Austin Eventing

Thanks to our new Austin Eventer, Lola for her contribution! So, my crazy husband, Gary, gets a wild hair and tells me he wants to Event. I’ve tortured him for years with Dressage and small jumps. In fact, since I was having difficulty schooling him, I took him to Lucy’s for a lesson. While there we met Lisa, and I’m not sure what happened. One minute I’m thinking my jumping days are long gone and then I’m in the jumping arena trying to remind my, dare I say, fifty (well, I

From our AE young rider, Allison: Hey everyone, this is Allison, blogging about my biggest accomplishment when schooling cross country for very first time with the Austin Eventing crew! Here I go… In the past my horse Jitterbug and I have had some issues with trakehners (log jumps with ditches underneath). I considered them scary, and Jitterbug followed my lead, which made her reluctant to jump them. Over the last six months we have trained to the point where Jitterbug would

After the first schooling weekend (to refresh your memory, see “Getting Schooled at Pine Hill”) I was so blissed out (and, let’s be honest, sore and exhausted) that I could barely concentrate on anything other than the afterglow of my first ever cross-country ride and how amazing and natural it felt to be out on the course. After this school, I feel a little more grounded in the reality of my abilities and excited about the learning opportunities ahead. Also, thankfully, I’m

I enjoyed a great weekend at Pine Hill. The facility exceeds anything I have seen before for its natural setting and sheer size. I was challenged with new things to learn about eventing and being an equestrian in general. Mostly, I was amazed and delighted with the new friends I found in the eventing community. I love how everyone works together, looks after each other, and shares so willingly of their own lives. I felt very welcome and it eased many of my own fears of screwi

From Austin Eventer, Heather! The theme of the Austin Eventing cross country schooling weekend, at Pine Hill, was balls! I’m sure everyone has heard someone who is deemed to have done something courageous to be ballsy or having big balls or brass balls. Well last weekend, riders found their balls, grew larger balls, had multiple balls, developed brass balls, and loaned their balls to others in need! I started the weekend having lost my balls! The loss was due to multiple fall

Hello, everyone! Brandy here with another Rider Recap—this time, fresh off two days of cross-country schooling (my first ever!) at Pine Hill. I have a bit of a sun, exertion, and adrenaline hangover (not to mention chafing and a smooshed toe!) from my weekend in the saddle, but I’m riding high on my team’s accomplishments! It all began at zero-dark-thirty on Saturday when Lisa pulled up in Megatrina, her beast of a diesel rig. I loaded all my gear (and beer) and off we went t

Thoughts offered from one of our very own Austin Eventer’s perspective. Thank you to Brandy S. for taking the time to submit this post! Oh, yeah, I’m sore. Lisa must have asked me five times yesterday, “How do your legs feel?” I kept saying, “Oh, I’m good,” and thinking to myself, “Why on Earth does she keep asking me that?” Well, now I know. My legs are a little sore, but man, my shoulders and arms are useless! It hurts even to type this! So, you must be wondering why I’m r