tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post8771832926966906204..comments2024-01-06T02:00:05.220-07:00Comments on SprinklerBandits: Teach Me Tuesday: Winter RidingSprinklerBandithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-4464775117643609062014-12-10T13:13:30.241-07:002014-12-10T13:13:30.241-07:00I'm sure you see this on my FB - but we ride o...I'm sure you see this on my FB - but we ride outside. When the ring freezes, I trailer out or road hack. I dont ride when its colder than -15 c. I like to give at least one month off per winter. This is the first winter in many years I am keeping them home with no arena - so its an experiment!Boss Mare Eventinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039910692009593158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-32277680200567765192014-12-02T22:48:14.883-07:002014-12-02T22:48:14.883-07:00I live in north central Alberta, Canada and we can...I live in north central Alberta, Canada and we can have some pretty gross weather and temps in the winter! My lease is horse is boarded at a barn with an indoor arena so I get to ride all year, occasionally he gets a week or even two off when the roads/weather are too bad or too cold to ride/make it safely out of the barn!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03413825184379531748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-24338626144336543492014-12-02T22:04:32.319-07:002014-12-02T22:04:32.319-07:00Indoors! Wooo! I am posting out of moral support s...Indoors! Wooo! I am posting out of moral support since you already know this.Micaylahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799043647759779897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-83051166767782716152014-12-02T19:50:44.709-07:002014-12-02T19:50:44.709-07:00Ugh! I hate winter. I normally just don't ri...Ugh! I hate winter. I normally just don't ride in the winter, but this year I'm going to try too. Wish me luck!! I'll get back to you hehe.Achieve1dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-40458378370471678252014-12-02T19:25:31.940-07:002014-12-02T19:25:31.940-07:00I live in California. Winter riding is the same a...I live in California. Winter riding is the same as summer riding but with less flies! :0)Bakersfield Dressagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05571487914424695283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-82075573516806859022014-12-02T19:21:02.301-07:002014-12-02T19:21:02.301-07:00Like someone commented earlier - winters in Austra...Like someone commented earlier - winters in Australia are a bit easier than in the States. Where I live it does get cold and can rain a lot and as I don't have an indoor that's a problem. <br /><br />But I usually find it harder to ride regularly during summer. I have to get up at like 5:30am or earlier if I want to ride at all! Yuck. I'm not a morning person at all. So that's my struggle. <br /><br />bonita of <a href="http://www.aridinghabit.blogspot.com.au/" rel="nofollow">A Riding Habit</a> <br />Lavender and Twillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331125027969557539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-2010009793926780192014-12-02T18:20:47.926-07:002014-12-02T18:20:47.926-07:00Oh my, these responses make me cold just thinking ...Oh my, these responses make me cold just thinking of 20F, or less. In good old Cali, indoor arenas are mostly good for shelter from rain, wind, and lighting. We do get nasty wind being on the side of a hill. At our barn, there's pretty much no lighting except the barn isles and the indoor arena, so from 4pm on, that's where you ride. Kitty Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10320015015309570032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-36077351825567932422014-12-02T17:51:02.398-07:002014-12-02T17:51:02.398-07:00Down here in good ol' Texas, our nasty summers...Down here in good ol' Texas, our nasty summers take the place of nasty winters - show season slackens off, horses get mini vacations or worked at the buttcrack of dawn, or after 10pm. Winter is prime time riding for us - even our chilly days like today (in the low 40's) are few and far between.<br />When I lived up north, I was lucky enough to always have an indoor. I made sure I had one, or else I wasn't going to be riding much! I have no idea how I lived through all of those miserable freezing cold years but we just kind of sucked it up, stuffed our feet into our frigid boots, broke out the coolers and quarter sheets, and got it done. <br />I will never forget this Denny-ism: "Shows aren't won in June, they are won in January." Winter was - is - the time to hone in on flatwork, get problems sorted out, advance your schooling and training, take lessons, and be generally prepped and ready for the coming show season. Once you get to show season, you have what you have - so you gotta make it count when you have the time to experiment and tweak things around. Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-11561821864199536652014-12-02T17:46:16.761-07:002014-12-02T17:46:16.761-07:00me three!!
me three!!<br />Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902291220984883182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-84651285595814550002014-12-02T17:27:42.631-07:002014-12-02T17:27:42.631-07:00i live in the uk so our winters typically just inv...i live in the uk so our winters typically just involve lots of cold weather and rain but not much snow, I rid every week like normally (unless we have bad storms, or snow (not very often)) i only have a week off at christmas, i ride in the rain (We have no indoor… yet!) but the rain and cold don't tend to bother me just snow.AmberRose- Girl With a Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985661554315096806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-60962759729115057452014-12-02T15:59:51.214-07:002014-12-02T15:59:51.214-07:00Used to ride outside all winter long, even in the ...Used to ride outside all winter long, even in the snow. Age and aching joints have discouraged me. Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-54645849120866351352014-12-02T15:33:56.485-07:002014-12-02T15:33:56.485-07:00What she said.What she said.Karen Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295452483316864595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-30536523833061124242014-12-02T14:35:36.668-07:002014-12-02T14:35:36.668-07:00Winter in Australia is ideal conditions for riding...Winter in Australia is ideal conditions for riding- just cold enough so you won't sweat, but still T-shit weather!<br />Summer is the hard part. It gets SO hot that it's either early morning or late afternoon rides. I definitely don't ride enough in Summer! Leeshhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08504626914889252270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-60189574716469804222014-12-02T13:43:14.203-07:002014-12-02T13:43:14.203-07:00For me in south Texas it's not as much the col...For me in south Texas it's not as much the cold as it is the dark. Once the sun sets, I just want to curl up in front of the fireplace and go to sleep, instead of riding. But this year we have a (very small) arena at home with lights, so my excuses for not riding are getting pretty thin! jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-6856908614365081062014-12-02T13:38:37.361-07:002014-12-02T13:38:37.361-07:00Yeah winter barely happens in California. But my a...Yeah winter barely happens in California. But my arena does flood when it rains and my sprinkler system freezes so when it doesn't rain, I can't water. Two years ago I rode sparingly. Last year when I was moving up the levels, I moved to a barn with a covered arena. This year he's semi-retired so he's just going to hang out on the days where we can't ride. Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04255900012774193536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-50242309524683080472014-12-02T13:18:10.619-07:002014-12-02T13:18:10.619-07:00Luckily the weather isn't too severe in Califo...Luckily the weather isn't too severe in California, but we do get a lot of rain. The barn where I ride doesn't have an indoor, so as long the arena isn't flooded, I ride as usual. Fortunately it hasn't rained on a lesson day yet, but if it does I will wear my rain jacket and still ride as suing my trainer is still willing to give lessons in the rain.Paolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169356458758529349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-50796009892354788942014-12-02T12:55:49.354-07:002014-12-02T12:55:49.354-07:00I am in NY... so definitely not an option to ride ...I am in NY... so definitely not an option to ride outside through the winter. I am lucky enough to board at a barn with an indoor, but eventually by the end of the winter my horse and I get so burned out from only being inside that I CANNOT WAIT to be able to ride outside again. Because of that, I try as much as possible to ride outside on weekends when footing allows, even if it is just a walk on the trails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-73764673645257990732014-12-02T12:46:44.908-07:002014-12-02T12:46:44.908-07:00I'm in Southern California, so "winter&qu...I'm in Southern California, so "winter" is an inch of rain when they close down all the arenas. I don't have a covered arena at my facility. So on those nights I groom, clean tack, organize my cubby, etc. Generally the longest I go without riding is 1 consecutive week.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15925650148327532110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-31154554471197742282014-12-02T12:14:37.367-07:002014-12-02T12:14:37.367-07:00no indoor so last winter we went 3months no riding...no indoor so last winter we went 3months no riding. going to trailer to an indoor on weekends this year, but not really sure how that'll work out re: keeping the horse fit enough for actual work :(emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-89567496133350002312014-12-02T11:42:28.954-07:002014-12-02T11:42:28.954-07:00Winter Suuuuucks! I am also a New Englander. I'...Winter Suuuuucks! I am also a New Englander. I'm currently boarding at a barn whose indoor is under construction, but is not yet complete. Trying to find the motivation to ride at night after work, in the dark and the cold is no fun.<br /><br />On the plus side, my horse is a saint, and I no longer spend every ride simply hoping I don't die.<br /><br />~Daily ReaderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-88253343614512050482014-12-02T11:28:58.525-07:002014-12-02T11:28:58.525-07:00I am boarding at a barn with an indoor, primarily ...I am boarding at a barn with an indoor, primarily to ride inside during the evening. My plan for this winter is to ride on Saturday and possibly Sunday, regardless of the weather, unless it is in single digits. As long as I am bundled up and Ashke has his BOT extended blanket, we are going to explore our world. I am very lucky to live in an area where, even though we get snow, it doesn't stick around for long and there are plenty of days to get out and ride in moderate weather. Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834640625999522559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-16543225828893187752014-12-02T11:08:54.499-07:002014-12-02T11:08:54.499-07:00I have always boarded at a facility with an indoor...I have always boarded at a facility with an indoor. Born and raised New Englander means a little cold don't stop me! However, it does sort of limit what you can do and decrease motivation to go out to the barn when it is freezing.. so generally progress is not as productive as in other seasons. Katie and Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097694584597935582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-54733205383203733442014-12-02T10:38:49.495-07:002014-12-02T10:38:49.495-07:00We don't have much winter, but I ride through ...We don't have much winter, but I ride through almost all of it. December is usually a slack month for us, but other than that it's full steam ahead.Lauren @ She Moved To Texashttp://www.shemovedtotexas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-66737883849287052262014-12-02T10:00:09.504-07:002014-12-02T10:00:09.504-07:00Ps so long as i can put them out for the afternoon...Ps so long as i can put them out for the afternoons i feel less guilty about not riding as at least they can move and aren't cooped up in their stables - that gives me the uber-guilts when I can't turn them out much more so than of K can't ride themAoifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324156483692821044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-647406862592675556.post-75818741305507858732014-12-02T09:58:56.998-07:002014-12-02T09:58:56.998-07:00I am truly blessed with access to three indoor are...I am truly blessed with access to three indoor arenas and a separate lunging ring + walker. I try to trail ride at the weekends if not icy or too wet. Horses go out every afternoon if i can put them out & I try to ride in the evenings and weekends. Short spins in the evenings depending on what time i finish work & longer at the weekend as i have more time.Aoifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324156483692821044noreply@blogger.com