Saturday 7/23

Today was long and hot but what saturday in the summer isn't. I rode squirt for JI at eight was a little too excited but I feel like I handled him well. Then I filmed my friend in red trick at nine and rode Shoshone for JI at 10. He was fabulous. At noon Ropes just practiced specialties and at one I had rock for liberty again! He did extremely well and I really enjoyed having him for liberty. On our last jump we had a rider fall and break her arm and she was taken to the hospital. Kind of a sucky end to a good class. Batons was really boring at two I'm considering dropping after annual show but I'm not sure. Vaulting at three went really well. My partner rode trick for warm-ups and I rode trick for the two drills I was proud of how well I have my tricks for as out of practice I am. Also on another note Royal gained 19 new members to our family. They moved up half of Nighthorse to Royal and about half to Crimson.  I'm super excited to welcome them and not be the newbie anymore more. Lol. 

Heritage

Herded show was not the best day for me personally. Royal did amazing in the first show but I almost came off after propeller. I was 3–8. In my flag came out of the flag boot but I hold onto it throughout the entire drill until was able to get it back in the flag boot. Then the second show star dodged every single jump in liberty. I was extremely frustrated and we had two halt hos. Then for Royal I was 3–6 and this time we stopped coming out of propeller GoldDust just turned right I went left I caught the saddle and she stopped as I slid I almost save myself but eventually just step down. Put my foot back in the stirrup and climbed back up it was only about a 10 to 15 second halt ho. my flag stayed in the flag boot and I waved to the kids as well to let them know I was all right. It was a good show for my teams but for me personally it could have been better. Our ride was canceled for the night because of the show.

Saturday before Heritage

All my classes went well. I had sonny for JI and ended up switching with a girl on dusty so she could actually move some. Then Ropes went well I taught my teammates Texas skip and started making some progress with the large loop. Then for liberty I had star. She actually did better than I expected but still dodged a couple and was lazy. Batons was boring and vaulting went well I'm starting to ride tricks more to get ready for Olympics. Overall a good day

Catch Up!

I was not there on Saturday because I was out of town Wednesday the ride went really well. Golddust was amazing with her lead changes but seemed a little more tired than normal. We did warm-ups two grand entry drills so I sat out and three drills. So very successful night. I'm riding 3-6 and 3-8 for heritage. I really like riding team more now that we have almost no points. Lol. GoldDust wasn't needed for the next class so I took her home. She never rolls lol.

Scary Moment

Tonight was just a rough night for royal in general. I was surprised to find I had Snookie for the ride. Her RT rider just graduated plus they weren't riding tonight so I don't think I will keep her but who knows. We did two grand entry drills so I got to sit and watch. Then we did two drills. I was 3-6 and when we hit Mariners cross I felt like my cinch was loose. Then we hit propeller and I felt it shift over to the right. I called a halt ho just in time. My saddle was over to the right about to tip over. Thank goodness Snookie stopped on a dime and my team as well. I was able to dismount move the saddle re cinch and off we went. I was so angry at myself and embarrassed. I was so sure it was tight before I went in. The drills were rough tonight too. I rode 3-8 for the other drill. Overall not a bad practice but not a good one. 

Specialties 7/2

I finally had some free time to JI so I signed up for the eight and 9 o'clock classes. I got Patrick and he did fine for grooming besides being a little pushy but that's normal. That class went fairly well Patrick is pretty good at the cones. Then for the second class I got my baby boy stretch!!!!!!!!! It has been months since I have ridden him and I was so happy to be back in his saddle. There was a girl on Rocky who I stayed next to most of the ride because she was pretty scared I was really proud of her though because she did most of it with lots of encouragement. I did the cones with stretch and it was literally flawless no head tossing perfect lead changes ahhh! I've missed that horse. Then I watched red Roman and white liberty 4 until red ropes. The majority of our team is on varsity who was away at a show so we just practiced tricks. My friend and I spent the hour trying to come up with new tricks. Then during the last 5 minutes my instructor had me try a 60ft loop!!!! I've always wanted to try that trick! She even gave me her rope to take home and mess around with!!!! It's super tangled though so you only have a few tries before you have to stretch the rope out again. For Liberty I had GoldDust! They gave everyone their team horse if they do Liberty because of heritage show. That way we have less horses to bring down. She is AMAZING at Liberty :) I had a lot of fun with her. Batons we practiced a drill and some tosses and left early. Vaulting went well personally! I did tricks the whole ride stood through the whole propeller and mostly held every trick all the way across! The team needs some work. But we will get there. I can't believe it's July already. Summer always goes wayyy to fast.