Horse Show Non-Starter

Confession: after all the anticipation of the horse show weekend, I didn’t even ride.   It’s true. There were a few factors, but it wasn’t meant to be. I told my trainer I wanted to ride in one of the fall schooling shows this year, and we talked about it and jumped some courses to prepare. When it came down to the last one, I mentioned via text that I intended to ride in the crossrails class, just for practice even though I can jump higher.   Then a few days before the show she asked if my t...