It was a hot day, 95 and very windy. I took the kids to the W.C. saddle club horse show. My parents and Alice offered to help me with saddling and watching the boys. I could not have done it without their help. Having my recent surgery I could not saddle or ride. Jayden signed up for walk trot, western pleasure, barrels, and poles. During pleasure several of the horses went to bucking during the loping. Jayden’s horse Jessie put her head down like she was thinking about it. Later in barrels she hopped a bit running to the first barrel. That got Jayden a little shook up and she trotted the rest. In poles, Jayden had a great pattern, she is learning to use both hands and stay tight going through them. She went to run Jessie home and she went to bucking. Jayden looked awesome out there she held on and pulled on the reins until she stopped her horse. Jayden wasn’t all that scared, but it sure made me mad and I worry about safety so much. This horse is 12 and should not be pulling this kind of stuff. It frustrates me that we are having such a hard time with horses. Throughout the night, the boys played in the dirt, were hot sweaty and dirty little pigs. Jake got to ride around the barrels on Jessie at a walk. I just walked in the arena with him. Luke rode in front of Jayden for a lead line class and got a ribbon,. He was so proud. we left after poles with more events to go. As I drove home, I realized how late it was and how tired I was with a truck full of dirty kids and a horse in the trailer to unload. It was after 11PM when we got to the house.
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