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Clemson End of Summer Show

Monday, February 4, 2008

Succesful Weekend

We had an excellent weekend. It was a great learning experience for everyone. We have come home with a long list of areas for improvement. At the top of the list is body clipping a couple of the horses. The only problem being that I don't own clippers. I'll have to find a set I can borrow from someone. The girls were real troopers. Everyone was coming down with the sinus infection I had earlier in the week, but rode through it. Nicole had only ridden Tansey three times before the show started, and did good Saturday. For Sunday we added spurs to get Tansey moving forward. It payed of Nicole placed much better on Sunday.

Gia had a great growing opportunity on Saturday. Jessie gave her a run for her money in her over fences classes. Gia stuck to the saddle in a way unheard of for a crossrails rider. She had 4 complete strangers come up to her and comment on what a great little rider she is. Even the judge from the other ring commented to her about what a good rider she is. We have decided that Jessie isn't quite ready for fences yet. She needs to get some more exposure to the show environment. We will be riding her on the flat for awhile until she learns to settle down.

Paula had an outstanding Saturday. She rode so well in the 2' 6" division that we moved her up to 3'. She improved her ride with each attempt. Sunday didn't get off to a good start as the division beore Paula's was scratched so we were racing to get to the ingate. In hindsight we probably should have scratched her from the division. Jack fed off Paula's anxietey and wasn't near as sharp as Saturday. After a couple of not so good rounds it was clear the judge wasn't going to look favorably upon us. We scratched the 3' for Sunday. The big decision that we need to make now is whether to show the 2'6" or 3' for the season. We'll see how things go over the next 10 days before deciding.

The team would like to extend their gratitude to all of the friends and family who took the time to drive down and cheer us on. Your support means a lot to every one of us.

Posted by mmfarms at 6:56 AM

1 comment:

Janet said...

WAY TO GO GIRLS!! Sara and I enjoyed our trip down there on Sunday and loved watching you all participate.
We look forward to seeing you all again in another show.
Keep up the good work!

Janet :0)

February 4, 2008 at 7:52 PM

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Shiloh's Tall Tale aka. Shoalih's Tale

Showing off my baby

The above slide show is pictures I've managed to accumulate of my pride and joy...Shiloh. These are all pictures I've found of him on the web. They start with him as a yearling at the Saratoga sale and go up through his winning at the race track. You will find more pictures of him in the bottom slide show at the Clemson show with one of my students aboard back in Dec. 2007. Hopefully I will be able to add some pictures of myself showing him in the near future.

You'll notice a couple of the pictures are during his time at Canter. Please check out their website at http://www.canterusa.org/ohio They are running on very hard times right now and every penny people can send their way is greatly appreciated by the horses. If everyone who checks our blog regularly could send just $5 they could feed a horse for a month.