Our Show Season is Delayed... a Few Weeks

Happy St. Patrick's day! The very Irish BHB demands a kiss (or sugar) from everyone!

Today I had to decide whether or not to enter the April GDCTA show at the GA Intl Horse Park. I had my entry filled out and ready to send in, but wasn't feeling as confident as previous entries. Mark was not yet back to a consistent work schedule due to the weather and Heather and I being out of town quite a bit. I've only had 2-3 riding lessons since the beginning of the year and Mark has only had roughly a half dozen training rides. I have been able to ride at least 3 days a week, but we haven't really advanced in the one area I would like to solidify before showing: my canter-walk-canter transitions. I know it's a small thing, but it keeps me re-evaluating whether we're ready to put together a great second level test since if that's missing, then we likely don't have the second level fundamentals down either. 

I also haven't completed my freestyle yet, so am quite hesitant to enter to show something that I don't even have complete yet. It could mean a last minute hack job putting together the music the night before the show! As the only student of Heather's looking to enter this show, I decided it would be best to delay our show debut this year until the BHB is back in peak shape, I'm confident in my skills, and our freestyle is complete (or close to it). So I think I'm going to redo our show calendar and likely reroute to the Good Horseman Foundation show at the GA Intl Horse Park in April. 

The weather looks like it's going to be quite nice during the next week, so hopefully there will be plenty of riding to be done! The BHB definitely needs to get his head out of (what's left of) his hay bale and back to work! I've already started decreasing his food a bit since he's filling out at roughly the same rate his hay bale is disappearing.