Weekend plans .... :D

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No one else want to do it?! :D

What has everyone got planned?

We just toddled off for a lesson which was brilliant fun, a quick confidence boosting run through some stuff which was much needed as Monday's performance had just set off a little confidence wobble. Kira hasn't done anything since Monday so she was firing on all cylinders and really felt like a happy cob :p good pep talk afterwards as well which just changed the way I was thinking a bit, so feeling much more positive. Just what the doctor ordered!

K has a day off tomorrow and I'm going on a jolly, and then on Saturday we have a long arena hired to run through some tests. then Tuesday we have a show, AM92 and if that goes well.... A100. YIKES. That pep talk was well timed!

Hope the weather holds for everyone, look forward to hearing what we all get up to :)
 
Ah hello MP. Nice to see this thread, it's my weekly fix! Sounds like you are having a busy ole time. Glad the lesson and pep talk went well.

I am continuing on my journey to restore my confidence too. Really trying to take a more positive approach to my riding. Realised I tend to reinforce the negative. Also read a great article on confidence in Horse mag which gave me a little light bulb moment.

Anyhoo, flatwork lesson tonight, sj practice Saturday and primp n clean session after that to get ready for dressage on Sunday. RC event, Prelim 1. Kind of learned the test and will run through tonight. Ref confidence, I've only done a few dressage outzings on F and used to get v nervous, but now I feel pretty ok about it, so just goes to show this stuff can be improved. He's fairly consistent and whilst not a world beater, we tend to get mid/high 60's, if all goes roughly to plan, and I'm happy with that. Never quite as good as the work we do at home but not far off ��

ETA very sad but I'm also excited to be sorting out all my kit this weekend and going shopping for me. Yay.
 
Hacking on Saturday and lesson on Sunday for us, and I’m also busy looking for some different things to give us some fun and variety :) We really need a confidence boost and some signs of progress so hoping that shows itself soon - it is just me who finds it demoralising riding on my own in a dark (well, obviously floodlit) cold school every evening? :D :D
 
I am actually going to a comp! M69 and M76 in a hope of our final winter regional points :).

Advanced plans are super exciting MP, very jealous!
 
Good luck with arena hires, competitions and lessons all!

We have the GBPRE champs at Keysoe on Sunday - N39 for Indio (plus my friend who is driving us is going to N37 on him), then E59 on Pocholo. I’m looking forward to drooling over Iberian ponies all day!
 
j1ffy said:
Good luck with arena hires, competitions and lessons all!

We have the GBPRE champs at Keysoe on Sunday - N39 for Indio (plus my friend who is driving us is going to N37 on him), then E59 on Pocholo. I’m looking forward to drooling over Iberian ponies all day!
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Oh, have a wonderful time! I was going to take mine this year, but decided at the last minute that it was just too much of a trek from me :( maybe next year :D

Good luck everyone else, hooray for the new perspective MP and Bernster :D

I'm not up to anything much, might try riding the midgety one in a bridle and fitness hacking for the big man.

You're not on your own Lev, sometimes I implore my OH to come out and just stand in the school with me
 
Yay after lurking I can finally join in on this thread! Ernie injured his leg in September last year (soft tissue damage) and on saturday we are going to our first dressage since his injury! Just doing p7 and p13 to build his confidence back up but I'm so excited!
 
I am working a 23hr shift on Saturday so will be a quick ride and lead before work then Sunday a little hack with the old boy and a jumping lesson with the pony. Not jumped for a few weeks as he has had a little holiday just hacking after a busy summer. We have also never been to this venue before so could be interesting 🤔
 
No plans for me. N had almost pulled a shoe off yesterday, the farrier came today so we'll probably have a long hack at the weekend.

Bexx good luck with your first outing in a while!
Lév, I can't bear to ride in the dark cold evenings, so I get up early and take advantage of the light mornings instead.
Alex and j1ffy, good luck with your comps
MP hope the practice goes well, A100 :cool3:
Have fun everyone else
 
Good luck MP she’ll be ace I’m sure.

I am (drum roll!) taking BOTH my horses including the BIG yin in my newly fixed trailer (which has been off the road for a month effectively grounding anything over 15.2), show jumping. :D

Good luck all. Can’t believe it’s almost the weekend again already.
 
Taking the ponies show jumping on Sunday... Max (6 yo) has been consistently clear for his last few outing so hopefully that will carry on. Also taking the new pony, 5 yo Ginny, recently arrived from Ireland. No idea how she will be. She does not travel well. She loads without protest but sweats up and poos incessantly in the trailer so is clearly stressed by it. So we will leave plenty of time for hay munching outside the trailer after arriving to give her time to settle. And will pull the plug on the jumping if necessary and just take her along for the ride.

Amber has a lesson tomorrow and I hope I find time to hack her out sometime over the weekend.
 
It's spring nearly summer here, so things are all go. Am partying with my work teamies tonight, so tomorrow will be a gentle hack under some shady trees somewhere I think. Sunday we have a Working Equitation practice day organised.
 
Good luck everyone!

Saturday I am going to do 20 mins in the school and then a little hack, and on Sunday we are going to Baby Cob's first indoor hunter trial :) 30cms so no pressure.
 
Forecast tomorrow is looking rather wet here, so that might put paid to an extended hack from my yard that I was going to do with a friend.

Sunday am poss thinking about doing clear round at localish yard. Havent yet gone back round a set of sj's since our rather major crash in late Sept, tho have hopped a bit of xc.
Will see how the mood takes me, as they don't start till lunchtime & I prefer to head out early!

Good luck to those competing :)
 
Good luck everyone who is out and about.

Gonna try out a couple of different bits - been riding in a curved but single jointed full cheek because M was not 100% confident in taking the contact forward but we've worked on that and now I think he's ready for a lozenge and/or loose ring
 
Good luck all :) easy one for us as I've been away with work all week and small has developed a social life (the cheek of it) so will be ferrying him around mostly. Ginger will get some hacking in and might see if i can find us some water to play in.
 
Good luck everyone.
Think I will give Saturday a miss due to the forecast.
Sunday, I will hack both boys and same as last week try and get a sane canter out of Ted as part of his rehab.
 
Asphodel has finally stopped coughing! So we will be ' rolling' around trying to reduce the flab which has appeared due to less work, hopefully hacking tomorrow if the weather is kind, then schooling session on Sunday. Dressage lesson on Monday.
Good luck to everyone who are out and about in the next days
 
so my little jolly while Kira was having a day off was quite productive... new pony alert :D Meet Soli, she's vaguely related to Millie and when I saw her in the sale catalogue I thought we should pop over for a look... she's as green as grass but seems very sweet.

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thanks, I'm quite taken already, she's 7 but a real baby. She had a long journey today to the sale and then climbed straight onto my lorry, so she's quite tired.. hopefully she will still be sweet and kind in the morning when she's had a rest!
 
New horse looks lovely MP :). Good luck to all out and about.
Marking for me on Saturday (250 reports to mark by Monday, <cries>) and then I said I'd go and play photog for a friend and her horse - she's doing an art degree and painting him this weekend for one of the modules and needs some posh photos. Might find time to wave at the 2 M's if I can catch up on my research work as well. Hoping Maddie will be coming back into work in 2 weeks.
 
Milliepops, I think I'm in need of one of those pep talks! Can I order one by any chance? Lol.

So, after a challenging day....mentally....I'm planning on spending time tidying up my new yard I've just bought &#128522;
 
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