OMG We survived!

I took the mighty mouse in her first under saddle class today! It was her first time under saddle off our property since she got broke!

We just did the walk-trot novice horse classes (EQ and Pleasure) at the local open show. We tied for 6 out of 7 in the first class (Eq). But I was so nervous I could have barfed and I was WAY too tense and holding her back. She still did awesome, never batted an eye! So in the second class I relaxed a lot more and she did even better, even started reaching to the bit and everything! We took 4th out of 7!!!

We were even having bad thunderstorms and it was a torrential downpour during the second class (it was in an indoor, but with open sides), and she acted like she'd been doing it for ages. (See going in all those halter classes the last 3 years paid off!!)

I'm so excited! She even did great in her halter class and was stretching to the whip and everythings (we didn't place in there, there were 21 horses in the class, mostly stock horses).

Yea!!

OUTSTANDING!!!! Congrats to all of you for getting out there. I sense great things ahead.

Huge Congrats!

Way to go! Just work on how much you enjoy showing your horse. Your nervousness will slowly go away over each show. We have all been there before.

I can relate to the barf feeling!...I feel exactly the same way every time I go into the ring. The first time I took my *Aladdinn son in the ammy hunter pleasure class I thought I was going to hurl!...we did great and I'm so proud I finished the class without losing my lunch! lol

Congrats on a job well done...it sounds like you had a great time and had a wonderful learning experience!