Wow! What a ride! I just realized I didn't blog about my final rides for the VHR buckle series.
Rides 5 & 6 we placed 1st and 2nd. Cat did very well and I was please (for the most part) with her performance.
Ride 7 was a completely different story. Ride 7, Cat decided she didn't want to wait for me to cue her, but instead she thought she could call the shots. Needless to say, we placed 6th that day (the worst she's placed since beginning trail challenges last year). After the ride, I rode out with MIL and worked on working her around Sis and letting her rest away from her. She must have figured things out as she started to get to where she wanted to be no where near Sis.
Sunday morning (Ride 8), she started wanting to buddy up again. I immediately jumped off and put her butt to work doing LFR stage 2 and turning her every time she got close to Sis. While it wasn't a perfect ride, the judges like it enough for me to place 1st. We must have done something right though as we were competing against two riders who are in the top 2 for nationals.
I ended up finishing the series in third, one point shy of the reserve buckle. I had a great time at the series and met some really awesome people.
Our 3 blues have forced me to move up to open in the 2015-2016 season (next month) so it is time to really buckle down and perfect maneuvers and increase her confidence in scary objects.
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