We did the showmanship clinic/judging clinic last night. Lucas and I were demo horses, which worked out great as I had a bit of a showmanship lesson in the process so that was good. I managed to get both Lucas and S. lunged before all of the kids got there.
S is very upright in the front, in fact one foot is clubed, and the other is almost. She grew way too fast when she was a baby and we think that contibuted to that fact. Its amazing on how well she can lope, but her jog just isn't good enough anymore, she is pain free but its not nice to watch her jog. About 2 years ago she had some shoeing issues with a farrier who didnt pay enough attention to her angles of her feet. She was off for about a year but with corrective shoeing she is rideable again. Both the vets, farrier and chyropractor have aproved her for breeding so hopefully my friend can get a baby out of her 'lifetime' horse. S has a ton of AQHA points, and even earned 2.5 open trail AQHA points last summer at her 'comback' show.
So I might go ride S tomorrow night and just lunge Lucas, depending on the weather. It finaly stopped raining her for the first time in almost 2 weeks so cross your fingers that the outdoor ring and turnout areas can dry out!
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Our front paddock is a mess. We have had non-stop rain for a coming up a week now. Have to say that the grass looks really green, though! :-)
I recently posted about showmanship, or maybe I should say the lack of it, for adults at Arab shows. I guess because we don't have it is why I don't really know that much about it. A clinic would be fun.
The weather has been better here too for a few days. Hope you got some riding time in.
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