susanne said:
We arrived too late to watch any of the VSEs, and I especially wanted to watch Duckie (and Ron, LOL). At least we got there earlier than Leia, hehe.
Ah, but I then stayed the night at Happ's in my Honda CRV (not to be mistaken for anywhere near the comfort of an RV), got up bright and early at 7AM and watched every single VSE do Cones on Sunday so I don't feel too bad!
I got good pictures of everyone which is more than I'd probably have managed in the hazards.
Maybe someday when I don't live three hours away, I'll actually manage to get there on time without coming down the night before.
BTW- If the tandem entry had not had to back out, Maureen would have had both what she believes to be the most Intermediate VSE entries ever gathered but also one of every single ADS-recognized hitch represented in VSE as well! That's a four-in-hand, unicorn, tandem, pair and singles all at one show. We're shooting for making that happen ASAP.
Oh, and did we mention that VSE's won the Best Overall awards for all three divisions against all sizes of horse??
I think they sort of kicked butt!!
Leia
Edited to add: Lisa B., if you're reading this, thank you and the rest of the AMHR committee for those awesome large ribbons to the best-scoring mini and Shetland at the event! It was really nice to have those handed out along with the special Morgan and Friesian awards.