Wesman finished there last year at their fall Horse Trials with Jerry riding... they finished with like 900,000,000 points. So we were on a mission to perhaps finish again... and maybe with a reasonable amount of points...
It was a terribly eventful day.
The morning started with a bloody head... Wesman, um, isn't super fond of having his forelock/ear area touched which makes life difficult when you need to braid him. He was super good for the whole mane and then we were left with two choices... 1. Get the forelock braided and look handsome. OR 2. Wail our head on the ceiling and bleed a little.
We went with #2.
So we went to the show grounds with a beautifully braided mane and a not so beautiful forelock...
Life goes on.
We go to the show grounds with plenty of time to set up camp. By the time I had returned from getting my packet the tent was up and pancakes and sausage awaited me... Wesman had already eaten two pancakes...
When we pulled him out of the trailer we tried again to get the forelock braided but had no luck. So we tacked up and headed down to Dressage warm up where Jerry was waiting.
It was wicked muddy in warm up and in the rings...
Its only been raining for the last 95 days in a row nonstop. Warm up was good and our test went well- I remembered to think almost the whole time we were in the ring! Our score was less than desirable but all agreed our test was much better than the number.
Jerry and I were off to walk the course! Mom stayed behind and took Wes for a nice little graze- though he much rather make friends and watch everyone else go than eat- and Dad started to cook lunch- I believe chicken sandwiches were on the menu.
As Jerry and I walked the course we planned out how to handle everything from Wes running to the jump, backing off to the jump, and backing up away from the jump. I only had to run a little to keep up with Jerry this time around.
We got back to the trailer, ate a quick bite then got ready for Stadium.
Warm up was fine- tons of horses, tons of mud. We were all ready to go into the ring, the bell rang and we were off. The tracks to the jumps were soggy and deep but Wes was handling them like a superstar....
Jumps 1-5 went beautifully and we were on the turn heading to 6...
Well we had a little run out problem... No big deal, right?
Yeah well... we ran out of the ring... right back in to warm up... then proceeded to go backwards up the hill towards the trailer...
Apparently leaving the ring is call for elimination...
We didn't get to ride cross country...
{This is where I would put a picture of Cross Country if I had one...}
Heard that for Training they had moved Stadium into a different ring- with sand instead of grass... and a legit fence the whole way around the ring...and a gait! Perhaps we should be running Training.
Young Rider Camp at GMHA then off to Apple Knoll H.T.
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