Finally Outside!!!!

So Colorado Stampede finally got to ride outside! I was so happy! For the ride I got Ashley #71. I was a little concerned because she is older but man that little mare surprised me! She just wanted to giddy up and go! I couldn't believe it. So we warmed up and it wasn't going well at all. Our instructors were kind of mad. We only have 5 rides left until our first show. We got flags and I had a red one. So we lined up our drill, and I got to be 2-1 again. I've been in that spot a lot lately but it's outside of propeller so I don't really mind. I love how we transition because the outside has to boogie! Ashley did sooooo good. So we had to start the drill over half way through cause it fell apart. We made it through one at a trot. So we shuffled the line up some but I was still at 2-1. But here was the twist... we were trying it at a lope. Oh boy. We came down the center in fours and the outside peeled back I was supposed to split and go to GPA 2 but Ashley veered right to GPA 4. I shouldered the flag but was unable to correct it safely so I ended up ridig 1-2. I was bummed I missed propeller. The rest of the drill was okay very obvious who didn't know the drill because they would slow down to a trot. For our first time it wasn't awful but it wasn't good. Considering we only have 5 rides until show. So then came the walk through. We are down to 6 fours so our second caller is 1-6. I got to walk this spot! I was really happy because I got to call the second half of the drill. It was a pretty good walk through. Then I was 2-6 for the last one and it was amazing! Something clicked and our timing was right we charged right through it. We got complimented!!! It was great actually doing something well. Hopefully we can carry it forward to the next ride. We also made some timing adjustments to avoid the problem I had. Not a bad day and I was so happy to finally lope :)