Florida winter wonderful

Wrapping up the past few months has been such a relief. My semester is over and I finished with flying colors. Another lesson learned: Just because it is very hard doesn't mean you can't kick it in the butt and win! It's all about how much you put in.

Speaking of putting in time, I have not spent much time with Satin aside from our one-on-one time to and from the pasture. I was able to play with her about twice a week for the past few weeks, so that's not too bad. But now that school is over and other areas of life are cooling off, I can relax and just have fun with my horses.

I keep meaning to film my Level 1 audition. Karen (2* PP) told me I would likely get 2+ marks since we're already playing advanced Level 2 in some areas. So here's my plan for the Level 1 audition tape:
*It's all about safety, so I'll keep that in mind during the taping of the audition. And this may not go in order depending on the horse that shows up :)

1) Starting with catching game at liberty, haltering
2) Extreme friendly - touch all areas with stick and hands, helicopter with savvy string, hit ground with string
3) Pick up all 4 feet from one side
4) Porcupine - move hindquarters 180 degrees (maybe I need to do 360?), same with front end and chest
5) Driving game - rhythmic pressure to disengage front and back end
6) Yo-yo game
7) Driving from Zone 3, Touch-it
8) Squeeze game between barrels
9) Circling game - send, allow, bring back
10) Sideways