First 4H Show of the Season

On Saturday, we had our first 4H Show for this year. The show went really well. The kids had a lot of fun.

Racheal and Brent prefer to rodeo than show. However, I love to watch them show. I like rodeo too but I love to watch them shine in the show ring.

This year we were planning on Brent riding a young horse named Sass but that did not work out. So for the last two week's we have been working really hard on Racheal's barrel horse Dee Dee to get them both ready to show together. I think Brent has really learned a lot by riding her the last two weeks. Luckily, we showed Dee Dee a lot as colt.

Brent did well for his first time showing her. He placed 4th in Showmanship, 6th in Horsemanship, 2nd in Reining, and 3rd in Barrels. Dee Dee has never run poles. We have only been teaching her the last 2 weeks. Brent made a real effort to lope her all the way through the pattern but he missed the 5th pole. So he had to go back and it made his time slow. There are a few areas that he could really improve. Hopefully, we can continue to work on those for the next couple of weeks.

Racheal had a great show. She placed 1st in Showmanship, Horsemanship, and Poles. She placed 3rd in Reining. She hit a barrel. She has never hit a barrel with Dasher before, so I am not sure what happened. She does such an excellent job in showmanship.