Went to a huge swap meet this weekend hosted by our friends from the Great Lakes Appaloosa Horse Club. Bought a few things but managed to stay remarkably restrained on the spending front.

Later in the day, our hunter jumper friends joined us at our barn to work on jumping with us. Sally helped us by riding our horses over the fences we weren't sure we were ready for. We jumped small cross rails, higher cross rails and then a vertical. Rio and Dancer both made it over and did not refuse once. It was quite different than the little trot overs they had been doing up until now.

Sally gave us some great pointers on how and when to cue for the jump. She also helped me with body position and where to look when jumping. It was really fun to actually JUMP over the fence. We are going to keep practicing the jumping 2 times a week to keep improving. Hopefully this will help me get over my anxiety about having to jump during the ECR.

Speaking of ECR and Equine Affaire in general, Brenda and I finished our videos and sent them out last week. They were due this past Monday. I would expect that we would hear no earlier than the second week of March as to whether we were accepted to any of the clinics we applied for.