Rodeo Queen

On Saturday, Emma had a horse show competition thing. She's only had 3 lessons so far so I didn't really want to put her in it, but she wanted to do it so we entered her in 3 events. Since she's a beginner she was in what they called a "lead line" class, where even though she was controlling the horse, there was a rope tied to it's halter so it couldn't get away from her. They ended up keeping her out there for all 6 of the events, and she actually won the one called a match race. She had to ride the horse as fast as she could to they fence, then get off of it and lead it back to the start line. She came in second in the Pony Express and she was in the top few riders for the Egg and Spoon race, too, so she did a great job.

Em posing in front of her horse's stall. They drew names out of a bowl and she ended up with Ice as her horse for the day.


Getting ready for the next event.


Posting back to the start line after delivering the mail in the Pony Express race. I think she came in second in this one.


Hustling to the finish line...