We arrived safe and sound yesterday afternoon. It was a much shorter day in terms of driving, having only about six hours on the road from Vegas to San Diego. We went straight to the Del Mar Horse Park, which in the end turned out to be the incorrect show grounds - we are now at the Del Mar Fairgrounds! This place is similar to Kentucky, being that it has hundreds of stalls and an amphitheatre type arena. In addition, it is a bit overwhelming to think that I will be riding in the same class as Steffen Peters and Guenter Seidel!!! So, in all honesty, I am definitely a little terrified, but at the same time, I am soooo excited to be here and eager to show! I still cannot believe we are here and this is truly such an amazing learning opportunity for me. =)
The horses arrived in good condition and I rode Oslo and Skippy today. Cashew just got lunged since she is green and had some excess energy from being cooped up in the trailer for the last couple of days! Oslo started out quite stiff, which we expected since he isn't a spring chicken anymore, but we were very happy with how he seems to be handling everything mentally. He seems fairly calm and willing to work. He even doesn't seem to mind his stall very much! So hopefully he is getting his mental game ready for the weekend and is finally starting to settle into this showing thing! Skippy was terrific today and showed almost no signs of being stiff from the trip. He had so much "go" which is very awesome for Skippy! Just needed some extra half halt! Cashew had a good lunging session and was in a bit of a shock about the warmer weather and having to actually work. But, once she "expressed herself" a few times, she went straight to work and she went really well. We kept all the training sessions short and sweet since it was the first time the horses have been worked in 20 degree heat for a while!!!
Talking about the weather..... I have already fried myself! My face, arms, and shoulders are a nice vibrant red =( I went to Steffen's barn this morning to watch Lientje and Steffen ride, in addition to meeting up with Michelle McWilliam who is also down here for the shows. Apparently, I was sitting in the sun watching for too long!!!
We went for groceries today and bought a gigantic bag of "Horse Carrots" at the grocery store for the horses! We have a months supply of horse carrots now and only paid $5.99!! We were so impressed that the grocery store sold carrots specifically for horses! You know you are in a horsey area/community when... lol
Till next time,
No comments:
Post a Comment