August 14, 2016
We are work out from the awesome weekend at the Cock of the North competition. We finished second in our final in the U17 division.
We will write up a post tomorrow with details about it but for tonight here is a quick Vlog post to hold you over.
Good night!
Posted by riderofchaos on August 14, 2016
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August 13, 2016
We are at the Cock of the North competition for the weekend!!!
We met our ponies last night. One, Goose, did not arrive until after dark so it was a quick walk trot bareback ride. Two were here when we arrived. Lacey and Jaz are quick little pocket rockets. And the lovely Ellie is a large paint pony. The 5th pony is Flicker is a tiny little made games pony.
The first session was a little rough, but the team got a feel of their ponies, each other and the footing. There were a few dropped hand offs and mistakes but nothing horrible. We are excitedly looking forward to session 2 this after noon.
Posted by riderofchaos on August 13, 2016
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Posted by riderofchaos on August 11, 2016
https://blueridgepony.com/2016/08/11/england-and-wales-2016-day-3-vlog/
August 11, 2016
This morning the team got to go hack out ponies with Emma, Sophia, and CJ. When they got back we had a mini practice session.
Next was a trip to Monmouth for breakfast/lunch and then off to sight see castles! First we went to Caerphilly Castle. It is an old massive castle under restoration. Super cool, with lots of steps to climb and walk ways to explore.
Next we went to Castle Coch which is a refurbished castle, more of a small residence in comparison. It was furnished and fully decorated. What a difference between the two.
We also fit in a little time in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, checking out a few shops.
Dinner was at “The Stable – pizza pies and cider”. I loved it. They serve gourmet pizzas and British pies (think meat pies) and boast over 80 varieties of cider. Chrissy and I got the sampler. We all tried some new pizzas, including a crab pizza and a surf and turf pizza. Yum.
I was also offered the opportunity to ride in the veterans session at world individuals. If you know me even a little you know I was beyond excited for the opportunity. But unfortunately it’s the night before we will be arriving st individuals so I won’t be able to make it. *gutted*. Sniff sniff. Maybe (read – please please hopeful) sometime in the future.
Now it is time for bed so we can be up for another amazing day. And maybe the team will get in some blog time in thei own words tomorrow.
Have I mentioned how much I love this country?
Posted by riderofchaos on August 10, 2016
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August 20, 2015
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Guest blog by team member Bella
This morning we woke up at 8:00 am! (We were supposed to get up at 7:20 but Kaja, Jaycee, Elise and I might hit snooze a few times.) Once we were up and moving all of us took a trip to another tack shop because we had to get 2 more stirrup irons and leathers. We drove about 30 minutes to Chepstow, Wales to Ride and Stride tack shop. (Let me just say the ride there was filled with lots of group singing.)
We only found 1 pair Composite stirrups at the first tack store so we went to another one that was 30 minutes away from Ride and Stride. 30 minutes later we arrived at John Ayers tack shop. There we found more stirrups irons and leathers.
After we got what we needed from the store we proceeded to drive to St. David’s where we went around the shops. We went into Jack Wills where Coltin bought something for his Nan. (Shoutout to Nan Mcbain). We also walked into a few more clothing shops. We finally found a store called Rossiters which we all adored. It was almost like a Hallmark and Pier 1 Imports on steroids. After we got some gifts for our loved ones we went home to the Lockyers.
We waited around for about 45 minutes for the farrier to come to do the ponies feet. We got Holly, Skippy and Foxy’s front feet shoed and trimmed all around. Once they were all finished with their feet we took the ponies out for a hack.
Emma lead us some crazy way where we had to run through a large amount of stinging nettle. THANK GOD none of us got it but it was definitely an adventure! When we got home from the hack we went to dinner at Cripple Creek Inn which was filled of giggles and American stereotypes.
On the drive home we saw a hedgehog crossing the road. Kaja, Elise and myself all jumped out to try and catch it. I tried to grab it as it ran in (what I hadn’t realized) was stinging nettle! As soon as we shut the door of the car Alicia, Coltin, Krista, Jaycee and Emma thought it would be hilarious to drive away. So Elise, Kaja and I all sprinted up the road to try and catch the car! Kaja mad it because she was ahead of us. But then they drove some more and Elise and I were still sprinting to the car – finally we got in and headed home.
Tonight consisted of a lot of packing for this weekend and hearing Alicia talk to her beloved puppy Cricket over FaceTime. It was a great day and I can’t wait for tomorrow!
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Posted by riderofchaos on August 20, 2015
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