I'll spin you around, won't let you fall down.
Would you let me lead? You can step on my feet.
Give it a try, it'll be alright
The room's hush hush and now's our moment.
Take it in, feel it all and hold it
Eyes on you, eyes on me.
We're doing this right."
All About Us- He Is We (Ft. Owl City)
The only thing that can never happen in these two stanzas is she is NOT allowed to step on my feet. A horse has already broken my foot once...
Hey guys! I am terribly sorry for being a awful blogger... I suck at this.
On a greater note, in exactly a week Mystic and I jog up for our first one star! EEK! The two shows back in Texas were AWESOME! She has been fantastic. Texas Rose went really well in just the experience aspect. We had one of the best waters we have ever done which was great because she is usually a little sticky at water. Holly Hill we were sticky at the water but got it done! Texas Rose show jumping we had a rail. It was a 7 or an 8 stride line and I made her wait for the 8 which resulted in us knocking the rail. Holly hill however, stadium was just awesome. Of course when no one gets my best stadium round on video, neither Mike or Heather are watching. I hit all my distances before the jumps and we nailed all the strides between jumps. And dressage is coming along. For Texas Rose I felt that my test was better than Rocking Horse III but the judge disagreed, and at Holly Hill she was super tense going in and broke to the canter in our first medium trot. We are able to redeem ourselves. We finished 5th at Holly Hill! Whoop! Pretty pink ribbon for Princess Pony!
On a note of Texas Rose, I finished it with nine stitches in my hand...For future reference DONT go down a steep hill on a motorbike after it rains. You will slip, fall and laugh until you realize you are hurt. My friend Nicole and I were going to feed the horses Saturday morning at Tyler and slipped and ate it in the mud. We were laughing until we realized I was injured, and I almost fainted because of pain. So what did I do? Like a normal crazy eventer, I soaked it, wrapped it, rode stadium and then went to the hospital. Then I proceeded to ride cross country the next day against the doctors, my moms, and well everyones pleas not to. Went into my pediatricians office Monday morning and got a lecture because apparently riding a two wheeled motorized vehicle with a bleeding disorder is bad. ;D Lost 3 stitches before I got them taken out a week later. Now I have a wicked scar and a pretty awesome story. I will never forget the look on Mike's face Saturday night when I told him. He didn't know I rode stadium with a gapping hole in my left hand. I know, I'm crazy, but it was low enough that it didn't effect my reins, so I thought "why not?".
I leave tomorrow for a week at Mike's before Greenwood at the one star. (insert freakout moment). I'm trying not to have a panic attack. Probably will still happen though. I'll be okay come the show; its just before. So...we are at one week before the jog. Outfit: check, shadbelly: check, pony can jog without throwing me into the flower boxes like James Alliston's horse Parker did yesterday at Rolex: maybe? I don't know, we'll find out if she wants to be terrified of mom running next to her. it depends on the day, and Alcohol for my mom: oh yes.
Silently chants "it's just another prelim; it's just another prelim."
Nahh I'll be fine. I always am.
After Greenwood we are back up at Mike's for another week before we drive to Georgia for our second one star at Chatt Hills!
With all my joking about being nervous, I'm actually really excited. I've worked my butt off for this; it is about time I be able to do it. I remember being nine, before I started eventing, going to recognized dressage shows with my little pony Spirt and watching the upper level dressage riders ride from Pre St George to Grand Prix in their shadbelly's and wanting one so bad. Never thought it would be for an eventing show though. I remember when jumping 2 ft would terrify me and now I'm jumping 3ft 6in and higher. I told my dressage trainer at the time that one day that was gonna be me. Now it is. Weird to think about.
It should go well. I'm really confident about everything. I've never seen the prelim or one star course at Greenwood, but I know we can get through it. If I couldn't, I wouldn't be doing this show. And time I'm not too concerned about because we clocked in six seconds faster than optimum at Holly Hill, but it's all about getting my pony and I over the jumps safely and accurately.
Now to go pack for Mike's because I'll be there for like a month. This is where my daddy's engineering skills come in. There is a lot of stuff to pack for a horse and rider who will pretty much be away from home for all of May.
Thanks to everyone again who follows and supports me, and I PROMISE I will update after Greenwood! I know I have been really bad about the whole blogger thing. Wish me luck and pray for a good weekend!
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