Video of me riding...

[MNHorsegal]

OK here is one of three or four videos of me riding this weekend in the show :)

Again, captain is a NSH, and I only started riding saddleseat early this september. :)

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[Gypsy Rose]

Looks like you really know what you're doing! Captain really knows how to move out! Thanks for sharing this.

[HeartofSteel]

Round and round she goes!! Good Job you look very spiffy!

[carla]

Wow, cool! Like I said before, I love the way saddleseat looks- so proper/pretty. Good job! Looks like you had fun.

[JustDreamin]

That looks like a lot of fun. I may have to try saddle seat someday.

[dustys_girlly]

wow that look so neat. did anyone else catch the white horse acting up in the first quarter of the video? and your horse is flying by everyone else.

[WashingtonBay]

What's with the woman talking to everyone like they are in second grade? :)

[MNHorsegal]

Oh thats just Laura Ward. She does that because it is fall family weekend, and a lot of the parents dont really know whats going on, and their kids are riding, so not available to tell the parents whats going on. :P

[WashingtonBay]

Heh... Her tone just brought back a lot of memories of grade school. I was expecting her to say "horsies" :D

You looked terrific though :)

[JackieB]

Wow, great job MN! Don't you look snazzy. And your riding looked fantastic to me.

[Arrow]

Very nice! I'm not sure I could tune out that announcer--you've got great concentration!

[MNHorsegal]

Yeah it was only distracting when she called for the wrong gait. .... like when she called for us to slow gait.... on 3 gaited horses...... :rolleyes: lol

[Diane of Buck's Hollow]

Wow MN You guys didn't miss a beat. I want to see more!!!

[Toodlestoo]

Beautiful! You look awesome! http://bestsmileys.com/horses1/5.gif

[CircleR]

Wow good job, both of you!! Captain is gorgeous!!

[shewasmyshadow]

Looks great! All my friends in 4-H rode Morgans and Saddlebreds, so I was always surrounded by saddleseat riders. Since we were a small club they competed against the huntseat riders in English Pleasure/English Equitation. That was always a challange. They are flying around and you're trying to keep your horse nice a slow. :D

[Miracle Whip]

I am glad your school gives you the opportunity to ride Saddleseat. We had a show here with Saddlebreds, Morgans and Hackneys. No one ride in the Hackney saddle classes, I was bummed, but watched a teenager ride her Saddlebred and I was in tears, they were so beautiful together, stupid judge placed her last in her class....I thought they floated. Now, you can come and ride Ginger in saddleseat!! We have shows on Mothers day and in the fall!

[FoxFireEMT]

Well I couldn't get the video to upload but I did get one single frame of it to come up! LOL. Anyway from what VERY little I saw it looks great! I use to do saddle seat with my standardbred when I was younger. Loved Saddleseat more then any other seat! It was more challenging & more relaxed, the ride was NICE! Thanks 4 sharing eventhough I didn't get to see the whole video. I'll take a look at it later & see if I can get it going! LOL.

[All4Grace]

Jeepers MN! You are a Jackie of All Disaplines!!! WoW! :D
Whats next on your list! I think it is so cool how you have done so many and done excellent in them! WooHoo!
to coin that classic phrase....

"YOU GO GIRL!"

[MNHorsegal]

Thanks all :) the videos are super slow to upload... here is another...

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[WashingtonBay]

(Second video) Nicely done! :) You look how it should look! Like you're on your best horse showing off at the park.

The others are pretty, but not as settled and cadenced as you are in that clip, minus the one bobble. Anything in particular that caused that? I couldn't tell.

[Ariesgrl131]

Thats so cool! You look very comfortable and relaxed.

[Equine_Woman]

VEry very cool!! Sterling's sire (Questing Phar) was used mostly for NSH breeding. He's an Arabian and he has some really nice NSH offspring. Which is amusing to me because the only time Sterling and I have ever been around NSHs she kept spooking at the way they were moving. Lol.

[MNHorsegal]

The others are pretty, but not as settled and cadenced as you are in that clip, minus the one bobble. Anything in particular that caused that? I couldn't tell.

Yeah.. that.. :P

The reason he broke is because he was being a little heavy in his bridle, and I was not dealing with it properly at that time. I had far too much snaffle, and just did not let him step out enough, and so he interpreted that as slow down. I should have had more leg and more alternating rein cues, rather than pulling both sides of his mouth simultaneously. :(

Oh well, I learned!


BTW- I rode a gaited horse yesterday!!! It went AMAZINGLY!!!! I had so much fun and it was amazingly smooth considering I have never gaited before!!! :)

[WashingtonBay]

Gaited horses are a remarkable experience. :) I got a chance to ride one last summer and it was a blast.

[valleyrider]

Wow, you guys look great togeather. I enjoyed the videos. Thanks for sharing.

[zoel_222]

Wow looks like fun. Your horse is gorgeous! I agree with JackieB, you do look snazzy! :P

[Gliderider]

Wow great video you both looked great. Beautiful horse.

I have to agree gaited horse are so much fun. hehe !! I have 3 gaited horsey an 1 not gaited.