White Star 12 - 7 - 13

It was so weird not having Juniors before White Star. We got to ride in the White Arena! I had never ridden in there before. It is a more square like arena, right behind the Volunteer Arena where Red Division rides. That arena is huge! We checked in then went to the Red Arena to get our horses. OMG it was SO COLD today! I got Smoke #49 We mounted up and rode to the White. Danielle called us to the middle. She said she couldn't believe we were riding today. It was that cold. So we would not be working the horses hard. Which means no Loping or Trotting today. We worked on drill maneuvers! We got to do about 4 thread the needles! I love those! They are so much fun! We did it as individual riders first. Then the last 3 in pairs. We also did a pass through. All the horses were acting so weird today! Probably because of the cold. Smoke wouldn't listen to me. He resisted my commands. So Spurs helped quite a bit. He was being real thick in the skull whenever a Halt Ho was called. He wouldn't stop! I had to pull back so hard. My arms are sore. Otherwise he was ok. We also circled in 4's. Lots of drill riding. Then was diagramming class. The room was warm! Yay! We turned in our sequences and diagrams. We then took our next Sequence Test. 100% I only have to pass 1 more. Then was our 2nd quiz. It was pretty easy. We had to label Line Up and fill in the heading. I hope I did good. Today we took a museum tour. We had to take notes. It was boring because I had just taken my tour for Tenderfeet in July. The questions will be on our Quiz #3. We have no diagrams to do this week :( I am sad because I actually like diagrams they are kind of fun. Once you get used to them. Just studying for next ride. I got 32.75 out of 35 on our first quiz! Yay!!! That's pretty good :) Here is Smoke

Smoke