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The Equestrian Festival

Today is Duchess and I's last day at camp, and our final test!

We placed first on our final test!

Duchess and I will be trailering home this evening, so this is our last event at camp. I just want to say thank you to everyone who stayed around for these few weeks, and a special thank you to Duchess!

This camp was the first time I've really gotten this angel under saddle, and she was perfect during the entire thing! We were lucky enough to get to take home a ribbon from each of our classes, with most of them being first place. Along with that, we received multiple awards for this girl's beauty, composure, and speed. I couldn't be happier with our performance, and I can't wait to compete her again!

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Today was Duchess and I's first advanced dressage test.

The course was full of tight turns and quick gait changes, but Duchess managed a perfect score nonetheless!

We placed first, making another gold star on our camp record!

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Today was Duchess and I's advanced jumping competition. I brought her up from the yard and got her cleaned up, then we headed down to the ring.

We jumped a perfect round, coming in almost a second under the time limit. Her strides have definitely improved in the last week, and I'm glad to say it showed in our performance!

We placed first, thanks to Duchess' beautiful composure and control. I can't begin to explain how lucky I am to have this girl!

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The Equestrian Festival - Week 4

The majority of the beginner and intermediate students headed home this morning, and only the intermediate students that are competing in cross country stayed, as they have their last competition today. Advanced competitions begin this week as well.

We don't start advanced comps until tomorrow, so I took Duchess out for a bareback ride through Greendale Forest. I'm having tons of fun getting to know her capabilities for myself, and she's a beautiful bareback jumper!

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Today was Duchess and I's first competition of camp. I brought her up from the paddock, groomed her, and braided her mane. After that I got her tacked and we walked down to the arena for our intermediate dressage test.

We had a perfect round, though Duchess' canter was a bit extended. We were one of the first competitors this morning, so we had a decent wait time for the winners to be announced so I took Duchess for a walk outside of the stables.

We ended up placing second due to her extended canter. She did beautifully and I can't wait to see her in our advanced test!

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The Equestrian Festival - Week 3

Beginner level classes have stopped, and tests have started. Classes for advanced dressage are still in progress, but have slowed, so Duchess and I and will have more time off this week.

We have an intermediate dressage test later this week, and significantly less classes for our advanced test, so we'll only be working a few days this week.

Show jumping and advanced dressage tests begin next week.

We practiced a new test today, this one featuring a controlled rear. When I bought Duchess, I was aware she could rear on command, but today was the first time I asked her to do it! She was beautiful, and very controlled. Our instructor was very impressed with her!

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This lovely and I had jumping today! She did beautiful, with only 1 pole down!

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Duchess and I had the day off today, so she got to hang out in the field!

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The Equestrian Festival - Week 2

This week is when competitors register the horse they'll be using for the final 3 weeks. This is also when riders select what disciplines they will be competing in.

I will be jumping and doing dressage. This morning we received or schedules for the next few weeks.

As you guys know, I had Pepper trailered home yesterday, so it's time to introduce the horse I'll be competing with!

Above are photos of my newest mare! Meet JS Love Letter, a.k.a. Duchess! She's an 8-year-old champagne Paso Fino. She's successfully competed in dressage and jumping her whole life, with a focus on dressage. I recently purchased her from a girl here in Jarlaheim, so she's well acquainted with the stables already.

As seen in the photos, I warmed her up in the barn paddock, which was my first ride as her new owner!

Specialized schedules began today, so Duchess and I had a packed day of dressage. Shown above is (L to R) trot, paso largo, canter, and walk.

After we were done with classes I took her for a trail ride through paddock island.

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I brought Pepper up from the pasture this morning and got her ready for the trailer home. I'll be switching horses for the last 3 weeks.

Pepper doesn't get much comp time, and I wanted a chance to work her in cross country, but I'll be carrying out the next 3 weeks with a different horse. (Stay tuned!)

Josh came and picked her up for me. Stay tuned for the horse reveal tomorrow!

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The Equestrian Festival

Cross Country training today with Pepper!

Cross Country is Pepper's biggest weakness, so while the main focus of camp is dressage and jumping, I've been trying to work in as much cross country as I can.

It's clear she's been improving, and I'm excited to keep working her!

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The Equestrian Festival

Today Pepper and I had a jumping class in the main arena. Our trainer was Jannica. Mark assisted as well.

After class Pepper got a bath, and I was on the chore board for today.

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I tacked up Pepper and warmed her up in the barn paddock this morning. We were earlier in the day, so we didn't have much company.

Because of that we also had some time for a walk around the grounds before tests this morning.

At 10 everyone met down at the main arena for dressage tests with the Bobcats.

After a long day of dressage, I brushed Pepper off and turned her out.

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I got Pepper ready at the ranch, then trailered her over to Jorvik Stables.

Camp starts tomorrow, so we're heading over today to get settled in!

After getting her settled into her stall I checked us into the camp.

Then I went on the group tour of the stables!

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The Equestrian Festival

Vancouver and I headed to the celebrations in Moorland today! I'll be heading to Jorvik Stables tomorrow for the camp, but I wanted to get in some quality time with my boy first, as I won't be taking him with me.

What is the Equestrian Festival?

It's a competitive camp held at Jorvik Stables, accompanied by celebrations at Moorland. The camp lasts four weeks. The first two weeks are spent training, and competitions begin in week four.

Each rider is only allowed one horse for competition, but are allowed multiple horses, or a different horse in the first week. This allows riders to train multiple horses in group settings, and prepare them for competitions. However, horse changes and final selections must be made and submitted by the beginning of the second week.

Vannie and I taking a lap around the Moorland festival's cross country track

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Heyyyyy

Sorry I've been MIA since Christmas. I pre-shot and scheduled all the posts for Christmas and then stepped away from my horse saves, but didn't come back.

I didn't have big plans for Blackwood Estates at the time, and all the horses were getting overwhelming, but I love them all too much to get rid of them.

Fox Hill has never been a playable save since track racing just isn't something you can really roleplay in Sims, and I have SO many horses that most of them weren't even in the save. It's really just a picture save. I'd love to do more with it but I'm just not really sure how. I've thought about pulling Scream Your Heart Out and her babies since she's my favorite of all my horses, and Peachy Keen, and moving them into a playable save, but they're racers at heart and I'm just not sure how I'd set it up since I'd still love to use Kennedy, but I'd just don't think a smaller, simpler save would fit her.

Regardless of all that, I'm back! I'm not sure how often I'll be posting, and it won't be of any horse saves. (At least not for a while) But I have a back load of other saves I've been playing in the new year!

Also I'd like to share that I started a new blog for non-sims related things. (@thelastchocolatebar )

Thank you for reading! I look forward to posting again!