January 29th, 2007 - 2:44 pm
» training log: 01/21 – 01/27
01/21 Sun: rest
01/22 Mon: riding
01/23 Tue: fam dinner
01/24 Wed: shopping, woe
01/25 Thu: riding
01/26 Fri: riding (lesson)
01/27 Sat: riding (show!)
That’s right, folks, Saza and I went to our very first horse show this Saturday. (First for both of us separately and together.) I spent the entire week in a frenzy of riding and shopping for riding and worrying about riding, but I managed to get a new shirt and breeches, though I was coatless and rode in my low boots and half-chaps — which didn’t matter, really, since Saza is Saza and rather silly about all manner of things. She surprised all of us, though, by being a little spooky but fairly manageable, and not biting nor kicking anyone, even when another horse plowed into us during warm-ups, and she gave me much better cantering than she ever does at home. It was decidedly fun and decidedly exhausting.
Sadly there are no pictures. A minute after my ride I emerged from the arena to take my first armload of gear back to the trailer, and there were my mom and sister and Alex, having finally arrived after being lost for god knows how long. I felt bad that they’d made the long trip all the way out only to tramp through the bitter cold to say hello, then turn around and drive all the way back home. This summer, though, the shows will be warmer, and closer, and hopefully Saza and I will be that much better for all the training between now and then.
bryce said: January 29th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
I’m totally planning a visit around a show, so you better practice. ;-)
taintedidealist said: January 30th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
http://www.justjared.com/2007/01/29/daniel-radcliffe-shirtless/
This has nothing to do with anything other than a nearly naked Danny R. and horses. So I’ll pretend it’s about horses.
rachel! said: January 31st, 2007 at 9:50 am
I saw the Equus pics on the Leaky Cauldron, and…I’m very surprised how much older he looks. I guess I shouldn’t be, but. I wonder how they’re going to deal with it when making future Harry Potter movies — good makeup, I suppose. They managed with Buffy and VM to have people playing younger, come to think of it.
Also, I think by ‘nearly naked’ you mean ‘entirely naked’ — at least in the actual production. I’m not sure if your article mentions that or not. I’m a little unsettled by that thought, in the same way I’m unsettled by the thought of the Olsen twins as coke-sniffing anorexic party girls. Only to a lesser extent since Radcliffe is actually, you know, going about building a respectable career for himself instead of cavorting around wearing questionable sunglasses and leggings and looking skeletal.
bryce said: January 31st, 2007 at 11:54 am
The Olsen twin so wasn’t anorexic. She totally was in drug rehab and that was the story. I’m just as confused by that as I am by Bob Saget being a raunchy comic. Speaking of which, his new movie’s trailer amused me. The movie will suck, but.
rachel! said: January 31st, 2007 at 12:40 pm
He has a new movie? Dare I ask what it’s about?
bryce said: January 31st, 2007 at 3:08 pm
It’s called “Farce Of The Penguins” (as told by Samuel L. Jackson). Trailer here: http://movies.aol.com/movie/farce-of-the-penguins/25666/trailer I intend to blog about it, but keep getting distracted. It’s basically Saget making use of all his practice doing animal voiceovers on America’s Funnniest Home Videos.