Dr. Pam
Well-Known Member
The weather cooperated up until the last 30 min of the show (hey, I was done and up at the barn
), the VSE turnout was great, the grounds are amazing, and they fed us wonderful food!!
Al B and his lovely wife Susan were there--I hope Al has some pictures of the 4 in hand he was driving, and Susan had her pretty little mare Fanny. There were 3 of us: daughter Patty driving her gelding Erica's Gimmie Another Glance, her long time boyfriend Carter making his debut in the show ring with my mare SR Desert Sun, and myself with my mare DR's Hide A Way Elegant Echo in her first Carriage show (she has been a Single Pleasure, Park, and Roadster show horse for 6 or 7 years).
Lance is fresh off his win at Sunrise Ridge, Sunny and Echo have been working hard, and they were all so good. OK, Echo TRIED to be good. OMG. No header. Big loud scary things. Wide open spaces. Her first couple of classes were exercises in patience. The young driver to my left in the first driving class watched me with wide eyes in the lineup and said, "wow mom, that horse has a harder time sitting still than me in school!" Nevertheless, we managed to win Turnout and place second to Patty in Pleasure Driving. Which pretty much set the tone for the weekend; my daughter smoked me in everything from cones to marathon to dressage. She ended up not only High Point VSE but High Point Overall Horse for the weekend. I managed to come in Reserve VSE *sigh* I had several *BIG* world class drivers tell me Patty and Lance were the epitome of what a VSE should be.
Carter did so well--he and Sunny are going to make a great team. It was a huge learning curve, and he managed to place in most of his classes. Got beat by the kids in some of them but got a first in his turnout class and a couple of thirds in cones.
So--pictures!!
Carter and Sunny
Carter and Patty in Turnout: Formal or Country Vehicle
Echo and I in Turnout: Easy Entry or Marathon Vehicle
Pleasure Driving; the first picture is Susan B with Fanny and me with Echo
Patty and Lance
Echo
Al B and his lovely wife Susan were there--I hope Al has some pictures of the 4 in hand he was driving, and Susan had her pretty little mare Fanny. There were 3 of us: daughter Patty driving her gelding Erica's Gimmie Another Glance, her long time boyfriend Carter making his debut in the show ring with my mare SR Desert Sun, and myself with my mare DR's Hide A Way Elegant Echo in her first Carriage show (she has been a Single Pleasure, Park, and Roadster show horse for 6 or 7 years).
Lance is fresh off his win at Sunrise Ridge, Sunny and Echo have been working hard, and they were all so good. OK, Echo TRIED to be good. OMG. No header. Big loud scary things. Wide open spaces. Her first couple of classes were exercises in patience. The young driver to my left in the first driving class watched me with wide eyes in the lineup and said, "wow mom, that horse has a harder time sitting still than me in school!" Nevertheless, we managed to win Turnout and place second to Patty in Pleasure Driving. Which pretty much set the tone for the weekend; my daughter smoked me in everything from cones to marathon to dressage. She ended up not only High Point VSE but High Point Overall Horse for the weekend. I managed to come in Reserve VSE *sigh* I had several *BIG* world class drivers tell me Patty and Lance were the epitome of what a VSE should be.
Carter did so well--he and Sunny are going to make a great team. It was a huge learning curve, and he managed to place in most of his classes. Got beat by the kids in some of them but got a first in his turnout class and a couple of thirds in cones.
So--pictures!!
Carter and Sunny
Carter and Patty in Turnout: Formal or Country Vehicle
Echo and I in Turnout: Easy Entry or Marathon Vehicle
Pleasure Driving; the first picture is Susan B with Fanny and me with Echo
Patty and Lance
Echo
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