RE: [RC] I'm so proud of my boy! - Jerry & Susan Milam
Hey
Jessica,without sharing our experiences, there's no reson to have this forum.
Everyone reading your post shares in your excitement!
Thanks.
Susan
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AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] I'm so proud
of my boy!
It wasn’t endurance so I’m hoping
everybody doesn’t mind. I took my 6yo gelding to a 10 mile judged trail ride
this weekend. The ride started Saturday morning so I loaded up and headed for
the camp ground Friday afternoon. It was his first “competitive” event AND
first time camping out someplace. He did wonderful! Took to camping like he
had done it a 1000 times. Horses hollering and going past till the wee hours
of the morning and he never once made a ruckus. Morning of the ride we saddled
up and headed down the road to start on the trail and boy was he ready to go.
He never once fought me but he was definitely “on the bit”. There were over
100 horses with a mix of everything, ponies, old timers, babies (2-3 year
olds), even a couple stallions. I let Casino trot for most of it and he kept
his wits together negotiated the obstacles set up (boy were they creative!)
and best of all finished the 10 miles of trail still pulling at the bit
wanting to go go go. I guess he answered me on whether he was ready for an LD
or not! Sorry for it not being endurance related I just had to
share.
