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Kids on Horses

 We got home from Okoboji with only a few hours before leaving to the Dayton buck night horse show. Jake had practiced riding earlier in the week and decided he was ready to ride in a fun show in Dayton. I was very surprised and excited for him. Luke follows Jake in anything he does, so he wanted to do it too. Jayden has been practicing barrels and poles a lot lately. She even rode at home before loading her horse in the trailer. It was a nice night out and the kids had quite a fan club. Both sets of grandparents, Wade, Carina, Alivia, Alice, Santanna and friend, and Carina’s mom. The first class was walk/trot. Jayden rode in the class too to kind of help Jake. He did great! He made Winnie trot when she needed too and did everything correct. He got second place in the class. During poles, he went in and trotted the whole pattern without one bobble. When he came around the end pole, Winnie started to lope a little. That didn’t scare Jake, he kind of liked it.
 Jayden found out she is now in with all the adults because of her age. She wasn’t too happy about that. She had a smoking pole run with Tex. She was going so fast it made me nervous. They were tight along the poles just skimming them. She won the class against some fast adults. I led Luke through the poles and we trotted most of it. He was having fun. Winnie has turned out to be a great horse for the boys! Barrels, Jake trotted through and loped Winnie home. He is getting brave. Sometimes it takes a show to get them to do a little more. This was his first time loping and he was all smiles. Jayden ran a really good barrel run, came out wide from the second and lost some time. She still ran a 21, only a second off first. I ran barrels and poles too. Jayden beat me in poles and I barely beat her in barrels. She is showing me up. I was thrilled with how the kids did and would have given anything to have those runs on video. I think it is time to get a new camera. The one I have always gets turned off when it's supposed to turn on. Grrr!! The kids all had fun and liked having a cheering section.


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