Horse show

Everyone who knows me, knows that I own horses and that I go to horse shows, but most of them do not know the whole story or how big horses are in my life. Like many little girls, at the age of nine I fell in love with horses. My mother had horses when she was younger and decided that she wanted to get them again. Until this point, the only contact I had with the equine species was the pony rides at the local fair. Since I had never been around horses, my mother contacted a family friend to give me riding lessons so that I would know how to be around them and not get hurt. It did not take long, I was hooked! Once I became good at riding, I started to go to local horse shows. I joined a local 4-H Horse club, starting going to 4-H events and within a year I graduated to going to 4-H Horse Shows, which lead me to qualifying for the Virginia 4-H State Horse Show in Lexington, VA. This was the first time I had been to a horse show of this size. There were over 500 horses in the same place with riders ages 10 to 19. These riders were competing in all disciplines – Western Pleasure, English, Jumping, Dressage, Trail, Reining and more. Experiencing this size show fueled my passion for becoming a “true”…

My First Horse Show!! I could not hold my excitement in much longer. I knew I could not just start jumping up and down, so I continued washing my horse with a huge smile on my face.I could not stop thinking about how much fun my first horse show was going to be. After my mom and I finished washing my horse we went and cleaned out the horse trailer. I never knew how much work this was going to be, but I enjoyed cleaning out the trailer because I felt like I was being helpful. My alarm clock…

In the summer of 2014 at a horse show located in Stittsville Ontario called Fiddlers green. After showing all day and being exhausted, tired, and worn out, my show team and I found out that day we had qualified for trillium championships, this is a horse back riding competition in eastern Ontario. The show team from the barn I rode at in Braeside Ontario, consisted of my sister, a friend named Stephanie, myself, and are coach Julie. I remember feeling overwhelmed with excitement and joy, as…

ready to perform at Scioto County’s 4-H Western Horse Show on Wednesday during fair week. My 4-H group members were supportive and enjoyed me being their secretary. My mom and sisters were major characters in my story. My passion for riding grew deeply in the show ring that day. The first show I performed in was the Fun Show on Sunday which starts the fair week; it was terrifying because so many people participated in those classes. Adults and youth can participate in any of the classes as long…

I lay in bed awake, thinking about the day to come. Tomorrow I would compete in the last horse show of the 2016-2017 horse show year. At the end of each year, is you did well, you get a huge ribbon that is very pretty! Throughout the year you compete in different horse shows for points. The person with the most points gets first, second most gets second and so on through sixth place. I was tied for first place with my biggest competitor, and she is showing against me tomorrow. If she did well…

I am going to be talking about the time that I saw someone I didn’t like being picked on. Once I was at a horse show with everyone I rode horses with. I liked most everyone and I assume the opposite was true as well. There was, however, one boy whom I didn’t get along with very well. We had fought the year before about this show and the drama got to him. I don’t like dealing with drama very much so I decided to separate myself from him without being mean or rude. At this horse show, there was a…

The horse show We were in are gray Tahoe for 16 hours and me and my family had finally arrived in Florida.We were in Florida for a horse show I ran to are stable’s I was so excited I could just scream but I couldn't I would get in trouble by my parents.I felt someone touch me on the shoulder I turned around it was Michaela.She was my friend from florida I only get to see her during the horse shows. ‘Iza finally you got here I kept looking for you and I couldn't find you. Me and Michaela…

of the sudden, I got a burst of energy and started to rush. I had to rush to get ready as I only had 20 minutes until I had to leave for the barn. It was horse show day. My mom was up and just started watching the news while I was in my room getting ready and getting a bag packed. There was a noxious feeling in my stomach as if I were forgetting something, but I didn’t think I was. I was wrong. My mom drove me over to the barn to drop me off to feed all the animals and make sure I had everything…

winner in the big shows you MUST have the foundations down. They are: Weight on the balls of your feet; toes up and in, heels down and out; bend in your knee; back up and straight, shoulders back and just over your hips; hands up and together; and finally eyes up and smile. These are the foundations of not just saddle seat but any riding (it’s mainly used in saddle seat though.) They not only make the rider look nice, but it’s more comfortable for the horse and allows better control of your…

On a crisp morning full of excitement and exhilaration. It was Joey’s first horse show. As we pulled into the show. I could hear all the horses excitement with their new curiosity of who was the new horse pulling in out of all the many other that were already there. With the excitement already filling my heart and the joy filling my soul. I was ready for the wonderful weekend ahead. As I entered the Idaho center as I have many times before. This time it was different it had more vibrancy, more…