Surefire Eventing
  • HOME
  • SUREFIRE EVENTING
    • JAN BYYNY
    • SUREFIRE EVENT TEAM >
      • HORSES
      • SUPPORT
  • LESSONS AND CLINICS
  • SALES
  • BLOG
  • SUPPORT THE TEAM
    • SPONSORSHIP
  • CONTACT

Training and Showing

6/3/2021

0 Comments

 
This is a bit of a delayed update, time gets away from all of us! Some things have been great since my last blog—I’ve made a lot of progress with Layla, who has now won three Novices. Storm and I had some good success to start and then some back-to-the-drawing-board training to make him more rideable. He’s super brave but also super careful, plus a little cheeky, and when I get it all back together he’s going to be a super competitive horse. The basics have to be good, and sometimes they can feel like they are but Storm was lacking a good response to my leg, so I’ve been working on that.

Sometimes, I think we get too familiar with our horses that we ride every day and it’s easy to be satisfied with good enough instead of really good. I feel it takes ten years to train a horse, and you always have to be refining your aids. I know all this, and decided to leave Storm with Phillip for boot camp while I’m away teaching a clinic. It’s always easier to ride someone else’s horse and always good to keep your training in perspective. As it was, Storm would have just been lunged at home, so I thought it was a good opportunity for Phillip to see where he is on a daily basis, rather than just having a snapshot into my training during a lesson.
​

Steely (Unbridled Numbers) did his first Intermediate at Morven Park but ran out of the smallest jump on course. I could tell from the jump before that something was not quite right. When I represented he jumped the first element but ran out at the second, so I retired on course. It turns out he had quite a splint that was really bugging him. He’ll have time off while that quiets down, and then will be back out at the end of June when he’s legged up. I’m looking forward to continuing Steely’s education at Intermediate, he’s such a nice horse. 

I was fortunate enough to go to Kentucky, we were fortunate to have Kentucky! It was probably the hardest course I’ve ever seen there. I was hoping an American would win it, but as everyone knows, Ollie won for third time in a row. I think it was a fair course for the most part, and I found it super interesting to watch. One of the people I was really impressed with was Jonelle Price, who rode three horses and adjusted her ride to each to get the job done. She was so focused on the details as she went, and pushed herself to have every step go the way she wanted it to go. Not that other horses and riders didn’t do that, but it was very impressive she could do it on all three of her horses. 

I felt bad for Phillip, who had some miscommunication with the starter and never got his watch started with Z.  But Phillip had one of the best rounds I’ve seen him have in spite of that. I was super impressed with some of the American riders who really had great rounds, and think we have some beautiful horses for the future-Off the Record, Mama’s Magic Way, QC Diamantaire—were all impressive and so fun to see, especially with the WEG coming up next year. 

Other than horses, my life has been filled with mostly mowing in my free time. With the beginning of June here, we’ll be back to some eventing and also the jumpers at Upperville and Louden Benefit—I can’t wait!
Picture
Layla finds it tiring to win all her events!
Picture
Horse Pilot breeches are great for running and riding!
Picture
Beautiful Storm at Hunt Club Farms Horse Trials. Thanks to Janet Gallay for the fantastic photos!
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

    Archives

    April 2025
    February 2025
    November 2024
    October 2024
    June 2024
    April 2024
    February 2024
    September 2023
    July 2023
    April 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    March 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    August 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011

    RSS Feed

Website by Bright Horse Communications