By Patty Wilber

The NM Paint Club put on its Fall Color RoundUp show last weekend. Patty Shuert, Faith Martin, and I went!

Zima, Patty S., me, Gette, at the end of Saturday.  We got there in the dark and left in the dark!  I came back the next day to work with Faith.

Although I am ready to be done showing for a few months (Training shows will start up in February!), I do enjoy showing–except having to get up at O dark thirty and staying all day long!  I mean, couldn’t my classes start at say, 10 am, and then be done at maybe 2 pm? Of course, that’s not practical, but one could wish!

Why do I like showing?

I like to help my clients improve, and to see if there are areas we can work on at home.

I like to get feedback from the judges on my horse.

I like to challenge myself and my horse.

I like watching other horse and rider teams to see what I can learn or emulate.

I like to see my horse show friends!

I do like to win, but I also like the pressure that comes with competing. I am not type A or anything. Ok, yes I am.

Next year, I think I will take a run at Appaloosa Nationals and World with Gette as she will be five and it will be her last year as a junior horse.  It will be a lot easier than in years past because I won’t have to take time off work to do it!

Happy Friday!