Now that the 2015-2016 barrel racing season is over and I am looking forward to 2016-2017 (mostly 2017) as I start to bring horses up and fill the shoes that Rocket is leaving behind. I still plan to haul and run him a little as I don’t think he 100% ready to quit and I need a veteran to haul with the “babies” who aren’t exactly babies anymore.
Tomorrow morning, we leave for King City for our last race of the season. NBHA State Finals runs Oct 1st through Oct 2nd this year! It will be the last big race for Rocket but he will only be going into semi-retirement as I want to haul him with Dori and he isn’t ready to quit.
Today was my first full Saturday teaching lessons at LoneStar Riding Academy and I had a blast! I have taught lessons during the week and one or so lessons on a Saturday here or there, but not having a full morning.
As we are preparing for WCBRA Finals, I am have found myself reflecting on our season. It was a humbling season for sure. There have been many ups and downs, good times and not so good times.
I have the opportunity to purchase a new barrel saddle. There are so many options out there and I am pretty sure way more option
As I start hauling/riding/seasoning my young and inexperienced horses, I have to take the time to teach them how to be patient. Right now, when
We were not lucky enough to purchase a turnkey facility all ready for us to move in and start running our training and lesson programs out of. When we were searching for our “perfect fit” property, we looked at 3 facilities ready to go, we just needed horses and clients, but each other had a thing or 2 that wasn’t quite the right fit.
I don’t like to cancel riding lessons during bad weather if we don’t have to. However, from time to time I struggle with coming up with ideas to keep non-riding lessons engaging, fun and different.
In 2015, I set goals for things I wanted to achieve for the year, however I didn’t achieve many of the goals on that list. For 2016, I am going to try a different approach. I am working on a 2016 “To-Do List”!
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