Austin Eventing

Thank you to Austin Eventer Lorrie A. for her recap of this weekend! Like most horse shows, this one started before dawn, but with fog thicker than a death shroud, and a GPS with a mind of its own, the universe seem to be saying, “How badly do you want it?” I guess the universe doesn’t get that eventers are a determined lot because the team of Austin Eventing pushed on to Coyote Springs, although we arrived with only ten minutes to spare for the first rider’s dressage warm up

Thank you to Austin Eventer Lisa H. for her recap of this weekend! For a month or so Lisa Bauman has been planning to co-host a Ride-A-Test with a local facility in Manor, called Rolling Ridge Stable, judged by Bobbie Paulk. Up until last Monday, I hadn’t planned on participating, just watching, but that all changed when I got asked “Do you want to take my spot in the Ride-A-Test?” In my brain I was thinking “crap…dressage…supposed to have rain all week…crap… new test to l

Thank you to our Austin Eventer Jess O. for her rider recap of the Deb Rosen Clinic! In a word ‘Awesome’. That pretty much describes everything about the Deb Rosen Clinic weekend with the exception of the weather. Everyone did so well – even those that had challenge; they rose to the occasion and were successful. My weekend actually started Thursday night when I helped load the horses into the trailers. I know arranging for 16 horses to be hauled was a major feat. A big t

Thanks to our Austin Eventer Lisa H. for her Rider Recap! This past weekend I attended my first Deb Rosen Clinc. Well actually it was my first clinic. Ever. I made a point to NOT Google her for fear that I would be even more nervous than I already was for the weekend. And it’s a good thing I didn’t because wow was this weekend a lot to process (in a good way) even without Google. A little back story: I got my horse, Ellis, about 4 months ago. He has been in dressage training

Thank you to AE teammate, Lorrie A. for her account of Texas Rose HT. We rolled into Texas Rose Horse Park early Friday afternoon of the annual Fall Horse Trial. We weren’t the first to arrive as several rigs were already parked and unloading at the Rose Barn, and riders were hacking on the grassy field next to the dressage arenas. But, I have to say, we were probably some of the most excited for our rig held many new inaugurals to this home of the 2013 and 2014 American Even

Our rider re-caps are typically done by students or guest writers. After our recent finish to our Spring Season here in Area V, I really wanted to write a bit about our most recent horse trial. I hope you enjoy the journey, I sure did. Joking about about adding another spring horse trial after my interpersonal encounter with gravity and arena dirt, my student Renna and I started tentatively looking at a horse trial that had been on our calender all year… Golden Spike Horse

Thanks to Austin Eventer, Jess, for this recap! My mare, Bella, and I participated in our first eventing derby over the weekend. We SURVIVED and we had a lot of fun! I found myself more nervous than I expected before the dressage test. I knew it would be our biggest challenge as we had only started working on dressage two months ago. In our test, some things went very well, like the start and the finish when I was supposed to go walk down the middle of the arena and halt at

What better way to recap a clinic with Karen O’Connor than getting a recap from both an auditor and a rider. Day 1: Dressage Auditor: Karen O’Connor’s in the house—I mean the arena and she’s setting the bar—wait who am I kidding she is the bar. Now she’s chatting with each horse and rider pair, asking about their trouble spots, adjusting a cheek piece here, suggesting a different bit there, and they’re calmly talking to her. And they’re are off around the arena, striving for

Thank you to our own Austin Eventer, Michelle, for her thoughts! Fifteen years ago I was jumping. I took lessons from a German trainer and I went to shows. I would spend all at shows watching the jumper rounds. After three years of this, I came to the conclusion that jumping just wasn’t for me. I couldn’t see my distances and I fell off pretty regularly. I felt like I just couldn’t do it (and I am not the kind of person to say “I can’t”). So, I became a Dressage Queen. I boug

Thanks to our Austin Eventer Lorrie A. for her musings!!! Remember as a kid when you finally became tall enough to ride the ultimate roller coaster at the amusement park? That tingly feeling in the pit of your stomach as you approached that measuring hand that would deem you worthy? How that tingling turned to joyous anticipation when you finally passed muster? That rush of fear and adrenaline as the safety bar clicked into place, the cars jerked into motion and you were