I might scratch…..

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I was warming up for my sunset jump school on TheWonderPony and mentioned to the fearless leader that I had some misgivings about next weekend.

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I commented, “For the record, I might scratch from the show.”

His reply, “Whaaaaaat? Why??”

 

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“Because……

I’m just not sure I can handle it.”

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You see.

There are some individuals in your life,

whether it’s a person

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a pet

 

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or a pony

 

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that leave a deeper imprint than others.

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I’ve had a lot of horses.

And no, I still won’t tell you how many I have.

 

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There were special horses

 

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not so special horses

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and some that were particularly “special” in all the wrong ways.

 

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There was the mare that almost made me quit eventing for good

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And the mare that took me around my first Prelim

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There was a pony I bred & raised that was an ultra SuperPony

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Then there was a pony I raised who never could figure out to jump with his front feet and THEN his back feet……..(fortunately he became an awesome trail horse!)

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Some horses “earned their keep”

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and some…………….didn’t.

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In all the horses I’ve had,

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and yes there have been an awful lot……..

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There are two that really made their mark…..

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My first mare was a true super horse.

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Special.

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Unbelievably special.

 

This was a mare that carted me around, never had a stop, never had a rail, and I found out many years later gave me 100% unrealistic expectations about event horses.

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I never “set her up” for a fence. She never made a mistake & I never had to do anything.

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I had no idea I wasn’t “learning how to ride” or that any horse in the world couldn’t just go run around Rolex. This mare could…….

With a monkey on her.

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25 years later I found super horse number TWO.

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TheWonderPony

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If you’ve been following along with BadEventer’s adventures you’ve met TheWonderPony

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I feel like a light should come out of the sky and music should start playing when I talk about him.

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He is the ultimate cross country horse.

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He’s been competing in eventing since 2008

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and after 75 recognized events

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yes SEVENTY-FIVE

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he has never, nope not ever, had a stop on cross country.

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He took me around my first Intermediate.

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He gave me my first and ONLY blue ribbon in eventing.

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We’ve competed in 25 events together

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16 of them at Prelim or above.

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Over the past year

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he’s started having some rails at Prelim

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First it was 3, then 4, then more & more…….

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He’s still blasting around Prelim cross country like the cross country beast he is.

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And he’s still winning the dressage.

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But it’s time to step down from the big stuff…….

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He’s The Wonder Pony, he doesn’t owe me a thing.

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Soon he’ll go to a new rider to teach them the ropes at Beginner Novice. I changed my entry for this weekend to Training……….but I just can’t decide if I want one last romp around the country.

I might not be able to see the jumps through the tears.

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