I HATE CRYBABIES.I think that's why I'm always so appalled when, horrors upon horrors, I break down in tears at a show.Don't get me wrong. Happy tears, such as the ones I shed upon returning to the show pen back in June, those are OK. But oops-I-went-off-pattern-because-my-horse-was-a-brat tears ... not so much.Yet that's exactly what happened to me at a recent Quarter Horse show, and the irony is, my horse behaved flawlessly. Let me back up a few steps.The past few years, I have been trying to get my horse consistent. I could not figure out why he was so perfect at home, only to fall apart at shows. Was it me? Did he sense my anxiety? Honestly, I didn't think that was the case, but his performance in rail classes had been so dismal of late, I'd started to look upon my entry fees as donations.
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