First Blue Ribbon

tlwidener · 07-13-2009, 09:41 PM

My daughter won her first blue ribbon yesterday. She had a 4-H show. She did everything: showmanship, horsemanship, trail, reining, western riding, barrels, poles, and flags.

She got 2nd in SMS, 1st in HMS, 4th in WR, 6th in reining, 5th in trail. I don't remember how she placed in the gymkhana events.

She and Coal are really coming along great. She rode every day last week. I'm very proud of her!

cantara · 07-13-2009, 09:42 PM

i'm very happy for you and your daughter!! did you take any pictures?

tlwidener · 07-13-2009, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by cantara

i'm very happy for you and your daughter!! did you take any pictures?

I forgot my camera

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She wore a white hat, black chaps, and lilac top. Coal had a matching purple, lilac, and cream blanket. Lots of silver.

mtgirl · 07-13-2009, 09:53 PM

Congratulations!

Smooth IE · 07-13-2009, 09:54 PM

Aww, thats great!

Sounds like she did a really good job!

Just curious, did they have flying lead changes in the WR pattern? I'm assuming she's young, and I can't see a young kid doing flying lead changes. Haha.

Mayelix · 07-13-2009, 09:55 PM

Aww, that's exciting! Congratulations to her!

tlwidener · 07-13-2009, 09:56 PM

Thanks guys.

I just have to say that being a horse show mom is exhausting, but so much fun! It's much less work when I show LOL. At one point we had Emma up on a bucket and three of us were messing with her chaps. What a princess!

tlwidener · 07-13-2009, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Smooth IE

Aww, thats great!

Sounds like she did a really good job!

Just curious, did they have flying lead changes in the WR pattern? I'm assuming she's young, and I can't see a young kid doing flying lead changes. Haha.

The judge told me before the show that a flying change was not required, but if one was done, then all the changes had to be flying. They either had to do all flying or all simple. I had Emma do simple changes. Coal knows how to do flying changes, but he gets a little hot sometimes when doing them.

To score the kids the judge started them with a 70. They got plus ones for correct lead changes (flying or simple.)

magic_rider · 07-14-2009, 02:24 PM

Congratulations, thats really exiting

Red roan rider1 · 07-14-2009, 02:55 PM

AWESOME!!!

Congrats to your daughter on all the hard work, sounds like all the practice really paid off for her. Thats just great.

07-13-2009, 09:41 PM	#1
tlwidener Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,755 Images: 146	First Blue Ribbon My daughter won her first blue ribbon yesterday. She had a 4-H show. She did everything: showmanship, horsemanship, trail, reining, western riding, barrels, poles, and flags. She got 2nd in SMS, 1st in HMS, 4th in WR, 6th in reining, 5th in trail. I don't remember how she placed in the gymkhana events. She and Coal are really coming along great. She rode every day last week. I'm very proud of her! __________________ Does this saddle make my butt look big? It's MINE! GIVE IT BACK NOW!!!

07-13-2009, 09:42 PM	#2
cantara Full Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 116 Images: 3	i'm very happy for you and your daughter!! did you take any pictures? __________________ ♥The Ultimate Smile♥ 5yr old 16hh registered AQH gelding.

07-13-2009, 09:54 PM	#5
Smooth IE Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Washington State Posts: 515 Images: 14	Aww, thats great! Sounds like she did a really good job! Just curious, did they have flying lead changes in the WR pattern? I'm assuming she's young, and I can't see a young kid doing flying lead changes. Haha. __________________ Sierra - 03' APHA/PtHA Mare Star - 91' AQHA Gelding

07-13-2009, 09:55 PM	#6
Mayelix Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 720 Images: 12	Aww, that's exciting! Congratulations to her! __________________ ••••

07-13-2009, 09:56 PM	#7
tlwidener Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,755 Images: 146	Thanks guys. I just have to say that being a horse show mom is exhausting, but so much fun! It's much less work when I show LOL. At one point we had Emma up on a bucket and three of us were messing with her chaps. What a princess! __________________ Does this saddle make my butt look big? It's MINE! GIVE IT BACK NOW!!!

07-13-2009, 09:53 PM	#4
mtgirl Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 2,010 Images: 173	Congratulations!

07-14-2009, 02:24 PM	#9
magic_rider Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,838 Images: 81 Blog Entries: 1	Congratulations, thats really exiting __________________ RIP Digger, No horse can ever replace you. I'V BEEN SNOWBALLED I'm a member of the HGS I can't spell club.

07-14-2009, 02:55 PM	#10
Red roan rider1 Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SD Posts: 1,370 Images: 35	AWESOME!!! Congrats to your daughter on all the hard work, sounds like all the practice really paid off for her. Thats just great. __________________ IF YOU'RE TRYIN' YOU AIN'T ~ Toby Keith

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