Westernaires is a precision mounted drill riding group, this blog was used to record my time at Westernaires. I leased a 21 year old quarter horse draft mix named Bo. Prior I rented and rode Stretch, Chey, and GoldDust. My teams were T1, J1 (Top Junior),White Star (Captain), Colorado Stampede (Captain), Nighthorse Rangers, Royal Rangers, Red Liberty, Red Ropes, White Vaulting, White Batons, Jr. Instructor, and Jr. Wrangler. I now ride on the Evergreen Drill Team since I graduated in 2017
Sunday, October 25, 2015
Annual Show 2015!!!
What an amazing yet exhausting weekend. On Saturday I checked into the White Barn at about 10am and found my team. We were scheduled to costume at 2:45 but they had us costume at 1 saying they moved our position on the show. So we raced and costumed, line dup and got flags. We waited forever and then they told us to go back inside but stay in costume. They had moved our position back. It was real annoying :/ So we actually lined up this time went into the paddock. Went it walked done. SO MUCH FUN.... not :( Cavalcade is soooo boring. The 7pm show was more fun for me because I was selling programs! I costumed at 6 and checked in at 6:15. I ended up selling 28 programs. The show wasn't very busy so selling was hard. I got my patches and raced to the barn to meet the rest of my teammates. Repeat cavalcade, tidy up, go home. Sunday went about the same, we cleaned the stands at 10, had an all westernaire meeting at 11 and drew for the horse and saddle. A blue ranger won the horse and a tenderfoot won the saddle. Once we were back at the barn my team did presentations. We all got little colorado stampede pins. I had to do my instructors presentations. I only got about three words out before I started sobbing. I'm really gonna miss this team. My instructors also pulled us aside individually to show us our promotion scores. I'm VERY happy with mine and can't wait for move ups :) Then we went and shopped around. I got my team charms, and a teammate bought me a Rock pin and bracelet. Cavalcade went well for Sunday and I removed my costume for the final time. I cried a lot but it was still a pretty good weekend. Honestly boring....I can't wait to preform next year!!!!
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Oh just wait until next year. It moves quick but still a lot of waiting on horseback. I envy white divion's report time lol. We had to be there by 5 to load our horses.
ReplyDeleteI would get up at 2am if it meant I got to preform. Hahahaha. I'm so ready I only get two annual shows so I want to make them count
DeleteYeah. It was such a fun show! It's so fun just getting to take care of your horse for a weekend!
DeleteUgh i'm so jealous!!!! My turn is coming soon enough!
DeleteI'm excited for you! Move ups are so close!
DeleteLess than a week! AHHHH!!!! I'm sooo excited :) I've printed out 200 single arena and 100 double arena so I'm set and ready to go
DeleteYou could say I'm a little anxious for diagramming to start hahahaha. I LOVE IT
DeleteI hate diagramming so much lol. I just push through it until its done. Lots of stressful nights
DeleteI diagram for fun!
DeleteDiagramming is too not picky for me but it's fun when you learn how to ride a really cool maneuver
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