Those of you who have been following my progress in mounted shooting may have noticed that I pretty much took last year off. At least in the public view.
Behind the scenes I was actually shooting quite a bit…at a walk and a trot. Popcorn wasn’t quite sure that he wanted to participate in the the game. So I kept it slow and took all of last year (not to mention the year and a half prior to that) to finish building his confidence.
And here is a photo of the results! I finally moved up to a level 2! For those of you who are not familiar with the levels a rider begins at one and moves up to six. At this rate I calculate it will take me…..twelve year! Lol…
Hopefully we retain what we have learned a little better than that. Or at least I hope so! Here is a video of us at work.
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Congrats! You two did an excellent job out there! You were smokin! lol
I saw you shoot your first gun (or think it was!) at the AQHA Quarterfest w/Piston Anne! You liked it then so I am not surprised you have taken this up! It is not going to take you 12 yrs! I have faith. Congrats on your new level & good luck keeping Popcorn focused!
Pretty close to it! I don’t think I had been to a shoot yet at that time. Lol…funny.
Hi Stacy – (Hi Sandy) – Congratulations ! …….. in the next few weeks my horse and I begin training for mounted shooting. I’m excited about it – I don’t know whether she will be as thrilled about it as I am.
Hi Stacy! I “hear” ya. I have decided to go back to riding horses, been off of them and driving for over 15 years! Sp excited to start mounted shooting training on my new horse as I get really near to 60 years old. I have a terrific teacher in NM, and bought a horse who has already competed to level 5 in CMSA. I will start in SASS and move to CMSA…SO much fun. YOU and your horse looked great….nice and easy is the way I will go too! Many wishes for much success!
awesome 🙂
yeayy congrats stacy! 😀
Congratulations!! It looks like lots of fun and Popcorn looks like he doesn’t mind it at all.
Now that game looks like way to much fun, but on the other hand I could see the rodeo that I would have if I tried that, and I told old to be used as a lawn dart anymore.
Way to go! Looks fun!
Congrats