Horse Show!

Well, last Sunday was my first English horse show! I FINALLY got all my awesome show clothes(I love the jodphurs, shirt, boots, etc!), so I was all set! :) I banded Cinco's mane so it would all stay down (he rubs part of it out in the summer sticking his head through the bars to eat grass! :P), and I braided his tail! When I went in to the arena for my first class, English pleasure, Cinco got a little jittery! He was remembering his exciting, fast entrances into the alley at rodeos, I think! But we did pretty well! I've been working on getting him to put his head down when I ride, and he did okay on that. He was a little excited, so it was somewhat up, but okay for his first show. And... I got 2nd place! I loved the pretty red ribbon! :)
 Next was Equitation. I went through the pattern well, but Cinco's head was pretty far up, so I got 2nd place (out of 2 :P). But again, still good for the 1st show! :)

 And finally... the trail course!!! There were a lot of good riders in the class, but I was feeling pretty good as I entered the arena. But as I approached the first obstacle-a gate- I felt Cinco get nervous. He DID NOT like the gate! After a few tries though, I got it open. Then came the bridge, which, what do you know, Cinco didn't like either! I only got him to go over like half of it! :P Then... the dreaded "L" poles. They had poles set up in an L shape, and you had to walk through them, and then back through them! I was nervous about them, but we actually did better than I expected! The rest of the course went better-standing in a box for 5 seconds, walking over some poles, trotting around some barrels, but because of the trouble at the start, I didn't place. :( But it was still fun! So all in all the horse show was a lot of fun and great experience! I can't wait until the next one! :)