All Of His Toys

     Of course most people hope that when they go to some big event, their horse is going to be perfect and they will get to work on some serious and fun things. I, of course, wanted this. However, when my horses started living up to the meaning of his name in German rather than his registered named I had to just "ride it out."
     Kyra Kyrklund put it perfectly when she said my horse acts like a "child having a temper tantrum and throwing all of his toys of the pram."
     Even though my horse was a bit petulant I still learned a lot. I learned about how important having a soft  seat is for a horses back. I also learned how use two bucking straps (one on each side of the saddle with only one end attached) to keep my hand from moving forward as my horse is being naughty! This weekend also showed that it would be very beneficial if my horse went with my trainer to Florida this winter. I plan to keep working on trying to find a way to get my horse to Florida this winter. I know some way, some how, I will meet the people that will believe in me and want to help me get my horse into training.
     Non-the-less I will still say I had a great weekend. I met many people, who were all very wonderful. They all seemed to be impressed that I was laughing at my horse when he was having his temper tantrums.