A Different Job

On the third of July we took Daisy to the State College Classic to ride her in the Hopeful Hunters to see how she would do at a horse show and see how she would jump. At this point I had never seen anyone jump her and had no idea how she would go.

She wend around in the first class refusing the first jump and the third jump but then in the second round she went around clean. We didn’t get anything in the hack but she was really good.

Emily asked me if I would want to keep her there for the week until the next Thursday and see how she would do after she rides her for a while. She rode her in the Pre-Greens and she got 8th place with her.

The next Thursday I came out and had a mental breakdown because everyone had been telling me that my horse couldn’t jump and needed a new job that wasn’t jumping or dressage (like western pleasure).
After I warmed up and was waiting to go in my class Emily asked me what was going on and I told her that my horse sucked and that she couldn’t do any jobs that I could do. Emily told me that it would be okay and just to do my class and then see how it goes.

Daisy went around in the class perfect jumped all the jumps and was quiet in the class. I didn’t get anything but she was quiet and jumped everything clean.
After I was done with the hack emily asked me if I would want to ride her in the puddle jumpers just to see what would happen. I told her sure as long as she would ride her first just incase.
Emily rode her around the first round and she never spooked or looked at one jump. I jumped on and did the second class and it was just as good as the first. She never batted an eye even though she knocked a few rails. When I exited the ring Emily asked me if that was an ok job for her and I said yes.