I have been slacking a bit on writing here.. we have been busy, busy! Summer started off with a bang for us at KLS.. which of course means we were at a horse show ;) Saturday the 21st we were at the Lancaster 4H county fun show. We had 7 girls go and all had a really great day. The horses were all well behaved and the girls all had a good experience, won some ribbons (a couple of them won their classes) and learned what we need to work on before the big 4H show in July. The big topics of the day were forgetting to check our leads and how tough Equitation over fences courses can be! :-D
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| R to L: Abbey/Clem, Alyssa/Bouy, Hope/Chloe, Jess/Greyson, Bry/Willow |
A couple of weeks ago we had a group of girls make their debut in to the Eventing world! Bry, Alyssa and Anya entered the Elementary Division at the starter horse trials held at Plantation Field. Each had been to one Combined Test, but this was their first 3-phase event. Alyssa went on to finish with no jumping faults and finished on her Dressage score which was in the low 30's. Anya had 2 refusals out on XC, but did managed to make it over and finish the course with a great experience under her belt for next time!
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| Anya and Kota |
Bry and Willow had a bit of a rough day. Willow was a bit amped for Dressage but nothing too out of the ordinary. As the day went on she got more and more agitated and it was decided that she had come in to season (heat). She was a bit of a disastrous mess of raging hormones! Bry managed to get her through the warm up for Stadium and get through her course with no rails--but made the right decision in deciding to with draw herself and not compete in the XC phase. All three girls did a wonderful job with what they were dealt for the day and I have to say that I am super proud of all of them for having the guts to try something new! It was a lot of hard work for all of them to prepare for this. We are hoping to enter another full event at the end of August.
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| Bry and Willow |
At this very moment, we have our first session of summer camp going on. We have 15 campers for the week! The first day was a great success and I am looking forward to a fun rest of the week. This camp session is a beginner/advanced beginner session. Our next session, in a few weeks, will be for more advanced girls who are at least confidently jumping cross rails.
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| Alyssa and Bouy |
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