The Move Up

Until I get to walk the course Friday afternoon, my feelings about our move up to Novice are running quite the gambit. Even though I know we have been jumping at that height for some time, occasionally it still happens that I get off Jack and stand next to the fence and go:

Riding both a behemoth of a horse, and never setting the fences myself (since I don’t really jump outside of lessons these days) will do that to you I guess. My trainer believes in me though, and feels like this is totally doable. Hell- we even jumped the ditch (yes, that ditch) in our lesson the other day with minimal drama. That was a major win in and of itself, no matter how this weekend goes.

It was November of 2013 that I last went Novice, and I remember how much fun I was having, right up until I got that TE for missing a fence.

…and there it goes.

So redemption would be pretty awesome. Which is why my only goals for this show are:

Jump all the jumps
Jump them in the right order
Don’t fall off (pleasssse)

Besides that, I just need to remember to breathe.

PS is anyone else stupid excited about the new JP movie? I am.

15 thoughts on “The Move Up”

Great goals for the weekend!

It’ll be great! Those are always my exact goals… anything more than that is gravy.

OMG that last gif….

Good luck with the show and going novice! You’ll be fantastic!

You’re going to have loads of fun! Just breathe lol

Those are solid goals! Breathing while jumping is my biggest issue and I don’t even do cross country 😛

Definitely solid goals! I think you’ll do great! And yes actually, excited for the new JP movie too lol

You two will be great! Have fun!

Good luck! You will do great! And the last gif OMG haha

wow has it really been since 2013??? that’s so hard to believe, but i guess time really does fly…. anyway tho you guys will be great. Jack looks like he’s doing well and you totally got this!

Yay and good luck!!! I will be there Sunday as safety coordinator, so I only want to see you from far, far away 😉

Return to domination!

yay you will be great. And yes remembering to breathe will help. And you are QUEEN of the gifs today. They are all classic AND i too am excited for the sequel….love all the movies…:) Have fun!

HELL YES TO DINOSAURS!!!!!!! I may or may not of squealed a tiny bit the other day when I saw a Dino face on a Dr Pepper can… the person next to me might of stared…

But have fun this weekend!!!! You can do it!!!!