Shows

My first show was on Feb. 22, 2002...I was really nervous that day, i didn't know why we were leaving the barn, my home. When we got there my mom got me out of the trailer, and led me into this strange ring with all these strange horses...plz don't mention the scary ponies...i tried to call out for my friends. Everything in there was so spooky, we walked around for about 5 minutes and then she took me back outside in the direction of the trailer. A scary arab was running around in its field so i decided i should join in to, i started to drag my mom, she couldn't hold on any longer and i went flying down the long stretch of gravel, a nice man came and saved me from the arab, i was once again back with my mom. They decided maybe they should lunge me first, i hate to be lunged i would rather be ridden...but they did it n e ways. I put up quite the fighting bucking, rearing, but i did manage to break into quite the sweat and scare the other horses away. Finally my mom got on and she assured me that everything was not as scary as it seemed...we walked for a bit, picked up the trot and then did a bit of canter it was fun! Next came the boring part, we had to wait outside for wat seemed like forever, i tried to tell mom lets go by pawing the ground but she wouldn't listen. Finally we get to go into the ring there are tons of ppl looking at us, i'm nervous. we walk around for a bit, then we do some trotting, now here comes the fun part cantering! It was a bit hard at first becuz my mom asked me to canter from the walk but i was the only horse that figured it out. When we were done we had to stand in the middle of the ring(boy was that boring), a women would call out names and numbers, I heard "3rd place goes to number 17 Becky riding Austin, and my mom told me to walk on, and this strange ribbon thing tried to eat me! But then my mom patted me and said good job. More waiting....i hate to wait, i'm very impatient. The next 3 classes(my mom calls them) we got 2 seconds and a 3rd....by the last two classes i was getting the hang of this whole winning thing and i would prance proudly towards the ribbon...it was exciting. the next class hunter hack was very scary we had to jump! I had never seen these jumps before we didn't get to warm up ahhhhhh! My mom takes me to the 1st one i jump very awkwardly over it and the 2nd one...NO WAY AM I GOING OVER THAT!! I ran out, my mom tried three more times, on the 3rd time i said thats it and stopped. my mom flew over my head....i felt bad i put my head down to make sure she alright. boy that girl is determined, she got rite back up and tried and tried, i finally jumped it....after that the class kind of sucked i was so tired and my mom kept wanting me to work harder.....at the end we got 5th but i was still proud! it was one of the funnest days of my life! I look forward to the next show, so i can tell u all about it.


	Austin's Paddock \| home Shows My first show was on Feb. 22, 2002...I was really nervous that day, i didn't know why we were leaving the barn, my home. When we got there my mom got me out of the trailer, and led me into this strange ring with all these strange horses...plz don't mention the scary ponies...i tried to call out for my friends. Everything in there was so spooky, we walked around for about 5 minutes and then she took me back outside in the direction of the trailer. A scary arab was running around in its field so i decided i should join in to, i started to drag my mom, she couldn't hold on any longer and i went flying down the long stretch of gravel, a nice man came and saved me from the arab, i was once again back with my mom. They decided maybe they should lunge me first, i hate to be lunged i would rather be ridden...but they did it n e ways. I put up quite the fighting bucking, rearing, but i did manage to break into quite the sweat and scare the other horses away. Finally my mom got on and she assured me that everything was not as scary as it seemed...we walked for a bit, picked up the trot and then did a bit of canter it was fun! Next came the boring part, we had to wait outside for wat seemed like forever, i tried to tell mom lets go by pawing the ground but she wouldn't listen. Finally we get to go into the ring there are tons of ppl looking at us, i'm nervous. we walk around for a bit, then we do some trotting, now here comes the fun part cantering! It was a bit hard at first becuz my mom asked me to canter from the walk but i was the only horse that figured it out. When we were done we had to stand in the middle of the ring(boy was that boring), a women would call out names and numbers, I heard "3rd place goes to number 17 Becky riding Austin, and my mom told me to walk on, and this strange ribbon thing tried to eat me! But then my mom patted me and said good job. More waiting....i hate to wait, i'm very impatient. The next 3 classes(my mom calls them) we got 2 seconds and a 3rd....by the last two classes i was getting the hang of this whole winning thing and i would prance proudly towards the ribbon...it was exciting. the next class hunter hack was very scary we had to jump! I had never seen these jumps before we didn't get to warm up ahhhhhh! My mom takes me to the 1st one i jump very awkwardly over it and the 2nd one...NO WAY AM I GOING OVER THAT!! I ran out, my mom tried three more times, on the 3rd time i said thats it and stopped. my mom flew over my head....i felt bad i put my head down to make sure she alright. boy that girl is determined, she got rite back up and tried and tried, i finally jumped it....after that the class kind of sucked i was so tired and my mom kept wanting me to work harder.....at the end we got 5th but i was still proud! it was one of the funnest days of my life! I look forward to the next show, so i can tell u all about it. ~Pictures Are Coming Soon~