Back to Winter Schedule 8/22/15

So yesterday I had to be there at 10;30 for Crimson's individual portraits for the program. I had to report at Crimson's trailer and put on one of their puffy blouses. They are beautiful! And really white because they are made of wedding dress fabric lol. So I got my picture taken in the Seminar room just in time to make batons at 11. We did a warm up until Aimee brought pizza and donuts to celebrate White Olympics. I talked and ate before heading down to the arenas. I got Hoover again *sigh* He;s okay but we really don't work, I REALLY hope I'm not assigned to him. We had a pretty rough ride. During warm ups, Molly stumbled from such a clumpy arena. I was point for the first two drills. Th second drill Stetson stumbled but both were okay. Third drill I was 3-6 and Smooch nearly nailed Taz in the chest so that was another halt ho and he was okay. Immediately after Kaleidoscope Smooch slowed down to a trot so I went with it and I passed the rider but then everything got mixed up. We ended up not finishing that drill and saving it for next ride. As soon as I put Hoover away I watched my two good friends in Royal and took one of my friend's horse, AC, down because she had to clean the Volunteer. I put AC on the rail and I took Tomcat from another friend who had a class at 3. His neck is so fluffy! After that, I quickly went with my friend to get her flag boot off AC that I forgot. We also went to the office and we found her missing iPod from White Olympics! Woo! After all that I went home.

White Olympics 8/16/15

So the show was really been there, done that lol. I watched the show its my friend before I had to go costume for Batons. I practiced in the paddock a little bit and then we soon were ready to go wait at the gate to go in. The drill went well for the most part but a few people went the wrong way during star which confused me and resulted in me dropping my baton a few times. Two batons was also confusing but I just went with it. We placed 3rd in the end but I was kinda expecting it. Then I took my friend and dropped her off and went home

New Batons!

So I'm ordering new batons I'm so excited! I think I'll end up getting two American Beauty Classic with red caps! I can't wait for them to come in!

Last Ride of the Summer 8/11/15

So tonight I got Star, the Queen of Mareitude. She was an easy  groom, just a bit dusty. Her gaits are smooth and not fast and she reminded me a bit of Bingo. All three of our drills were good. Our Mariner's Cross and Double Thread could use some work though. I rode 2-3, 3-2, and 1st section point.  For now we're trying to touch up our drill and make it look neat for Annual. I'm so excited for Annual! After I unsaddled I helped feed a few horses and my friend and I played with the ponies a bit before heading home. A good way to end the summer.

Amazing JI 8/8/15

So I had batons at 9 as usual after powering up on some Starbucks lol. We practiced for the show and talked about getting a Red Batons. I waited for a bit before heading down to JI at 11 for T4. Myra came to tell me that I got Scout! I was nervous at first but Scout was being flipping adorable and I quickly calmed down about riding him. He was great! He's like a big couch and his gaits are super comfy. He responded really well and while I was helping the kids with their tack he kept on looking around and sniffing. Just generally making my heart melt. Today was also equitation testing so we were mostly in the center helping the Tendefeet get ready for their tests and keeping them out of the way of the people testing. Overall it went really well and I have a new horse crush. I really hope I get Scout again!

A Much Better Ride 8/4/15

So change of pace this week, I ended up getting Hoover #18. He was an easy groom and I got done fast. After a quick bumpy warm up curtesy of Hoover, we lined up for the first drill. I ended up riding as an American, which is essentially a CP with an American flag. It was pretty easy but fun. The next drill I was supposed to be a Colorado 4 but one of the newbies ( I'm still a newbie too), ended up peeling off in the wrong GPA and she was supposed to be a CO1. We fixed it by her taking my place and I just ended up a point. The third drill is where it got exciting! I got the position 1-3 and during the turn on Kaleidoscope while I was changing Hoover's lead he freaked and bucked and I ended up somersaulting off from lack of balance and a horse's hoof clipped my back and I'm glad I ended up not being stampeded to death. After a quick second to catch my breath, I got back on and we completed then drill. After the last drill we loped laps and focused on getting flying lead changes because they ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS. It was then that the dirt I got in my jeans from my fall  was rubbing uncomfortably against on my legs which made the last part of the ride painful. So that was fun. My back started to hurt and I felt dizzy so I asked my mom to unsaddled my horse since she's a wrangler. My back should be good by the next ride. So yay

Saturday 8/1/15

Gad batons in the morning like usually and then I JIed for J4. I got Rolo! He's such a cutie. Anyway, I forgot my helmet and ended up borrowing one. The ride was interesting since it was an all boys team so I basically just went in a line and we worked on leads, so yeah.