EVENTING IN A THUNDERSTORM ISN'T A GOOD IDEA 

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Same, I was finding it hard to concentrate 😭😭❤

I am guessing she was praising the horse so much because she did well in the dressage event? I didn't catch how she did on the first event from the rider, but that sounds very positive...I don't think she would be celebrating quite so much if she had done badly.

Omg yess😂😂😂😂

@@faithhogan1234 I'm shivering just thinking about it!!! 🥶 🤣🤣🤣

That is why I enjoy going to Hunter/jumper shows here in the U.S.! Our local shows (here in Georgia GHJA -Georgia Hunter Jumper Association is the state governing body for shows) take place in Saturday and Sunday, although people arrive in Friday to school their horses over courses -*-They DO change the courses for the actual competition, but at least the horses have seen the fences before!-*- So even if it is pouring rain, you can hide out in the stables if need be, and most of us have waterproof quarter sheets for our horses and rain jackets for ourselves while waiting ringside for our turn to go. Of course you DO have to take off the rain gear to actually DO the course, so we still end up a bit wet. But NOTHING close to Meg’s eventing experience. Our nationally rated shows, governed by USEF- United States Equestrian Federation- generally start on a Wednesday and run through Sunday. Again, everyone can shelter in the stables, in a golf cart, and have all your rain gear on for schooling and waiting for your turn. Also, some of our show grounds, both in the state of Georgia, and the surrounding states which make up Zone 4 (USEF divides the country into Zones for the sake of calculating year-end points and hopefully awards!) have NICE show grounds with many areas for horses and riders to shelter during the rain or during the heat. SO nice to have those shaded areas with the fans during hot weather competition! I have almost gotten heat stroke at one show bc I forgot to stay hydrated and to eat enough to keep my blood sugar off. I had competed 3 different horses in multiple divisions, so I was either riding or running around the show grounds ALL day! After my last class of the day in the late afternoon/early evening, I was sitting on my 17.2 h Dutch WB and started feeling really dizzy. Luckily, I managed to dismount BEFORE I actually fainted! 😳 That would have been a LONG drop to the ground! But it’s crazy what we horse people put ourselves through in order to compete, whatever the discipline. I WILL say that in the U.S., if it is actually storming, they will halt the show for safety reasons. Once the storm has passed, the competition resumes. Also, 99% of our competitions are done on a surface, so we don’t have to worry about putting in studs and slipping on grass (did do a few show jumping classes in grass arenas while it was pelting rain-literally could barely see where I was going bc the rain was blowing in my eyes. Even with studs in, I found it terrifying. Although, to be fair, regular show jumping is won based basically on who can go the fastest without knocking rails. So zooming around and making sharp turns ima grass arena is just too much for me. I think it got SO bad the show organizers called off the rest of the days’ classes. Ugh. NOT a fan of jumping on wet grass. Even in the arenas with surface, if it gets TOO flooded and boggy, the show organizers often cancel the rest of the classes for the day. Luckily, so many of the nice show grounds have GREAT all-weather footing, which doesn’t get slippery. Yup. I’ll stick to my hunter/jumper competitions in the US!!😂 But good job, both Meg and Wilma! Meg, you are MUCH braver than I am! If I was riding and saw a bolt of lightning, I would NOT have carried on!!😮

I got dumped into a wave whilst riding on a beach. Thankfully, I lived nearby, I was a squelchy mess - happy memories though❤

^their NOT there

@@Thatonecob-1234she was being quick to be first and don’t be mean

@@Thatonecob-1234 what is your problem? It’s a mistake, don’t act like you’ve never made a spelling error 🙄

@@Thatonecob-1234 ?? both of you are doing completely unnecessary things then, just ignore them 😭

^stirrups #Learntospellproperly

Ok sorry stirrups

I’ve now got “good girl” stuck in my head because Hobbs kept on saying it 🤣😭😭

Lemieux I think? 😊

I would be HAMMERED! 😂 It was really sweet, though…

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Yes it’s “No-Horse Han” I believe