It has been a good long while since I have shown regularly, and to say that a lot has changed would be a vast understatement. My new horse, Chico, was a gift to me, since he is an older fellow with a prior injury who requires special attention. My showing is also going to be financed in a larger portion by my own self, so the house rules are about to change in here. Long gone are the days of the grooming stall, and the tack stall, and the other grooming stall, and the two stalls that were set up as a lounge and display of the barn's accomplishments. My new M.O. involves showing off the trailer whenever possible, dreaming of switching demos into a suburban so I can camp in the back, and spending early mornings on a braiding ladder.
I miss having more help, surely, but I am getting my setup perfected to the point where showing off the trailer is easier than having a stall and a grooming stall. I'll have to get some pictures for everyone. My two horse bumper pull has a side ramp also, which makes it really nice and airy in the summer, and plans are in the works currently for a quiet camping generator to further pimp my ride. It's a no-brainer to show at culpeper and deep run this way, since both are less than an hour from the barn. The shows at Rose Mount and Lexington are also within reasonable driving distance, although I will get a stall if my division is going more than one day, because being a tight wad hunter princess is, frankly, exhausting.
Some of my readers may wonder whether I should be allowed to maintain my title, given these changes in procedure and finances. I will have them know that my lovely horse will still always be wearing seasonally appropriate, custom made, monogrammed blankets from The Clothes Horse, and I will not be seen in the ring looking anything less than perfect. Well...if I can help it. I am a blonde, after all.
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