Gold-n-Grand was a ton of fun, and our barn came away with a bunch of prizes.  I got a belt buckle of Horsemanship, and everyone else got at least one buckle.  V won a saddle along with a bunch of buckles, Lise won a saddle and so did Kathrine.  So it was a very successful weekend! 
They also had this class which was free style trail, and it was hilarious.  Lise told us 30 minutes before the class that we had to turn one of her bay horses into a black Cadillac, and another horse got his mane ...
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The time is finally here for Gold-N-Grand!  The show that I have been working up to for the whole summer!  Moe left for the show grounds on Monday night, and tomorrow morning I will be joining him out at Rancho Murieta.  I can't wait to see him again, and ride him tomorrow, I really hope that he acts good!  Moe is such a little bugger sometimes, he will be perfect one day, and a complete ass the next, he is so odd.  I just hope that this weekend he acts good because it would suck to have all ...
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Today Moe and I worked on patterns, and it was very interesting to say the least.  We worked on horsemanship first, and he is good at doing patterns, but he always takes advantage and puts his head up.  I learned some important little tidbits on my position while doing the pattern too.  I never noticed, but I tend to keep my legs just a little to far out in front of me, and my arm is just a little to high.  Hopefully this will help for when we show at Gold-N-Grand next month!!! 

We also did s...
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