LOPING in the VOLUNTEER

So today went really well! All of Red Division except Nighthorse got cancelled and the Red Arena is under construction....so Stampede got the VOLUNTEER ARENA!!!!!!!!! Today I got Sally #53. She was amazing!!!!! She was perfect for grooming, and she wasn't too muddy. We got out the door on time too so that was great. It never gets old being on the other side of that rail. We did just a bit of warming up then lined up our drill. I was 1-1 :) Guess what!!!!! WE GOT TO LOPE OUR DRILL! It was all I could do not to charge into the drill lol. We had to start over once, and we did have some riders get kicked out of class. Honestly it whipped us into shape. She let them back in each drill though. I rode 1-1 the whole time. We did two drills with flags at a lope and one drill without flags. I had a beat up white one. The beginning of our drill goes really well but it falls apart after star. I was just so happy to be loping and calling. I'm pretty sure this is where we will ride for show. Sally was amazing! She got a little tired toward the end but she put in her all. Shes got pretty good gaits too. She likes to switch her leads at the last minute but LOVES to book it when we were one away from outside of propeller. I honestly liked riding her a lot. She was one of those horses I felt a connection with. Then my team had to weed the pasture hill and that took place instead of our walk through. I hung around and watched teams in the volunteer until 2 for JI training. We turned in our worksheet and went in depth into the content. Then we signed up for a tryout ride where we will go practice in the actual classes. I chose a Junior class. Then I went home. I'm going to Interclub tomorrow though so that should be fun to watch.