Hey guys! I have some awesome updates on Paisley (and Logan too), as well as some exciting news about others horses and ponies! So get comfy, because this might take a while. (:
Paisley
I haven’t been riding her a whole lot because of the heat, but Logan has been living with her for the past 3 weeks so I see her almost everyday. Last weekend we had a show up in Camden, part of our CEC circuit. It was the first time we’ve taken Paisley to a show, her first time jumping at a show, and only our second time taking her off her farm. It was really exciting! In the morning, she did the walk/trot with her little girl. She spooked a few times and her rider tumbled off, so they didn’t place too well. After that, I was extra determined to do well on her! I rode her in the last division (Long Stirrup) so we didn’t start warming up until a few hours after her walk/trot classes. She was calm in the large arena for the most part, but she still spooked at a few things. As usual, she looked at every jump and jumped everything like a deer. I was kind of worried about how well we were going to do. Oh, and I had accidentally left my spurs on because I’d been riding several horses, and I accidentally gave her spur…she didn’t like that and had a bit of a baby tantrum. Hehe. I fell off, but it was literally the coolest fall ever! I did like a double backflip! Hahaha. I was on the ground for maybe two seconds then I was up laughing and getting back on her. Silly pony. (: So then we finished our warm up and then started our wait for the classes. Short and Long Stirrup got combined so there were a lot of entries in our class. In our first hunter over fences class, Paisley erased every concern I had about how well we were going to do. She jumped perfectly and got every single lead, and I got her to every single distance. After the last jump, I couldn’t stop smiling! My trainer was cracking up at the big grin on my face. Even after such a great first trip, I was still amazed when they called that Paisley and I won the class and the blue ribbon! I was so proud of her! Our next hunter trip was perfect too, except that she got the wrong lead off of a diagonal line. But not to worry, she did her first ever flying lead change right after. (: For some reason, that to this day we still can’t figure out, we got second place. We all think I should have won the class, but second is not bad either! Then we had our equitation over fences. It was almost perfect, except during our rollback, we chipped the second jump. We got a third place in that class. After that, we went in for our flats. First was equitation. It went absolutely perfect. My sitting trot on Paisley is spot on, and when they asked for a canter from a halt, she stepped right into it. To no surprise, we won that class too! In our under saddle class, a pony galloped up out of control behind Paisley and she bucked a few times, then switched her lead. That blew it for us. ): We got a 6th place. Not to worry though, we got reserve champion hunter and reserve champion equitation. (: I was so so proud of her!
Logan
Logan has been loving life, living with Pais! They’re destined to be together forever. <3 Hehe. Logie also went to the horse show. When I was warming him up, he was acting stupid because he couldn’t see Paisley and he tried to buck me off like six times. |: So we only got to jump one fence! We entered my age group equitation, 15 & Older. First we had our flat and it was going perfectly until I thought they said trot when they actually said halt. ): We still got second place though! Then we did our over fences. I was kind of nervous for a few reasons: 1. Logan does not handle heat well and it was 105 degrees. 2. Logan is an amazing jumper but he fizzles out veryyy fast at shows. 3. It was our first time showing that height. But we went in with a winning attitude, and had the best course of our career together! The only flaw we had was that I had to do a simple change, but he only trotted one stride. I thought I won the class, but I got second place. I didn’t think that was fair, because the girl who won broke gait too, and her horse bucked. Oh well. I was still very proud of Logan. (:
Other Ponies/Horses
Last week, Kimberly and I went out to our trainer’s to ride ponies. Kim just bought Molly (YAY!), so she rode her. I rode a pony that Mrs. Nikki has in for training named Missy. She’s a 7 year old dark bay large pony and she’s been in for about 45 days. She was so much fun! Here is a video of us! Please do not critique either of us, she is still green. (:
Starting tomorrow, I’m going to camp at Mrs. Nikki’s! I’ll be riding her horse, Teddy. He is a 4 year old paint, about 15.2hh. He is always a hack winner and also pins well over fences. I’m very excited! On Thursday, we are leaving for the PSJ Celebration Show in Aiken! I’m so excited!
Stay Tuned!
I also wanted to thank you guys sooo much for all of your support. I love you all!
