that would be 4th place!

[dancing_crow]

july 29, originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

later times are kind of luxurious - I got to sleep late, make breakfast, eat breakfast and have a (minor) freak out at home before going on a a short shopping spree to find a new shirt, located a new helmet as well (so I wasn't riding with my beloved but battered blingy practice helmet), remembered a hairnet, and still got to the horse early for polishing her and tack.

We got to the farm at 1:30 and were greeted with a request to go as soon as possible. So 5 minutes of tacking up and 15 minutes of warm-up and we were in the ring.

The test felt pretty comfortable. It flowed well, the transitions were good, she had a forward feeling for almost all of it. We had no canter lengthening to speak of, but it felt different to me. We didn't get dinged for a step bak at the first halt, but also didn't get the extra credit for a really good halt at the end - probably evened out, but still. I want credit where credit is due!

We were parked next to friends, stayed to watch friends, it was all very low key. Also I beat my last score. Which was good.