Home from the show!

So very happy with Lucy and our day at the show today.  We managed to show in 2 halter classes and 6 riding classes!  That's a huge show day for me, usualy its just 2 or 3 riding classes and I'm done.

So we didn't get anything in halter or showmanship, but I just wasn't feeling it this morning.  It was like the heat sucked the 'snap' out of our set ups and maneuvers.

Then we took our new to us english saddle and got ready for equation.  I warmed her up in the indoor where she would NOT canter.  I was a little freaked out and figured our show was over at that point.  But by the time we walked up to the cone for our pattern, she was ready to cantered!  Our transition was rough but she cantered.  We ended up getting 3rd!

Our english pleasure class was fun!  She trotted and cantered like no bodies business and pretended she was a serious english horse.  We got 5th in that class with about 10 entries.

Before our Western pleasure stake classes we went out and loped a bunch at lunch time, leaving the ring long enough to pick up my show jacket and put it on before coming back to do 2 classes back to back.  She got a 5th in the first stake but nothing in the second.  However I was finally able to get a hold of her and slow her down with one hand and my legs without her breaking.  That was our big breakthrough for the weekend and was worth the heat and sweat for that moment.

I got off her at that point and tried to cool her out a little while waiting the 3 short classes before our horsemanship class but it was tough on her and me.  It was too hot for me with my RA ,and her and the 'baby on board'.  Shes only 4 months along but we've decided to skip the next one day show as there is no shade there and we would be stuck at the trailer all day with little shade for Lucy.

Our horsemanship pattern was awesome!  Our lope transition was late but that is something that we have worked on all spring/summer and that happens.

Our final class was the Sr Western pleasure class where we got a fifth place ribbon.  She was slow and easy and came back when I asked her to.  I was happy with that and decided to scratch trail, it was a good place to end the day.  Lucy got a shower, her bands out, and then she got to go back out to pasture with her buddies.  I went to town, got a milkshake and now getting ready to nap on the couch with the air conditioner on!

PS -  Lucas and his new owners were at the show, she won the English pleasure stake, and placed really well in everything else.  I am so happy that she bought him, we just were not right for each other anymore.  I did feed him about 7 pink peppermints once he was done showing :)

Updated to add pictues!  No english ones yet though!

Love this one of her loping!