October 18, 2021

Welsh North Central Regional: Highlights

I've been blogging for well over a decade now, and for the first time, I don't know where to start after last weekend's Welsh North Central Regional. Any one of these things is an entire post by itself!

I fell SO in love with Disco. And so did the judges.

I still cannot believe how big Disco won, omg.
 

Connor was a fun fire-breathing dragon for me in Ridden Cob.

OMG WTF WHY ARE THERE PEOPLE THERE CANNOT BRAIN

And then took such good care of Annie in her first ever horse show.

Connor and I won the pants off the English division.

English Pleasure, you say? I can look pleasurable.

And then he carried Mary safely around her first hunter course in over a decade - even if he would have preferred a jumper round to a hunter round.

SUDDENLY REMEMBERED I'M AN EVENTERRRRRRRRRR

And I have the ability to document this show at all because LEAH drove 11.5 HOURS to spend a long, cold, mostly sleepless horse show weekend with me, and took every picture in this post, and I am just so incredibly grateful I can hardly put it into words. She captured the most special memories.


A full run-down is coming, but perhaps not for a day or two as I have to ferry Connor to Flying Lead Change School today!

15 comments:

  1. ❤️❤️❤️ I'm so glad I could be there to be your personal paparazzi! Such a special weekend 🥰

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  2. Sounds like an amazing weekend, can't wait for more stories! Congratulations on what looks to be some major successes!

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  3. What a weekend! So excited for all of you!

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    1. It was truly awesome. I am just so excited about all of it! My baby and Mary's baby's first show!

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  4. Wow! What a busy, fun filled show!! Baby Disco is the cutest thing ever, and leadline Connor is a very close second.

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    1. Disco's winning and Connor taking care of Annie like that were definitely the two biggest highlights!

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  5. OH MY GOODNESS – LOOK AT DISCO'S DECO!!! Maybe Connor sees the handwriting on the wall through the ribbons on the colt, and is telling you, "That's okay; I prefer being a babysitter and hunter over your mount anyway." 😉

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    1. I mean, no joke, I will go more into this later, but it was honestly very cool to see him in what is more his element than anything else, which is a breed show designed to show off the breed. It was pretty neat to go into the ring on a horse that was like ok cool this is easy and win almost every class, despite still competition. So yeah he enjoyed it more than Dressage I think we can say that!

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  6. TBH don't you think most horses enjoy other things more than dressage? 😉 Dressage is like going to the gym; done correctly it is so good for their physical development, but not as much fun as, say, rock climbing or snow skiing!

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    1. I don't think so, I do think they can enjoy it. I was making more of a purpose-bred argument, he was doing things that were intentionally set up to show off what makes him great as a Welsh Cob this weekend, whereas Dressage is always a bit of an uphill struggle for him (literally and figuratively, lol).

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  7. Sounds like the culmination of a decade of hard work <3

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  8. Congrats - sounds like an amazing weekend. And <3 those neck ribbons on baby Disco!

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  9. I love Disco too!! Congrats on a great show, can't wait to hear about all of it!

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  10. I followed this on FB. Connor and his wee jockey is the cutest thing ever.

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