Uh... You can still go to the show - as an observer.  Yeah, generally I don't wait for the third strike before I see the handwriting on the wall and toss in the towel. I don't bounce well anymore so I try to avoid bouncing. Wind+highstrung = poor day for me to ride. He was a good boy waiting for you. Are you keeping him in the barn while his eye heals? My horse scratched her eye and it did the turn white thing. She still has her vision. I kept her in the darkest stall I could find while it healed.