Pre Horse Show Advice for Lucky Star’s Operating Official
1. Minimal Warm-up. Let him walk around the two arenas and return to trailer for rest. He needs his rest!
2. Trail Class- Remember the hard part is
- a. Get him into arena and
- b. Get his start button to operate. Once he gets going, he will keep going.
3. Rail class operating guide
- Follow a gelding into the arena
- Ride as far away from the gate as possible when traveling on the rail
- Never look at the gate or anyone standing at the gate. Ignore them
- Strong Focus on the path you want Lucky Star to travel when anywhere near a gate
- When reverse is called, don’t stop and turn. Do a small 180. Stopping might activate his “stop button”.
5. Pray in Western Pleasure that the judge doesn’t call for a stop when Lucky is near the gate