Blossoms First Show

Blossom and I went to a dressage schooling show in Vero Beach today at Atlantic Crossings Equestrian Center.
We did not enter the show, we just spectated. Blossom was well behaved. She did not neigh or paw when she was tied to the trailer, nor did she try to walk faster than me. She held her head down and walked right by a lot of things for the first time. Blossom did shy just a little the first time the audience clapped. She also got scared when we were walking along a tall white fence with a friend and her dog leading the way, when a huge 17 + hands dark warmblood walked by us. I think the size of the other horse and the rider on top, plus her feeling trapped by the fence and dog in front made her a little nervous. She felt trapped and tried to flee. I got her back under control and she put her head down and we walked on. She could of jerked me around, ran my friend and her dog over, and just caused all kinds problems, but she didn't. Her emotional level was easy to bring back down and she drew on her thinking side of her brain and decided to trust me when I told her no," you can't flee." Blossom was pretty brave for hanging out with those great big huge horses today. They were all 10 times her size, she probably couldn't figure out why all the horses were all busy doing something yet they weren't together in a herd.