As most of you know, we have had Pigeon for about 8 months now. He was a ranch horse that had also dabbled in team roping. Sidney has been working with him to teach him all kinds of new things. He sometimes thinks she is crazy and gets a bit frustrated, but as soon as he understands what she is asking, he is all give. One of the things she has been working with him on is jumping. After months of practice, she had her first chance to try it out. They participated in the first month of the winter jump series.
Sidney signed up for ground poles and cross rails to start. There were nine jumps in the pattern. Pigeon was not too sure about the whole thing. Here was a perfect example of how he approached the ground poles.
When it came time for cross rails, we did not know what to expect. However, he went out there and flew over them as if they were nothing. (no pictures)
He did so well that Sidney asked me to sign them up for the 2' jump event. They did amazing. They had an entire fan club in the crowd, as Alyssa and many of her Eh Capa friends were there as well. Shortly after they did the pattern, we left for home. About halfway home, we received a text from Alyssa that they had placed third in the 2' jumps. Wow! So exciting!
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