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Better Late Than Never

November 13, 2015December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly4 Comments

On October 24th and 25th, the Pennstate Harrisburg Equestrian Team went to a show at Grier School and it was hosted by Pennstate University Park. It was also my first show!
Originally the show was going to be held at State College, but ominous weather caused it to be moved to a covered arena. Good thing it was because the weather prediction was right. It did pour.
A donor donated for us to stay in a house.

There was also a barn.

And creek.

But early fall’s beauty makes up for it.

Everyone did a great job for the two days.

I get nervous about everything. It isn’t always that FREAKING OUT FREAKING OUT ALERT but instead a varying degree of bouncing butterflies in my gut. You can guess with my first time showing that I the butterflies were rapidly shooting off.

But I drew an awesome pony. His name was Sprite and he was a 14.1 hand Arab Pony.

He had smooth gaits and was a fun ride.

My nerves calmed down the longer the ride went. In the end I earned a 4th place, which was exciting!

We drove back to the house at the end of the day.

The only downfall with the house was it being a dead zone. No wifi or any type of signal. So we explored instead. Cold water was cold.

Instead of going out for dinner, a group cooked.

Then dessert. It was my birthday, and the team surprised me with a cake. It was awesome!

The second day went similar to the first. We got up, traveled to Grier and watched the horses warm up. Then it was competition time.

I loved this grey horse.

I believe the horse that I rode’s name was Nash. I think. He was a different ride than Sprite, but was still fun. Plus my nerves were not nearly as crazy as the day before. Still there, just calmer! I came out with a 5th place.

It was a fun weekend with the Huntseat. Better late than never for the show recap!

Great Couple Of Weeks

October 27, 2015December 28, 2024Kristian BeverlyLeave a comment

The last couple of weeks have been horse filled. I went to a model horse show where I got to see plenty of plastic pony friends.

Yay Scorpio Races!

Then during the past weekend, I went to a real horse show. I also competed for the very first time too!

And this happened. Zombies are slowly, but surely being made.

First Team Show!

October 7, 2015December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly2 Comments

My October is going to be a very horse filled month. It’ll be filled with model and real horses and it’s an awesome feeling. The past Sunday was a real horse filled one. Sunday was the first IHSA show for The Penn State Harrisburg Huntseat team. The team had an awesome first show.

IHSA is short for Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association. It ‘provides collegiate riders of all skills the opportunity to compete individually and as teams in equestrian competition. It was founded on the principle that any college student should be able to participate in horse shows regardless of his or her riding ability or financial status.’ Which makes the organization pretty awesome because teams need riders of all levels.

I went along to take pictures, and opted out of showing. I wanted to see how everything worked, plus I didn’t feel ready! When you join IHSA, you have to take a placement test. Prior to taking the placement, I felt that Walk/Trot would be better for me. After taking the placement, I was bumped up to Walk/Trot/Canter because of having too many hours of instruction. So hopefully I’m ready for the next show in a couple of weeks, which the thought that I’ll be doing actual horse shows is still surreal and just a bit nerve-wracking.

Sunday’ show was at Grier School. There were other teams there such as Penn State University Park, Millerville, and Susquehanna University. Just to name a few.

The cool thing about IHSA is you don’t know who you are going to ride until the day of the show. It’s random and the first time you ride your mount is when you are about to show. So watching the horses warm up is important because it tells you how your horse moves. It isn’t that one horse is smooth and the next horse is a wild bronc. None of the horses are poorly trained or dangerous. Some just have their own quirks.

Each horse had its name on its saddle pad, which made finding your horse a little bit easier. There weren’t any tack requirements because it’s judged on equitation, so some horses had boots, others had martingales, and some went without anything.