Oct17 This was the last horse event scheduled for this year, so we had to make sure to go. This would be Jayden’s first show with her new horse Jessie. She was so excited and I have been enjoying seeing her build her confidence on this horse. We took all 3 horses and rode for an hour before the show. A little later, I tied Traveler to the trailer and Jayden rode Jessie in the arena. She acted like a different horse when she wasn’t with her buddy. Jayden went to loping and Jessie put her head down and did a few hops before Jayden pulled her head up. My heart sunk and I could see it in Jayden. All that confidence and all the excitement was washed from her face. With all the horse issues we have faced, I have been leery of something bad happening. I wasn’t going to feel good about these horses until they proved themselves, and now the discouragement set in. Why is this so hard? More than anything I didn’t want Jayden scared, so I told her to keep riding at a walk. Later I rode the horse quite a bit and later with much encouragement, we got Jayden to ride Jessie in the flag race and she did great. She also had her pony Dakota along and ran great in barrels and poles. My parents along with Aunt Alice came to watch. Karen and Orrie came at the end and got to see Jayden run barrels. I rode Traveler and Jessie in a couple classes too. The boys played in the sand pile and got several horse rides. Mark took the day off and was along too. Later, he took Traveler and rode him back at home.
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