Headed to Championships!!!!

Our Junior High Point Champion has decided to take it one step further and is now headed to the Championship Dressage Show in May!!!!! WOW!!!! Not bad for her 1st year showing???!!!! Marissa has worked so hard this year training in dressage and all that work has finally paid off big time! Apparently it's very similar to other sports in that you compete at these shows and then if you qualify you can compete in the championship show among other qualifiers! Well, Marissa had a minimum score to achieve and only had one more test to take when that day arrived! It was the 25th of October and we had a wedding to attend later in the day but altered our schedule so she could compete and possibly qualify for this wonderful opportunity, to compete at the championships (which for the 1st time in 5 years will be held in Medford). So, she headed out to the arena and began her test when all of sudden the bell rings and the judge says "she needs to start over, she's doing it wrong". Well, you can imagine we are confused as we know she is doing the right test and come to find out they are actually confused. No big deal she explains to them what she is doing, they get the right test out and tell her to begin again and they are sorry....so my concern is "great she will be very nervous now"....well not Marissa she is calm as can be. She begins again and does one of the best rides she has ever done....her instructor says "that was brilliant" words I have never heard her say....she then says "you are gonna make me cry, you couldn't have rode any better today" absolutely incredible!!!!! We are so very proud of her and her accomplishments in such a short amount of time, she is just a natural with horses and she is so patient and kind with them, she is truly gifted!!!!