Marked 71 1/2 under both judges.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Hollywood Charity Horse Show
Check out all our loot!!!Today we scored a pair of 71.5s to win 2 pairs of spurs, 2 pewters, & a belt buckle (along with various other prizes)!!!! For a full list check out my MySpace page.
Breezy was great. I got the video so I'll upload it to YouTube and post it soon.
And 2 of our 3 goals for the season have been accomplished! Won a bronze in March @ Cactus Classic and now I've won my buckle! All that is left is to qualify for the AQHA World Show and just 5 more points to go for that!
Monday, April 21, 2008
Del Mar - Day 4
Friday and Saturday I got good schools in and felt ready for Sunday. I was entered in several Non Pro classes that all ran concurrently.
Our turns weren't great. Our circles were good. But, our run downs were not good. Extremely chargey. As soon as I'd face Breezy down ring he'd bolt. Ended up with a 69 1/2 & a 70. We got one 1st, a 2nd, a couple 4ths and a couple 5ths. And I was feeling a bit discouraged that all our schooling didn't pay off. So Johnette suggested showing him again a few hours later in the Novice Horse Non Pro.
So we went into the show pen with a different strategy for the $500 Novice Horse class. Instead of planning to show my horse and 'hoping' that he would be good, I went in with the plan to show my horse and 'make' him be good. And we scored a 72 & a 71 to win the class and my first pewter! What we think was happening was that when I would 'hope' for him to be good I would stiffen. And when I plan to 'make' him be good I say relaxed. Whatever the psychology, it works! So not only did we end the show with a win, but also learned something that I think will really pay off next weekend at the Hollywood Charity Show in Burbank!
So I am now in New York for work and will get home late Thursday night, change out the close in the suit case, sleep for a couple hours, and then head to Burbank early Friday morning to show my horse and 'make' him be good. Hoping to win a belt buckle!
Our turns weren't great. Our circles were good. But, our run downs were not good. Extremely chargey. As soon as I'd face Breezy down ring he'd bolt. Ended up with a 69 1/2 & a 70. We got one 1st, a 2nd, a couple 4ths and a couple 5ths. And I was feeling a bit discouraged that all our schooling didn't pay off. So Johnette suggested showing him again a few hours later in the Novice Horse Non Pro.
So we went into the show pen with a different strategy for the $500 Novice Horse class. Instead of planning to show my horse and 'hoping' that he would be good, I went in with the plan to show my horse and 'make' him be good. And we scored a 72 & a 71 to win the class and my first pewter! What we think was happening was that when I would 'hope' for him to be good I would stiffen. And when I plan to 'make' him be good I say relaxed. Whatever the psychology, it works! So not only did we end the show with a win, but also learned something that I think will really pay off next weekend at the Hollywood Charity Show in Burbank!
So I am now in New York for work and will get home late Thursday night, change out the close in the suit case, sleep for a couple hours, and then head to Burbank early Friday morning to show my horse and 'make' him be good. Hoping to win a belt buckle!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Del Mar Show - Day 1
Well, I made it!
Got up early this morning and headed to the horse show. Spent some time listening to a few of my favorite songs and reflecting on what I've accomplished on horseback to get this far. I had to do my visualizing in the car because I wasn't going to have any time once I got to the show grounds. But, it went well. As I crested the hill on the fwy and was able to see the show grounds I found myself smiling. Bottom line, I love showing and Breezy & I are a good team, no matter what else is going on win my life.
Breezy and I warmed up well and I was completely focused and relaxed by the time I walked in to show my horse. We had a good run. We scored a 71 1/2 and a 70 (this judge gave us 2 1/2 points worth of penalties the the other judge didn't). Good enough for a 4 way tie for 1st under on judge and a 3 way tie for 3rd under the other. We aren't quite sure how they broke the ties, but I ended up at the bottom of all of them with 4th and a 5th.
Tomorrow we with be show/schooling. Should get a score, but run the whole patter slow and correct. Then the same thing on Saturday. Then Sunday show full out.
Got up early this morning and headed to the horse show. Spent some time listening to a few of my favorite songs and reflecting on what I've accomplished on horseback to get this far. I had to do my visualizing in the car because I wasn't going to have any time once I got to the show grounds. But, it went well. As I crested the hill on the fwy and was able to see the show grounds I found myself smiling. Bottom line, I love showing and Breezy & I are a good team, no matter what else is going on win my life.
Breezy and I warmed up well and I was completely focused and relaxed by the time I walked in to show my horse. We had a good run. We scored a 71 1/2 and a 70 (this judge gave us 2 1/2 points worth of penalties the the other judge didn't). Good enough for a 4 way tie for 1st under on judge and a 3 way tie for 3rd under the other. We aren't quite sure how they broke the ties, but I ended up at the bottom of all of them with 4th and a 5th.
Tomorrow we with be show/schooling. Should get a score, but run the whole patter slow and correct. Then the same thing on Saturday. Then Sunday show full out.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Del Mar National Horse Show
So I've just crammed over 39 hours of work into 3 extremely long days. Now I have to somehow figure out how to let that all go and focus on showing my horse. Not sure how i am going to manage to do that at this point. Guess I have 12 hours to figure it out....
Saturday, April 05, 2008
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