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