Milo knows a camera when he sees one
This particular show is probably one of my favorites of all the shows I've done because of how I got there. I was lessoning one day, and my trainer, Tara, beckoned me to talk to her. I went over, and she asked if I would come to this show with our barns flashy pony, Milo, for his first show with a junior rider. Of course, I wanted to go, so I asked my parents, and they talked about it with my trainer, and I ended up being able to go. I showed Milo in the short stirrup, and we had much success in the equitation, winning every class. I had only ridden this pony consistently for the two weeks before the show when my trainer offered the awesome opportunity. I admit, In the hunters, I did not ride my best as we had some missed lead changes and rider errors. Overall, I was happy with how we did as we were short stirrup equitation champion, and we had some solid rounds in the short stirrup hunters. This show was a learning opportunity and a great one with that.
This show was rather fun as there was a costume contest and a pumpkin carving contest to top off all the horse fun. Hana Hemingway, from our barn, won the costume contest when she dressed up her big gelding, Pharlee, as a dinosaur, it was amusing to watch! There was some concern at the beginning of the show as we came on Friday morning. Milo had somehow cut the skin right next to his eye, and we were fortunate he didn't cut his actual eye. We weren't sure how he would go with it, so we hacked him in the morning, and he was perfect. His eye didn't affect him at all, and we showed in the equitation that afternoon. Congratulations, Jada, on winning her equitation on the flat! I want to thank my trainer, Tara Devlin, for letting me have such an excellent opportunity on such a beautiful pony who is full of potential.