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!