Holidays and Unfiltered Thoughts

I absolutely love this season! Chistmas lights are finally starting to come out and jingle bells is on constant repeat in my mind. Also most tack shops are having stellar deals reducing their prices to some of there popular items by a very affordable amount. My two favorite tack shops, Smartpak and Dover, are both doing a twelve days of Christmas sale. This is were they have different deals on different products every day. I would definitely recommend signing up for their email list even if it's only for the deals during this time of year.

On another note I'm really trying to get my parents to buy Foxie. If you don't already know who she is, she is the horse I leased last year from a camp. I miss her more than anything and she is getting kicked out for her not so fabulous attitude to other horses and some people. I truly believe she is a good horse and she just needs someone to take the time to work with her, and no one at camp has the patience to. I'm not going to really get in to why this pisses me off because all you guys need to know at the moment is I miss her and want to buy her. Here's some pictures of her looking really cute and nice so you can fall in love with her too: 

So now that you love her maybe as much as I do I'll continue. I've already begged and cried about getting her because she was supposed to go to auction last month. That plan of attack obviously didn't work. By some act of God she is still at camp. Actually I take that back it wasn't a miracle it was more like the barn director  not getting her stuff done and being lazy. So the only thing buying me time is her lack of work ethic. I already know what my parents main arguments are, which is grades and how I plan to support her during college. I came up with an economic plan where I only have to work during the summers to pay for her during the school year, which my dad liked, however, now I have to get over the other brick wall called GRADES. I've been doing moderately good this whole school year but it seems as if everything is crashing down around me at last second.  So yes I am that one kid stuck in the slacker boat struggling to get to shore. However I'm not going to give up fighting, I have two weeks and I'm determined to make it. I also have to prove once I get her my grade won't slip. I have no clue how I'm going to pull it off and my pessimistic attitudes at the moment is telling me I won't. I do however know how much I love this horse and I know I'm going to try my hardest. I thought you guys might want to know about my efforts ;)

Xoxo, 

Macadoenzie 

Long Time no See

Hey guys! It's been absolutely FOREVER since I've talked to you. If you are subscribed to my YouTube channel you would know I've also been absent from it for a while. I swear it's not because I don't like you all, or because I have given up on my horse related social media. I have just been really busy with my Junior year in school and riding. I will start at least blogging more so I have contact with you guys and you can get updates on my horse related life and stay in contact through comments and things like that. Hopefully within they next couple of weeks I can make this blog more useful and informative rather than just updates all the time. Sorry I've been so MIA lately I promise there are bigger and better things to come soon. Also hopefully I will be posting an updates video on my YouTube channel soon so look out for that.

(Picture from my most recent IEA show horse shown is named McFly)

Xoxo. Macadoenzie 

Brown Paper Packages Tied up in String

I'm Recently I made a purchase from one of my all time favorite companies SmartPak. I used to be skeptical to order from SmartPak because there company is only online. I have always gone to local tack shops to get my riding necessities, and never considered going online to shop for this stuff. Let me be the first to tell you, that was a big mistake. SmartPak has better customer service than a retail store. That is an amazing accomplishment considering you never meet with these people face to face. The box your products arrive in is probably one on my favorite details.

The tape they use to enclose the box is not only adorable, but it also is a great marketing strategy by informing the customer about the great things they have to offer. Another thing that I love is the back of the receipt. The way it is written makes it seem personal and like the workers at SmartPak are your friends.

For some reason I absolutely love that it says "have a great ride" on it. I also love how confident they are in their products, but also show you the ease of returning it if you don't like something, or need to exchange something for a different size. The little things that they do makes all the difference. 

Even if the box was empty I still would have been happy to open it because of all the adorable marketing strategies they used! Everything about the order felt personal and easy. However I did actually get something, and I adore how it turned out. 

At the beginning I had a fear of ordering something that had to be personalized online. SmartPak made it hassle free and easy, and it arrived it a short amount of time. As you can tell it is also gorgeous! 

One thing I did not show is; once your order arrives it has a sticker with your name on everything you buy. This is extremely useful for the barn saver program that they have where you and your barn friends can have everything shipped to your barn on the same day. Also, I failed to mention that SmartPak orders over $50 and regular orders over $75 ship free! Next time you need something for your horse consider trying SmartPak they have amazing service and thousands of products to pick from. I know that this is going to be the first place I check for equestrain items I need!

xoxo. Macadoenzie 

Where have I been? College Life

If you follow my YouTube channel, you would know that I have been inactive lately. This is because I have been on a college road trip, and I had to leave home to go to some really far places such as Ohio and Kentucky, to find colleges that offer the major I would like to pursue! The major that I plan to study is something that involves the equine industry. Because of it being a sport and a competive industry, my fall back plan is to either do a double major or minor in marketing. Hopefully, if something ends up happening, and I can't ride, train or anything similar, I could still work at a major horse corporation, such as Smart Pak!

The three colleges that I visited were:

1. The University of Kentucky 

2. The Universtiy of Findlay 

3. The University of Louisville 

They all offer a variety of different opportunities within the major, so I would really recommend to read their websites and possibly visit, if you are intrested in a college with this particular major. Thankfully, there are many colleges in the country that offer multiple equine related majors! So, do your research and pick your top one before you make a decision! 

xoxo.

Macadoenzie 

Summer Sun

Just thought I should drop in and say hey! If you don't already know this, last summer I worked at a horseback riding camp as head wrangler. I was going through some of my pictures and it reminded me if how much I miss summer :( I just thought I would share some of them with you guys!

Loosing your stirrup is ALWAYS fun!!!  

I miss the beautiful sunsets :(

I guess you can say we are kinda disfunctional 

xoxo. Macadoenzie

Get a Grip

Currently I am shopping around for a new pair of gloves. The type that I normally buy always break within the first couple of weeks. Granted they were only around $5 so I couldn't expect good quality from them. They are the SSG gloves that are always in some giant bin near the checkout at dover. I am aprehensive about buying new gloves because I'm not the best at keeping up with them... However, here are a few of the glove brands I'm looking at!

1. SSG Ditigal Riding Gloves

These gloves retail for about $35 at dover . One of the features I'm really intrested in is the ability to use touch screen phones while using these gloves. They also look really classy so I can see these as both schooling and showing gloves. 

2. Arait Tek Grip Riding Glove 

These gloves retail for about $30 at dover. The one thing that drew me to these gloves is their streamline look. I just really love the simplicity of these gloves. Also the fact that it is made out of suede interest me. I feel like that would make the gloves really comfortable. 

3.Noble Outfitters Ready to Ride Glove 

These gloves retail for about $25 at dover . Out of all of them they are the least expensive. I love the look of these because they remind me of the Rockel gloves for half the price. You are also able to use your phone with these gloves. Another feature that I love is the ventilation throughout the glove.

4. Tredstep Eventer Gloves 

These gloves retail for about $40 at dover. This glove is claimed to be made of a mouisture wicking material, which is something that would be extremely helpful in hot weather, but also in cooler months by keeping you hands from getting clamy when they get wet. These gloves also feature a very grippy material to help have with a secure hold on the reins. However for the price, I'm not sure if it's really worth it. 

I hope this information from my glove search is as useful to you guys as it was for me! Comment below what gloves you think I should get ;) 

xoxo. macadoenzie 

Seniors and Ponies

As promised I'm starting to blog more often!!! Yesterday I had a lesson and rode a small paint horse named Cherokee. He is SUPER cute by the way. We did this really interesting lesson working on landing leads, and I was personally working on not looking for my lead and just feeling it. My trainer set up two bending lines, each with different direction bends, to work on it. If you got the correct turn by landing straight after the jump, the lines where only six strides. Just looking at someone do it right makes it seem extremely easy, but let me tell ya it's not!!! I missed the second jump so many times it's not even funny!!!! I do feel like I learned a lot though. Overall it was a very productive lesson. Oh yeah! The title is because I took my grandmother with me to watch me ride!!!!

Here is a super cute photo of her with Cherokee after my lesson. 

xoxo. macadoenzie 

Fresh Start

For those of you who don't know, I started this blog as a supplement to my youtube channel, macadoenzie. I ended up being a slacker. I only posted four times, and they were all about Foxie. Now that I have my schedule and everything figured out, I should be able to start blogging more often, and about more intresting things ;) Sadly there won't be anymore post about my work with Foxie, because I'm not leasing her anymore. However, I will be able to post reviews, my opinions on trends, and my overall riding experience! I hope you enjoy this blog. Also, please leave me feedback in the comment section below!

xoxo. Macadoenzie