Obelix and me part 2

It was almost time, I had kept Obelix very calm during the warming-up. "Bianca and Obelix, you two are now" said the woman who led everything in the right way. I led Obelix to the entrance of the horse arena. And there we were, Julia and my mother were standing inside the canteen. The judges gave me a little while before we started with the kür. Obelix looked a little bit scared in the beginning, but I calmly talked to him and he relaxed. Then I had to start. First I had to greet the judges and then I had to do my kür. It was absolutely fantastic. Obelix thought he heard sometimes something scary, but before he could run away I let him pay attention to another figure. The moment had come that I had to gallop, Obelix still walked beautiful. The second gallop I almost didn't get him back, but eventually I solved it so it still looked properly. At the end of the kür I greeted the judges again and I rewarded Obelix. I took him outside and Julia took a picture of us two. I let him rest out for five minutes and then got off him and put his blanket on to him. He was just a little bit scared to go back to the stables, but after 10 minutes he was ready to eat his lunch. Julia, my mother and I went to the canteen where we drank something and took something to eat because the awards were an hour and a half later. I was pretty nervous for the awards when they started because it is all up to the judges. First all the other levels came by, but then it was my turn. I had won the first price with 225 points, which is extremely high for level eleven. Now I may compete in level 12 of the 20 levels. I rewarded Obelix another time and then I went home, very pleased with my first price and the comment of the judges:"a nice lady equestrian and a great combination with the horse".

Obelix and me

   

Obelix and me

It was a cold day, the 30th of January. I was on my way to the riding school, but first, I had to go by Julia to pick her up. She promised me to help me that day. When we arrived at the riding school Julia told me that I shouldn't be nervous. In the canteen I said that I was there before I could start the preparations if I wanted to compete in the riding competition. After that, we went to the stables to cuddle the horse that I had to ride on. His name is Obelix. It is a big black horse with white feet and he loves to cuddle. Obelix is a very cute horse and with riding he is very graceful if you ride him the right way. He is while riding a little bit scared for noises and goes running really hard, like he did the Saturday before the 30th of January with practising, he is a big black beauty, but he is scared of the smallest things, but he doesn't mean it bad. Obelix showed his tongue and I grabbed it, it is a kind of playing for him. After a little while playing with him, we brushed him until he was completely clean. Eventually it was time to warm him up and get it all right before I had to get inside to ride for real. I had ten minutes when I got up on Obelix, and I immediately felt that it was good between him and me...

[to be continued]