Ugh

So, it's been raining here, off and on for about a week. Once the ground is just about dry enough to ride, it starts pouring down rain :/ As I'm sitting here typing this, it just started raining. Great. I might get to ride Diamond this weekend at a fun show. We are going to do barrels and poles. We will probably only trot the poles and maybe slow lope barrels :)

My friend got to go compete at the Junior Rodeo Finals in Gallup last week. She did great, but on her last run, hit the third barrel, causing her to lose. She's most deffinately going to go back next year and win it all!

Besides that, not much is going on. Hope you all had a great 4th of July!

Nationals

So, I'm back from Nationals! We are now 2x National Champs!! We got 1st in Youth, 4th in Theme, and 3rd in Naitonal. :D

Besides that, all is going well. Diamond is doing pretty good. I got on her yesterday for the first time in over a week. I lunged her before I got on to get her thinking and respecting me. She reared a few times, but that was fine. She eventually settled down. I then got on her. She did pretty well at first, but then decided to have a big buck. I stayed in my seat and backed her up. I also spun her in a few circles either way and then made her stand for a few minuets. After her hissy fit, she did what she was asked. I'm still working on her slow lope. I want her slow lope to be really good before I start loping the barrel pattern. She's getting better, just have to work at it.

I'm also probably going to start a new blog. I'll link it here: http://minyathepoa.blogspot.com/2010/07/history-of-minya.html

Enjoy your 4th of July!

Rodeo

Our rodeo went pretty well. I was unable to take Diamond due to the stress and no ride time I would have gotten with her.

Besides that, we rode in our costumes for drill. Our costumes consits of dresses and masks as our theme is Masquerade Ball. We had people, horses and dogs staring at us. lol It was a pretty good run though. A few dresses ripped due to trying to move our legs and things. Nationals is Tuesday!!! :D I'll be leaving Tuesday evening around midnight in order to haul in the coolness and without traffic. So pumped!

See you all after Nationals!

Drill

We had drill last night. It was a really nice night to go ride. I got to ride Diamond during warmup; then we just sat around and visited. She did really well, again! We were at a new arena, she hadn't been ridden or lunged in a week, and she acted like a perfect young lady. I get to take her to her first rodeo this weekend! :D I'm going to ride her in the grand entry. I'm so excited! I'm sure she'll do fine, she's not spooky at all! At the arena there were big tractors moving around, different horses, and cows. Not a single spook from her. She also slow loped again, which is amazing. She's coming around quite well and we've been getting asked if she's for sale XD I'll blog about the rodeo Saturday (or at least try).

Rain -_-

Sorry I haven't been blogging. This last week, I was gone camping as a counselor at a summer camp. Yesterday it poored down rain, cuased flash flooding, and we got about 1/3 of the yearly rain fall. Today is too wet to ride as we got up to 9 inches of rain yesterday. I get to ride Wednesday (tomorrow) for drill. My drill team reserved an arena that's indoor to practice at! Nationals is next week and nerves and stress are starting to seep in!

Diamond has gotten fat as I haven't been able to work with her. She's also turned moody again due to no work and all play. I get to ride her tomorrow at practice for a bit, so that'll help.

I'm also helping my friend look for her first horse :D She's excited that I can help and I'm excited she's letting me help. It's a good trade off.

I hope everyone's summer is going well! I'll blog probably Thursday! TTFN

Mwhaha

We had drill practice last night! Dia was Amazing again! Lots of comments on her and how well she was doing ;) She got to ride through the drill 2 times. once at a walk and once at a lope. Both times she was in different spots! And we had drill at a different arena again. That's a plus. This arena was by a pretty busy intersection. She handled it well and settled down fast. I didn't get to lunge her that much before drill because we were running late :( But she did well. I'm working on her slow lope. She did it last week, so I know she can do it. She just needs some practice. Drill Competition is just a few weeks away! Exciting! :D

Drill

So, we got an email yesterday before drill saying one of the novice team members wasn't going to be at practice. I told my mom to tell the coach that I would bring Diamond just to try her out. And I was glad I did. Oh my gosh. I've never meet (excluding 2) another horse that was so smart. She did everything she was told and was a freaking NATURAL at drill!!!!!! She did everything and got the drill down fast! By the third time, she was loping the drill and doing AMAZING. The coach complimented her several times and said she was a really good horse. She even texted me after drill saying how good Diamond was! Diamond is probably going to be my brother's drill horse next year :D That's exciting. I'm still working on barrels with her. I'm so blessed to get this horse so cheap and find out that she's super smart and very, very willing! :) I cannot wait to take her to more practices. She is a little warry of new places at first, but when I walk her around in hand for a little bit, she settles right down and enjoys herself. :DD