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| Ivy and Mario - NINJAs |
Heartland's Green Country Ride Equestrian Drill Team Competition
is November 3 at the Claremore Expo - that's THIS WEEKEND! So, the drill team practiced on Thursday night and then performed all 4 drills at the Rocking C Dressage Schooling Show on Saturday. The drills were spread out over the day and, after a rough start, improved with each demonstration. Sunday, we practiced again. One more practice on Friday evening, and then.... It's show time! Come and see the girls ride - Beth Bassett made all the Gypsy outfits and they look beautiful.
Since the girls rode 4 different drills, they didn't ride any tests at the show. But Splash and I rode T-1 (61.250%) and T-3 (59.800%). Judge Carolyn H says to work to steady connection (shorten reins) to help balance between leg and rein. Splash was very good and, although the scores don't really show it, these two tests were the best we have ever ridden. I did ride on "to loose" a rein but I wanted to have more impulsion - contact is a work in progress. Even so, Splash and I won our first high point ever!
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| Alaina and Sister - Indian War Pony |
The 4-H Horse Club gathered Saturday evening for a Halloween party including a hay ride, s'mores, costumes and pot luck. Then had a Halloween Ride Night last night and came in costume with their horses, played Egg-N-Spoon, Ghost Rider, and Red-Light/Green-Light. Alaina decorated Splash as her Indian pony and won the Egg-N-Spoon; they cantered bareback balancing that pesky plastic egg on a plastic spoon. Splash is a smooth operator when he feels like it although Alaina did have the advantage since Splash and I won Egg-N-Spoon at the Sept Benefit Fun Show in Sept. Ivy was the horseless-horseman/Ninja and had got a chance to ride Heather's show horse for fun. She misses Pico but is getting a lot of experience on different horses.
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