Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Updated Bucket List

 Last week USHJA announced the dates for inaugural Adult Hunter Finals.  Big shout out to former blogger L.Williams for being on the committee that got this done!!  I shared a post on FB about how qualifying and competing at finals is now a bucket list item, and it got me thinking of my long neglected bucket list I have on the blog. So, let's update my bucket list; updates in bold. 

gratuitous pony pic to break up the wall of text 


  • Show 3'6", hunters or jumpers
    • Nope, I'd be happy to get to 3' now. No need to go any higher
  • Qualify and compete in a medal finals
    • Qualified and competed in the 2013 LOH Hunter Medal Finals, placed 6th.
    • Qualified and competed in the 2024 OHJA Foundation Medal Finals, placed 6th.
  • Show at Thermal and/or TBird, and if I win the lottery, Spruce Meadows and WEF
  • If I can't show at Spruce or WEF I'll take watching there
    • Traveled to Spruce Meadows in September 2022
  • Ride in a Hunter Derby
    • Have done a few 2' derbies at schooling shows 2023-204. Updating this to have my trainer show Cinder in a National Derby, and if I have the nerve do one myself.
  • Jump the open water
    • No thank you
  • Clinic with as many top riders/trainers as I can
    • Watched the George Morris clinic at Whip N'Spur Dec 2015, 2016, 2017
    • Audited an Anne Kursinski clinic Dec 2022 
  • Breed and raise/train a baby
    • I didn't breed her, but obviously have raised and trained Cinder
  • International horse shopping trip!  My cousin's husband's sister has her own barn in Belgium and starts and shows babies.  She's told me anytime I want to go ride with her or go shopping to just let her know.
    • Still want to go horse shopping in Europe. 
  • Have my own one ton pick up w/ living quarters trailer.
    • Meh, I'm kinda on the fence about this. I do like my current two horse and LQ trailers are pretty damn big and expensive. I'm also at the age where I really like sleeping in hotels for horse shows as opposed to staying in the trailer.
  • Win a cooler
    • Done 2023. Won the MDTE 2'Hunter Series Champion
  • Show at Adult Hunter Finals
    • Would also check off showing at Thermal on the bucket list

1 comment:

  1. Well done on all your accomplishments! This is a fun topic, too - it's interesting how things change.

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