Plans for the New Year. 2012 here we come!

IEA sent out the calendar for 2012 and I just can't help myself by starting to scheme , plot and plan for what is to come over the next year.  Here is the IEA calendar.  At the end I will post my "plans"(The word plans is definitely always used loosely because we all know how things planned usually work out).  I guess I may be better off using the word goals.  Yes these will be my goals not plans!!

5 | P a g e 2012 Calendar Date	Event	Location	Contact
Feb 18th	IEA Awards Banquet	Indiana Downs	Kelly Peine klroush2000@yahoo.com
Feb 18th	Dressage & Combined Test Show	Come Again Farm	Lee Ann Zobbe yodarider@aol.com
Mar 24th	Dressage & Combined Test Show	Come Again Farm	Lee Ann Zobbe yodarider@aol.com
April 7-8th	Spring Bay Horse Trials ®	Kentucky Horse Park	See USEA website/omnibus
April 21-22nd	Leslie Law Clinic	Come Again Farm	Lee Ann Zobbe yodarider@aol.com
April 25-9th	ROLEX Horse Trials ®	Kentucky Horse Park	See USEA website/omnibus
May 12th	Dressage, Combined Test, Derby Show	Come Again Farm	Lee Ann Zobbe yodarider@aol.com
May 12-13th	Winona Horse Trials ®	Winona, Ohio	See USEA website/omnibus
May 19-20th	Greater Dayton Horse Trials ®	Fairborn, Ohio	See USEA website/omnibus
May 26-7th	May Daze at the Park Horse Trials ®	Kentucky Horse Park	See USEA website/omnibus
May 31st – June 3rd	IEA Horse Trials ®	Hoosier Horse Park	See USEA website/omnibus
June 9-10th	Derbyshire Horse Trials ®	Michigan	See USEA website/omnibus
June 9-10th	Spring Run Horse Trials ®	Kentucky	See USEA website/omnibus
June 16-17th	Lost Hounds Horse Trials ®	Pennsylvania	See USEA website/omnibus
June 17th	Horse Trials and Dressage Show	Come Again Farm	Lee Ann Zobbe yodarider@aol.com
June 22-24th	Encore Farms Horse Trials ®	Michigan	See USEA website/omnibus
June 22-24th	Midsouth PC Horse Trials ®	Kentucky	See USEA website/omnibus
June 30th – July 1st	South Farm Horse Trials ®	Ohio	See USEA website/omnibus
July 6-8th	Champagne Run at the Park Horse Trials ®	KHP, KY	See USEA website/omnibus

Amy and Steady's 2012 goals!!

My big over all goal for this coming season is to compete at Beginner Novice at a recognized Horse Trial!!  The timing and location are not set in stone.  That will depend on how training and fitness over the season goes.  There are a few different options as to when and where this may be able to happen. But this is the holy grale for the year for The Big Lebowski and Me;)


January

My only goal for this dreadful month is to ride at least 2 days a week.  I would like to say my goal is higher but I would much rather set something realistic than fail miserably.  So 2 days a week is my goal.  I don't care if those rides are walking for 30 minutes, hacking out through the fields/trails or a focused 30 minute dressage or jumping ride.  My goal is just to ride no matter what that be.

February

18th  IEA Awards Banquet at Indiana Downs!

Riding goals again are to ride 2 days a week.

If the weather/footing for either January or February are good enough that I am able to ride consistently then I will hopefully sqeeze in a lesson somewhere. I do not feel it is worth it though to take a lesson when I am not able to work Steady often enough to keep his 'edge' off.  Otherwise we will spend our lesson on keeping him in check and to me that is a waste of time since I know that regular work keep him in check.

March

Get more focused in training and fitness.  Primarily focusing on refreshing our minds and bodies to real work.  Ride at least 3 days a week.  Slowly building back fitness.

Take one lesson this month.

April

25th-29th ROLEX!  I say we make a blogger meet up at Rolex, who's with me?!

Trailer to a lesson with Lee Ann with hopes to take two lessons dressage and jumping.

Start training back again.  Ride 3-4 days a week.

May

12th possibly have our showing debut for the year at CAF CT.

19th-20th Greater Dayton Horse Trials!  This is a very slight possibility for the the holy grale but it seems awfully early in the season so chances are we will be spectators or volunteers at best for this event.  While researching this HT I found that it is at Twin Park and is only an hours drive for me and is open to the public for XC schooling. Why I did not know this I do not know but this is a relief to know that I have more options than the 2 hour haul to Sheridan or Hoosier Horse Park. Though now my challange will be to find a trainer in that direction.

Riding goals for the month are to ride 4 days a week.

XC school

June

May 29th-June 3rd IEA Horse Trials.  Also another option for the HT but this is a biggy and I may not have the balls for it but you never know?  It is on the table as an option for the time being.  Otherwise we( we as in me not Steady but it is education for the both of us when I do these things but I also hope to bring my daughter along this year for volunteer work) will volunteer for this event. I loved doing it last year and hope to do it again.

7th Come Again Farm Horse Trials.This will most likey be our HT for the year.  

Riding goals for the month are to ride 4 days a week. 

No lesson for this month in preparation for Event Camp.


July

July 5-12th Event Camp.  If I make the cut off for event camp I do hope to do it this year.  I have debated back and forth about it.  Wondering if I should just attend separate clinics over the year or put all my eggs in one basket so to speak.  This has been a tough decision this year and I am still not 100% and I need to mail my registration on the 2nd so I need to figure it out.

If I do event camp that will be my one hurrah for the month and probably August too.

Riding goals full on training, trails, gallops and jumping 4 days a week.

August

Another dreadful month for Indiana.  I will most likely cut back riding this month and take the month "off" with just no pressure hacks, trail rides and rides when weather permits.

September

Start training back up again once the heat dies down.  Riding 3-4 days a week. 

CAF Event Derby at Novice!?    We will see where the season takes us but if all goes well I think this is with in our grasp.

October

Riding 4 days a week full training, trails, hacks and gallops.

Octoberfest I loved this show and the XC schooling opportunity.  If I have the money to show 2 months in a row I will be doing this show.  If not I will be forced to choose between the two.

November

Ride 3-4 days a week.  Training and trails.

Hopeful for a lesson.

December

Ride when weather permits and take a lesson.


All entries are subject to change at any time with no explination.  I reserve all rights to this schedule and will make changes on a whim at the last minute because that is how I roll.  But at least this gives you the general idea.

Over all I hope to take one lesson a month, clinic at event camp or at 2 other clinics, show a schooling show at the start of the season at Beginner Novice, shoot for that all exciting goal of a recognized HT at Beginner Novice and one schooling show at the end of the season competing at Novice level!