MiniHGal
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Well, I finally have time to post about Mighty Minis CDE! First...wow, everything was great--food, courses, competitors, etc...and no wrecks either! There were lots of 'regulars', with a fair few new names mixed in too--I think everyone had fun!!
I drove the mini tandem...and we did wonderful! I was very proud of Elvis, this was his first show ever, and he was a trooper--ate, drank, stood quietly and just took it in like a veteran!! He even figured out the hills(he's a flatlander horse) and was perfectly happy to pull us up and down all over! Fascination was a golden girl(usually!) and was actually quite relaxed at a show for the first time.
So we were the only one in our class(Training Pair or Tandem), and got a 57.09(I think) in Dressage, only had one ball down in cones(a wobbler too dang it), though we had time penalties because I was driving very slowly and carefully, and a great clean marathon!! So total score was 67 something!
Cones was interesting, fortunately Fascination is a smart girl and knows to head for the middle of the cones, so I pointed her at a pair and directed Elvis(his first cones course, though he's seen cones before).
Marathon was actually really easy, Elvis came out with just a light sheen of sweat(about like the day of dressage), even though he was pulling two people in a cart. The hazards were nice and flowing(usually) and I only had to walk them twice(though we slow trotted all of them). I honestly think that a few more times of competing and we would be able to do them fairly fast.
So...all in all, no tangles, no wrecks, and a pretty good score for a green tandem!
My mom took the 4 yr old gelding, Dapper Dan(he was a 'free' horse from a friend last year that I trained in Oct)...this was his first CDE and was in Training Singles. They took first overall(yay!!) in Training Singles and ended on their dressage score(58? I think or 59). Dan has such a bigheart, he really got into cones(his first real cones course) and came off of marathon with a lower heart rate than he started with. He did well enough my mom thinks she might take him in Prelim in a year or two.
For the first time, we had a tie for Presentation(yes it was standing!), between Cris Sullivan(and Jeremiah) and Jim Jeffrey(and Rocket). I have to say...I don't thinkI could have made a decision either! Gorgeous turnouts--though of course since I was the one who braided and clipped Jeremiah I was a little partial to them!!
And by the way...our 'group' was 3 entries, 4 horses, and 6 carts altogether...in two trucks, a 2 horse trailer, and a 4 horse gooseneck. The minis sure 'pack' well!
Thanks go to Tanglewood Farms especially for the loan of 1 horse(Elvis), 3 carts(the meadowbrook, the Mini E, and the roadster), and parts of several harnesses, including some new pieces made specially for the tandem(the soft collar, the leader reins, and the hip straps)! There is no way this all could have been pulled off so nicely without them...and then there are several others, including my groom, and Marie McKee, who made my tandem whip.
Neil also has some gorgeous pictures of us on dressage/cones day, and maybe??marathon...could you please post them?
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from marathon(well, one of Dan), but I did the tandem up very cute--blue vetwrap on the tails and manes braided!
Pictures(I have a lot, sorry):
Dan in dressage...the judge said he had a lot of potential, which he does, sweet boy.
Dan in cones
Hilly cones course!
Dan on marathon, Section A(trot section, no hazards)
Tandem in Dressage...
Wow, we're actually straight!! Looks like one horse, eh?
I drove the mini tandem...and we did wonderful! I was very proud of Elvis, this was his first show ever, and he was a trooper--ate, drank, stood quietly and just took it in like a veteran!! He even figured out the hills(he's a flatlander horse) and was perfectly happy to pull us up and down all over! Fascination was a golden girl(usually!) and was actually quite relaxed at a show for the first time.
So we were the only one in our class(Training Pair or Tandem), and got a 57.09(I think) in Dressage, only had one ball down in cones(a wobbler too dang it), though we had time penalties because I was driving very slowly and carefully, and a great clean marathon!! So total score was 67 something!
Cones was interesting, fortunately Fascination is a smart girl and knows to head for the middle of the cones, so I pointed her at a pair and directed Elvis(his first cones course, though he's seen cones before).
Marathon was actually really easy, Elvis came out with just a light sheen of sweat(about like the day of dressage), even though he was pulling two people in a cart. The hazards were nice and flowing(usually) and I only had to walk them twice(though we slow trotted all of them). I honestly think that a few more times of competing and we would be able to do them fairly fast.
So...all in all, no tangles, no wrecks, and a pretty good score for a green tandem!
My mom took the 4 yr old gelding, Dapper Dan(he was a 'free' horse from a friend last year that I trained in Oct)...this was his first CDE and was in Training Singles. They took first overall(yay!!) in Training Singles and ended on their dressage score(58? I think or 59). Dan has such a bigheart, he really got into cones(his first real cones course) and came off of marathon with a lower heart rate than he started with. He did well enough my mom thinks she might take him in Prelim in a year or two.
For the first time, we had a tie for Presentation(yes it was standing!), between Cris Sullivan(and Jeremiah) and Jim Jeffrey(and Rocket). I have to say...I don't thinkI could have made a decision either! Gorgeous turnouts--though of course since I was the one who braided and clipped Jeremiah I was a little partial to them!!
And by the way...our 'group' was 3 entries, 4 horses, and 6 carts altogether...in two trucks, a 2 horse trailer, and a 4 horse gooseneck. The minis sure 'pack' well!
Thanks go to Tanglewood Farms especially for the loan of 1 horse(Elvis), 3 carts(the meadowbrook, the Mini E, and the roadster), and parts of several harnesses, including some new pieces made specially for the tandem(the soft collar, the leader reins, and the hip straps)! There is no way this all could have been pulled off so nicely without them...and then there are several others, including my groom, and Marie McKee, who made my tandem whip.
Neil also has some gorgeous pictures of us on dressage/cones day, and maybe??marathon...could you please post them?
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from marathon(well, one of Dan), but I did the tandem up very cute--blue vetwrap on the tails and manes braided!
Pictures(I have a lot, sorry):
Dan in dressage...the judge said he had a lot of potential, which he does, sweet boy.
Dan in cones
Hilly cones course!
Dan on marathon, Section A(trot section, no hazards)
Tandem in Dressage...
Wow, we're actually straight!! Looks like one horse, eh?
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