I did 21 inch Hunters, Under Saddle and two Eq Flats. As the day went on he got stronger and stronger in the canter- despite be working him between classes to "tire" him out. He wasn't bad per-say but he was SUPER strong at the canter to the right. No matter how many half halts and whoas I did it didn't help- I tried to be soft to aggressive, yep not doing anything. And he was so good in the warm up sooooo I was a little pissed at him. You know that feeling of oh yeah we are going awesome, he is being good, I feel good and them BAM canter to the right and it wasn't horrible but we lost it there. Oh well... theres always another show.
I am thankful for NO stopping or big freak outs.
Next time I will probably do all 6 classes in the division or maybe Juliana will do the first and then I will do the next 5... that is if I can afford it :)
A barn buddy's husband took some pictures so I am eager to see them but for now this one will have to tide you over...
2nd in our OF class (3 entries)
2nd in our Eq class (7 entries)
5th in Under Saddle (7 entries)
5th in our Eq class (9 entries)
Sweet! Great job to you both!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! Henry must have missed the memo on no racehorses, but it doesn't sound like he did too bad at all!
ReplyDeleteCongrats!! How fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies! :)
ReplyDeleteYes Carly his inner racehorse came out to the right, in the canter only- go figure ha!
Yay Henry! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThanks girl!
DeleteYou seemed to do well in spite of your issues at the canter! I'm glad you had a good experience, and at least now you have something to work on for the next show. Congrats on a successful outing :)
ReplyDeleteYep back to the drawing board and thank goodness for my trainer and lessons haha! I think I expect a lot of Henry and myself- I need to remember this is his first show so it's ok to have "oopsies"...
DeleteAwesome! I am glad that your show went well. I know how you feel about going to the right. Houston is like a freight train. However I know this about him... He didn't pull it out of nowhere at a show :)
ReplyDeleteNice ribbons! Looking forward to the pictures!
Yeah normally he is awesome to the right and strong to the left, go figure! haha :)
DeleteSuper exciting! Congrats to you and Henry!
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