I saw Linda Parelli's deadbroke horse balk at a jump because an arena sign started flashing bright red giant eyeballs just as it started to go over.
One of the worst horse showing experience I ever had was at a night time show at the Josephiine County Fair. I didn't take into account how very different the fairgrounds would be at night and didn't know that there would be a carnival set up right outside the covered arena. My first clue that it was not going to go well should have been when Bruce had to lead my horse into the arena. There were wide open doorways at intervals around the indoor arena and every time we passed one, there was a blast of light and carnival noise. Poor Doc did a giant leap forward at each door. It was quite an experience. I should have just asked to be excused. Nancy
