Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Minor Setbacks

Hey Yall,

So things have been quite relaxed lately. I am not having a lesson this week since it is the first week of school so I have been working Amador regularly and working on myself on the pony. Yesterday my mom and I got to ride together. She hacked Amador and worked on her position and I did a whole ride practically without stirrups on Tiffany. She is so great for that kind of thing.

This was all great, but as many of you know I broke my wrist a while back and it has been giving me some problems. Today I had to get a second steroid shot in it and am typing with just one hand. lol It hurts pretty bad and I probably won't be able to ride for a couple of days. I am not going to let this stop us! '

-Paula

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Presenting...!

Presenting the new super improved Amador and Paula duo! Yesterday I had a super amazing lesson with Charles! Amador and I worked super hard and as a result we were stellar! We jumped for a solid half hour within which we made it to the base of every fence except two! Even Charles was impressed. He even said he thought we were ready to show again. So... we are headed to Mullet Hall in September for the Pinto show. I am super excited to get back into the groove of showing and watchout yall because we are ready to compete!
-Paula

Saturday, August 8, 2009

My Little Pony!

Hey Yall,

So everything has been going super well with Amador. We had two great lessons this past week and Charles is even talking about us showing again! Amador and I are really getting to the base of each fence much more consistently now although we are haveing trouble with our once perfect flying changes. But we are going to work on it.

The big recent news is that I got a pony! Her name is Tiffany and her show name is Goodnight Moon. She is a small welsh pony and is normally black although the sun has done a number on her coat. She is quite chuncky and on an intense diet. Shes super sweet and super good for my little god sister and friend Grace to ride. Many of you may know her she was in Sally Martin's lesson program and did a stint on the show circuits in a variety of pony classes. Then she was at Tuxbury where there were some issues with her undersaddle. However, she has proven herself to be a quiet and easy ride. We are smitten with the new addition to our family. I will try to put pics on soon.

-Paula