Brent's First 2-Handed Show

Brent got really motivated the last couple of weeks to work on his 2-handed 4H horse. A 2-handed horse is a colt that is under 5 years old and has never been show in a solid bit. It is a great program to help kids work with young horses. They learn a lot about training, patience and horsemanship.

We took Brent and Sass to their first 2-Handed show together on Thursday June 21. The show was not perfect but it was a really great first effort. Brent took 2nd in Showmanship, 1st in Pleasure, 2nd in Equitation and 1st in Trail. He ended up first in his age group for the whole show.

He had a really good work in pleasure. They really got along great. She was not as good in the classes when she was in by herself.

He was so excited after the show. I think this type of sucess is really starting to help his confidence.

MultiCounty Show Results

The kids finished the show well on Wednesday. Racheal did really well in the judged events. She placed 3rd in Showmanship, 3rd in Horsemanship, 1st in Reining and 3rd in Barrels. She had a great barrel run. We are really surprised how Dasher is starting to take to barrels. Unfortunately, it did not help his pole run. She got a no time in poles. She ended up reseve all around.

Brent did so much better in Horsemanship. He actually sat DeeDee at the trot. He placed 3rd. I was so excited. I think going to grandpas for a week to really helped his showing.

Brent placed 4th in Showmanship and 2nd in Barrels. He had a great show. He was 4th overall show.

Life Can Change in an Instant

Wednesday we went to our local 4H Show. We were all having a normal show day. Things were going well and the kids were having fun competing.

My very good friend Jen told me she just needed to run home for a minute. Her house is 5 blocks from the arena. So she left and the show was still going.

A few minutes later, we could hear sirens. Nobody really thought anything about it. I walked out of the main arena to the south arena and could see the ambulance and fire truck. I still did not panic. Someone in the south arena said that a car had been hit by the train. Then my husband called and said I think it was Jen who was hit. I happened to be standing right next to her daughter. I told her to stay with Coy and ran to my car. I got up there and could tell it was her family close by. Coy held on to Keylee until her uncle came to get her.

We were absolutely sick. Most people don't survive a collision with a train. It just stopped me to think that life could change so quickly. It had only been a few minutes since she had left.

We did get good news immediately. She was conscious and talking. I was totally amazed.

The train that hit her was going 50 MPH and it had 4 engines. I can not even imagine the force of the impact.

She was very blessed that day. Although she is very badly bruised and sore. She only had to have 8 stitches and there are no broken bones. We are all just thankful that she is still here with us.

It really made me stop and think that you should always be thankful when a loved one returns home safely.

PHSC Show Delta

Last weekend we went to the PHSC Show in Delta. The PHSC is an open horse show circuit in Central Utah. They are just a fun show. We try to make it to a few a year.

Racheal is over 14 so she now has to show with the adults. She does really well even with them. She placed 4th in Discipline on the Rail, 6th in Handy Horse and 2nd in Barrels. She has the best barrel run she has had in a long time. Her first barrel was really good and that is the one she has been struggling with. She was only .2 seconds from first place. It was really amazing.

Brent took 3rd in the Youth Pleasure, 1st in Barrels, 1st in Poles, 1 in Speed and Intelligence and 2nd in Keyhole. He had a great run in Speed and Intelligence. His time was better than most of the adults. We are going to try to make it to the next 4 shows. Brent is going to try for All Around Youth. Since he can ride both disciplines show and speed, I think he has a really good chance.

The best class of the day was Discipline on the Rail. Brent decided to try it last minute. So we hurried and got him entered. Racheal and Coy were already doing it. In Discipline on the Rail, the judge can ask for any mmaneuver on horse like stop, side pass, lope, counter lead, back, lead change etc. This judge was tough she had them doing a ton of different things. Then halfway through the class. She made them ride without stirrups. It was so funny. She even made them ride an extended trot without them. That is really tough.

The kids had a lot of fun and Racheal even beat her dad. We have to give him a really hard time when that happens. Brent was doing really good in the class but he missed a lead. Racheal placed 4th and it was a tough class. I was really proud of her.

4H Show Fillmore

We went to an open 4H show last weekend in Fillmore. I really do love to watch the kids show.

Racheal did really well. She placed first in Showmanship, Horsemanship, Reining and Poles. She really does an amazing job when she shows. It was not hard for her to take first. She also won overall show.

Brent's project horse Dee Dee was injured on Wednesday. So he took his 2-handed horse Sass for fun. He did really well for showing her the first time. She did a great job when she first came in for Showmanship but the judge took a long time and she got tired of standing there. She is still young. He really sits her well.

We took Keylee and Jen with us. Keylee did really well too. She placed in almost all of the events and took first in poles.

We had a lot of fun. Open shows that don't count for year end are relaxing because the pressure is off the kids.

4 In A Row

Memorial weekend rodeos were all about Brent and breakaway roping. Brent caught 4 in a row. Breakaway roping is an event that has a calf in the chute and the roper has a rope that is loosely tied to the saddle. The roper ropes the calf and when the rope breaks away from his saddle, then he gets a time. Who ever ropes the fastest is the winner.

On Friday Brent was up in Panguitch. He caught in 8 seconds and placed third. This was the first time he had won money at the Little Britches series. He was so excited. Then he caught again on Saturday in Nephi at the CUJR. He placed fifth. He caught on Sunday in Panguitch in 16 seconds but there were not a lot of kids that caught so he still placed fifth. On Monday he sped it back up again and caught in 8. He placed sixth.

It was really exciting to watch him excel in an event all weekend. It has really given him a big boost in confidence. It is also really good to see him and the new horse we bought in February start to come together. They are really working well as a team.

I call the picture above his four in a row pose. He was just totally smiling after each catch this weekend.

We really had a great time with all of our friends that weekend. It is great to see everyone helping everyone. All of the dad's help all of the kids with their events. The kids get to learn from a lot of different people which all makes them better.