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Summer Fun with Iggy (May 2018 post)

There's so much to catch up on that it's hard to know where to start! First, Iggy is now a show horse. He attended a schooling show at Horse On Course. He was very well behaved in frigid temperatures. His back was tight, so our canter was a mess. However, he was brave and pleasant, so I chalked it up as a win! (And he did win his Training 2 class even with his mistakes.) We then attended our first recognized show at Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia the following weekend. It's a beautiful facility and we had a great weekend with friends. Iggy settled into the show grounds eating and drinking perfectly. He seemed to like the busy show atmosphere as a spectator, but the warm up arena had his little mind spinning. We don's ride with other horses at my quiet boarding barn very often, so the busy atmosphere was a lot for him to handle. He did well, but he took a distinct dislike to the cute draft cross and the upper level horse schooling with us. They were worthy of some