Preparing For Penny Oak H.T.!

I taught Lexie how to neck reign! But, we can't do a whole lot of that right now because I am preparing for a Horse Trial in Indiana. Every time I ride I have to do pacing with Lexie. Pacing is where you gallop a certain distance faster than a minute so that you can get your horse fit. So far we have galloped up to Training Level which is REALLY fast!

I am getting a Games pony in a few days! The pony we picked out is a 13.3 hh Paint Pony named Dublin. He is about 5 or 6 years old:)

Here is a picture of him on the left.

It has been a LONG time since I wrote in my blog:) Well, let me get you up to date on what has happened this year:

1. I competed in May at a show called "May Daze at the Park". Me and Lexie got second in the Beginner Novice Horse Trial.

2. I competes at a show called "Spring Run" in Prospect, KY . Me and Lexie were 4th after Dressage, 4th after Show Jumping and then.....11th after Cross Country. Well, you see, Lexie did not wan't to go through the water; and even before we got to the water we began to have time faults. But, Oh well. It was HOT that day (100 degrees Fahrenheit) and she was not feeling great either.

3. I won TET Rally this year (like I did last year). TET is just short for Midsouth Tetrathalon Rally. What you do in TET Rally is: Swim, Run, Ride and Shoot an Airpistol. I was first after shooting, got the maximum points in Swimming, got the maximum points in Running and rode a clear round on my friends pony in the Riding phase.

4. A few days after TET Rally I won the Midsouth D-2 Rally on Lexie. I got a 28.5 on dressage!!! My Team also got 1st and we got 3rd in Horse Management. I got a silver plaque and everything for winning!

5. The day after D-2 Rally I won the Beginner Novice devision of the Midsouth Combined Test. I got a 29.5 on Dressage. My Dressage judge for that show was the same one I had had at Spring Run, I had to also do the same test; the change in the score was amazing! It went from 36 down to 29.5!