Out for the weekend

I took Deuce over to another barn tonight where the schooling show will be going on on Sunday. He was great in the trailer, just walked right in with no problems at all - even in the dark! I rode him before we went over there and he did pretty well. He seemed pretty tired so I will try to ride him pretty easy tommorow - I am going to work for the day to get a free lesson in the afternoon.

The past few days I've been working on test movements like leg yield into canter and 10 m trot circles. Deuce is doing very well...he just needs to build muscle and get more consistent. I will have to review my tests tomorrow so i don't embarrass myself on Sunday by going off course -- I actually think I will have a little cheering squad! Also hoping to get some good pictures or videos to put up here....we'll see. My goal is to have an nice relaxinng lesson tommorow to prepare for the show and just keep him relaxed during the tests. I'm not sure how my scores will turn out, but I'm hoping for the best.

I was looking at Deuce today and noticed two things: I think i need to up his feed and he is definitely building some muscle in his haunches. It's slight but enough to tell. This is encouraging since it means I am riding him through his back. If we can keep improving, we'll be doing fun stuff in no time. Looking at the show calender for next year, I think we can easily qualify for regionals at first level pretty easily and maybe show some second level tests later in the year next year. :)