I board with a lot of Arabian owners who love to show. I found out last week that “we were going”. So, I decided that this would be a great adventure for Sue. We could ride outside the arena and see how things went.
Well, phooey on riding outside the arena. Sue and I arrived at the Horse Park and got ready to ride. We were nice and relaxed after I got on. They were having a fun class called, “Simon Sez” in the arena.
Sue and I went into the class. Sue sped up twice when something unknown behind her was scary and that was it.
One of the Simon Sez movement was for the rider to lift their hand and touch the top of their head. Well, I snaked my hand up my chest, past my ear and found the top of my head without spook! I was really proud of Sue.
One of the Pine Dell people arrived as Sue and I were zipping around the arena. She yelled, “Is That Sue?” I yelled back, “YES!” Of course she knew it was Sue, she was just amazed at how relaxed she was.
There were a lot of Pine Dell people watching and I didn’t wave at any of them…and they all understood why!
It was a great day. Sue even relaxed a little bit and went into a fox trot. What a fantastic horse she is!