Velvet & Susan – Reserve Women and Horses Expo Versatility Winner

October 15, 2008Posted inVelvet
Velvet and Susan - Versatility Challenge! View us on youtube! “Women and Horses Expo” in Sedalia is what I heard from another horse person. I found the web side and Whoa…a three day Versatility Challenge event! Versatility is my middle name, so I clicked on the link. and it seemed to have Susan and Velvet written all over it. The third day event was particularly interesting…free style! We each had 4 minutes to do our own thing on Sunday. Entertainment, costumes, and your own music was highly encouraged. That is…

Women and Horse Expo – Versatility Three Day Challenge

October 12, 2008Posted inMissouri Fox Trotter, Velvet
I arrived at the Sedalia fair grounds and got Velvet into her new stall home for the weekend.  I met the “Paint Sisters” and their horses. We were chatting and one of them casually mentioned that they had won the Paint World first through fifth placings in dressage, jumping, rail work, etc, with both their horses.  I as bug-eyed at that. She went on to explain that they stopped showing and now into the Extreme Challenge contests. Their horses will swim, jump up or down anything, go anywhere and do…

Velvet and Susan attain (original) Level 3 in Pat Parelli Program!

October 18, 2003Posted inVelvet
FIRST MISSOURI FOX TROTTER ATTAINS ADVANCED STATUS IN PARELLI PROGRAM  The Parelli program is modeled after Martial Arts program (Judo) with the different colored belts to signify the status. Velvet and Susan will be wearing a green 6’ rope, which is the mark of their status. Each level has from 20 up to 53 tasks that must be assessed by a certified Parelli instructor in person or via videotape. Velvet and Susan had to be assessed on 53 tasks in Level 3.  Most of the tasks seem simple, but none…

Velvet – Flying Lead Changes

May 8, 2003Posted inVelvet
This is a post from the woman (me) who had given up on FLC as Velvet would never do them consistently...in 5 years. This is a post from the woman (me) who was shocked to discover that Velvet had passed the L2 Flying Change Lead task the other day while in a group lesson. Here's a another shocker:  I decided to work on the L3 task...counter canter. You must canter once around an arena or area in a counter canter. Velvet has been making great improvement in her ability to counter canter. Last…

Velvet – bridleless demonstration at Mid America show

July 16, 2002Posted inVelvet
The great demonstration at the Mid America fox trotter horse show was last Saturday and everything was just super! here's some highlights: My reining circles turned into triangles, but nobody cared. During one of my reining circles, I decided to switch my flag to the other hand..during our canter. Unfortunately, I switched my hands right in front of my body, thus forcing the flag to be whipped right in my face! I was riding blind for a while. I tried to pretend that this was part of the act, but…

Velvet – Mohair Cinch disaster

January 16, 2002Posted inVelvet
I got a 100% mohair cinch handmade by a woman in Utah! I put it on my saddle and away I rode in the lesson. We were cantering circles and I felt that my saddle was loose. I mentioned that to Jenny after that round of cantering. I've had that feeling before with my neoprene girth. My turn to canter in circles again. I was on the wall and felt my saddle go...no bringing it back! I pulled Velvet really close to the corregated metal arena wall and leaned against it…