Driving Bliss

Well, I did it. I had LD all to my self for one entire weekend. Last weekend to specific. We drove cones down at wind chase on Saturday and then went over to the Little everglades ranch and drove in the continuous fun drive on Sunday. We didn’t get mad at each other. Plus, we had fun.

I learned some stuff at wind chase. LD had never given me any type of speed at a competition before, so I excepted him to be slow. Quite the opposite, we had speed. I screwed up the pattern by the way I had walked the course before we went. I had walked the course WAY too tight for any type of speed, but LD didn’t get mad at me at all.   He went about his business and cantered most of the cones. He was wonderful.

On Sunday, we went over to the Little everglades Continuous Fun Drive. What a blast! First I need to say that the facility is BEAUTIFUL! The hazards (games) were both fun & interesting.  I even got LD + carriage + harness + Me weighed.  He weighs a lot less then I thought he did.  Overall, the “NO CANTERING” rule was the hardest thing for us to follow.

For one thing, LD HATES the color white. I don’t know why. He doesn’t like to be near new things that are white. One hazard was all white + very low to the ground. We got eliminated in that hazard because we cantered the entire thing.  He was very drivable but it was funny to drive. We had to spell words by using the dressage ring letter. That one was the best one for us. I couldn’t stop laughing because how LD was acting regarding the painted white circles around each letter.

I am hoping to find out if there will be any pictures available from the Little everglades event. There were plenty of people taking pictures. For our first weekend driving together in competition, I think we did very well. We didn’t win anything but I got the confidence.  I think I needed it in order for me to go ahead and fill out the Black Prong HDT Paperwork with me as his driver. Paul is his driver for the Nature Coast HDT at Black Prong in 2 weeks.  After the january BP event, LD and I will start working together on getting our act together for BP in March.