Friday evening we got all bathed up and pretty for our first Western Pleasure show in Auburn. I did a half French braid in Baby D’s tail and tied the obligatory red ribbon around the bottom of the braid just in case. She does not normally kick, but I’d rather be safe than sorry...
Saturday we woke up early and headed out. When we arrived, she had Big Sister Sugar and Auntie Sitka for comfort, so she stuck close to them while we found our stalls.
The In Hand Trail Class for 3& under was the first one called, so off we went to go check out the course. It started off with a slalom trot through some cones and over 4 ground poles, we came to the corner where we picked up the coat, and walked to the next corner, and hung it back up. Then we were to side pass over a log, but that didn’t go so well since we didn’t practice it at home. We walked through the “L”, but were unable to back around the corner, we went into the diamond where a turn on the forehand was perfectly executed, and over the bridge, which she also wasn’t too sure about, and didn’t walk over, but around. For our commanding performance, we won a 1st place ribbon! WOOHOO!! This is just the first of many shows that Baby Diamond will attend this summer, and I am planning on showing her in as many in hand classes as I can. We may even make an appearance or two at my friend’s gaming shows just so she can have more exposure to different horses and atmospheres
And i promise to post pictures as soon as i get them downoaded from the camera and figure out how to do it :)
Saturday we woke up early and headed out. When we arrived, she had Big Sister Sugar and Auntie Sitka for comfort, so she stuck close to them while we found our stalls.
The In Hand Trail Class for 3& under was the first one called, so off we went to go check out the course. It started off with a slalom trot through some cones and over 4 ground poles, we came to the corner where we picked up the coat, and walked to the next corner, and hung it back up. Then we were to side pass over a log, but that didn’t go so well since we didn’t practice it at home. We walked through the “L”, but were unable to back around the corner, we went into the diamond where a turn on the forehand was perfectly executed, and over the bridge, which she also wasn’t too sure about, and didn’t walk over, but around. For our commanding performance, we won a 1st place ribbon! WOOHOO!! This is just the first of many shows that Baby Diamond will attend this summer, and I am planning on showing her in as many in hand classes as I can. We may even make an appearance or two at my friend’s gaming shows just so she can have more exposure to different horses and atmospheres
And i promise to post pictures as soon as i get them downoaded from the camera and figure out how to do it :)
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I Almost think Big D was more calm than our others HAHAHAHA She did fantastic!!! She stayed cool and mellow and very attentive to you. THAT'S the goal! Win or lose, just make it positive!
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