Monoveros6 wrote:
I would love to do eventing! It's my ultimate goal, but I'm going slowly...I've only been able to start jumping recently.

I'm not sure my mare could hold up to it or jump safely. Then again, I've heard that the really low events have tiny jumps, and we could do that...I just don't know where to find them!
I just figured some hunter schooling shows; I've been to one, and am showing on the school's huntseat team, and it's a lot of fun. I love my mare, but her big ol' ears, general level of training, age and lack of natural talent pretty much confine us to lower level anything. (Which I'm ok with, she's worth it!)

She has such a yucky, frizzy mane that her neck looks so much better roached, I think. And, frankly- it's low maintenance! I like it. I don't want to be laughed out of the ring though.
Check out the USEA website (if you're in the States) and then find your area and state websites and contact those folks. We're starting to see a LOT of "green as grass" and "pre-beginner novice" events and combined tests around here, as people get more concerned about safety and not starting right out at 2'7" over solid fences. Cute little courses of logs and things... fun but still challenging to do the dressage and low stadium too!


...and I whispered to the horse; trust no man in whose eye you don't see yourself reflected as an equal.
-Don Vincenzo Giobbe circa 1700