got planned?

I had intended to take Kira to Summerhouse tomorrow but when it came to entries time, I was feeling like I was getting ANOTHER cold and I decided to actually not bust a gut for once. Typically, I feel completely fine now, but never mind, we don't have any winter points left to get so there's no need to join the end-of-season scrum ;)

So a quiet one. BD convention at Hartpury on Saturday (hands up anyone else going, would be nice to say hi)

And then had to give the Sunday session at Hartpury a swerve as we need to tart up Millie's retirement estate on Sunday :p Bit of fencing to go up, and re-locate the water pipe(!) Got one of her old buddies from HAPPA coming to join her next week, they can be 2 old crocks together.

Kira & Salty will do a bit in the school and then lesson for K on Tuesday :)

Have fun all!
 
My weekend started today , with a fab lesson on my mare. My instructor is just fab and we always end up doing that little bit more than I expected. So today we jumped our first filler. She didn’t care one bit . Seriously chuffed with her .
Tomorrow we are taking my 5yo homebred to southview for the British novice. It’s her first attempt at this height ( affiliated ). Then back out Sunday to do the same thing. Can’t wait ! Cheesy chips and coffee for me
 
I’m working on the yard tomorrow evening and Saturday, to pay back some of what I owe for my YO riding Jensen for the past 3 days. Then on Sunday I’m competing - Prelim dressage again! 7 and 17a this time :)
 
Let us know what you get from the BD convention MP! I really wanted to go this year but its fallen on a busy weekend!

Saturday i'm working in the morning, then getting my hair cut and colored for the first time in about 18months! Then i plan to go and raid some of the makeup counters in john lewis and see if i can get one of them to do my make up as we are at the AT Classic Ball at Tweseldown in the evening!! Despite a dismal finish we actually managed to finish 8th in the 90 league so that will hopefully be quite fun!

Sunday i'm hoping not too have too sore a head as i have 2 to clip before lunch and then back to Tweseldown for a XC clinic with my instructor to try and put some demon's behind us!


Lev - how is the pro schooling going? have you got back on?
 
Good luck Asha, Lev and Teach, hope it's a goodun :D

Hope you have a glorious time at the ball LP - my last haircut was 2 years ago (and counting)! I hate hairdressers as I'm rubbish at small talk and never go on holiday :o have talked a coworker into cutting my hair before Christmas :D

I'm doing lots on non horsey stuff this weekend, which has prevented me going to the BD convention so hoping you might do a brief write up MP.....? It's lovely that Millie is getting a HAPPA buddy too. In between non horsey stuff I'll just be hacking on Sat and sun and a bit of arena hire tomorrow afternoon as I have a day off work for black Friday internet shopping to get the Christmas presents sorted hopefully.

Have fun everyone
 
My weekend started today - flew over to England to get measured up for some Celeris boots. Very exciting :)

Then when I got back I rode in the first mini snow blizzard of the 2017/2018 winter. M was very well behaved given he had a full clip on Sunday bless him. Thank God for exercise sheets!

Weekend will be spent dodging snow showers by the looks of it

I was going to enter our first dressage show on Sunday but missed the entry date and now I'm quite pleased about that, gonna go for a hack instead if the weather allows
 
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LeannePip said:
Lev - how is the pro schooling going? have you got back on?
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The difference after the second schooling session was awesome, his left canter was really improved!

I’ve been away at a conference this week so my YO has been riding him Tues/Wed/Thurs - I can’t wait to get back on! She has jumped him over a grid of parallels 3 holes off the top of the wings - wish I’d seen that, he has never jumped so high before - so I’m hopeful for our 50cm eventer challenge next weekend :D
 
milliepops said:
Hurrah, it's nearly the weekend... :D

What's everyone got planned?

I had intended to take Kira to Summerhouse tomorrow but when it came to entries time, I was feeling like I was getting ANOTHER cold and I decided to actually not bust a gut for once. Typically, I feel completely fine now, but never mind, we don't have any winter points left to get so there's no need to join the end-of-season scrum ;)

So a quiet one. BD convention at Hartpury on Saturday (hands up anyone else going, would be nice to say hi)

And then had to give the Sunday session at Hartpury a swerve as we need to tart up Millie's retirement estate on Sunday :p Bit of fencing to go up, and re-locate the water pipe(!) Got one of her old buddies from HAPPA coming to join her next week, they can be 2 old crocks together.

Kira & Salty will do a bit in the school and then lesson for K on Tuesday :)

Have fun all!
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work and work and hack and work = thats my weekend both days
 
Wheels said:
My weekend started today - flew over to England to get measured up for some Celeris boots. Very exciting :)

Then when I got back I rode in the first mini snow blizzard of the 2017/2018 winter. M was very well behaved given he had a full clip on Sunday bless him. Thank God for exercise sheets!

Weekend will be spent dodging snow showers by the looks of it

I was going to enter our first dressage show on Sunday but missed the entry date and now I'm quite pleased about that, gonna go for a hack instead if the weather allows
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You have snow?! Whereabouts in the country are you?
 
I have a lesson with Matt Frost tomorrow which I'm looking forward to. I have no idea what to expect though. I'm hoping the new boy is on his best behaviour :D

For the rest of the weekend I think we are going to have lessons at home as per usual, some hacking maybe. Nothing major :)
 
Ponies are arena eventing. I am hacking with Amber. Stressful but necessary.... I was feeling the hacking love a little more a few weeks ago but nerves are bacl with a vengeance. But needs to be done so I'll grit my teeth and get on with it..
 
Son and I are having a lesson on Saturday ....

Can't wait. It's going to be freezing cold, so I won't re-clip pony until after that lol..

Fiona
 
I’m at the dressage convention MP! Going both days with YO and a friend. They’re both AMD regulars so I wouldn’t be surprised if you’ve bumped into them in the past!

Lesson on Indio tomorrow am too. Tuesday I had a lesson on Pocholo, his first time back in the arena since the PRE champs at Keysoe. We worked on really getting his bum engaged and wow, what a tantrum :P. He stamps his feet like a toddler! But he was amazing once he got over the terrible twos impression, with fab engagement behind and knees around his ears. Can’t wait for our AMD trip in mid-December!
 
I'm going to go and give my pony a big hug. It's been 9 weeks. I'm not sure how good I am at this weaning off thing :p as it is well needed.

I will ride him to remind mum he is a paragon of virtue and it's just her though ;).
 
Dressage to music clinic tomorrow with Gaynor Colbourn and then a clinic with Jake Taylor on Saturday. Wouldn't normally do back to back clinics but it just worked out that way. So excited to be starting out on our DTM career!! Non horsey day Sunday as youngest son is on the stage in London with his local drama group - such a great experience for them.

Have a great time at the Convention MP - I usually go for the weekend but it all got too complicated so will be giving it a miss this year - will you be going to the meeting on Saturday evening?

Ester, enjoy your time with F - that's a long time to be without ginger pony hugs.

Good luck and keep safe to everyone else out and about. :) x
 
Looking after a sad, sore ex-colt, and then delivering my spooky QHx to boot camp on Sunday to see if a pro rider getting him out and about and show jumping will help him grow up. Will try to hack my Clydiex if the weather allows, which isn't looking promising.

Have fun everyone.
 
Good luck to all those who are out and about.

Brilliant result LP on the AH classic thing - did you manage to make most of the events? I did look at that but wasn't quite ready this year and couldn't make many of the dates.

Niki- lots of people seem to really enjoy dressage to music. Hope you have fun with it.

I've been away for work yet again (sheesh) so quiet one for us - jump lesson at home then hacking Sunday. Will now start to plan our winter training programme and think about goals for next year. Yikes.
 
Another one heading off to the BD convention on Saturday after my lovely trainer offered me her tickets. Sadly can't go Sunday as have other plans but excited nonetheless.

Nothing horsey this weekend after M pulled back and trod on a nail whilst being shod cue precautionary poulticing. *touch wood* he's absolutely fine but he's known for being a bit of a precious little snowflake at the best of times so always good to play it safe where he's concerned.

Have a stinking cold so after struggling in all week my boss has told me to stay home today and get some rest, so my Friday at least will be spent snuggling with the dog on the sofa, browsing Black Friday sales and getting to grips with my new phone whilst trying not to cough up a lung!
 
Thanks DabDab and Bernster!

Bernster said:
Brilliant result LP on the AH classic thing - did you manage to make most of the events? I did look at that but wasn't quite ready this year and couldn't make many of the dates.
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I think I did 6 of them in the end, we had; a DC, 3rd, 4th & 6th - the other two we were 12th(no points as 1 pole down SJ) and then had fab dressage and Sj'ing at the last Aston but we've had a bit of XC crisis and only got as far as 5 :(

I wasn't going to go to the Ball as felt a bit of a fraud considering we now cant get round a 90XC but my friend reminded me we actually had a fab year and not to let the past few weeks spoil it. We'll work hard over the winter and come out firing again next year


Good luck everyone out and about - look forward to lots of pictures Sunday!
 
Man boob has gone down enough for me to get back on giant after a fortnight off.
More horse shopping. Boo hiss, the one we found last week didn’t X-ray great
 
DabDab said:
I'm doing lots on non horsey stuff this weekend, which has prevented me going to the BD convention so hoping you might do a brief write up MP.....?
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Will do my best... please chip in everyone else who is coming ;) and someone else will have to take over for Sunday!

j1ffy said:
. Can’t wait for our AMD trip in mid-December!
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OOh when you going? I've got a couple of slots before xmas :)

nikicb said:
Dressage to music clinic tomorrow with Gaynor Colbourn
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soooooooo jealous, I watched Gaynor do a demo last year and thought she had a real flair for it, have been waiting for her to do a clinic that I can get to but so far, still waiting :( they're all so far away!

ihatework said:
More horse shopping. Boo hiss, the one we found last week didn’t X-ray great
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bummer. Hope the right one turns up pronto!

sounds like lots of other great weekends planned, look forward to the reports ;)
 
Working all weekend and monday... :confused::(
No rest for the wicked. Pony is off games at the moment anyhow as on Monday we had the vet out who confirmed my suspicions about her swollen knee after a little cut at the beach on Saturday! Cellulitis again :( So it's been bute and antibiotics for her and she's looking a lot better. The new addition to our family is settling in well though.

Everyone with actual plans, have fun and keep us updated!!
 
milliepops said:
soooooooo jealous, I watched Gaynor do a demo last year and thought she had a real flair for it, have been waiting for her to do a clinic that I can get to but so far, still waiting :( they're all so far away!
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I have been trying to get on one for months, can't believe we are actually heading off for it in a couple of hours. This one is just off the A303 near Salisbury - not that far from you I think? x

Bernster said:
Niki- lots of people seem to really enjoy dressage to music. Hope you have fun with it.
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Thank you - I like the idea that we can devise a floor plan that works to our strengths! :)
 
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