Trying new things!

Hey every one!!! My birthday is coming up here soon, I'm going to be 13!!!! Craziness!!! So, I just want to share a little bit about what's been going on with Hershey. Hershey is the best when it comes to trailering now!!! He hops right in! (Literally.) :) I have been practicing barrel racing and pole bending out in our pasture! You know what the barrels and poles were? Sprinklers. Yeah, that's right. But hey, we've only broke one.... My best score for the poles was 28 seconds. (Which is pretty bad considering the sprinklers weren't even that far apart.) We are working on it though!!! I always gallop Hershey up the hill, so when I was trying to turn him around the sprinklers, he trotted like a crab side ways!! He was confused why we weren't going up the hill like usual!! About a month ago I rode Hershey down the road, just to get him used to it. There is a cow in a pasture that we pass on our way down. The cow came running down the hill snorting and mooing. I think he wanted a friend. Hershey did not. Hershey jumped and stood as stiff as a board, his nostrils were flaring wide!!! He didn't bolt though!!! I found out that day that Hershey does not like cows!!! Lol:) A few days ago we walked Up our road. This is a lot diffren't then going down it. A lot scarier. Hershey met a new horse, and when he saw it, he gave it the loudest greeting ever! I have never heard him winey so loud before!!!!! I think he liked that horse a lot better then he did the cow, that's for sure!!!!
~Miranda

First horse show!!

 

I went to the Show!! Hershey and I did great, we got two first places!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!! It was soooo exciting riding up and getting the ribbons, I had so much fun!(Hershey did to) We did a lot of ground work and riding before we went into the show ring, and we did pretty good, these are the places that I got(They might not be in a row):
-#4
-#5
-#4
-#5
-#6
-# 7 or 8 (Hee hee, that one.....)
-#2
-#1!!!!!!!
-#1!!!!!!!!!!

 I got some good ones they're at the end!! Yay!! It was my first show, and it went really well.(even though some of the placing's weren't awesome, it was still fun) The only not-so-good things were, *sigh*, I had to get up around 5:30.... Not fun, but after I got moving, it was great!! Also, after about noon, it got windy, I mean REALLY windy! I was eating dirt all day, and when I got home, my face was brown and I had dirt in my ears. But it was totally worth it!1 I loved getting ready for the show, grooming Hershey and setting up and practicing. My family and some of my friends came to watch, and that made it even more exciting!! I am so doing more shows in the near future, it will be so much fun!! Especially when it gets really competitive!! Here's some pictures:(Just to warn you, it was very, very, very windy, so my hair, oh my...)                                  
     Here we are posing for pictures, unfortunately Hershey thinks something off to the left is more exciting then a camera.

 

 

 

We are waiting to go into the arena and do showmanship!

 

 

 

We are warming up and doing ground work.

 

 

 

Here we are in the arena, it was so fun!

 

 

 

 

My first ribbon!! (4th place) 

 

 

Much more exciting then the camera again!!

                          

 These were two other girls that went to the show with my trainer, we are showing off our ribbons at the end of the day!!!

 

 

 

 

 

My Hair...... You can laugh, I wont judge.

- Miranda

  

 

 

 

 

 

Going to our first Horse show!!

I haven't posted for months!! Wow, do I have a lot to catch up on... Well, first, we joined a 4-H club, and I can't wait until we do a lot of activity's in that!! But, guess what!( drum-roll please, ) we are going to our very first show this weekend!! I have never done a show before, and neither has Hershey, so this is going to be quite an experience! I am sooo excited. it is going to be so fun, I'm a little nervous to, but I can do it!! Hershey and I can do it! I got a western button up to wear at the show, and my jeans and boots, also, if its warm enough, I'm going to give Hershey a bath before we go so he will be all neat and clean! We will be entering in 10 classes, these are the ones:  -Showmanship, walk/trot
-Showmanship 11-13
-4-H Fitting and showing Junior
-4-H fitting and showing Intermediate
-Bubble Gum Contest(horseless, ages 7-14) (the only problem is, I can't blow a bubble!!!)
-Stock Seat Walk/Jog
-Western pleasure 4-H
-Trail 11-13
-Green Horse Walk/Trot
-And a few others

It is going to be so exciting! I will tell you all about it afterward, bye!!

FUN!!!!!!!!!!

I had fun today! I practiced sensitizing and desensitizing, and I cantered barrels!!! It was so much fun and I don't think I have had that much fun in forever! Soon I bet Hershey and I will be galloping across the pasture and soaring like birds..... Oh how fun that would be! I found out the difference between a lope and a canter today, which I thought were the same actually were not, a lope is slower than a canter, and today I cantered! I even went over a little jump on him too! It was fun, I think Hershey was getting a little tired during our lesson, and when I dismounted for a minute and then went to get back on, he was asleep! LoL!!! I was so excited because my trainer told me that I could go as fast as I felt safe to go around the barrels!!!! I was so excited that when I did the barrels I tried to go really fast, but Hershey was so tired that he wouldn't go any faster than a fast canter, but I still had SO MUCH FUN!!!

Practice Practice Practice!

Hi!! Today I went to work with Hershey, and we were practiced some things he needs to work on, and some things I need to work on too!! I lunged him around and I worked on not letting him pull on the rope when he canters. What I did was as soon as he would canter and start to pull, I would backup and ask him to come in. Hershey was being kind of lazy today, so when I asked him to canter and then come in a, after awhile, he would lay back his ears. It wasn't the kind of ears back were he is saying,'' arggh, I'm mad at you, get out of my way''. It was the kind of ears back were he was saying, '' oh my gosh, I have to do this again''? I think he got a little bit bored of that exercise, lol!! So what we did after that was when I got on him, I practiced the walk, trot, and canter. And part of the time I had to ride with out stirrups! I just don't like riding without stirrups for some reason, but my instructor said that I need to ride without stirrups more than I do now so I don't feel any difference riding with them and without. That is what ''I'' had to work on today as well, I also worked on keeping my heels down, which is sometimes very hard, especially without stirrups! All together I think Hershey and I did ok today, but we are improving all the time!

I LOVE my horse!!!!:)

Hey!! I'm finally writing a post again, I haven't written one for ever, but now I have a lot of catching up to do!!:). Hershey went back to training again for his second month about two weeks ago. He's doing pretty good now, though he just had a few little things that he needed work on, and I got to ride him and practice loping!! It was awesome! I can't wait until I get to have another riding lesson with him. I was thinking of all the reasons why I LOVE having a horse of my own to ride and every thing that comes with that wonderful privilege. I LOVE that GOD gave me this wonderful horse, so, I'm going to make a list of all the reasons why I LOVE having a horse of my own. 1. Horses are fun!!  2. I LOVE my horse   3. My horse LOVES me!  4. They are fun to ride!  5. Just the joy of knowing you have a horse to LOVE and care for!!!:) That's why I LOVE having a horse of my very own. Do you see how many times I used the word LOVE? That's right, 8 times, and now I'm going to use it three more times, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, my horse Hershey, and I am very blessed to have him!!!!:) :)!!!

My horse and me!

Hi, I'm going to tell you all about how I got my horse, Hershey and what I started this blog for. Hershey is a Mustang, he is all dark, dark brown/black, very sweet and loveable, and  he is 8 years old. I am going to be helping my riding instructor train him. He is going to her house soon to be trained and I am going to help! Every week I will go to help her a couple times  and learn how to train a horse, and that is why I started this blog, I am going to Write all of my experiences and adventures while I learn how to train Hershey! so, this is somewhat like my online journal, I would like to thank GOD for this amazing opportunity to have and train my very own horse!! Personally, I believe that the horse is GOD'S most wonderful creature, (no offence to all the other ones!)So I hope you all enjoy reading about all the adventures Hershey and I have together!