Dani's Diary

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by fleetwoodtrick

Dani, I don't even know how to express my reply to this! THAT'S SO COOL! YOU'RE SO LUCKY! I WISH MY TEACHER DATED STEVIE NICKS! And your horse is absolutely adorable! What breed? (I could probably figure that out myself, but I'm feeling lazy, and I might get it wrong and look like an idiot!)

Hahahaha, don't worry about sounding stupid!

He's a 16.2hh (pushing 16.3) Trakehner (German Warmblood) gelding. I'm glad you like him; I love looking at pictures of him from a little over a year ago when he wasn't super fat, hairy and faded from living in a field

[fleetwoodtrick]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Hahahaha, don't worry about sounding stupid!

He's a 16.2hh (pushing 16.3) Trakehner (German Warmblood) gelding. I'm glad you like him; I love looking at pictures of him from a little over a year ago when he wasn't super fat, hairy and faded from living in a field

Hmmm, I don't know very much about Warmbloods. Or really show jumping in general. My best friend and I taught our dogs how to jump. But you can't ride a dog. Unless it's really big and you weigh 10 pounds.

Awww, I'm so sorry! I haven't ridden in over 3 months because I've been busy helping out with my grandparents. (My grandpa has been in the hospital for 3 days now.) The horse I ride is 'bulky' in general, so he's probably uber fat too, because I'm really the only one who exercises him. :/

[belledejour]

Hey Dani,

your so sweet to share your experiences with us ~ your horse is so handsome ~ i'm sorry he isn't 100%.

I used to ride too (last time was about 5 years ago I rode mostly dressage and hunters. I think it is so great that your ridding is bringing you so many exciting experiences ... (there are so many incredible equestrians - I used to work for the AHSA - when it was the AHSA haha like eight years ago) I'm writing you from the East now but there are so many talented riders on the West coast esp in hunter/jumpers like the whole circuit there... really happy for you !!! whatever you choice to do with it the least you'll have a great time!!!

so cool that you got your writing to Stevie too!!

[CharmedHour]

Wow, Danielle I love your story! That is so cool you got to meet Stevie! I hope I get to meet her some day.
Keep up with the horses! I am so sorry he was injured. But hang in there, it will get better and there are many many more horse shows where he is going to be number one!
I show dogs, and it is a feeling like no other when you accomplish something with them, and they know it. I can't even say the words "dog show" or "agility" at my house, they go crazy, won't leave me alone, and run to the back door!

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by belledejour

I'm writing you from the East now but there are so many talented riders on the West coast esp in hunter/jumpers like the whole circuit there... really happy for you !!! whatever you choice to do with it the least you'll have a great time!!!

It's so nice to hear that there are other horse people around here-- but you're the first person with hunter experience! You can understand how ridiculous the sport is on so many levels, especially having seen it on the East coast. They have the best hunter/jumper circuit in the world, bar none. I'm jealous that we West coasters don't have that type of emphasis on the hunter/jumper world but at the same time, I couldn't IMAGINE competing with all the Maclay and Devon riders.

Originally Posted by CharmedHour

Wow, Danielle I love your story! That is so cool you got to meet Stevie! I hope I get to meet her some day.
Keep up with the horses! I am so sorry he was injured. But hang in there, it will get better and there are many many more horse shows where he is going to be number one!
I show dogs, and it is a feeling like no other when you accomplish something with them, and they know it. I can't even say the words "dog show" or "agility" at my house, they go crazy, won't leave me alone, and run to the back door!

Although I kinda met her once, I'm counting down the minutes until I have another opportunity. I have somewhat interacted with her twice so my theory is that the third time is the charm

Dog showing-- that is awesome. One of my borzois was bred to show but he has a minor underbite that kept him from being worthy

[CharmedHour]

Originally Posted by
Although I kinda met her once, I'm counting down the minutes until I have another opportunity. I have somewhat interacted with her [B

twice[/B] so my theory is that the third time is the charm

Dog showing-- that is awesome. One of my borzois was bred to show but he has a minor underbite that kept him from being worthy

One of the several Stevie and Fleetwood Mac concerts I have seen, was last year in June in Cincinnati and I had 5th row seats! At the end when she was shaking people's hands, I jumped up and down and just yelled as loud as I could, "STEVIE!!!!!!!!!" Sh turned and looked staight at me and waved!

I have a friend that shows borzios and papillons

[belledejour]

[QUOTE=daniellaaarisen;838296]It's so nice to hear that there are other horse people around here-- but you're the first person with hunter experience! You can understand how ridiculous the sport is on so many levels, especially having seen it on the East coast. They have the best hunter/jumper circuit in the world, bar none. I'm jealous that we West coasters don't have that type of emphasis on the hunter/jumper world but at the same time, I couldn't IMAGINE competing with all the Maclay and Devon riders.


OMG you are so sweet I didn't compete with the Maclay's - just with the huntseat team - yea there are ssssoooo many good riders here it's crazy - really there is even a lady I work with right now that rides hunters. The woman who's stable I worked at grew up riding hunters and had hunters ( she had beautiful horses) mostly Dutch Warmbloods and some very big thoroughbreds ~ yea I miss riding a lot but it was great while I was doing it ...

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by belledejour

OMG you are so sweet I didn't compete with the Maclay's - just with the huntseat team - yea there are ssssoooo many good riders here it's crazy - really there is even a lady I work with right now that rides hunters. The woman who's stable I worked at grew up riding hunters and had hunters ( she had beautiful horses) mostly Dutch Warmbloods and some very big thoroughbreds ~ yea I miss riding a lot but it was great while I was doing it ...

Ha, I know most people don't get to make it to Maclay but it would be amazing to even just get to see that caliber of showing. I got to watch Spruce Meadows in Alberta and it was a phenomenal experience. I've ridden with Peter Wylde, George Morris and Bernie Traurig but seeing Beezie Madden, McClain Ward, Meredith Michaels Beerbaum and Pessoa was soooooo cool. Plus, Meredith's horse Shutterfly and McClain's Sapphire are two of my favorites on the circuit, followed by Beezie's Authentic.

BUT Spruc Meadows is only jumpers-- you guys have the awesome hunter riders! We are much more jumper based over here and being a hunter through and through, its frustrating to not get to see the really nice horses. We do have a trainer named John French over here, though, who has some of the nicest hunters you will EVER see.

I miss riding like I used to

[golddustdrummer]

Originally Posted by CharmedHour

One of the several Stevie and Fleetwood Mac concerts I have seen, was last year in June in Cincinnati and I had 5th row seats! At the end when she was shaking people's hands, I jumped up and down and just yelled as loud as I could, "STEVIE!!!!!!!!!" Sh turned and looked staight at me and waved!

no way...I was at that show too!!!
we had 7th row seats, but people let me up to the front.
so I got to shake Stevie's hand, twice!! awesome

[CharmedHour]

Originally Posted by golddustdrummer

no way...I was at that show too!!!
we had 7th row seats, but people let me up to the front.
so I got to shake Stevie's hand, twice!! awesome

Oh how cool! You are so lucky, I should have ran up to the stage too...I don't know why I didn't.

[belledejour]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Ha, I know most people don't get to make it to Maclay but it would be amazing to even just get to see that caliber of showing. I got to watch Spruce Meadows in Alberta and it was a phenomenal experience. I've ridden with Peter Wylde, George Morris and Bernie Traurig but seeing Beezie Madden, McClain Ward, Meredith Michaels Beerbaum and Pessoa was soooooo cool. Plus, Meredith's horse Shutterfly and McClain's Sapphire are two of my favorites on the circuit, followed by Beezie's Authentic.

BUT Spruc Meadows is only jumpers-- you guys have the awesome hunter riders! We are much more jumper based over here and being a hunter through and through, its frustrating to not get to see the really nice horses. We do have a trainer named John French over here, though, who has some of the nicest hunters you will EVER see.

I miss riding like I used to

I basically live in a suburb of Paris, Le Vésinet, for two months every year. My dad is French so he sends my sister and I there to stay with his sister. My cousin, Béatrix, then comes for the remainder of her summer. I do a lot of riding when I'm there, too-- but I usually fly to Germany for a week or two to test out horses for my trainer back in California. I've been lucky-- she has connections with some of the best riders in the world (Peter Wylde, for example) so I get to see some pretty awesome stuff in the horse capitol of the world-- Germany

I am so happy for you that you get to experience all of these great riding experiences!!! your going to be so successful at whatever you do

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by belledejour

I basically live in a suburb of Paris, Le Vésinet, for two months every year. My dad is French so he sends my sister and I there to stay with his sister. My cousin, Béatrix, then comes for the remainder of her summer. I do a lot of riding when I'm there, too-- but I usually fly to Germany for a week or two to test out horses for my trainer back in California. I've been lucky-- she has connections with some of the best riders in the world (Peter Wylde, for example) so I get to see some pretty awesome stuff in the horse capitol of the world-- Germany

Okay, so I could probably answer this question by reading back through this whole thread, but I'm going to act like its longer than a few pages, and I'm justified in skipping that part.

Is what I've quoted Dani and just wasn't quoted in Belledejour (great movie, by the way)'s message, or is that Belledejour's life? If it's the latter, I'm really weirded out by the similarities between you two right now because I'm apparently way too invested in other people's lives.

[belledejour]

sorry I added confusion

I was expressing my happiness for Dani's experience in Europe.

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by belledejour

sorry I added confusion

I was expressing my happiness for Dani's experience in Europe.

Ha, don't worry about. I should have just gone back through the thread to see if Dani ever said that. With your awesome username and horse experience, it seemed plausible that you could be French and had worked with horses in Germany as well.


I'm really weird.

[David]

Dani, I like reading your journal. I'm browsing through it now, while listening to some Satie piano music that Wil (Ledgie) sent me a few years ago.