So this whole bad economy thing is really throwing a huge damper on the amount of horsey fun I can have. Well…Ok – that might be a bit dramatic. It’s not really THAT true (although it IS a liiiittle). Honestly, it’s just making me dig into the deep crevices of my creativeness and come up with fun stuff to do, - and perhaps also make a few more sacrifices than I’d really like.
Yes, with the state of things, we are ALL making sacrifices. And honestly, most of us REAL horse people have no problem when it comes to sacrificing some of our extraneous needs for those of our beloved ponies. After all – they deserve it right? Right?...Well maybe… Ok so they might not ALWAYS deserve it (and some of them are even a bit on the ungrateful end if we are really honest with ourselves). But we love to pamper them anyway! So maybe there IS something behind all those people that call us crazy!
So in my low-funds-dilemma, I opted to go WATCH a dressage clinic this past weekend – in lieu of actually riding in it. The clinic was being held at Elite-Equines on Wadmalaw Island, SC. While I was bummed that I couldn’t work on specific issues with my pony, it was a great experience (and a fun trip with a friend). Funny enough, it was with the same woman, Amy McElroy, that judged the horse trail at Paradise! She also is the trainer for MY trainer there – Laurens Bissell.
I’m definitely glad I went as I garnered a couple tidbits to help with my forthcoming dressage tests/competitions. I have rolled them into some other thoughts I’ve had, and I’m going to put them all in an article of sorts that I”ll post later. And aren’t you lucky that I’ll share them with you??? And for FREE! :-D You just don’t get any more monetarily conservative than that! :-D
