The local show circuit that Randi shows at each month held a double-header this weekend...she showed both yesterday AND today! She did amazing both days.....she's made a good amount of progress since her very first show about a month ago...she is getting so confident out there and handling herself like such a big kid amongst the 'actual' big kids....lol...she started off with her pleasure and equitation classes on Saturday...she ended up placing 4th out of 6 in her Pleasure class, and 3rd out of 6 in her Equitation! Way to go brat!
I think her gumby heels has a big part in her high placing in Equitation....the girl is flexible!
She ended the day with Trail, but was a bit distracted with her best friends (the concession stand boys) waiting on her...she missed a couple key maneuvers, but handled Bo very well otherwise!
Here's a shot of her very best horse-show buddies...Cinder and Steel....sure there ARE lots of little girls there to play with, but she likes these boys...they are rough and tough and I guess that's her style! Lord help us...
We combated the above issue on day 2 by knocking out her Trail class first thing, and that did the trick! She did great and only made 1 small navigation error...makes a momma proud! Then, it was back to her Pleasure and Equitation classes in the upper ring...the class grew from the day prior, with 7 in each class....and she did amazing! She lost a stirrup in her Pleasure class, but calmly placed both reins into one hand, reached down, and placed her foot back in the stirrup without incident and all by herself...impressive, but not quite proper for the show ring, so she placed near the bottom of her class...still, they only give ribbons to 6th place, and she got one! One poor child wasn't so fortunate! I have to say she wasn't recognized as favorably in her Equitation class today as she was yesterday, and it was dissapointing....more than one child had to be helped by their parent during the class, but since it happened behind the judges back for the most part, those kids placed higher than the Little Brat....oh well, we bend with the wind....she still got a ribbon, and it will be sisplayed proudly in her room with all the others!
Overall, she had a very successful weekend and I could not be more proud of her....It makes ME happy to see HER happy up there! That smile just melts a mommy's heart....she's really growing up WAY too fast, but the journey sure is a treat!
If only I could bottle that grin and play it back whenever I wanted....it would be impossible to have a bad day!
Happy Trails,
Leah
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