Okay, okay...I admit it...I am the worst blogger ever! But I'm sure you all are just as busy as I am with rallies, camps and competitions that maybe you can find it in your hearts to forgive me?? Pretty, pretty please? (batting eyelashes)
Every time I Chief a rally, I tell the competitors that I have three goals:
1) Be safe ('cause, you know, crawling under your horse is a bad idea)
2) Learn something new (I'm old and been to a TON of rallies in my life, and even I manage to get cool new ideas from you guys!
3) Have fun! (because, really, why else do we do this?)
Well, this weekend, I will be putting myself out there to try something new (for me, at least) and play on a D grade team at the Bucks County Polocrosse tournament. I've done a lot of crazy stuff on horses - western pleasure, reining, saddleseat on a five-gaiter, gymkhana, driving, hunters, jumpers, equitation, dressage, and of course, my current sport of eventing - so I guess it was only a matter of time before I would try polocrosse, especially since one of my horses, Roger Rabbit, lives with a polocrosse family.
The biggest hurdle to getting to my first tournament has been the horse. Roger, while patient as I try to pick up and pass the ball, is just *ahem* not suitable for actual play, and all of the other horses on the farm already had riders. Enter Spinner, the magical golden pony! Spinner is owned by the Hanagan family, and is nothing short of AMAZING! She hunts. She plays games. She teaches youngsters and oldsters. Oh, and she's totally adorable. :)
So Spinner and I are heading up to Pennsylvania today to see if all of our practicing has paid off. We'll keep you posted!
Oh, and psst...25 days 'til Festival!
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