What's you greatest horsey acheivement/ambition

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I would love to convert my donk into a working hunter (having flatwork lessons) as for years been a true showjumper and ride as such ie effective but NOT elligent, and donk is a hooligan hense user name :D my biggest acheivement is qualifing for the junior league final at hickstead a few years ago.
 
Greatest achievment with current horse is getting her hacking out on her own with no rears no spooks and knowing she fully trusts me and i trust her back :D best day of my life.

Next goal is to get her over spooky fillers so we can BSJA
 
jumping a 80cm oxer with a water tray under it this summer after completely losing my confidence jumping my next ambition is to go back to spain and jump the derby course at 1m fingers crossed :)
 
This year I've decided to go to a couple of shows for the first time since I was a kid - nothing fancy, just local unaffiliated stuff. My ambition is to get at least one first place!
 
Biggest achivement is actually being able to easily catch my boy and him trust me! Would like to affiliate him in dressage but dont have the funds at the moment!
 
greatest achievement - riding on the beach during a sponsered ride, was amazing!

current goal - going for a proper hack with my mare without an escort (not the car lol) :)
 
hmmm...doing a 2ft6-9 course on my pony a few years ago. a good achivement considering i cant get the nerve for 'bigger fences' for toffee. pony was a saint and loved it, just bombed me round it was a 'i'm jumping them all just steer me!' moment LOL :D
 
Ambition: To take my TB mare to a dressage comp, be quiet and get over 60% lol - shes out of work at moment (well ridden work so is just lunging)
To hopefully jump a 1m course the end of summer :)

Ambition 2: To eventually take my colored cob hunting as of autumn next year (shes only 3 ATM and just being backed)

Ambition 4: This is ambitious!! my welsh D yearling - plans are to do VERY well with him at dressage, he moves very well and is very flashy looking, cant wait to start him in a few years :)
 
Achievement: making it into the RAF polo team :D:D:D:D that was bl**dy awesome.
Ambition: To buy my beloved arab gelding back from the people I wish I had never sold him too. I am retarded for having done so and I regret it every waking and dreaming moment.
 
Achievement - making Marlowe into a brilliant hunter despite people telling me he was a waste of time and me not really knowing what I was doing. He's now the one they all want!

Ambition - to do it all again with the baby horse, Bertie. Fingers crossed!
 
My biggest achievment was affiliating BE and completing a PN AND beating Mary King!! Seconding that was getting my BHSAI.
My current ambitions would be to produce Penny to be a very nice PC pony whom others will say 'wow', ''is she for loan'', ''can I have''!!
AND to ride Meg around another open HT course/intro or PN height ODE.
 
J: Achievement - getting him to be a confident RC eventer (when I bought him he simply 'didn't do' XC and tended to get eliminated SJ, oh and struggled to make 50% in prelim dressage).
Ambition: to keep him happy and sound into his old age :)
Roo: Completing his first 80cm ODE last month, at not quite 5 years old and my first ever completely home backed produced horse!
Ambition: to jump him round a BE Novice / RC open!
 
Biggest achievements for me: winning a prelim dressage comp, never ever thought I would win a class!
Jumping a 75cm trailblazers class without crying or wimpering :eek:
Being able to hack out now without getting scared by every little thing :)

What I would like to achieve: Qualify for a BD area festival, probably couldn't go as no transport but would be great to qualify.
Be able to compete in a ODE - have entered one in July, but not sure if we will get there due to the hard ground.......also will my nerves hold out!
 
After 22 years of not hunting, getting on a hireling I'd never seen before at a meet of the Mendip Farmers and having the most amazing day's hunting ever. I lost count after 27 jumps, including the biggest drop hedge I'd ever jumped in my life. The little cob was called Henry, hired from Sally and Peter Hall at Urchinwood, and he was just the best. Everyone was so kind and friendly, and it was one of the happiest days I've ever spent in the saddle.

That was some years ago. Now a big achievement is to get on and off without groaning!
 
Achievement - realising that after a year or so of owning my horse she had changed so much for the better.
Ambition - this year - to compete novice level DR
 
Mine had nothing to do with me, but one of my proudest moments was watching sixteen children I taught do a musical ride in front of Princess Ann (as she was then) and Lord Mountbatten.
What made me so proud was that we had had to substitute one of the horses for a horse I had just bought out of flat racing. He had only a couple of practises before the event and when they entered the area he saw 4,000 people and thought he was racing and set off at a twee canter, if the rider had cough, sneezed or farted the horse would have taken off so, they were soon behind in the music. Then, he settled and with me still in a panic over running out of music they were suddenly on time - they missed two movements to catch up.
It is far harder watching than doing!
 
My biggest ambition is to qualify for HOYS in M&M ridden classes. Been wishing for this for over 40 years, one day my dream may come true.

Biggest achievement being Supreme Ridden at my area Welsh Show Bronze medal Show on a pony which I brought on from a very green novice.:D
 
To train with Anja Beran and Heather Moffett and to own a Lusitano or Andalusian (or both :D)

My biggest achievement so far was backing my young horse and taking him out on a hack for the first time and he had to lead the ride home because all the other grown up horses were too scared. Okay, that was his biggest achievement, but I was so proud :)
 
Biggest achievement - my nerves have taken a battering over the last couple of years and I was at the point where I would cry getting on a horse. I am now at the point where I can get on, ride nicely and not put myself down and know that I'm not useless! The nerves are still there ever so slightly but I'm working through it.

Biggest ambition - Bailey begins his backing next week...my biggest ambition is to get on him and be a good enough rider for him and begin having fun together riding as a partnership.

Not world beating stuff, but hopefully the foundations for us to have the confidence to move on to greater things!
 
Biggest acheivement; Buying my burnt out and freaked out young showjumper and then turning her around from the unpredictable and as told to me then, dangerous beast, into the fab and happy girl that she is now, trusting, supersafe and fun! It's her big acheivment too. We are a team:).

Ambition; To be a better rider for her:o. Oh! and keeping her happy and healthy:)
 
Achievement Comet:
Competing for Wales at the Endurance Home International 2010.
Regional endurance novice horse, novice rider and junior mileage champions 2010.
Senior performance series champion and overall reserve champions 2010.
Riding club equitation and working hunter champions 2010.

Ambitions Comet (2011 season has been written off thanks to quarantine):
To start competing over 2'6 courses (quirky ass + nervous rider = very small classes)
To attempt a 65km endurance ride in view of doing a 80km in order to upgrade to Advanced.
To improve greatly upon our flatwork and general riding.

Achievement Maisie:
I count our progression in our flatwork lessons as the best achievement I have ever achieved riding wise.
3rd in a junior 'restricted' prelim and 6th in the overall restricted prelim (Not BD restricted, it was riding club! Restricted never to have won a prelim or higher level cass)

Ambitions Maisie:
To improve upon her jumping so that she's relatively rhytmical and fluid.
To compete in a walk/trot class in a dressage series at a local riding centre.
To keep improving on her flatwork.
 
general achievement: Jumping 1m15 at uni and getting my jumping confidence back
general ambitions: to one day compete in grand prix dressage

Dancer Achievement: Getting 65% last time out in dressage and coming 6th out of huge class after training her for ages to get used to white boards.
Dancer ambitions: to move up to novice and hopefully compete in elem before she retires and maybe even medium if shes really good.

Rowan achievements: being the first person ever to sit on his back
Rowan Aims: this year to do prelim and hopefully move up to novice. Overall to one day compete at prix st george with him

Lola achievements: taking her from wild pony and going to her first show and coming 1st.
Lola aims: to have a lovely backed pony and do some sj and ridden showing with her
 
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