Had a blast at Heldergate's "friends and family" show last weekend! Ruby was super adorable in her war pony costume, the people were great, the judge was excellent, and the food was delicious.
Above and right: Ruby and I showing off her costume! Although she is NOT a fan of having her face touched, Ruby was a champ about letting me put that paint circle around her eye.
I used a water-based face paint which I picked up a Michael's (most craft stores have this sort of thing). My one warning is this: be prepared for a stained horse! This did not wash off as well as I had hoped, and my pony ended up having a pink face!
Left: Ruby and I in our Special Hunter class. We competed in Green Hunter (wt, wtc, 18" o/f) and the Special Hunter o/f. For the Greens, we decided to trot the course (6 jumps at 18"-2'), mostly for my benefit. The judge then requested that we canter for our last class....Ruby was PERFECT! Nice and relaxed, great rhythm, perfect distances, and she even got her lead changes. Considering the long road we have taken to get our confidence back, this is huge for us- and finally gives me hope that we are back on our way to getting where we once were (3' jumper courses).
After the show, the judge approached me to say that, in all her years of judging, she had only seen a few teams that were perfect for each other- and that Ruby and I were one of them! I get comments fairly often from trainers and boarders about how obviously Ruby is bonded to me, but I had no idea it translated that much into our riding. Love this pony!
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