['My daughter rides horses as a pasttime and was in her first dressage show a few weeks ago.', "That's so exciting! How did it go?", 'Well, the first showing I think she was nervous and she placed 7th - but then in the second showing she placed 2nd out of 43 riders!']
That is amazing! You must feel pretty proud of her.
My daughter trains horses as a pasttime and was in her first dressage show a few weeks ago.  She placed 2nd - for her first show that's pretty amazing!