Well, I guess I'll introduce myself to all the millions viewing this.....HA! ;) Anyway, for those interested and willing to read this "pish", my name is Karly. I'm a 24 year old working student/stablehand....../daughter/Big sister/rider/instructor/....you get the picture :) I guess I'll be using this little bloggy thingy to vent when needed and maybe inspire when it so moves me??? Maybe, maybe. We shall see.
So, the working student thing...Well, lets just say it ain't what I thought it would be, haha. There are some good times but more often than not I find it to be rather disappointing. Hopefully I can find a real job here soon and fill in the details. Let's just say it's the main reason for the title of this blog. Ever looked after 10 riding campers for a week with an overly ambitious boss??? Oh, its interesting. Thank God I have become accustom to the heat (at least somewhat) since it is FORBIDDEN to have shade anywhere near the trailer parking. I only had to load and unload 9 horses over a 6 hour period. Oy. Don't get me wrong, I learned a lot last week and got a TON of experience with camps and shows (events specifically). BUT it is a TON of work! Luckily we did have a couple awesome campers that helped out. Sometimes without even asking! :D
Unfortunately, I didn't get to ride last week :( Some people may think I should have tried harder but again unless you've dealt with 10 campers for 5 days straight doing constant activity (keep those mischievious brains working and exhausted, lol) for 8 or 9 hours a day....Yeah, I wanna see you jump on your horse and be productive, hahaha. I will say though, my guy in training is usually better after having a break like this. I'll know tomorrow! I don't feel too bad. He was ridden every other day the week before and then had a show Saturday and on the way home the trailer broke down. 5 hours on the trailer = not feeling guilty for giving him the week off.
Speaking of those furry four legged ones, I have two :) The first is my 16yo Standardbred (you know, they race with the little 'carts') Bubby I just stared training last July. I've had him since I was 14 and it's been one ofthe best decisions I ever convinced my parents to let me do :D Maybe in a future blog I'll go over why it took so long to get him to this point. The picture is of us at our last show before the trailer breakdown. I'm training him in dressage with my trainer twice a week and we have some sooooo far in the last year. I'll have to post some old pics of the two of us. Oh boy, THAT will be interesting, lol. I picked dressage because, well, I enjoy and like to tell myself I'm good at it. I've never been the best jumper. Wish I was. And really, neither is he. I consider him my soulmate in the horse world. Seriously. When that horse's time comes, lets just say no one will be able to find me for a long long time. To me he's perfect (even when he PACES during our dressage test). Everyone elses opinion be damned.
My other guy is a 30yo Thoroughbred named Darryl. Yes, 30 big ones. And if you ever see him in person, you'd never know :) I proudly say he still tries to buck me like a young colt. He was my lesson horse at the previous farm I rode at. He taught me to canter, how to use leg, how to jump and just how much fun an inpromptu gallop can be. So when the girl he was previously given to didn't want him anymore I gladly took him home. He and Bubby are attached at the hip. They act very much like the brothers I call them. They look out for each other and work together in sync. Makes me a very proud horse Mom :D
Well, thats my introduction. More info to come I hope!
