Erin O's 75G Build

[Reefing_addiction]

Someone say yellow?

 

[sfin52]

*spam*

 

[fishguy242]

good morning Erin... :)

lets see em...;Happy

 

[MERKEY]

good morning Erin... :)

lets see em...;Happy

Morning

 

[najer]

Morning

I hope we are all aware that she will be super grumpy at us even if she had a great weekend?! :P

 

[fishguy242]

naw.. :D maybe will get her to jump on the SPBLAMM... bandwagon...;):)

 

[sfin52]

I hope we are all aware that she will be super grumpy at us even if she had a great weekend?! :p

Na its mostly pics. I've kept my build thread to a dull roar. All is good.

 

[sfin52]

FTS spam

 

[Erin O]

I'm back! You guys are awesome and a pain in the butt all at the same time LOL! I love you guys!

So, Saturday ended up being a pretty c r a p p y day. The best we got was 4th. Finn had a freak out in the schooling ring, which made both of us super tense. He settled down, but I stayed tense, trying to anticipate what would spook him next, which really affected our rides. My head kept getting in the way, if you get my meaning. Yesterday was MUCH better. We got a 4th and a 5th in two of our classes, but I'll take it because we were riding against 18 other people. With 19 of us in the class, 4th and 5th is nothing to sneeze at, that's for sure! In my equitation over fences round (in equitation, basically the rider is judged on how well they handle their horse and do they look good doing it lol), we got FIRST!!! We totally rocked it! I'll post video once I remember how, and I know that someone took pics, so I'll post those when I get them, as well :)

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Welcome back and congratulations to you and Finn!

Everyone was on their best behavior. We also know you went around moving rocks and corals in our tanks. It was sly but noticed!

 

[sfin52]

I'm back! You guys are awesome and a pain in the butt all at the same time LOL! I love you guys!

So, Saturday ended up being a pretty c r a p p y day. The best we got was 4th. Finn had a freak out in the schooling ring, which made both of us super tense. He settled down, but I stayed tense, trying to anticipate what would spook him next, which really affected our rides. My head kept getting in the way, if you get my meaning. Yesterday was MUCH better. We got a 4th and a 5th in two of our classes, but I'll take it because we were riding against 18 other people. With 19 of us in the class, 4th and 5th is nothing to sneeze at, that's for sure! In my equitation over fences round (in equitation, basically the rider is judged on how well they handle their horse and do they look good doing it lol), we got FIRST!!! We totally rocked it! I'll post video once I remember how, and I know that someone took pics, so I'll post those when I get them, as well :)

Thats awesome. Why did fin freak out. Did he see a pretty mare?
@najer see nothing to worry about

 

[najer]

I'm back! You guys are awesome and a pain in the butt all at the same time LOL! I love you guys!

So, Saturday ended up being a pretty c r a p p y day. The best we got was 4th. Finn had a freak out in the schooling ring, which made both of us super tense. He settled down, but I stayed tense, trying to anticipate what would spook him next, which really affected our rides. My head kept getting in the way, if you get my meaning. Yesterday was MUCH better. We got a 4th and a 5th in two of our classes, but I'll take it because we were riding against 18 other people. With 19 of us in the class, 4th and 5th is nothing to sneeze at, that's for sure! In my equitation over fences round (in equitation, basically the rider is judged on how well they handle their horse and do they look good doing it lol), we got FIRST!!! We totally rocked it! I'll post video once I remember how, and I know that someone took pics, so I'll post those when I get them, as well :)

I know it is not the same but having a comfortable feel with your "ride" means a lot, I used to ride a pony when I was like 12, his name was trigger, the most gentle, placid pony you can picture except Carol used to bring the ponies so we could ride down the long field past the new gas works nearby, she shouted "trigger" and he went off like a ballistic missile every time so more like holding on for grim death than riding!

 

[LRT]

Welcome back congrats spams.
A little bit of shrooms and new construction sewer action.
Hahahaha

 

[Erin O]

Thats awesome. Why did fin freak out. Did he see a pretty mare?
@najer see nothing to worry about

He had a bout of PTSD. At some point (maybe in his racing career; I didn't get the chance to ask for details at the time) he got pinned against the fence by another horse. While we were schooling, another rider was coming at us at a canter (we were walking) and even though we had plenty of room between us, Finn kind of panicked and froze for a second, then spun around and took off like a shot to get away. After that, just being in the schooling ring was super stressful for him.

I know it is not the same but having a comfortable feel with your "ride" means a lot, I used to ride a pony when I was like 12, his name was trigger, the most gentle, placid pony you can picture except Carol used to bring the ponies so we could ride down the long field past the new gas works nearby, she shouted "trigger" and he went off like a ballistic missile every time so more like holding on for grim death than riding!

Hopefully, that experience didn't traumatize you too much! If you're ready for the ballistic missile to take off, that's fun. But when it catches you by surprise, that can make you need a new pair of pants LOL! By the way, Simon, thank you for trying to keep these hooligans in check. Even though it obviously didn't work, I appreciate your efforts ;)

 

[najer]

Simon, thank you for trying to keep these hooligans in check. Even though it obviously didn't work, I appreciate your efforts ;)

When the spam squad kick off I try to keep my head down! ;)

 

[fishguy242]

welcome back Erin...:)

 

[MERKEY]

Welcome back and sounds over all Like a pretty good trip!

 

[Erin O]

Welcome back and sounds over all Like a pretty good trip!

Well, I didn't really go anywhere. The show was at my barn. Since Finn is uber reactive (spooks at EVERYTHING, seems like) the likelihood of us actually going off property to show is practically nil, unfortunately

 

[MERKEY]

Well, I didn't really go anywhere. The show was at my barn. Since Finn is uber reactive (spooks at EVERYTHING, seems like) the likelihood of us actually going off property to show is practically nil, unfortunately

Proverbial trip as "away" from us looney toons ;Hilarious ;Sorry;Hilarious;Wacky

 

[Erin O]

If I did this right, here's the video

Erin/Finn Equitation 1st Place - YouTube