Specailties Can Be Rodeo 12/13/14

Ow!!!!! That's the first thing i thought this morning hahaha. So yesterday was super suoer fun. So my ropes instructor let me go to Vaulting because I had a conflict with White Ropes and Blue Vaulting. White Over Blue. So I was super happy. My partner and I got Shoshone for class, and Sue was our second horse we had to groom. Grooming takes forvever because we don't get our horses until 7:30 cause we are at the way back. Plus when we get down to the arena's we have to unsaddle and tack up in our vaulting equipment. Once I was done grooming I checked out my Liberty Horse (Chili #96) So I started out as the trick rider. I am always so close to vaulting up. So we went out on the rail. They let us try kneeling if we were comfortable. I had done it last time so I popped up pretty easily. It's always a little scary haha. So then we tried standing if we were comfortable. I tried. Now that is really scary hahaha. I'm proud of myself for trying it though. We attempted an Arabesque but i wasn't quite confident enough to lift my leg. So then we sat down. They told us to hook our feet under our base riders and lay back. This is called Lay Out over the Croup. I like this trick a lot. It's fun but kind of scary cause all you can see is the sky and you know you are moving but you can't see where lol. It takes a lot of core to hold your head up. You also out your hands over your head too. I was excited to finally be trying tricks. Then we trotted a little and we were out of time. We didn't get to change partners. I felt really bad since I am missing the next specialties class so my partner won't have a partner. So we were dismissed and I found Chili on the rail. One of my friends had unsaddled him for me. I took him to class and I was even closer to mounting up this time but I still needed a boost. BONY!!!!! Ouch. So today was a good class we worked on wire work and lifting. We did a column split and circle, and a pass through. Then they set a pole in the middle of the arena and we practiced lifting and cueing. Judging the space and trying to get our buts of the horse. It is way harder than it looks, OMG. So chili was doing good he just didn't like to go very fast but his gates weren't aweful. I was getting used to his bony back. So after we did the pole at a walk and a trot they took it away and we went into troopers. Time to lope. So I kicked Chili up into a lope and he bucked took a few strides at a lope and bucked again. I was a little unbalanced but I kept pushing. So he slowed down again and I tried to kiss him up nope still bucked and bucked. This time I came down on his withers. I had to pull in for a second and catch my breath. Then out I went again and kicked him up. I anticipated the buck this time and rode it out. His lope is hard to sit ugh he has some bad withers there. So we reversed and Loped the other direction. So I kicked him into his buck lope again and was coming around the corner when he bucked another time it threw me forward and I was slipping as he's bucking and loping again but I pulled back up and pushed him on. They called a walk and we made a line facing the gate. I slid/fell off of Chili hahaha. Then one of my instructors and gave me a high five! He said he was impressed that I stayed on. He thought I was going down when I slipped at the corner. Then another one of my instructors said Chili just doesn't like Liberty and I did really well with him. So overall I was impressed with myself. I just got to work on lifting. Chili is amazing when it's not bareback so if i ever get him for team I know he won't buck. So I limped around for the rest of the day and I helped Blue Ropes at 11. They are looking really good. A lot of them can switch hands already. They played the jump rope game and I got to help spin the rope. It was quite entertaining. Then I worked on some homework and watch a couple teams while I waited for Batons at 3. We made a circle and practiced 4 finger twirls. Then she taught us 8 finger twirls or continuous. I already knew them from my friend in white so I got to come help teach. Then the same story with vamps and pancake switches. So I did a lot of teaching. Then we got to play with the hoop batons and that was really fun!!! They feel really different. Since I knew Thumb tosses as well I got to throw them too. After class was over I stayed and our instructor taught me some more stuff with Flash Twirls and Fish Tails. Then I went home. I went to bed at 6pm so I guess you can say I was exhausted. I am so sore today I can barely move.