February 22, 2014
This video starts off slow, but it builds up.
If you enjoy it you can find other performances on youtube.
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Metropoliton Police – 2014
Posted by riderofchaos on February 22, 2014
https://blueridgepony.com/2014/02/22/metropoliton-police/
Boring Week
February 21, 2014
It’s been a boring, non-riding week. But I did get to ride Simon last night. It was so wet and muddy and slippery that we only walked, but it still felt good. It made me think of this picture I saw earlier in the day.
Posted by riderofchaos on February 21, 2014
https://blueridgepony.com/2014/02/21/boring-week/
TBT – 2/20/14
February 20, 2014
This photo is from October 1998 and was taken at the Erin Fall Fair in Canada. I was coaching the USMGA team at the competition. My sister was riding my pony Osh Kosh and I hopped on for a quick photo.
This was the trip to Canada that the driver’s side door got ripped off my parent’s brand new truck I was driving. Although it was completely not my fault, I was still banned from driving it for years. I am not sure if I am *allowed* to laugh about that old memory yet (I am sure my Da would say no, you’re not).
Here are a few more photos from that same weekend
Posted by riderofchaos on February 19, 2014
https://blueridgepony.com/2014/02/19/tbt-22014/
Pony Sledding – February 2014
February 14, 2014
You might have heard of skijoring. There are some awesome photos and videos floating around of it. For those who have not, basically it is a person on skis being pulled by a horse.
We have about 1 1/2 feet of snow right now but I do not have skis, or friends with skis, so we decided to try pony sledding instead.
First we had to lay down a track, and with such deep snow that took some work. Simon was corporative and pulled Rich down the hill. And then back up the hill. Then we switched to sledders going down the hill and Simon pulling them back up the hill.
Simon was into it, and seemed to enjoy being part of the party. But after a while he was done and decided the sled, the purple one in particular, was going to eat him.
Clearly Simon and I will be spending some time dragging the purple sled around. We need to make sure he is fully prepared for our next pony sledding opportunity. Which hopefully will not be until next winter.
Later we switched to porch sledding. This involved piling snow on the front steps and down into the yard. And we put a jump in at the bottom of the steps. No ponies were involved but it was still a lot of fun.
Pulling rich down the hill to cut a path.
Posted by riderofchaos on February 14, 2014
https://blueridgepony.com/2014/02/14/pony-sledding-february-2014/
TBT – 2/13/14
February 13, 2014
This photo is from my first Pony Club Nationals. It was about 1988 give or take a year. That year mounted games was held at a different venue than the rest of the event. It was at Frying Pan Park in Herndon, Virginia.
I was riding on the Frederick Pony Club junior team. We were the second team from Capital Region, behind Howard County Pony Club accepted.
We had 20 something or other points taken off before the competition started for having a parent in the barns, which was impossible to make up. We were not the best team and I think I was the only vaulter at that time. We came in an amazing last place, 13th I think, pale green ribbons. But we had a ton of fun.
I was riding my long time pony, Berry. She was a 14.1h strawberry roan Arab cross mare. She was a hand me down pony that took me most of the way through pony club and then did the same for my sister.
Posted by riderofchaos on February 13, 2014
https://blueridgepony.com/2014/02/13/tbt-21314/
Blue Ridge Pony 