The Idea of Order: Weather and the Non-Refundable Show Entry

July 9, 2025Morgane SchmidtMorgane Schmidt, the idea of order#DRESSAGE #OLYMPICS, #Dressage Showing, #Dressage Training, #Forward Thinking Dressage, #NonTraditionalBreedinDressage, #summer, classical dressage, competition dressage, diet time, dressage levels, Dressage4Kids, going to the barn in the summer, Half halt, reasoning, The Idea of OrderComments Off

A fine example of Murphy’s Law in action.

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Even though it’s a billion degrees in the shade here now, we equestrians have our masochism on proud display as we trundle off to horse shows anyway — laughing at things like heatstroke and lightning. 😅

I am not sure if that’s because we’re mostly hardheaded or because signing up for a non-refundable horse show is like summoning the weather chaos. 🤔

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Morgane Schmidt is, among many things, an equestrian who still hasn’t quite decided what she wants to be when she grows up. Author of Life with Horses Is Never Orderly, she knows all about the madness that comes with the equine territory, having owned and competed horses in eventing and dressage for years. A lifelong fan of the classic equestrian cartoons penned by internationally renowned artist Norman Thelwell, she began her own comic series in 2011, sharing deftly funny reflections on life with horses on Horse Nation as well as her personal website. A native Floridian, she spent a decade in Reno, NV, where she was able to confirm her suspicion that snow is utterly worthless (she has since regained her sense and moved back to the Florida swamp). Though she has run the gamut of equestrian disciplines, her favorite is dressage. She has completed her USDF bronze and silver medals and is currently working on her gold. Generally speaking, her life is largely ruled by Woody, a 14.2 hand beastly quarter horse, Willie, a now beastly 15-year-old Dutch gelding, and Milona DG, an 8 year old KWPN chestnut mare (you can make your own inferences there…). Visit her website at www.theideaoforder.com.

Milona DG and I. Photo (c) Q2 Photography.