It has been a long time since I’ve written my last blog. Since then we have been to multiple events and done so many things.
In June NLH took a trip down to Fort Worth, TX to do some training demonstrations at the AmerEquine Festival of the Horse event. This was the first year that the Festival was held, and hopefully there will be many more to come. We had a good time, got to meet new people, make some new contacts, and see some old faces. Later that month I went to Pony Club camp for 5 days, which was a blast. I got to hang out with my friends, and have fun with my horses. I took Jack, one of our mustangs and he was a champ that whole time! He loves to jump, and he did so good for not being away from the farm in a while. Then that Monday we went cross country schooling with Jack which was also very fun. I also took my Quarter Horse mare Jamie to Pony Club camp and played polocrosse with her. For those of you who don’t know what polocrosse is, it’s basically lacrosse on horseback.
In July, we went to a SVRA reining show. My mom and I took our reining horses Cisco, Red, and Kahula, and another horse Nugget. Over all we did pretty good. I was really proud of the horses, and what they accomplished that weekend. They are all coming along pretty well with everything. I really enjoy going to any type of show, also it’s a great way for your horses to get away from home and see all sorts of different things. Also, even though its not an event, we hauled some of our horses out to Rock Springs, where Ag Progress days are held. We went there, because the girls with their mustangs needed to get out in a bigger arena and practice some things like flying lead changes, and such.
In August we went to the mustang challenge on the 10-12th, at the Dream Park, in Gloucester County NJ. That’s where Sarah and Anna competed with their 90 day mustangs, and I was asked to come do a freestyle with my mustang, Jacuzzi that I previously got Reserve Grand Champion on when he was a yearling and I was 9yrs old. We performed for the crowd while they were tabulating the scores for the freestyle finals for the competitors. It was amazing to perform in front of so many people – I’m so proud of Jacuzzi. He never lets me down – ever! You can watch our run on the website videos if you want to!
In October I will be competing in the All American Quarter Horse Congress, Cinch Freestyle Reining with my Quarter Horse Red! Stay tuned for details!
Well thanks for listening, best of wishes to all from NLH!
~Brooke