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
Monday, November 23, 2015
First Cold Saturday
Saturday was hectic. There were last minute cancellations due to some snow. It was a pretty cold Saturday morning but it warmed up as the day progressed. I helped bring horses up and groomed Ringo before I checked in for training. We started out with a walk through and nighthorse has cool color coded t shirts. It really helps visually. I walked 3-7 twice and only slipped once. It was very humorous. Then I walked GPA 1 point for the last two. Then we went inside and took Quiz 1 and a sequence test. I felt amazing on both. We finished out with 16 more diagrams and I had about 5 corrections. After was batons. We did some partner tosses that were super challenging. I went to sign out my horse and I had Amigo. I think Stretch got hurt and went to the pasture for the day. I'm not sure. But amigo did absolutely wonderful. I basically rode the whole ride without stirrups though. His lead changes are amazing!!!!! We loped Spanish bowline and did thread in fours and worked on alternating. It wasn't a bad rise just some mishaps with people not paying attention. I honestly would be fine with Amigo or Stretch. I finally got to go to ropes! We worked on exchanging with partners and tie dances. Pretty boring. I watched Royal to help me study. For vaulting my partner declared owner so we rode her horse. We didn't try to many tricks on him. Mostly focused on getting him used to double and me moving around. He did really well! I didn't get to JI this week because of scheduling and my liberty ride was cancelled.
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Are you guys riding Flag next week?
ReplyDeleteYes. We are finishing it in class and riding it during the ride.
DeleteGood luck then! The 1st drill is always rough
DeleteYeah I'm super nervous but excited at the same time
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