My First Evaluation

As you may know I had my first horse training evaluation today. Boy was I nervous. Mainly because I thought Ava was going to be a total dumbo and make me look bad. But before the lesson started I managed to take her into the outdoor arena and lunge her for a bit. It helped so much.

My BO said that I did a good job with her roundpenning and there were only a few minor things to work on. My position needed to be a little more facing her bum and keeping her more out on the circle, other than that everything else was great. I was really happy I did this lesson it made me feel like I actually did a good job with her and I didn't do anything major things wrong. So, I am very pleased.

On another note, I think I will be asking him to do a month of training with her! The reason being is that I really just want her to be finished. I've been training her for almost five years and I think it is time for her to be done with all this novice training and move on to more advanced stuff so we can start competing. Also I don't have too much longer until school starts again and I would like to have some more riding time rather than just busting our balls in the round pen everyday. And I hate to say but I'm really not experienced enough to take her farther in training... So, the next time I see him I'll be asking him. I'm quite excited!