Monday, April 20, 2015

All Weather in an Hour - Specialties

So Saturday had some really funky weather going on lol. I got to Westernaires at about 9 which was really late for me but I decided to sleep a little for once. It was nice and sunny so my friends and I attempted to rope a little at 10 but it was super muddy! It sucked cause I was trying to teach them texas skip since they moved up to Red but it just wasn't cooperating. Then it started hailing on us. Then only 10 minutes later it was over. It looked like someone spilt a ton of Dippin Dots. Then it melted and turned everything to wet sloppy mud. I had costuming for ropes at 12:30 basically I put my vest on and left. It was just to make sure I didn't grow. Then I had batons at 1. We practiced around the worlds and then partner throws. We created a new part of our drill that will look awesome at Olympics :) It was my first practice with my new baton I'm learning double right now. We might get to play with fire next time! Immediately after was costuming for white vaulting. I bought my costume before I had even moved up because I found it super cheap and I got my partners for free from a friend. So my partner and I just had to do a fitting check and they both got approved!!! So we got done pretty quick. Mine is purple and my partners is lime greenThat gave us time to go get ready for our ride at 3. For White Vaukting we got Bingo. He was hmmmm interesting shall we say. He has a nice flat back and smooth trot so he was great for vaulting that way. But he was a little stubborn  and would try and crash into the waiting horses after Mariners cross. He threw a couple bucks too when my partner was standing in propeller. We managed to save it. I rode tricks for warm ups and base for the two drills. That's how we plan to do the first show and I'll do tricks for olympics. It was an okay ride. Then I ran to ropes. I had a conflict with WRP and BL2 so I went to ropes. It just wasn't my day. None of my tricks were working. I would've had Shoshone for Liberty so kind of glad I missed. Minus the weird weather it was a good day 
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  1. TrooperGirl!!!April 22, 2015 at 9:06 AM

    Well, I had a bad ride. First, Rebel took off when we got to the Volunteer arena, like, 4 times, then I switched to Dakota, and one of the Crimson Riders horses bit him, so I nearly fell off, and then he pushed me over. Not a good day.

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    1. WesternaireGalApril 22, 2015 at 12:13 PM

      We all have bad rides :) don't stress on it. When the weather is weird the horses tend to act up a lot so that's pretty normal

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  2. TrooperGirl!!!April 22, 2015 at 4:31 PM

    Good point. I think Dakota got stressed and shoved me over because my teammate found a place so I turned him around but than it got taken and I tried to turn around and he shoved me.

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  3. Zena1579May 2, 2015 at 9:57 AM

    Last ride Zena was acting up but she never acts up so I got kind of scared

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    1. WesternaireGalMay 5, 2015 at 10:12 PM

      Zena is a really good horse. Don't freak out when they do it only makes it worse. The calmer you are the better

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  4. RidingWithPrideMay 10, 2015 at 2:40 PM

    I'm currently on Nighthorse and I'm assigned to Bingo.

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    1. WesternaireGalMay 10, 2015 at 7:31 PM

      He's a goofball. I've watched NIghthorse a lot. You do well with him :)

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    2. NeonRainMay 11, 2015 at 5:00 PM

      Thanks! It was hard working with him those first few months. But he's my chubby goofball. :)

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    3. WesternaireGalMay 11, 2015 at 5:09 PM

      That's awesome :) I can't wait to be assigned a horse and develop that bond

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    4. NeonRainMay 11, 2015 at 5:16 PM

      Yeah. It feels great to have that bond. Being assigned a horse is amazing. Now that I'm on Nighthorse I'm starting to wonder how I survived not riding team every Saturday with my boy. :) You'll get that bond soon.

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    5. WesternaireGalMay 11, 2015 at 5:25 PM

      That's how I felt with Spurs last year. What teams have you been on and do you do specialties?

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    6. NeonRainMay 12, 2015 at 4:37 PM

      Yeah, I was surprised how heavy my spurs were! lol
      Teams:
      T5
      J6
      White Knights
      Gauchos
      Glory Riders
      Nighthorse Rangers

      Specialties:
      White Batons
      (I used to be in Blue Liberty 1 but I dropped a few weeks ago)

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    7. WesternaireGalMay 12, 2015 at 5:19 PM

      Yeah especially now when you take them off your feet feel so light!!!! Awesome! My best friend is on glory now and I have White Batons with you!!!! Why did you drop Liberty? We would have had that together since they combined BL1 and BL2

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    8. WesternaireGalMay 12, 2015 at 5:21 PM

      Were you an officer on any of your teams?

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    9. NeonRainMay 12, 2015 at 5:32 PM

      Yeah! Glory is awesome. Haha, yay batons! I dropped Liberty because I wasn't having the best time and I fell off a few times, nearly was concussed one time. I decided to just focus on Nighthorse for now and if I'm up for it I'll sign up next time. I was not an officer on any teams but I'm hoping to be one this year, so yeah.

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    10. WesternaireGalMay 12, 2015 at 5:34 PM

      Let me know if you get one! You guys will probably be doing them shortly. That makes sense with Liberty. I'm in four specialties so it can get REALLY crazy.

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    11. NeonRainMay 12, 2015 at 5:43 PM

      Haha, I will. Fingers crossed. :) We're gonna vote for three people who we think should get an officer ship next week I think. I have a friend on NR who is like literally in EVERY specialty, so I get how crazy it is. lol

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    12. WesternaireGalMay 12, 2015 at 5:47 PM

      Good luck! I know exactly who you are talking about hahahaha. She is assigned to Sampson right? I was in ropes with her until she moved up to red

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    13. NeonRainMay 12, 2015 at 5:53 PM

      Yeah, she loves him. He's a sweetheart.

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    14. WesternaireGalMay 12, 2015 at 6:55 PM

      He is super sweet

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    15. NeonRainMay 12, 2015 at 7:08 PM

      Yeah. Who's your favorite horse currently? Btw, I'm also a JI and Jr. Wrangler

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    16. WesternaireGalMay 12, 2015 at 7:12 PM

      Rock is my baby :) im trying out for the class this weekend. I hope I make it

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  5. NeonRainMay 12, 2015 at 7:23 PM

    Aw. :) I'm glad I didn't have to try out. I wonder why it's so different this year.

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    1. WesternaireGalMay 17, 2015 at 11:14 AM

      It's because too many people signed up so they had to eliminate some people because there weren't enough horses for the classes

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    2. NeonRainMay 19, 2015 at 1:57 PM

      It's a shame not all who signed up can join since it's fun to just help the younger riders, but I guess that makes sense.

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  6. Rayorockz!May 15, 2015 at 8:44 PM

    I rode bingo and he was a very good horse i hope your having fun with him!

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  7. NeonRainMay 17, 2015 at 10:44 AM

    I'm having a blast with him! Such a sweetheart!

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