Shout out to my best riding buddy Caitlin for putting together this course, and to Caitlin and Ashley for babysitting me as I tried to figure out how the heck to get through it!
1a to 1b was a related distance that was the most difficult for Ruby and I- it was either a long 5 or a short 6, then a 3 stride from 1b to 1c (which was also occasionally wonky based on what we got from the first part. Five strides through element 2, the scary green roll top to 3, six strides though element 4, and the mini grid at 5 (2 stride to 1 stride).
We practiced the first element a few times before doing the course to get a feel for how it would ride. At first we added in each, but that gets harder for us to do the fewer strides there are between jumps...so we pushed for the actual distances for each. We got them, but she did get a little bit flat (which she tends to do in these situations). The first time through, I think we also added at 4. The second time through the course, we did very well! Ruby made some good decisions and took a long spot here and there instead of the usual horrible chip. Go pony!!
We are tentatively scheduled for a show next Saturday. Yikes! It's been almost a year since we competed, so I will of course have some serious show nerves. However, this is a small local schooling show- the key is to go in with 0 expectations.
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