White Olympics and a Parade!

Saturday was a LONG day. It started with me getting to the parade route at about 6:30. I helped set up while I waited for the trailer and my monitors let me choose the costume because I was senior so I chose the pirate shirts. I got Jack settled in and my instructor came to tell my I was riding Honor Guard up front with the Colorado Flag! I was so excited getting to lead the parade route. I was sad Bo wasn't able to do it with me but Jack was phenomenal as always. We flagged at 8:30 and rode to the parade route and waited until 10. Then the parade lasted an hour. It was fun but I can see why people kind of hate them too. Very exhausting and a lot of time waiting around. Then it was back to the fairgrounds for practice. I missed ropes for the parade and liberty was not so good. Jack started out really well and we did our two individual jumps perfectly but we didn't go over a single drill jump and it was horrible. Especially with a show the next day. I think part of it was we were both exhausted from the parade. After class I lunged him over some ground poles and half jumps and he did really well. After talking with my leaser we decided that I could use Reno for the show. It could be my last liberty show ever so we want me to enjoy it. So I took him over a few jumps just to get the feel for him and I'm confident going into our show on Sunday! I then stayed until 7pm and watched the white division team perform and supported some of my friends! I didn't get home until 9:30 so almost 16 hours at Westernaires.

Sunday! - My LAST White Olympics
Since I quit vaulting and batons my only white specialty is liberty so it was really weird only having one team to worry about. The show ran very smoothly and I got to take Reno into serpentine too to get a little more comfortable. He had Dressage with his normal rider right before my class so we had a quick change but it was mostly just strip all the tack and throw me on. He was amazing!!! We nailed every jump and even took the lead when a horse dodged for a minute. I even did a no hands jump at the end to finish it off! I was grinning from ear to ear. I forgot what it's like to have a really good liberty horses lol. I will be very content if that was my last liberty performance. We cleaned up and headed home!