Wheels up at 4:30…
First of all I want to thank everyone who came and contributed to the party last weekend to help send me off. My mom and Ryan worked very hard to get things ready and I really appreciate it! It was a fun evening with a great silent auction and people were very supportive.
We landed in Lexington to refuel and then we went up again to head to Baltimore. We unloaded all of the stuff we brought while Mango and Dinero unloaded from the plane into the van. We arrived to beautiful Morven Park around 3:30, got settled in and I am now ready to go to bed at 11:17pm. I have been up since 5am yesterday!
I rode with Capt. Mark Phillips today on the flat and it was a fantastic lesson. Mark watched me work with Mango in the beginning as he has not worked with us before. He honed in very quickly on the couple things we need to improve. I felt that everything he was saying was stuff I had heard before from Dayna and I was able to fix it all. I was very pleased with my horse and myself today and thankful to have such a solid program at home with Dayna and I feel very prepared for what lies ahead. I am going to be honest though; I was pretty nervous before the lesson just as anyone might be. I just didn’t want to make a fool out of myself! Both Mark and I were very pleased and I now look forward to jumping with him tomorrow!!
Stay tuned for more from Me and Mango…
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After a very successful inaugural year, the 2025 USEA Interscholastic Eventing League (IEL) Championship is quickly approaching. Grab your fellow barn mates, classmates, Pony Club members, and friends in grades 5th through 12th to create an IEL Club today. The best way for members to prepare for this exciting event is to participate in IEL Team Challenges held at venues across eight different USEA Areas throughout the year.
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