We had one of our competitions - and it was a Blast!! for real haha!
It was the end of the winter series. When we started this sport I started on my ol' Man Ro
Ro is 28 years old, and I love him to pieces - he was my husbands Calf Roping horse, then moved to Team Roping, then he had a hip Injury so I rehabbed him and we got him all healthy and I used him for Mounted Shooting.
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| Ro - calf Roping - in his Hey Day |
The best thing about him, he was consistent and not fast. I mean - he was fast, just not as fast as top competitors. Which Is JUST what I needed. Not only to learn the sport but to build confidence.
One day I read my Chocolate Fortune and it said to try something new. So I decided to try to compete on my mare Croppy. K had been competing on her, but he had switched to our Blue Roan, so Croppy was kind of missing out. I decided one weekend to let Ro Rest and take Croppy - that was 10 months ago ( photo is our first competiton together)
Fast forward to Saturday - she and I won our series and we got a belt buckle!!
This is us posing after we got home, so pardon the sunburn, the stink, and the dust... haha! Roanie Mare ( left) had to get in it too, because!! I have one competition on her now.
I took her Saturday , and decided to try her. Oh! My! Gosh!! She is way too fast, I am way not able to keep up with her speed yet - but it was sure fun to try and see what we could do.
I have a list of improvements to work on now!!
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10 comments:
How exciting! Congratulations to you and Croppy.
You are having too much fun! That is a beautiful photo of you and Croppy - it is frameworthy.
congratulations on my buckle and hubby's win, too!!! that's amazing. my aunt and uncle used to have horses (the family has since passed) and ride in competitions often.
thank you so much for bringing back these wonderful memories. i love horses, too. i rode as a teenager. my friend had a ranch and we used to have horse shows. one time i was riding on a shetland pony and that little rascal took me into a low tree branch. she was certainly the little brat.
have a wonderful, blessed day precious family.
Debra Broyles
What fun! Two winners!!! You are amazing to change it up and to ride even faster!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! What an amazing sport!
Congratulations! Sounds like lots of fun and now you have a new challenge to work on.
Congrats on your win! It is so fun to see these posts - a whole different world from mine and our quilting obsession.
Congratulations on the win. Looks like you both had lots of fun.
Congrats!
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