My Equestrian Life

#110 Tristate

I just got back from my three day horse show

Let's just say there was a LOT of tears..bad ones...

But first I'll start off with the first day, Thursday:
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So after school I went to the barn and we bathed the horses and loaded up the trailer. Then we were off! We got to the show grounds around 6pm and we schooled the horses til 8. Rj was amazing, his disciplines were spot on!

Then it was Friday, the first show day. My leg started cramping while schooling but I didn't rest it.. (later to find out I regret not taking a break and stretching it...I'll talk about that later)

So I had my open walk/trot division:
Pleasure: second
Eq: fourth
Discipline Rail: nothing :(
But it's okay bc Rj was super good! Even tho he picked up a canter with me in Pleasure 😬 thank God the judge didn't see😂

Then yesterday, Saturday: I had two divisions

Everything was going perfect, In  novice walk/trot I got first in Pleasure! And third in eq! I needed another good place to win champion!
But then...
A girl was showing Rj wtc before my last class
And
He
Went
Lame
....I was done. I cried in the tack room for an hour.

My trainer made me go switch my next division onto Christina, and I'm so thankful I had her to ride as my back up. And she saved my butt so many times in the ring
In sat 11-17 wt on Tina I got:
Pleasure: Third
Eq: Third
Discipline rail: second
But I didn't get reserve champion😞

Then I did my wt classic and got second and my trainer hates riding Christina so she made me scratch my WT pro am 🤷‍♀️

I cried for hours in the camper that night. I was crushed bc of what happened to Rj and on top of it, my leg got worse. My food hurt so bad and I had bad pains in my calf, I had to get medicine to put on it bc it hurt so bad.

Then today, Sunday...
Was very eventful..

This morning my trainer said Rj was feeling better, but not ready to show today. And she told me, even if he is okay by July Tristate...she wants me to show Christina instead so the girl can use Rj in wtc...

I went to the camper and cried again

This girl has only been at my barn for two months, and I've been waiting to show Rj for a year!!! And now she comes in and takes him away from me 😞 and it's not even 100% yet that he will be okay to ride soon, but having my trainer tell me that, really really hurt. I worked so hard on that horse, I cried on him, got anxiety, had horrible and excellent lessons. I rode him from August to now, and now I might not even show him🤦🏽‍♀️😭

So anyways...
In my sun 11-17 division,
Pleasure: first
Eq: Third
DR: first

I won my first Tristate champion...
I cried..but happy tears😂❤️

Christina took good care of me and I am happy I had her to show! But I wish I could've still shown Rj:(

And at the barn after we cleaned the trailer and unbranded the horses..my knee hurt so bad. I was limping and my leg was in pain. I'm now laying in bed and my whole (left btw lol) leg is throbbing and uncomfortable🤷‍♀️ this weekend was very emotional..and to make things better... I start finals tomorrow🙄 but I am proud with how well I did considering what happened and of rj can't be ridden again, I'm thankful that I even got a chance to show him❤️

More pictures coming soon...