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Well that happened! |
Haul in - Two hours for Ypke, 2 seconds for Jethro.
Jethro's Green horse showmanship - The little man did AWESOME! He was on his very best behavior and did everything great, but I forgot the pattern and screwed up a bit. Despite that, we walked away with a grand champion rosette and red flat! Even though we were the only pair in the class, I do think that I deserved the red flat and he deserved the grand champion. He is an awesome little dude.
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What a dandy |
Ypke's showmanship - Let's just say that I was "that person." It was awful. She was prancing around every which way, neighing, and was not listening to me at all. I was very confused about the pattern and freestyled it. I knew we didn't stand a chance at all, so I was just like, "Screw it, this is how it is going to be," and went this way and that during our pattern. Unfortunately, the judge just couldn't follow the greatness of it all and we came in ninth out of eleven. I don't know how people managed to place below us, but whatever.
Once in the ring Ypke was a little superstar, and everything went smoothly with no issues. The judge docked me down for "inappropriate apparel" (missing ratcatcher/collar) and picking up the wrong diagonal once. She also said my legs were rather far behind me. We pulled away with a grand champion rosette and red flat.
Pretty much my equitation was bad, my apparel was a mess, and Ypke did great.
Dressage - They ran this way ahead of time and I had all of 5 minutes to tack up, get dressed, and head to the ring for our Intro B test. I rode her in a French link snaffle that I had only ever ridden her in once (and it went AWFUL that one time). I didn't get to warm up at all and pretty much mounted up and went into the ring immediately. Surprisingly, I wasn't nervous at all.
Ypke really wanted to move out, but she was listening well. The judge said we had soft transitions, quiet cues, nice impulsion, and were overall very straight (also- my leg was not too far back behind me!) However, we do need to work on adding more bend in our corners and circles - something I have never really thought about or focused on. We received a blue flat and grand champion.
Photography - I won reserve grand, the special award, and the fair theme award. All of my other photos received blue flats.
Public presentation - I did this on therapeutic donkeys and received a blue flat and grand champion.
Gosh, I love this horse |
Go you! Fair is exhausting, but looks like you guys had a great experience. And Jethro really is too cute :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Definitely the longest week ever, but totally worth it :)
Deletewow you three did great! sounds like you had a lot of fun and that it was a great experience for everyone too :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! Totally a lot of fun and totally a great experience for all involved.
DeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteAwesome, congrats! Your Fjord is super cute...love the mane. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteCongrats! Jethro is too cute for words.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteTotally awesome! The 3 of you were wonderful!
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