Just got in from choir practice and got a call from my daughter.
She applied for a spot on the equestrian team at her college. They told her that the team was full, but she could try out and train with the team, and be a substitute if they needed her. When she was home on spring break, she came out to the barn and took a private lesson with our trainer (she rode the Big Dumb Blond) to sort of get tuned up for her team tryout which was this afternoon.
Well . . . it's an understatement to say it went well. She said the test was pretty tough, a lot of ground work and some lateral work (we went over that last week!) and then successively more difficult jumping. The team coach basically went into raptures over her equitation . . . "Who's your trainer? How long have you been riding?" and said that they would MAKE a place on the first string for her. She's fortunate to have the perfect body for equitation - skinny, with nice long legs and a relatively short upper body.
So I'm going to tell our trainer all about it! I know she'll be pleased.
Of course, this means we have to send her good Melton hunting coat, ratcatcher shirt, stock, and leather breeches to the cleaners and send them back with her over Easter break . . . . I guess hunting attire will be o.k. at a hunt seat show!
< /proud mama brag > I knew it was worth it looking high and low for the best trainer in town! We've been with her for over twelve years, I think daughter was about 7 when she started. The trainer still has the little pony that was daughter's first mount, and he's still carrying kids around and giving them fits . . .
That’s fantastic :) And definately worth a proud momma brag. Tell her to get pictures for all of us and that we are rooting for her.
Congrats to you and your daughter!
Rain here today... going to work on the half of yesterday’s to-do list that I didn’t get to.
Stripping the pony’s stall is first.