Well, success is relative... Little Maggie was a very good girl. She doesn't look at much of anything, including the boats that were on the grounds. Little spook in the indoor arena. Low score of 49.6, high of 58.4, both on the same day, the last day of the show, go figure.

 

So, what have we learned? Balance needs to be better, on the part of the rider. Looks like we have to buckle down…

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Im so glad im back in showing. I had my first show for this year. It was actually for 4-H district and i made it to state! Mac was so out of shape and even me! But he rode 3 days a week did some cross country. Got him back to work...I got 6th in showmanship, 6th in hunter under saddle, 1st in eq over fences, and 2nd in eq on the flat! And cant wait to see how good i do at state and plus im the only one from my team going to state!! SO WISH ME LUCK!

Today we were off to a schooling show with a UK judge who was in doing a clinic yesterday. She marched over the wooden bridge to the outdoor schooling ring, where she was very good. Easy warm up, although it takes a bit to get some forward going. Into the ring and off we go.

 

So, let us then enumerate the rider errors that caused her to score under 70:

Stiff hands into the halt.

Inconsistent contact, but better.

Started a 20m circle when it should have…

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Well, we had our first Gold show on the weekend since the grand revelation that *I* was causing the bucking and squealing of dear little Muffin. Shockingly enough, she didn't put a foot wrong. Mom didn't get so tense, so there was no good reason for silliness, and lord knows she requires a good reason, honest little girl that she is! Well, mostly.

Friday we had a lesson in the morning and she was one cranky pony. She kicked up when we went to canter, after she thought she was…

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Well, we've wrapped up the qualifying season and I couldn't be happier! I've been trying to make it to both the North American Junior Championships held in Kentucky at the end of July where both team and individual medals are awarded and also the National Junior Dressage Championships in Gladstone at the beginning of August where the National Champion is crowned. Our last show was…

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Our first show of the season is out of the way.



Chellis and I attended an Open Arab Show in Campbellville. While my mare is not an Arab, I took this opportunity to practice our tests in front of a judge before attending our first Silver Show.



This was a small milestone for myself (no pun intended) as I have finally broken free from training level. We finished the day with 2 red ribbons Scoring 62% in First Level Test 1 and improving slightly with a score of 62.22% for our… Continue