ANNUAL SHOW 2015

                       Here is the long awaited Annual Show post. What a great weekend!


                                                            Saturday 10/24
 
         This was a long morning, I had a report time of 5 at the fairgrounds to quickly groom  Hoover. I ended up sharing him with a really nice girl on Royal. He looks great in my lime green halter and leg wraps, it's totally his color lol. Loading went pretty smoothly, he went right in. I had to change into my dress reds before I went down to the Event Center. This was probably the longest part of the morning, those shows go by quick! The morning consisted of hauling my two bags of shavings to my stall and laying them down then getting my stuff and Hoover settled. Crimson had a walk through before each show and after that I had to saddle Hoover and then costume and put on my saddle blanket. I also got to ride Serpentine fit each show. It gave me a feel of the arena. It's the same length as the Volunteer just wider and of course with an audience. Crimson's first drill was rough. I rode 1-4. We didn't do 1's and 3's spin and our star was very sloppy. We did MUCH better the next few shows. I had pre show with batons for the rest of the shows which was a lot of fun! We did so good! Crimson was 3rd after Precisionettes and Steppes, so I had a mini quick change. I have to say that I didn't eat a lot all weekend, I was with my friends at mine and their stalls most of the time. It's so fun to take care of your horse, lots of work, but I probably had more fun doing that than actually performing.



                                                             Sunday 10/25


             Sunday was a lot more relaxed. My partner ended up doing warm ups. She was there super early, I was there about 9ish. I had little food and just hung out until the All Westernaire meeting.It was basically the same as previous years. After that we had senior speeches which made me tear up a little.. I got ready for pre show and ride Serpentine and Crimson rode a great drill for all of its seniors. I had to pass off my horse to Royal so after the drill I went down and started to clean out my stall which took FOREVER. My back hurt a lot as well as my feet but I got it done. My partner loaded up Hoover and we had to drive back to the fairgrounds to get my stuff and return the saddle, which took a long time with traffic. After that was done I whey home and SLEPT. I had so much fun, I'm excited for future shows.