I’m writing this from the quiet of my apartment in uptown
Dallas, now back from Ocala and
back to the long roads that eventing in Texas is all about. I’m barely over the
long drive out of Red Hills and next week head back up to a fabulous event, The Fork. What made the drive
from Red Hills more strenuous was flooding rains that also caused an accident
that held us for an hour in stopped traffic then having a major highway cut
making us go via Houston. That really hurt, days of little sleep and having to
drive further really sucked.
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| Dillon on the treadmill |
This last weekend was spent at a dressage show coaching my
dressage students that couldn’t make the Ocala pilgrimage. I worried they felt
a bit stranded without tuition while I had been eventing in Ocala. So I left
Dillon under the care of my husband Mark who happily took Dillon to the
underwater treadmill facility, Selway, and he also did a trot set the following day! The dressage
show was at the venue where the AEC’s will be next year- the Texas Rose Horse
Park. It’s a wonderful facility that is used to host eventing, dressage, jumper
shows and Western. I had a moment
to chat to the owner Kim, who is quietly excited with this fantastic
opportunity on behalf of Texas to host this massive event. The venue is a super
choice with terrain and footing that are simply fabulous even before any work
goes in. Kim is a wonderfully modest lady who I can tell is going to work her
resources to make this already great facility perfect for everyone.
With a month till Rolex Dillon had a couple of days off
after Red Hills. I was happy with is jumping, having no faults and reading all
the jumps well. I was able to train x/c with the master, Bruce Davidson a
couple of times in Ocala and took a course drive, (not walk!) around the Red
Hills course under his direction. My biggest moment with his help was the talk
he had with me after, when he came back to the stalls and found me to say how
he drove around after me while I was on course and was pleased with everything!
What a great confidence boost!
All my horses back at Normandy Farms that I have to event
this year and are a bit fresher than fit but are getting back into routine,
they are aiming to start in May at Feather Creek. Otherwise my time has also
been spent in finalizing the requirements for the Australian Olympic lists. We are
required to get both Medical and Physical Therapy screenings. Fitting in the PT this last week was a
fun experience. Jeff Rau, the PT was such a nice person and really interested
in helping complete my forms in time for the April deadline. I found I wasn’t
as supple as I was leading up to Athens but apparently I’m still fully capable
of my job! So now I know! At the doctor screening I had an ECG that showed I
have an abnormal heart. The doctor re assured that my heart beat is slower than
average due to being fit, and this
caused the machine to flag me as out of the normal range!!! Nice! Dr. Jo Bailey did my screening, the owner of Normandy Farms,
where I have my horses and I owe her a big Thank You.
Have a great month with your horses!
Kadi
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