My Weekend at the Jersey Fresh Three Day Event...

Happy Wednesday, friends of AWIP!  Quite frankly, I had to take a look at the calendar and make sure it was, in fact, Wednesday.  How the heck do these weeks go by so dang quickly??

Anywhooo, in case you don't follow Horse Junkies United and my antics over there, here are some links to my recent posts so you can see what I've been up to.  The Jersey Fresh International Three Day Event was held this past weekend at the New Jesey Horse Park in Allentown, NJ.  As I firmly believe that you can learn from any horseperson, regardless, of discipline, I took the opportunity to see how the other half lives, so to speak. 

Ummm, they live dangerously. 

Hope you like the posts, and Happy Wednesday!

Boyd and Neville!! Photo by Noah

A Hunter Jumper Converts for a Day – Dressage at Jersey Fresh, presented by Five Star Tack

I’m going to start this post with the following bit of important news:  I MET BOYD MARTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAACCCKKKKK!

Sorry, had to go there. I feel badly, because I saw him walking with a group of people and totally had a brain fart, forgot my manners, and brazenly walked up and introduced myself (bad Amy!)
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Phillip Dutton and Indie

A Hunter Jumper at Jersey Fresh – Possible Conversion Afoot? presented by Five Star Tack

One of my favorite regular contributors to the Chronicle of the Horse forums has a tagline in her signature that I love: “Come to the Dark Side, We Have Cookies!” This is a very apt quote for me, as I’ll go almost anywhere if there are cookies involved.

However, I didn’t need the promise of cookies to take a wander down to the Jersey Fresh International Three Day Event held at the New Jersey Horse Park this past weekend. The chance to see great horses and watch amazing riding was enough of a draw for me. Oh yeah, that and it was an Olympic selection event for the US eventing team!

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Happy Mother's Day to All!

This Mother's Day wish goes out to ALL Moms, those who are the proud mothers of two-legged kids and those who are the loving mothers of four-legged children.  I hope you enjoy your special day. :)

It's been a wonderful Mother's Day Weekend for me.  On Friday the Boy and I went down to the Jersey Fresh Three Day Event and he took pictures for me so I could cover the action for Horse Junkies United.

My amateur shutterbug in action.  He was so serious and into his job it was adorable! (Please do not tell him I said that - he'd be mortified.)

 

Yesterday I went back to Jersey Fresh and took more pics, hung out with friends, and wallowed in all things equine.  LOVELY!  Then I came home and took the Boy and some friends to The Avengers movie.  Good times!

Now the daughter and I are off to the barn for lessons, then home for soccer and dinner.  A great weekend, don't you think?.

My husband sent me this video while I was at Jersey Fresh yesterday.  It was entitled, "Your daughter jumps higher without a horse than you do with your horse."  Guess who was feeling his oats a bit?  Hmm, paybacks are a b*tch, babe... LOL.

Wishing all of you a wonderful day!