I (by "I" I mean Debi) took Ruby to her first show/first offsite excursion last Saturday at Riverdale in Fayetteville, TN. We have not registered or joined the show association since we really just wanted to get out there and school, but these are MTHJA (certified?- not sure what exactly the lingo is these days).
My initial thought was to take Ruby just to hang out for a bit...maybe do a w/t flat class. Debi had other ideas, and she ended up convincing me to do put my big girl pants on and jump in (ha ha).
Our first class was a simple 6 jump 18" course (apparently, you were just supposed to trot the jumps, but we cantered because...well, we had no reason to trot those). Ruby went right over everything so we decided to scratch the others in the division and wait for the 2' division (the standard 2 trips+ flat class).
The course was the usual line, diagonal line, diagonal line, line. However, the first element was a 2 stride- usually there are a good 5-6 strides between jumps; at least, there are at other shows I've seen. We went over the first jump and Ruby went "wait what?!" and darted out at the second one. Brought her right back and went over and continued the course with no other issues. Second trip was 'clean' except for one lead change (or lack-thereof). Flat class was, well, the usual: one thing I know we are super good at!
The show got pretty far behind schedule, so I will have to find some other barn gals to go with to make it worth Debi's time (seriously we were there all friggin' day!)
Obviously we have a few things to work on, but I can't say I am disappointed for our first time out in over a year and our first time jumping at a show.
Thanks to Debi for trailering us out there and taking up an entire Saturday to pretty much sit around!
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