3/25/16 Jayden has competed in three
barrel races so far this year. She has been exercising and working with Ace and
anxious to start the season. Last year he had an injury that kept him out for
the season. This year she is more than prepared. She has been riding all
winter, reading lots of forums, books, and watching videos to learn all she can.
Jayden’s last two competition runs were in the top for time. Last weekend she ran against
56 barrel racers and took second place. She ran in the open division with tough
competition, not in the youth. Today she ran at Ellsworth community college’s
awesome indoor arena. They had an open barrel race and Jayden ran a 15.49 and
took 7th overall. She feel in the crack just out of the 2D. They only
placed to 3rd in each division. Ace ran fast, but had a couple
errors that cost him some time. That makes it even more awesome because she
could have shaved some time on her run without a doubt. Seeing her run and
knowing some of the girls she is running against, makes me think she is really
going to have a good season. Her and her horse may be in their prime running
and that means she needs to go all out and go when her horse is hot. Ace is a
really neat horse, a gift, a blessing. He is so quiet and has an excellent
disposition. In fact he is kind of lazy when he is not making a barrel run. When he goes in the arena, he gives it his all and runs hard. Outside of that he is
quiet and easy going. As Jayden would say." he is just chill."
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