Horse pictures for Kathy

[jaygee]

Hi Kathy, here are pictures of my horses 

This is me riding "Enebro X" at a dressage competition last Autumn. 





Me on Enebro again, with a friend who came to ride my other horse "Lincoln" 



And one of me riding Lincoln at a show last summer 



I just haven't had enough energy to go to any shows with them this year 

[lynnmarie219]

Jaygee,

Thanks for sharing these pictures...your horses are beautiful!

[Poochie]

Ahh Jaygee, what memories you have brought back to me.  My daughter use to ride competition in both english and western.  I miss those days with her, but not the hours put in for them, nor the getting up a 3 a.m. to load horses that would rather still be asleep in the straw.   

The last show I watched her ride in was the Nationals in Pennsylvania.  She won quite a few honors in both classes and 3 states.  She had a beautiful quarter horse (Sunrise) she rode for western classes and a fabulous Arabian gelding (Aura) for english classes. 

Thank you so much for the memories and good luck in the future with any you enter.

Hugs, Pooh

[genko_b]

Great pictures! My daughter does dressage too and really enjoys it, although she has been so busy at work lately she had to put riding on hold for a couple of months. Hopefully she can get back to it soon.

Even if it is a stretch for you, doing something you love is so good for morale that it can be worth it. I hope you get to where you can get back to riding again soon. Animals are such good friends.

Genko

[jaygee]

Glad you liked the pics  

Hey, Pooh, your daughter sounds like a really talented rider.   I am not of that calibre at all!    I just have a little go, sometimes, at local events.  For me it is just a fun thing, and I don't have the talent to compete that often or well - I just go for the fun  .  Sadly, I haven't managed to go anywhere this summer.  As you say, the preparation is such hard work, too, and I simply haven't had the energy for it.  I get angry at myself sometimes, as I am also getting no younger, and I realise I have a limited amount of time to do stuff like this  

However, I love my horses so much, and feel really priveleged that they got to come and live with me     They really are both such sweet characters.  This evening, as I approached the gate to their field, I called their names - they both galloped to the gate just to spend time being with me.  Moments like that, to me, are priceless, even if I didn't ride (they don't mind either way  ).     xx

[jaygee]

Hey genko - so there are quite a few of us here who love horses!

Hope your daughter gets riding again soon, too.        xx