Some Catch Up

So last Thursday was okay. I had Rocky!!!!!! So that was totally amazing :) we rode three drills and I was 1-1 for all of them. The first two weren't that good but the last one we pulled it together. One of my teammates un saddled rocky because I had to leave for vacation. So that's why I didn't have any specialties on Saturday but I would have had my boy Rock for Liberty!!! I'm so sad :( so I also won't be at stampede this Thursday or my morning specialties on Saturday.

Western Heritage Show

Whew! What a day. I had to report at 7 for grooming and we got Yukon for vaulting :( oh joy. I saddled Shorty for steppes. He did amazing and was so clean that show grooming didn't take a lot of effort. After we rode the horses down I had to go up and change for Ropes. We literally just practiced in costume but the kids thought we were awesome. It was so cute. Then I u costumes and met up with my vaulting team. We got our horses ready and lined up. My first show riding trick wasn't terrible. Yukon is worse than rebel because on top of bouncy he is bony too. I didn't fall so I'd call it a success. We ate lunch and then rode serpentine for the second show. The second drill was t that great for vaulting. My partner and I fell behind on Yukon but caught up on time for pass through. Then we cleaned the white and in saddled the horses and sent them home. I'm exhausted and soooo sore but it was an okay show day

Weeding and Specialties

Today went really well. I had baton weeding at 8 and class right after. Both went well and double batons extended our drill a bit so that's fun. Then my instructor met up with us and put our officer bars on. Man it felt good to have my captain bars back on my collar. Then JI training went well. We reviewed for our written test in two weeks so that helped a ton. Vaulting and rope weeding conflicted so I only had to do vaulting. After I ran to ropes. I got to work one on one with the guy who made my Texas skip rope and I got lot closer! It's really coming together. I also worked on some new butterfly tricks. When ropes was dismissed I had to book it to vaulting and guess who we had :( REBEL. Nooooo. We practiced for heritage we changed up our exit slightly and practiced two drills without the Crimson girls and I rode trick for those and my partner rode trick for the no Royal drills. Overall they went pretty well. I'm super sore and tricks were awful because rebel is so bouncy. I pray we don't have him for show. Then we u saddled and that was my day. Blue Liberty was cancelled due to Precisionettes shows in Kansas

Colorado Stampede Ride and Officers!!!

Last night went really well! I got Honey #45 which I wasn't really thrilled about. She was fine for grooming. She moved around a lot but otherwise fine. Her stirrups were up as short as they could go but they were still a bit long. For warm ups my friend called. Then our instructors asked Who could call standard. I was the only volunteer. I called pretty well until after Mariners cross. Then it was all new to me hahaha but it went well. Then they called group HO. They said," We normally try to do officers in June but that didn't happen this year. So we are naming them tonight. We have 5" 

Sergeant, Master Sergeant, 2nd Lieutenant, 1st Lieutenant, then it was time to name Captain I held my breath and they called my name!!!! I got Captain again!!!!!!!! I'm so proud of myself! Ahhhh!!!!! Then we lined up our drills. I rode 2-1. Honey loved outside of propeller she just has no brakes so it got very frustrating. I had to shoulder my red flag multiple times. Then I rode 1-1 and we were actually going through our drills fairly well!!!! It was so nice finally being able to pull it together. Then I rode 2-1 for the last drill again. Overall it was the first ride in a long time where I came out happy. My instructors are going to buy our officer bars for us so I'm meeting with them on Saturday. Let's go Colorado Stampede only four rides left till Olympics!!!

Waste of a Saturday

So today I had Marching Band so I cancelled all my classes except JI. I move that to 9am. I got Squirt again! I was so happy. I also groomed Spencer. JI class went well. We all had to wear shorties though. OMG those things SUCK!!!!!!!! Never again. Ever. lol. Then we role played and I got to be a tenderfoot who was buck boarding. Squirt was really hyped up. He didn't drink before or after class so I told the wranglers. Then he went down on his knees on the rail. I think he was trying to get the grass but I checked for sounds anyway. None on the left but good sounds on the right. His gums were pink so that was good and his skin didn't pinch together. I told a wrangler and she double checked everything I just did. She promised to keep an eye on him. I hope he's okay. Then I found out I would've had Trinidad for Liberty. Ugh I never get to have him!!!!!!! So then I left for marching band. I had to miss all my specialties :(

Indoors.....Again

Tonight we got moved indoors yet again. I'm soooooo done with all the rain. It's never been this bad. Feels like summer never began. I rode Star #60. She was a bit of a grump for grooming but I put her in her place and she was amazing for the rest of it. She is such a good ride! Her gaits are all amazing!!!!!! She only tried to kick out at 2 horses and bit one. We did standard drill for warm up and I was in first four. Then we did three drills and I was 1-1, 4-1, and 3-1. Star loved outside of propeller! My team just had another rough night. Our drills were not so great. We didn't do officers either. Overall it was okay. Then I unsaddled and took star home. 

Guess the Horse #31

Last weeks winner was NeonRain and per request of a follower is asked not to guess on this week so others have a chance :) The answer was Shorty #5.

Your riddle for this week is I am a 17 year old gelding with an overly attached girlfriend (literally has broken out of the pasture to come find me) I have a flaxen mane and a star in the shape of an L. My number is between 85 - 90. Who am I?

Stampede July 2

So last night had its ups and downs. The person in front of me in line for Rock :( but I got Squirt #120. I hadn't ridden him since December so I was curious to see how the ride would go. He was great for grooming he's just soooo big! And yet he has this tiny synthetic and leather saddle lol. We luckily got to ride outside :) we warmed up and it was a disaster. No one was paying attention. Squirt is all leg cues. I tried really hard to ride him with a loose rein and it seemed too help. After we suffered through warm ups we lined up our drills. I rode 1-1. We only got halfway through. We had a couple horse issues and just people not paying attention. So we cut it short and lined up a new drill. I rode 4-4. This one went okay. Again just people not knowing the drill. Then we lined up the third drill and I was 3-1. I rode that spot until star then I got smashed to the outside and ended up riding 1-6 so I called the second half of the drill. Overall the drills tonight were just bad it was not a good night for us at all. But I was proud of how I was handling squirt and I even rode him with a white flag and never had to shoulder my flag. He really showed me how far I've come as a rider since December but he also showed me how much room I have to improve. My leg cues are good but I could still use less rein. We also played catch up in 12s. It was terrifying cause I was one away from the rail and our inside kept squishing is and we hit the rail once and got smashed out multiple times. Again just adding to the bad ride. Our instructors were not thrilled at all. Then we cooled the horses off and headed up to unsaddle. It started raining as soon as I put Squirt away. Luckily it waited until after our ride. I think we are doing officers next ride so stay tuned!