First event! Labor Day 2011

It had finally arrived. Our first event was a starter trial held by the Huntington Valley Hunt Pony Club at Bucks County Horse Park. We entered the starter division, which had jumps from 18"-2'. Easy peasy. Great place to start and build confidence. The day was pretty dreary. Our dressage test was a respectable 44.5 for intro C. First dressage test EVER and we had to canter. Apparently Bev was exclaiming expletives as Theo picked up both his leads and did not buck once, things we had had some issues with in the month before. While waiting around for stadium it became apparent that it was going to rain. A LOT. We're talking downpour. But, the show must go on. We completed stadium cleat, hopped around xc in a light drizzle, and HOLY CRAP!!! We WON our division. Talk about confidence boost :-D