My first horse show at River chase on Dusty

by Elizabeth
(Virginia)

On my first horse show, I rode Dusty, he was great! When I first got there, I groomed him and then I started to tack up. First I put on the saddle pad, then you put on the saddle, next I put on the girth and last but not least the bridle to control the pony. After that I took him down to the ring and got on.

Then I walked him around the ring a couple of times and then I started to trot around the ring. I trotted in my two point for a couple of minutes. I walked into the middle of the ring because my trainer wanted to tell us to go back on the rail and pick up our right lead cantor.

My friend and I did this. After that, my trainer told us to pick up the left lead cantor. We walked out the ponies and took them back to the stalls and then we put the halter and lead rope back on them to lead the pony. We took Dusty to the wash stall to give him a bath for Sat.

Day Two-in the morning I went to RiverChase to start grooming Dusty before the show today. I got tacked up and went down to the ring for the show. We went down to the ring and got on. In the first class, I won first for the walk. In the second class, I won second for the trot. In the third I won second in the sitting-trot class. I won Reserve Champion because I got first in the first class. My friend won first, first, second, and Champion.