Only 2 years later...

OK- So I promised a blog. And a new name for said blog. Here you go!!
We are ready to kick of the 2012 season here at TME, and I promise I will keep everyone updated with the comings and goings!
  2011 was a great season, both for me, and for my students. I started the year far too early at the Feb. Galway, and although the horses weren't really fit enough, schooled enough, or out of hibernation enough, we had a pretty good show and managed to miss the -40million degree weather at home in Utah. Unfortunatley, Cha Cha came up lame just before Twin Rivers, so Delilah was left to carry the torch for the entire spring season. She stepped up to the plate, and had some great finishes at training level. By July, Cha Cha was back to competition, and we spent a great two weeks at Coconio HT in Flagstaff, AZ. Delilah was phenominal in the Training 3-day, although I need practice counting and walking courses... She has no idea that I got her eliminated by jumping the wrong 3rd to last XC fence, however. Cha Cha had his first event back, and was super at training level, although he picked up a stop at the water. I don't blame him- I couldn't see the fence, either, with the sun angle...
   The season went on- we went to Knox Farm camp (always a riot!), some schooling shows, did some dressage, went to some events, go run away with at Goose Downs (thank you, Cha Cha). Along the way, I had two students qualify for the Galway T-3day, had two students win at two different events (yeah, Susan and Lani), had a student win the Charles Owens Technical Merit XC award (congrats, Summer), scored a 25 in dressage with Delilah (and was subsequently given a technical stop on XC- oh well), and had a fall in the XC warm-up.
  We finished the season at Galway. Cha Cha got his final qualifying score in the prelim, and Delilah was a super-star to finish 5th in the Training 3-Day division A. Lani and Summer also finished really well in the T-3Day (the first long format for both of them). The weekend was horrifically wet, muddy, and fairly miserable, but everyone had a good time nevertheless.
  After Galway, the horses had a few weeks off, and came back in to work after thanksgiving. Cha Cha is working better than ever (and is learning both piaffe and passage in hand!), and baby Coco is training for her competition debut in April. Teaching is starting to pick back up, and I'm excited to see some students for the first time in 2012!
   Until next time... remember training is about what we forgive
         Ingrid