Day 41

Today was a pretty good day. The first thing we did was lead the horses to the outdoor arena and let them go. But once they were inside they weren't doing much so I caught Upendi and my sister, Jenna caught Bunny. Then I decided we were going to have a showmanship class. This was a good idea because in the competition Upendi has to stand quietly for inspection and in a line with other horses. It was also good practice for Bunny. My mom was the judge. The pattern wasn't to hard. It was walk about halfway to the judge, stop and back. Trot to the judge, without running her over, turning 360 degrees and stopping for inspection. Then you would turn and trot to the rail. Upendi and I were first I don't know how straight we were but we did great. Only thing was the turn we took a little slow and it took awhile to set him up. But while Bunny was going he stood still and quiet. And when Bunny came over he leaned over to look at her. After a minute he started stomping at flies. The next thing we did was take turns going over the cavaletti. He had no problem walking and trotting over it. By that time it was getting late and we had to take the horses back to their runs and leave.