Today was over all great day. At the very least a learning experience for all! We took 5 (Yes, 5 haha) horses and students to MacNair's CT in Raleigh, NC for a day of first's. Alexa rode William, Taylor rode Sam, Paisley rode Sutter, Isabelle rode Dominic and Allyson rode Clover. Everyone did the maiden combined test. This was a first for everyone, because none of them have shown over fences before and it was Allyson's first show ever with us. The day was busy to say the least and a huge thank you must go out to our army of assistants!!! Thank you everyone, we couldn't do it without you guys.
Alexa finnished 4th out of a huge group of juniors, Isabelle was just out of the ribbons in the same divison. This was her first time showing Dominic and her first time jumping....a big accomplishment for her! Paisley was also just out of the ribbons in her very large divison as well. A great placing overall considering Sutter felt he needed everyone to remember that he really is an upper level horse still during her dressage test. He is determined to teach Paisley all about relaxation in dressage. :-) Their jumping was spot on perfect however!!! Taylor had a wonderful learning experience about course learning at an unfortunate time but was riding like a rockstar and I was SO proud of her and everything she did. Allyson had a great round on Clover and was also riding brilliantly, but Clover got a bit too happy over one of the fences. Oh well, there is always next time. All in all everyone rode wonderfully and have all learned sooooooo much.
There has to be something said about the incredible team effort that went into this operation today. We had all 5 riders going within minutes of each other in different rings, and everything ran like a well oiled machine. We even managed to get to the show early, which has to be a miracle of mass proportions!!! The team work and sense of unity among everyone makes me so proud to call these riders "mine". They are truly a great group and as hard as I ride them sometimes I'm lucky I have them as my students. A huge thanks has to go to everyone else that was there to lend a hand as well. Parents, grandparents, aunt, uncles, and friends alike. This truly is a team operation and everyone is amazing. Thanks again everyone. Can't wait to do it all again ;)
Congrats to everyone!!!! B
Paisley and Sutter
Taylor and Sam
Allyson and Clover
Alexa and William
Isabelle and Dominic
Team "Fleet of Foot"
