Bluebonnet Show - one for the books

I'm just going to dump a bunch of pictures because in a nutshell:

• Taran is awesome
• I shouldn't doubt myself
• Taran is awesome
• BEST RIBBONS EVER

The reader's digest version of this is:

• 1-2: 68.125 (1st) (second score at 1st level toward USDF bronze medal)
• 1-3: 67.353 (1st) (qualifying scores for freestyle, SWDC regional championships, and GAIC championships)
• 1st level reserve champion (.2% behind a pro)

Seriously, this show had the best ribbons.

We missed out of any media for 1-2, but Taran was super and I rode reasonably well.  I did get vid for 1-3, where Taran was even better and I rode even better, so here you go:

Look, a 10 meter trot circle with bend. 7.5.

Lengthen stride keeps getting better and better. 6.5.

I wish our leg yields were always this good. 7.0 right, 7.5 left.

Look at my horse, my horse can do a stretchy trot circle. 7.0.

My horse can also do a badass square halt on a dime and trot off like a MF pro. 7.5, coefficient of 2.

He can even sort of fake a decent free walk. 6.0, which is a gift from the judge.

He can lengthen canter too... he just can't come back from it without going splat. 7.0.

We uh, can't do a canter/trot transition very well though. Nice pogo-sticking behind. More leg needed. 6.5, but only because it wasn't scored individually.

Did I mention he can halt square? 7.5

And the video, which doesn't make us look quiiiite as good as the stills (because let's be honest, I can cherry-pick the good moments with stills): 

Here's the scoresheet for 1-2:

And for 1-3:

Yeah. It was a great show. :)