after lunch. I ride and work in the barn all afternoon and sometimes have to pick up
my school again at night depending on the day. Normal “homework” kinds of things.
Q: What has been your most embarrassing/silliest moment at a show?
A: Well I think my most embarrassing/silliest moments are actually two very
different moments in time. My most embarrassing moment was a couple years
ago at a huge National Championships my horse decided that the show should
have ended the day before and he refused to go down centerline for my dressage
test. It was so sad to have worked so hard to prepare for that moment only to be
DQ’d. But, it reminded me that the horses are athletes too, with their own minds
and concerns, and we have to work within their comfort levels also, not just our own :)
My silliest moment was definitely when 3 of my friends and I competed in a dressage show for teams and
we won the gold medal. When we did our victory lap, we wore Hawai