Here is Katie at her last horse show with Jefferson. They ended up with a 4th, 6th & 2nd. Not too shabby considering Jefferson dumped her in the dirt on Saturday's lesson (very unusual for him) and also threw a shoe and we had to get the farrier out pronto. I think Jefferson was telling us he didn't want to work this weekend.....

Plus Katie was the only one in the Prechildren's division, so she had to compete against kids in the Children's Hunter Pony division. Jeffy was the only pony out there with no lead change... (For those non-horsey folks - a pony canters like we "gallop" with one foot always forward. That foot forward has to be the foot that is on the inside of the circle. Katie has to trot Jefferson to get him to switch feet and the other kids could just give the command to the pony and their pony switches feet automatically. This is called having "the correct lead" and is part of what is judged.)

Here is a link.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHMwWL7aW8Q