BAREBACK and Ropes

So today was Bareback for Juniors! I was so excited. I love bareback so much and I couldn't wait to get my horse when the head wrangler said, "Dakota #83." Oh great.... PERFECT! Stubborn, lazy, thickheaded, Dakota. Great. So he was super easy to groom but his feet are gigantic. Then he just has a hackamore so it was so easy. So then we had to take off our spurs. Oh perfect. It felt so weird not having my spurs on. He looks like he would have a really comfy back but it's not the best. Just a little bony. One of my instructors gave me a leg up. We rode them down to the arenas and started our ride. Mostly it was just working on bareback. Dakota is SO STUBBORN!!!!! He does not listen at all. Bingo and Dakota have a little bromance thing going on. Anytime I was near him they would just stop and try to eat the grass. It was so annoying. Yet it was still a good ride because during free time we really bonded. We got to the point where one kick and he was at a trot. High pitched noises really helped get him going. I was so close to getting him to lope too. So close! We had one fall. My friend and she hit the dirt pretty hard but she back on. My instructors said I had the right kind of patience for Dakota. My friends all said I did really well. Not the best bareback ride but it was still good. My team then had to clean the red and blue arenas. So we took care of that. Then I talked with my friend on Nighthorse and played with her assigned horse, Wildfire. Then ropes came around. We had to practice with Red Ropes for some reason. It wasn't terrible just less space. So we did Flat loop 3 times then tried out for Specialties for tonight. So the tricks that are being preformed tonight are

Flat Loop

Butterfly

Lay Down

Drag

Handshake

Drag Accordion

Double Wedding Ring

Not a lot but pretty good for White Show. We should have more tricks for White Olympics. I am preforming all of them tonight except Drag. Pretty Cool!!!!! I am really excited for tonight. My first big show! I just hope I don't drop my rope LOL. Especially since I am in front row for Flat Loop. It was a good practice. Write tonight after show!!!!!!!!!!!!