What do I do about my horse show jitters?
I have a show in a few weeks and it’s I’m doing a few cross country courses. I’m really excited for it, but nervous at the same time. I have an AMAZING horse to ride who I trust will take care of me. I’m extremely nervous about remembering my course, though. I know I can do it, I just get nervous and may forget the course. Luckily this isn’t a very big show, it’s hosted by my instructor, but she told me that the course is “four lines”. What does she mean by four lines? I defenetly think positive, and it has really helped me! What should I do? I have a lesson on August 1st and I was going to ask my instructor to quickly give me a course to remember then and try to do it right then, do you think that will help? My show is on August 11th, and i really hope to get a lesson in a few days before the show, too. I’m not nervous about the actual jumping, I’ve gotten very good, I’m just nervous about the memorization. Please help me! Thanks 
Whenever I get scared or nervous about a show, I always take a deep breath and try to relax and think that I’m there to have fun. It usually works, unless of course there is a big jackpot at stake, then I nothing can get rid of the nerves. To help remember the course, I always take one obsticle at a time when I look at the course on a piece of paper. Then after I have gone over every obsticle, I go over the course again, then I close my eyes and go through it in my head and that seems to do the trick for me. Something else that might help is to have a friend quiz you on the course. Good Luck at your show!!
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