4H Show

I love to watch my kids show horses. I know their love is rodeo but I still love it when they decide to show.

We went to the 4H MultiCounty Show in Nephi in June. The kids did really well. Racheal took first in Showmanship, Horsemanship and Poles. She took second in Reining and Barrels. So she had a really good day. Showing seems to come so naturally to her. She makes it look effortless.

Here are a couple of pictures of her and her horse Dasher.

The surprise of the day was our one eyed horse. Yes we ride a horse that only has one eye. She is Racheal's rope horse. When she first lost her eye I thought for sure we would not be able to use her for anything. It was sad because her and Racheal had just started to do really well together. We gave her some time to recuperate. Then Racheal wanted to try riding her again. So we started really slow. Then we thought what the heck, we should try to rope on her again. It worked. She ropes just fine. We have to do some extra things to make sure she does not hit her head or walk on you when she can't see you but she ropes really well.

Brent decided since she was mellower than the horse he showed last year that he would try and show her. The mare has never been showed. We have only used her as a rodeo horse. Brent had a good over all show. He got a blue ribbon in Horsemanship on her and he placed 3 in Reining. We did not even know the mare could do a flying lead change and she did it beautifully. WOW!

Brent was also good in all of the speed events. He even placed 5th in Barrels. I thought she would never be able to weave through the poles with one eye but she trusted Brent to get her through.

Here are a couple of pictures with her. You can see where her eye should be.