tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post8406349790102163110..comments2024-01-06T02:00:05.220-07:00Comments on SprinklerBandits: Why Winter is the Best SeasonSprinklerBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-76862077807969743472015-10-07T15:39:36.807-06:002015-10-07T15:39:36.807-06:00I have the opposite problem. I lose all focus and ...I have the opposite problem. I lose all focus and ambition in winter when I don't have any shows on the immediate horizon to work towards. Winter is boooring.Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308477892024999793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-19869784911860132892015-10-07T11:20:30.893-06:002015-10-07T11:20:30.893-06:00Been. There.Been. There.SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-81235965714575555552015-10-07T11:03:45.629-06:002015-10-07T11:03:45.629-06:00Winter is excellent for honing dressage skills if ...Winter is excellent for honing dressage skills if you have an indoor. The rest of us will be over here looking at our tack and wishing we could get it dirty so we could clean it.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03275971301824881125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-78342026849355695502015-10-07T10:47:18.004-06:002015-10-07T10:47:18.004-06:00I just hate winter because I have to get up early ...I just hate winter because I have to get up early in the morning if I want to ride. But I am looking forward to progress. We will progress.Olivia @ DIY Horse Ownershiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16138490796669110523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-73326329489717082482015-10-07T10:35:14.585-06:002015-10-07T10:35:14.585-06:00BUT IT IS SO DAMN COLD. But you have an indoor. Je...BUT IT IS SO DAMN COLD. But you have an indoor. Jealous.HolyBullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938188769695663261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-52876961641030568462015-10-07T10:16:41.451-06:002015-10-07T10:16:41.451-06:00Agree with this. Except the part about winter bein...Agree with this. Except the part about winter being the best season. It's far to cold! It is a good time for improving your ride though. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-45859280587051009922015-10-07T10:14:09.010-06:002015-10-07T10:14:09.010-06:00Do it to it! :)Do it to it! :)Lauren @ She Moved to Texashttp://www.shemovedtotexas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-87810939377258868552015-10-07T09:46:47.635-06:002015-10-07T09:46:47.635-06:00This is because Winter is the best!! I love Winter...This is because Winter is the best!! I love Winter for the same reasons. Much awesome. Such progress.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834098473974912416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-61710659701446067492015-10-07T09:44:01.734-06:002015-10-07T09:44:01.734-06:00i like the way you think - and also plan to use wi...i like the way you think - and also plan to use winter as an opportunity to get more comfortable with the things i've been avoiding as possible ways to derail our current show-ready vibe. but once we finish off the season, it's no holds barred time!!!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-42237614782106664662015-10-07T09:32:55.331-06:002015-10-07T09:32:55.331-06:00I was looking forward to working this winter until...I was looking forward to working this winter until I discovered that I might get myself murdered with low rafters in the covered arena! Still hoping to get work done though. It's nice to have the pressure of showing taken off of our shoulders each winter. <br /><br />Yay First level! I always recommend posting the movements that go better posting and sitting the ones that go better sitting. You can switch throughout the tests with no penalty. Hopefully by the time you get to 1-3, you're sitting most of it, maybe not lengthenings, but most of it. That way Second isn't a shocker. Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255900012774193536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-34632876534901017362015-10-07T08:11:55.484-06:002015-10-07T08:11:55.484-06:00I'd be right on board with you about winter if...I'd be right on board with you about winter if I had an indoor to work in. Without one, I get my training done by building muscle in the walk on hacks through the snow... but there's several around here that I can probably haul to on the weekends when the snow isn't stopping me from getting the horse off our small mountain.<br /><br />I vote for sitting the trot in first level. It's how it was up until 4-5 years ago. I stand by the idea is first level work is meant to be sat, and you're doing yourself a disservice by posting. JMO.Codex Dressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04736021620789376995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-34957254306646095992015-10-07T08:04:33.028-06:002015-10-07T08:04:33.028-06:00We're still a couple months away from winter, ...We're still a couple months away from winter, but I'd late it less if we had a covered. I was hardly able to ride for the first few months of this year because it wouldn't stop raining.The $900 fb ponyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04123067982715868323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-20045446724101727762015-10-07T07:38:11.479-06:002015-10-07T07:38:11.479-06:00I looooove winter. Both for the weather and for th...I looooove winter. Both for the weather and for the training opportunities. BRING IT! <br /><br />Also, sitting trot will be super helpful in the lateral work and 10m circles. It's so much easier to balance the horse while sitting. Just start slow and after Courage's back is warm and swinging. You'll get there. Lunge line work helps lots. Austenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004088333430762406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-31878388830183829862015-10-07T07:37:54.642-06:002015-10-07T07:37:54.642-06:00I strongly hate winter, but I also could have writ...I strongly hate winter, but I also could have written this blog post. I'm looking forward to an entire winter of Dressage and coming out firing in April.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-56556896233854724472015-10-07T07:32:46.360-06:002015-10-07T07:32:46.360-06:00Woohoo first level!
And yeah, "winter" ...Woohoo first level!<br /><br />And yeah, "winter" is the best season here too. Aside from the rain. It's just too dang hot to ride in the summer, plus there are no shows from basically Memorial Day to Labor Day. Yay "winter"!jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-45686030973720692582015-10-07T07:26:52.023-06:002015-10-07T07:26:52.023-06:00I'm not looking forward to the cold and dark a...I'm not looking forward to the cold and dark at ALL, but I will say that I'm excited to be able to take my time with things I've been struggling with without the pressure of competition looming in the background! Alli + Dinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928482808436392040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-31173047026484048652015-10-07T07:25:00.960-06:002015-10-07T07:25:00.960-06:00I don't know if winter is the "best seaso...I don't know if winter is the "best season" but I do agree that it's the best time to really dig in and improve your dressage! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com