Finally another update!

Hello to all my faithful readers who I've disappointed time and time again!

I'm going to finish up posting the day to day descriptions. I'm drafting them up from my journal and lecture notes so bear with me if they aren't as detailed as before.

Happy reading!

Day 61 Tuesday March 5th 2013

Had a lesson with Allyn Schiavone who is an equitation specialist. She picked away at my equitation and I felt like an actual dressage rider at the end of the lesson, it was fabulous! 

In the morning hours we spent some time at Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfven's stable. Shes a dutch rider that has been very successful in the US this year.
Watching her and her horse Don Auriello school was really awesome, hes quite an amazing horse. For anyone that hasn't seen him, go look him up on youtube!
She talked a lot on progression of movements, taking some of the higher level movements and making the super simple than gradually making them more and more difficult to keep the horses fresh.

Day 62 Wednesday March 6th 2013

Worked on my own for the most part today.  Focused on what Allyn gave me to work on the day before. Tee was fantastic and we worked on a lot of canter and counter canter also halts, reinbacks and walk-canters.
Our lecturer was Arlene White who is a physiotherapist.
She talked to us about muscles and muscle memory. Also awareness of the hind legs and exercises we can do with our horses to heighten the awareness.

Day 63 Thursday March 7th 2013

I had another lesson with Allyn Schiavone today.
Worked on the things we found in our lesson together, and then built on it. Really focused on my hands/arms and their effectiveness.
We had a discussion with Lauren Sammis in the afternoon. She is an international dressage competitor and represented the USA in the PanAmerican games winning both Gold and Silver medals.
She talked to us about her sales business and how it works. And emphasized the difference between show, training and sales riding.

Day 64 Friday March 8th 2013

 Hooray for hack days!
We had a lecture with Bonnie Stetson on massage techniques and then she gave us a demo on Currasage.
Then current events in the afternoon!

Day 65 Saturday March 9th 2013

Rode on my own today since Lendon flew to NY for the weekend.
Tee was noticeably lame in his R front today (no heat or swelling) think it was due to bad shoeing job by the previous farrier I used in FL. So I called another farrier out to take a look at him.
In the afternoon we had a lecture with Maryanna Hayman who is well versed in breeding and bloodlines. I took about 3 pages worth of notes, she was SUPER informative!

Day 66 Sunday March 10th 2013

Not much to write about today.
 
Tee was still off, so Jaimie Topinka-Nunn let me ride her I-1 horse Eden Roc. He was a ton of fun and I learned a lot :-)
No lecture.

Day 67 Monday March 11th 2013
 The second farrier I asked to come out was able to make it today. He spent about 2 hours working on Tee's feet. 
Sore to the hoof tester on R front on inside. Think the soreness is from the unevenness of trimming from the last farrier.
I worked at Still Point in the afternoon.
In the evening WIT hosted a Youth Dressage Party at Hampton Green Farm that was open to any youth in the Wellington area. After some awesome food and socializing we headed out to the front field for an intense game of kickball (with the help of some headlights)

Day 68 Tuesday March 12th 2013

Only hand walked Tee today so he could get use to the new changes in his feet.
Watched lessons for most of the morning, everyone looked fantastic!
At 3:30 we all headed to Global to watch the Ride and Learn clinic that Debbie MacDonald was teaching. There were so many really nice horses, we are so lucky to be able to see some of the amazing talent and horses that are down here.

Day 69 Wednesday March 13th 2013

Again watched lessons in the morning.
Lecture with Beth Baumert.
No changes in Tee's soundness, only hand walked him today.

Day 70 Thursday March 14th 2013

Watched lessons in the morning (I'm beginning to sound like a broken record, jeesh.) 
We all went to Global for a few hours to watch the national show that was going on then the FEI jog.
Lunch and Learn about bits and bit fitting. Then back to Global to watch Jenny and Grace show.
Again, no change in Tee's soundness. Hand walked again. 

Day 71 Friday March 15th 2013

I bet you can guess what I did in the morning, you got it: watched lessons.
Went with Lendon and Eleni to a small stable to ride a little jumper gelding. He was such a cutie and so much fun to ride!
Current events at 11:45
At 3:30 we went back to Global for a Young Riders meeting with Jeremy Steinberg.
No change in Tee.

 Day 72 Saturday March 16th 2013

Anyone that has been reading about the previous days will know what I did for most of the morning.
For lunch Eleni and I went to the VIP tent at the Global showgrounds and ate lunch with Lendon and watched most of the other WITees show.
Still  no change in Tee.
No lecture.


That is all for now. I only have about 10 days left to blog about. I can assure you that the next few days are filled with lots and lots of good news though! :-)

Thanks to all my faithful readers, I appologize if this is super boring.
 I'm not the best writer from memory and notes. 

In till another rainy day,
Allyssia & Tee