Riker 

Hello!  I am writing to tell you about a time when me and my pony got a bit muddled up! 

Riker was my old pony. One day me and my friend had an obedience competition with our ponies for an upcoming dressage test. 

They were surprisingly excellent and we got them to side-step. We ourselves started to learn dressage tests by heart. Then on the day of the competition we barely studied the course. 

Square halting was our strong point. When I got to the square halt, after so much effort trying to get him to side-step earlier in the week, he went to the far side of the arena SIDE-STEPPING.

There was an uproar and I was asked to leave the arena!

WARNING TO ALL READERS: Don't practice too hard!

By Susan Spillane

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