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

Drill Practice

Drill was alright. We had to practice at an indoor due to the rain. The arena was SMALL. Like really, really small. We couldn't lope. We had to trot. Not fun.

Anywho,
Diamond did well. This is probably her 7th (?) time to be hauled. I don't think she was hauled a lot by the old owners; she has bad trailer manners. She paws and kicks. Thank God summer is almost here; I can just take a day off and work strictly on trailering.
When we got to the place, you had to walk through 2 barns to get to the arena. Diamond did really well; she just was curious around the other horses and nothing major. She even ignored the stupid little stud that was going crazy in his stall.
I rode Diamond for a while. Not long though.. :( I thought I was going to ride her in the drill, but I guess not. I just rode her for a bit. Then my brother rode her. She did well for him! She was slow loping and obeying him.
She's getting really good at things and listening well. She's going to make a great horse!

It's a twister! It's a twister!

Yes. A twister did happen. 3 days ago it started to rain. I went out to feed before it stared pouring. I was just about to give everyone their grain when the sirens went off. Great. I live on an acerage, so sirens surround my house. It was crazy. I threw feed, opened their stall doors, ran through the barn, and to the house. I slipped and killed my knees on the house porch, but made it inside. It was scary, but we made it to the closet in time. The original path of the tornado was only 1/2 mile up the road, heading towards us. It changed direction and went opposite of our house thankfully. All the horses and cows were fine; just covered in mud the next morning ;P

Originally, I was supposed to go to Adult Drill team practice with Diamond, but the storm hit. I wasn't a very happy camper, but it beats riding in the rain!!

Tonight is youth team practice!! I get to take Diamond and ride her in the novice drill!!! :D Then I'm riding Blue in advanced youth practice. Only 39 days left til Nationals! That's not a whole lotta practices.. We are going back to defend our title as Youth National Champions! :)

I'll tell you guys how practice goes tomorrow *if* it's not cancelled.

Less than 3! <3

Hey guys! I rode Diamond yesterday! She was amazing. I had set up the barrels and was warming up around them. She actually tried to dive in on a barrel and turn it! After warm up, I walked the pattern a few times and then trotted. She was wanting, oh so bad, to run them!! She picked up on what I wanted her to do really quickly. I'm going to trot them for a while (at least another 2 weeks) until I know she is ready to maybe pick it up! She is an automatic horse and has the need for speed. She'll make a good college horse :D She is being very, very willing to do as I ask. I let her gallop around the arena a few times; man, she can fly. She loves it too! 2010 is ours! I can't wait til her first "show" of the season, which is Saturday! We are only going to trot the pattern, but she has a very fast trot :) That's it for now! Drill tonight, but I can't take her due to us having 4 horses and only a 3 horse trailer :/

New Roundpen!!

We got a new round pen! It's now a 70fter! Whoo! I tried Join-Up with Diamond and that went over pretty well! Diamond is doing really, really well! She is being really well behaved lately and doing everything I say. Oh! I rode her bareback and bridless in the roundpen! She responded very nicely to my commands; only a few mistakes. I'm going to take her to drill practice every week just to get her used to things. I'm also taking her to her 2nd horse show on Saturday! I hope she behaves. I'm going to ride her later today and hopefully get video up.