Bowie, Jockey Club name Northern Cross and show name Catuli, has never shown before. So this will be quite an adventure for us this year. Our first official outing was a big success! We schooled over all the jumps in the arena, which he had never seen before. Walls, roll tops, planks - he jumped everything the first time without hesitation. I was so proud! We entered in the pleasure division which was thankfully small. He was quite good, although every class had at least one "green horse" moment. He pinned in each class and I was thrilled with that.
Roanin also attended the show. I asked one of the adult students to compete on him in pleasure, and he was champion! They also got great ribbons in equitation on the flat and equitation over fences. Roanin is the ultimate equitation horse. He and I competed in the Open Hunter division - although our first course was a bit of a mess, we ended up reserve champion after a great second course and hack class. Go Roanin!
And perhaps the biggest moment of the show for me was that it was my first show as a professional rider. Not only was I there competing as a professional, I had students to coach. I was super proud of all of them - they showed great riding and sportsmanship and even won several ribbons. I couldn't have asked for a better first show as a coach!
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