Rides 3 - 15 - 14

Wow. I am sooooo tired. Today was windy and cold. I hate the weather. It is literally picture perfect beautiful weather all week and then on Saturdays it turns bad. Anyway I had an interesting morning. For J1 I got AC #27 he is so cute! Something about his face. He is awful for grooming. He bites, kicks, won't stand still. It took forever! I finally had him all saddled and bridled. Then I went and got people's bridles. I came back and my horse was gone.... Help? A wrangler came and told me that a Red Team horse threw a shoe so they needed AC. So they got me a horse who was already saddled and bridled. Maddie #13. When the brought the door to the arena up she spooked. She shied away and was prancing. I was completely calm so she calmed down pretty quick. The ride was pretty good. The arenas were REALLY muddy. So no loping :( I was really sad because Maddie is SO GOOD! But it is probably in the best interests of the horses and riders. Maddie has a really nice trot and she responds so quick. I really liked her. A lot. We learned how to do a do si do. It is really fun! You come a crossed the arena like you were going to do a pass through but instead, you and your partner(s) turn left and circle each other then continue. It was really cool. Then J1 had to go clean. I didn't care because it was out of the wind. LOL. For White Star the wind died down a little but not much. I got Hunter #23. He is SPAZY!!!! We mounted up and did warm ups for a while. Then Brittany and Aline called us to the center. They told us line up. How line up works is they say last names. You go 4, 3, 2, 1 for each four. Guess what I got to ride!? 1-1!!!!!! I got to call again! I love it so much!!!!!!!!! Hunter is bouncy! Oh my goodness! He listens well though just have to check and release a lot. Our drill was awful today. We were a mess. We had a almost crash in Mariner's Cross. We actually got Out of Circle today! I was so happy! It wasn't too bad but it was not pretty. Diagramming consisted of a team criticizing and going through the study guide. I can earn a total of 4.375 points back. I only missed 8.75 on my quizzes so that's why. Then I watched the Crimson Rangers and Royal Rangers rides. I love watching Red Division. It was an exhausting day. But pretty fun too. Here are pictures.

Hunter

AC