Time for an Update.

Last Dressage. 1st place on Special K.

Bad, BAD blogger! I have been so horribly horribly busy for the past month, and this blog has been my biggest neglection. Ok, so some of you might know that I was studying for my Stage One exams in November. Good news is, I passed! It feels good to have some kind of reassurance that I can ride at at least a minimal level. And also that I won't accidentally kill a horse when grooming him, or something.
Secondly, the besties are back! Hols and Ada are back and (almost) in work again. Tess and Kandee have gone out for the winter, so now I'm back riding Hollie every lesson.
And ain't that just lovely.
I feel like I have lost a lot of technique since November. Through going away right before my exams, then mocks, then riding horses that don't move, my riding has suffered. I've become an avid member of Youtube recently (praise to the youtube lords) and watching loads of the riding videos on there makes me insanely jealous.
In time for the new year, resolutions must be made. Resolutions that WILL be kept, no matter how many important exams are approaching. Firstly, I will improve my position, in all aspects. Heels, elbows, posture, thighs, shoulders, eyeline, grip; it all needs to altered sooner or later, and the longer I stick with the bad habits, the more stuck I become. Secondly, I am going to take my Riding and Road Safety. Mainly so I can then complete Stage 2, but being witness to a very nasty accident involving my best friend and her horse on the roads a fortnight ago, I've been shocked into realising how important complete control of your horse is on the roads. A broken collarbone is no joke, especially with GCSEs approaching. Get well soon, Fi.

Thirdly, and in some ways this may be the most important one, I am going to ride a greater variety of horses. I am now nearly 5"8, and riding 14.1 highlands is not really doing any favours to me or the ponies. This will of course mean branching out into different yards, but BF will still be my base ^^
I also really want to make sure that I am able to share a horse this summer. Due to the complete and utter shambles of this summer's attempt, planning will have to start Easter at the latest. If the majority of people continue to have this total disregard for other people's feelings that last summer's batch seemed to have, it will take me ages to find someone who'll let me share.

Riding is slowly turning into my biggest ambition. I want to do it all; ride everything, do all aspects of equitation, work with horses all my life, and, of course, fulfill the dream.
To own my own horse, to buy my own yard, to, one day, set up my own business. For now, this will have to wait, but maybe, just maybe, ownership might be possible. After all, two years and I'm out of school. Who knows what could happen then. Maybe, in two years, I'll finally be able to tick my preliminary dream of my list.