Faith and I journeyed to Pekin on Friday night, a few days after her hooves being trimmed.
We started out in halter, and we did better than expected, placing fifth out of quite a few people (I forget the exact number).
Next we did showmanship. We were the only ones in the class. So, of course, we got first, or as the announcer put it, first place and last place and every place in between.
Our first riding class, which was right after showmanship (though we got a break to tack up), was English Pleasure, which we got fourth in. Next up (I think) was walk trot pleasure, with two people in it.....We got second. (but we still got a ribbon! So that's still good!) And then came walk-trot equitation, which we got....well, I don't remember exactly, but I think it was second or fourth. After that came equitation, where there were four people. Faith bobbled at the first cone, so we got fourth (but I didn't fall of and I rode well, and that's what counted). Finally, my last class was Country Pleasure, where you started out at the walk and then showed at your favorite gait. We didn't place. However, that might have been because afterwards, we found out that her front feet were tender. So we didn't go into any other classes. But that was okay, since Faith needed to go home and rest.
Since Faith was resting, I rode Zippy the other day and got the idea in my head to smooth out her canter and try riding her in dressage. Even though she's bred for Western Pleasure. So now I'm going to try and do that......And I ask that you wish me luck.
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