Horse Show!

We had a fantastic horse show on Sunday. Ella did her leadline class and was just adorable. She answered all of the judge's questions and she would ride all on her own if I would let her.

Rand rode all on his own for the first time, and he did great! He didn't want to show at first because he was afraid he wouldn't win. We had a couple of nice chats about winning and loosing and he decided that he did want to ride after all. He got a 4th place (out of 4 riders) in pleasure -- not his fault, Bourbon is NOT a good pleasure horse -- and he did a great job controlling Bourbon and doing what he was supposed to do.

He got a 3rd place in trail, and again, he did exactly what he was supposed to! He remembered his entire pattern and did a very nice job controlling Bourbon and being in charge.