Upperville's Hunter Derby was Saturday, and let's get the preliminaries out of the way. Despite my reminder on Instagram, no one made the deadline to request my presence in their VIP space. I'm very disappointed in everyone. Additionally, standing next to the entrance of the VIP tent and looki[...]
Every year I go to Upperville, because it is always wonderful. I think this year was the best yet, with everything extremely organized, lots of vendors, and lots going on. For those who don't know what Upperville is, here's the briefest history: The oldest horse show in the nation The Uppervi[...]
I kept my head, and didn't let my nervousness get to me. I call that a success! My trainer went up the night before with her horses/ponies/kids and everyone spent the night there. We helped the organizer set up the course, and I am impressed by her collection of jumps. I intended to ge[...]
Since I had a lot of time to kill at Morven Park, I decided to check out their cross country course. On foot, of course. Certainly not with any intention of riding it, because I want to live a bit longer. But, I will start with arrival. Morven Park has the weirdest entrance to the horse area. It ma[...]
My Saturday timeline: 10:00am - Even thought trainer said to get there at 11am, still lazily sitting around, drinking coffee. Justify sitting by deciding to use time to put on makeup. Forget to put on makeup. 10:38am - Load up Berry and head out. 11:54am - Arrive at venue. Terrified that I[...]
I'm using a very generic title because I don't know the name of this show. But I did know the following: It was Berry's first pure hunter horse show, and it was at Morven Park, so that was pretty exciting. I've heard the tales of adventure there, so I felt like I was some kind of awesome person to[...]
Time for the weekend recap! Saturday was gorgeous, I just wish it didn't mean that winter is coming. We went to visit a relatively new winery near us. But Sunday was the really good part. I took Berry to a poker run, and it was so much fun! It was hosted by Sandstone Farm in Millwood, VA, and[...]
First things first - after Saturday's classes, kind hearted Dave decided that Berry's girth was pinching her, and we must get her a new girth immediately. This may have been the case, as she was a super good girl using her new girth, so I'm glad we got it. But I also got this snazzy new helmet. T[...]
This past weekend was the Old People Riding Club Rally. It was a great reason to spend very little money and get Berry some show experience. She was a little crazy the first day, but on the second day, she was acting like it was nothing. She was such a good girl! The first day was probably 50 degre[...]
Mostly pictures from the Upperville Hunter Derby.