Officially An Event Horse

Dargenzio is OFFICIALLY an event horse. He is signed up for his first recognized Horse Trial at Chattahoochee Hills in Fairburn, Georgia, in July! We will hopefully be participating in a clinic with Buck Davidson as well :D Anyway, Genzo has a USEA number of his own & we're getting pumped for Chatt. He has had the last four days off since the last show, & I got on him yesterday. Ya' know, he's five so any normal five year old would be stupid & be goofy. Not him. I guess he isn't normal. He went right to work & was really stretching! About 15 minutes into the ride, I was ready to get off. What's the point in riding a horse when he's being perfect? Especially a FIVE YEAR OLD. Well, I stayed on because he needs to get nice & fit so he won't die on cross country in the lovely Georgia heat. Its really nice to be able to ride my horse & feel the difference in his movement, suppleness, & willingness. Was he anything like this at the show? Of course not. He was really balanced as well & I normally expect a "I'm a giraffe, let me throw my head" into the canter transition. Did he do that? No. He was really really really good, I just can't get over it. He stayed nice & balanced, & only came up about an inch into the canter transition. It felt lovely! He was also nice & collected, whereas he is normally strung out & doesn't know what to do with his extremely large canter. Lets just hope he acts like this at our next lesson(; I love this horse more & more everyday. If it doesn't rain today, I'll be getting some conformation shots of him since he has really filled out since the day I got him!