Colorado Stampede 12/20/14

So yesterday was fun but it could have gone better :(
So Stampede groomed and saddled again. I got my first AAA+ horse, Squirt #120. He is AAA+ for a good reason. I caught him no problem. He wouldn't go under the shelter for grooming so I just tied him to the pole outside. He was fine for grooming he just moved around a lot. He is also REALLY tall. So mounting was interesting. I had to jump and he wouldn't stand still. So our ride was okay. We trotted the whole time which seemed really boring after the last ride. Squirt is good he just has a lot of energy. His trot isn't terrible but it takes effort to sit it. His strides are also twice the size of everyone else. He responds great to leg cues. I had to check and release almost the whole time. He didn't want to slow down. I was double checking my feet the whole time to make sure I wasn't spurring him. We built 8's and practiced circling there. I think everyone was just having an off day and the outside riders wouldn't speed up. Squirt was fine when he was on the outside but he didn't want to pivot when he was on the inside. Then we built a one sided propeller and we had to turn it a couple times at a walk. That was basically our ride :( Then it was time for diagramming. I turned in my diagrams and waited while everyone else took sequence. Then we went over a couple charts that a lot of people had corrections on. Stampede scores 4,3,2,1. If you get a 2 or a 1 you have to correct them. 3's are optional, but 4's are required for officer ship. I got four 4's, nine 3's, and four 2's. I'm going to re do my 3's to get 4's. So I have 13 corrections and then we finished our drill so I have 10 more diagrams. 23 total. Not too bad :) As I'm writing this I already have them all done. So then my day was done :( I'm not going to be at specialties while I recover from having my tonsils removed. I could possibly ride with Stampede on Jan. 3 but we will see. At the least I will be present for the ride and diagramming.