The Show!

So, the show was yesterday. I would have blogged afterwards, but I crashed and then I had to go to work. Anyways, on to the good stuff! I was only entered in English Equitation and English Pleasure, because I registered late and Henderson was being used in almost every other class. Did you know that by some show standards, or maybe its all of them, that your age is determined by how old you were on Dec. 31st of the previous year? So, I was in all the 13 and under classes. Weird. To get it out in the open, Henderson and I didn't place. At all. The first class, English EQ, was a pain in the butt because Henderson decided that (after we reversed) that he wanted to gallop, not canter! Can anyone say a repeat of last show? Oh, I guess you wouldn't know about that either, because I wasn't blogging then. Henderson was a spaz then too. Anyways, I had to haul off and circle him quite a few times. He's a need-for-speed Arab, that's for sure. The second class, English Pleasure, was a lot better. He behaved perfectly, while all the other horses were FREAKING OUT. Seriously, it was insane. I don't know why we didn't place...he was awesome. But, I don't mind. It was a fun show, after all. And I had a ton of fun, hanging out with friends and riding horses. It was a blast.

Erin, a friend on mine who I ride with, has a horse named Allie. Well, Allie completely spazzed out during the show. She bolted and bucked and reared all at the same time. It was pretty scary. Erin stayed on though, kept her cool, and didn't cry once during the show! Yay Erin! Riley and her horse, Flare, did really well too. Flare went into 'racehorse mode' after a while, but Riley is a fantastic rider, and they did great! Fiona and Shadow did great too, though I don't think Fiona is too happy about how they did. She seemed a little down. I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to Kris before I left, so I'm going to have to call her and give her a huge thank you! I'll bring her a mocha and a donut to the next lesson. =]

This isn't my only entry for the day, I've got more to tell you about once it happens!

Oh, and sorry, no pictures from the show. =[