Oh, well.
I am watching a lot of horse show stuff online lately, and the more I do, the more I think about what might have been with Soon. More importantly though, and now (thankfully) more often, I think about what can be with Sig. Perhaps someday we'll find ourselves at Capital Challenge too. That'd be pretty cool.
I'm flipping between the adult amateur jumper classes and the A/O hunters, and I can see us playing in both rings. I would love to spend more time in the jumper ring, having spent so much of my life in the hunters already. But Sig has the chops to be a good hunter, at some level, so we'll see what he likes and what he's good at as he grows up.
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| Dude has the metronome to match the knees |
I think being a super hunter-y jumper can be a good thing. Still harping on the jumper thing because I really loved the more casual, experienced-based and fun mindset I had about it last year...and maybe the clothing just a little bit.
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| I LIKE THE MATCHY-MATCHY OKAY |
But more than anything I am just excited. I'm excited because I think Sig and I have a really fun future ahead of us. Not just from a showing perspective (I'm looking forward to having maybe 2 big A/AA rated shows on our calendar a year with some sprinkling of local options throughout the season), but from an all around fun point of view. I spent today looking at Sig's old sale photos and videos that Carleigh had posted last year. Having been away for awhile now, and before that having a pretty light winter/spring with Sig, I had almost forgotten how easy going and game he is.
Dressage? He can learn it and one day he's going to be good at it. Canter through water and jump strange (baby) XC obstacles? Non-issue. Go around like he's got a metronome in his brain while jumping out of his skin? Of course. Hack out alone? Hell yes!
...which is perfect, because I wish to do all those things.
I'm going to have a lot of fun with this horse. I already have, but there is so, so much more in store. He's a baby and has his whole career ahead of him, and I'm the one that gets to go along for the ride. It's impossible to not be giddy like a school girl over that fact. Like a giddy school girl singing Frozen songs.
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| "Do you wanna be a show horse? You don't have to be a show horse..." |
Kentucky's son is doing well. He went to the Kentucky Horse Park the other week to school, and Ashley found out he still is terrified of Saddlebreds. He's clearly needing more mileage, but some more field trips will cure that. He's back out living outside 24/7 for the time being to save his mommy some money. If he has to come in for the worst of the winter that's fine, but it's nice knowing he's living out again, he always seemed to enjoy that the most.
