Gymkhana

Today I went to a Gymkhana.

It was really cool....I came first twice and fourth once.

There were five events in total.

Because I don't have my own horse we have to share a horse one between two.

I got to ride my usual horse Telly so that was good...other than the fact hes quite s....l....o....w....!

The first event was rider on the flat.

In this one you walk, trot then canter. You are judge on your riding position and natural ability to ride. You must have your shoulders back, heels down, reins the right length and be able to control your horse well. In this event I came first.

The next event was barrel race.

I was up fist and Telly slowly plodded up to the starting mark. He wouldn't trot. Eventually I got him going but he wouldn't canter not even on the home stretch...I didn't get a place in this one...Waaaaaaa!!!

Next we had Walk Trot Canter Jump.

Fairly straight forward you walk around five metres, trot about twenty going around two corners then jump.

In this I came first as well.

We then did Ins and Outs.

Basically you walk in a twenty metre circle and someone calls out an instruction Eg. Trot!

You then have to do this as fast as you can and if your the last one to follow the instruction your out! Unfortunately Telly wouldn't trot so I didn't get a place.

Lastly was Dismounter cushions!

In this event you've got to dismount take the reins over the horses head, roll the stirrups up then led your horse to a cusion. Each round one rider gets out.

I did quite well in this event.

I was allways the first one to start moving but Telly would not move faster than the s..l..o..w..e..s...t walk EVER!!!

I got to the top four and was leading Telly to the last cusion when another girl with a speady horse started moving and got there before me....Whaaaaaaa!!

So that was my fourth and final ribbon.

Overall it was a great gymkhana! It was COOL!!!