I attended my first ride this weekend in
Wisconsin. It was a wonderful time. We did the 25 LD and I thought
it was a great experience. I am so proud of my horse he was great. I
was the one with a problem. I started ten minuets late, which was OK I was
in no hurry, but I guess I needed a number and I was not given one so they
hurried and wrote it on my horses butt, then about half an hourin the ride I
took a wrong turn and went in a circle and when I came out of it I was in the
same place I started and the sad thing was if the vet was nt there to tell me I
messed up I would have spent the day in a circle. Anyway it was a
nice circle lots of scenery. That put me about additional 35 mins behind
and I ended up riding with the next ride for a short while, which was no big
deal, my biggest concern was to try and stay on the correct trail. Then
after the check I only got ten mins before I missed my turn, but some one
caught me right away so it was only a ten minuet detour. Anyway we
completed!!! Finally! We stuck around for the awards and I got a
great sponge for completing and to my amazement f5th place, which my seven
year old son was estatic about. Anyway I was waiting till this morning to
decide if we were going to attempt another. I wanted to see how my horse
was feeling the day after. He is an older horse (20) and I want to make
sure hes not draggin around the day after. And he seems to be doin great I
let him out in the pasture this morning, he put his tail up and ran out. I
guess he feels good, I am alittle sore. Anyway I am glad for the LDs
I am not sure if a fifty mile would be good at this point in his life, but
the 25 sure ifs fun!!
