No Ride Specialties 12-27-14

Sorry it has taken so long to get this post out. I've been sleeping a lot to recover from having my tonsils removed. But anyway on Saturday`almost all blue specialties and some whtite were cancelled. For me White Ropes, Blue Liberty 2, and Blue Batons were cancelled. But Blue Vaulting was still riding but in the evening. I wasn't riding but I still went out to watch my parnter. She rode Larry and then switched partners due to height and rode Cruiser. The learned so many new tricks! It was really hard not riding but it was also really nice to watch the tricks to see how to do them. So the tricks were kneel, stand, sit sideways (feet towards the rail for saftey), sit backwards, lay out on your tummy, and lay out over the croup. I can not wait until I can try the tricks. We did have an injury. While sitting backwards Rock bucked and the girl fell. She is okay. She broke her arm and got the wind knocked out of her. It was handled very well. The rest of the team went to the other side of the arena to give her space and first aid was there right away. Then there were some birthdays. In vauting instead of singing happy birthday the trick rider stands and they do the chicken dance. It was funny. Then they unsaddled. I talked with WesternaireForever and her family and got to use my pad carrier. OMG it is so nice. It has a strap inside to keep the pad upright and not pushing on the bottom. It's hard to describe. It makes it so much easier to carry. Overall it was a good night and I can't wait until I am able to ride again.