My Show-For those who may care...

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

I ended up with a second in my first dressage test, third in the second test. I almost went clean in the jumping but had .10 over the time allowed so THREE FAULTS. Got second. There were only two of us in the jumping and the trainer on a green horse beat me in both dressage tests and the jumping. She was five points ahead of me going into the jumping class. She went clean and I had three faults so she beat me by 8 points. BUT I JUMPED CLEAN. Buck hesitated at the LAST jump because of a gate in the bushes next to the last jump that he didn't like. Took every ounce of leg strength I had to keep him inside the jump and to go over it. But all and all for my first jumping class I am happy with it.

ON TO THE NEXT SHOW NEXT MONTH!

A bit of advice ... next time try doing this while on the back of a horse.

You'll find that the horse can run faster and jump higher than you can ... and that will improve your chances dramatically.

Good luck.