tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post1224822061480360501..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Absorbine ShowSheen giveaway!Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-58651664284365098052012-07-25T22:36:32.630-04:002012-07-25T22:36:32.630-04:00E-mailed you. I'm so excited! My mare's ta...E-mailed you. I'm so excited! My mare's tail has been disgustingly ropy/tendrily/gross this season. Can't wait to see how the Show Sheen works on her! Fingers crossed. :)Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684184753149395077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-78118030030011370202012-07-25T09:58:24.968-04:002012-07-25T09:58:24.968-04:00Liz, email me with your mailing address to get you...Liz, email me with your mailing address to get your showsheen -- behindthebit@gmail.com. :-)Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-19642494447176054752012-07-25T09:05:07.147-04:002012-07-25T09:05:07.147-04:00My favorite show memory is the year I went to KY f...My favorite show memory is the year I went to KY for the Hagyard event, it was my first year and first time going out of state for a show! My horse and I had a great dressage test and riding around the cross country course was really cool! Riding where they run Rolex was just the coolest thing I've ever done. Show jumping was just as fun, we had a double clear and ended up 3rd overall. I had horsegal2010https://www.blogger.com/profile/18406385125394503335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-62479182645501243492012-07-22T09:09:19.487-04:002012-07-22T09:09:19.487-04:00The only thing that got rid of my horse's pers...The only thing that got rid of my horse's persistent patch of scratches was a steroid cream I got from Virginia Equine Imaging. I don't remember what it was, but two applications and it was gone for good. I tried at least 10 different treatments for four months or more, but this was the only thing that worked. Maybe your vet has something similar?Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03230195289996658180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-22779519341403608912012-07-19T18:37:32.028-04:002012-07-19T18:37:32.028-04:00My favorite show was the very first dressage test ...My favorite show was the very first dressage test that I did with my Appaloosa mare. She is opinionated and has a disdain for all flat work. During the week before we struggled with our test. We made squares instead of circles, she interpreted walking on a loose rein as an invitation to wander around like a drunken sailor, she pinned her ears and fought me through each halt.<br /><br />The Candicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-22932661222098036312012-07-19T14:58:11.112-04:002012-07-19T14:58:11.112-04:00My very first dressage test was also during my ver...My very first dressage test was also during my very first event. I had taken much too long walking my cross country course and left myself with twelve minutes to tack up and get warmed up on my fickle OTTB. Needless to say, our test did not go great. He took in the surroundings with interest during our whole test, lowering his head only during the free walk while he tried to snatch grass. This isCarlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308477892024999793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-38836396807330635082012-07-19T08:12:23.333-04:002012-07-19T08:12:23.333-04:00One of my favorite horse show stories is about one...One of my favorite horse show stories is about one of my first horse shows on an adorable Welsh/Arab pony. <br /><br />My pony and I were riding in a training level dressage test and had just picked up the canter near the judge's booth. Some commotion and noise in the distance indicated that there was a soccer game in progress a couple fields away from the show grounds. Just as we started Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-91107527102654925812012-07-18T20:26:54.069-04:002012-07-18T20:26:54.069-04:00Forgot to include my e-mail in my comment! elizabe...Forgot to include my e-mail in my comment! elizabeth.g.hocking@gmail.com<br /><br />Thanks for running this contest!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684184753149395077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-3146767059185714492012-07-18T19:54:32.475-04:002012-07-18T19:54:32.475-04:00Back in high school, I leased a grey connemara gel...Back in high school, I leased a grey connemara gelding who refused to drink water at shows. By accident, I discovered that he really liked gatorade, but only the red kind, so we made sure to bring gallons of red gatorade to our shows. The only problem was that being grey, the red gatorade stained his pony lips red and made it look like he was bleeding from the mouth. I can't tell you how manyKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707037151404133158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-88415956445071097432012-07-18T18:46:38.005-04:002012-07-18T18:46:38.005-04:00Couple years ago I took my green hunter to a small...Couple years ago I took my green hunter to a small county show to get some miles on her. I entered in a beginner level class, 2' jumps, and was concerned that I might take ribbons away from the little kids since I was a way more advanced rider. My worrying was meritless as I ended up completely leaving out an entire line-without ever realizing it! The little 10 yr olds completely showed up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-55316930071219254422012-07-18T14:25:27.779-04:002012-07-18T14:25:27.779-04:00My first show this year - my first in several year...My first show this year - my first in several years - is my current favorite. I was riding a Danish/Arab gelding I'd been leasing for less than three months, and HE hadn't been shown since 2010. He was good in warm-up, but when we started around the outside of the show arena just before our test, he was extremely afraid of the judge's end of the court. Everywhere else he was good, butMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-1585338560431844252012-07-18T13:24:22.108-04:002012-07-18T13:24:22.108-04:00One day my trainer put me on her "fancy"...One day my trainer put me on her "fancy" hunter/jumper, the "trainer's horse" and told me I would be showing him that weekend. A beautiful 16.2hh golden chestnut thoroughbred. Only 8 years old. I was so nervous, I had never ridden him before! I pretty much died. Little did I know she was planning on selling him to me (or rather donating him to me for half his value - she Adelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02064754360254096215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-65260527623619301712012-07-18T13:01:56.402-04:002012-07-18T13:01:56.402-04:00Oh my - I have oodles of horse show stories. Usual...Oh my - I have oodles of horse show stories. Usually where I'm an idiot. Hm. A trend.<br /><br />The one that got a bunch of laughs was about 10 years ago. I ride dressage and hunt seat, but I was leasing this great Quarter Horse named Bo. And the owner (a 15 year old) suggested that I might as well ride in the western pleasure classes too at the open show we were showing at. <br /><br />Enginerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429671685652482485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-45203538018069014132012-07-18T12:23:59.359-04:002012-07-18T12:23:59.359-04:00Let me tell you the story of my favorite ribbon.
...Let me tell you the story of my favorite ribbon. <br /><br />I was at a schooling show with my project pony, a four-year-old Morgan mare named Ellie. We were cleaning house at this show, no joke. <br /><br />But my favorite ribbon wasn't the first class of the day, where we pinned 1st of 3 in hunter pleasure. <br /><br />It wasn't from the class where we pinned 1st of 4 in hunter Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684184753149395077noreply@blogger.com