Today I took three teams of 4-Hers to a state horse contest. It is sort of like Jeopardy. We’ve been practicing every Saturday for a few months. They did much better than I expected. I thought that one of my junior teams would do well and that the other junior team and the senior team would get whupped on.
The good junior team froze during their first match. They were asked questions that I know they knew the answers to and they just sat there. So they lost that match. The younger junior team won their first round.
The bad junior team played again and lost which put them in the losers’ bracket against our other junior team who had had a bye. The good team beat the bad team but not by much. They then won another match and then lost. That made those two teams about 10th and 13th out of 27.
The senior team lost their first one too. The seniors then came back and won two matches before losing. They were about 12th out of 22. I hear that last year none of the teams won any matches so it is an improvement. They all seemed to have a good time though.
Now I have to head out to a bull riding contest. I hate bull riding. I don’t see the enjoyment of the sport at all. But this is a major fundraiser for the 4-H group that among other things sponsored my teams at the contest today. So I have to go help out for a while. I’m only signed up to work for an hour and then I’m out of there. I’m using Spirit as an excuse. He’s not allowed to stay out on grass too long or he’ll get sick. So I have to come home and rescue him.
Stumbled across your blog and found it quite intresting. My family used to own horses and never tried any of the holistic approaches as they were very new at the time. Would have been intresting to see what kind of results for some of the afflictions the critters had.
Thanks for letting me visit