Welcome to the new blog site! In the header for this blog you see Storm (or he sees you wink, wink). This is a photo taken by the future FrawgByte apprentice - Jenna! That photo will most likely be entered in the Oakland County Fair.
We had a great time again this weekend. While this was actually a two day show, we only showed on the first day. This was a very long show day - 12+ hours of showing (and waiting). Everyone did well and had a great time.
Present for this show were Bekah riding Dejia, Jenna riding Coolio, Amanda riding Storm, Colin riding Storm and Natalie riding Storm! Storm was one busy horse!
Up first, Rebekah and Dejia. Once again this team excelled, bringing home 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds and a 5th. The show went smoothly for these two and they had a great time. Bekah has worked hard with Dejia and it shows as they make riding look easy.
Jenna and Coolio entered their first Fitting and Showing class of the season and earned a 2nd place! Jenna was nervous going into this class and was heard muttering something like "I hate showmanship!" Despite her reluctance, they did great! The day continued to be a success as they placed in all of their classes.
Colin is a active guy, and was only able to show in the afternoon due to a conflict with his baseball schedule. Lucky for him the show went slowly so he was able to make it to he fairgrounds in time for his Western and Speed classes with all of his placings being 1st through 3rd.
This week, Colin was only able to show the second half the show and Amanda was only able to come for the first half of the show. Because of this, Amanda left Glory at home and tried her hand at showing Storm. Amanda used Storm for Fitting & Showing, English Equitation and English Pleasure and placed in every class. They did GREAT! Storm is extremely responsive to cues so Amanda had a good time riding him.
Joining us this week was Natalie Musgrove. Natalie uses Storm for the Oxford High School Equestrian Team and entered the Saddleseat classes, and Speed classes. She looked great and placed in both Saddleseat classes, as well as Keyhole. Go Nat!
Megan Ward was not with us this weekend as she was busy with the Destination Imagination Worldwide Competition! Congratulations to Megan for her team making it all the way to the worldwide competition! To learn more about Destination Imagination click on this link...
Frawgbyte Photography was also present at the show again this week and I managed to get a shot of John - the man behind the camera. Look for photos of the rest of FrawgByte in the months to come! They take such amazing shots! Please check them out by clicking on the frog below. Their prices are great and you will not be disappointed with their shots!
Here are the placings for the Triple B's Show
Rebekah and DejiaJunior Western Horsemanship – 6th
Junior Western Pleasure – 2nd
Junior Bareback – 1st
Cloverleaf 9-14 – 3rd
Keyhole 9-14 – 1st
Pole Bending 9-14 – 2nd
Speed & Action 9-14 – 3rd
Jenna and Coolio
Pony Showmanship - 2nd
Walk/Trot English Equitation - 3rd
Walk/Trot English Pleasure - 5th
Walk/Trot Western Horsemanship - 3rd
Walk/Trot Western Pleasure - 6th
Amanda and StormSenior Hunt Seat Fitting & Showing - 4th
Senior Hunt Seat Equitation - 5th
Senior Hunt Seat Pleasure - 3rd
Colin and StormJunior Western Equitaton - 2nd
Junior Western Pleasure - 2nd
Junior Trail - 2nd
Cloverleaf - 1st
Speed and Action - 3rd
Natalie and StormJunior Saddleseat Equitation - 5th
Junior Saddleseat Pleasure - 2nd
Keyhole - 2nd
Up first, Rebekah and Dejia. Once again this team excelled, bringing home 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds and a 5th. The show went smoothly for these two and they had a great time. Bekah has worked hard with Dejia and it shows as they make riding look easy.
Jenna and Coolio entered their first Fitting and Showing class of the season and earned a 2nd place! Jenna was nervous going into this class and was heard muttering something like "I hate showmanship!" Despite her reluctance, they did great! The day continued to be a success as they placed in all of their classes.
Colin is a active guy, and was only able to show in the afternoon due to a conflict with his baseball schedule. Lucky for him the show went slowly so he was able to make it to he fairgrounds in time for his Western and Speed classes with all of his placings being 1st through 3rd.
This week, Colin was only able to show the second half the show and Amanda was only able to come for the first half of the show. Because of this, Amanda left Glory at home and tried her hand at showing Storm. Amanda used Storm for Fitting & Showing, English Equitation and English Pleasure and placed in every class. They did GREAT! Storm is extremely responsive to cues so Amanda had a good time riding him.
Joining us this week was Natalie Musgrove. Natalie uses Storm for the Oxford High School Equestrian Team and entered the Saddleseat classes, and Speed classes. She looked great and placed in both Saddleseat classes, as well as Keyhole. Go Nat!
Frawgbyte Photography was also present at the show again this week and I managed to get a shot of John - the man behind the camera. Look for photos of the rest of FrawgByte in the months to come! They take such amazing shots! Please check them out by clicking on the frog below. Their prices are great and you will not be disappointed with their shots!
Rebekah received her first blue ribbon of the year riding Dejia in the Junior Western Horsemanship class. These two become more of a team at each show. Sometimes it's hard to tell where the rider ends and the horse begins. Bekah truly loves Dejia and Dejia Bekah.
They are a pleasure to watch in all that they show in, but especially in SPEED! Dejia just flies and you can tell this horse LOVES the speed events!
Bekah's boyfriend John also attended the show and I give him tons of credit. He doesn't ride but was there to support Bekah ALL DAY! Those of us that show know that horse shows can be long, hard days and sometimes quite boring. A lot of "hurry-up and wait" and sometimes watching pattern classes is much like watching paint dry. But John was there all day, helping out with everything and enduring the jokes and "death stares" from some of our younger riders who shall remain nameless, LOL.
Jenna and Coolio rode in both English and Western Walk/Trot classes. I don't think Coolio has ever had a western bridle on or if he did, he never learned to neck rein, yet Jenna and Coolio placed in all of their classes, with a third in Western Equitation. He tried so hard to understand what she was asking him to do and was calm and cool the whole day.
Another pair who look as if they are one is Colin and Storm. These two grew up together and are such a cohesive team. Storm responds almost instantaneously to Colin and the cues are almost imperceptible. Their personalities are a great match as both love to have fun and joke around.
Megan showed Charm in showmanship and placed, I believe, 4th. It is hard to keep track of so many and I give our trainer and friend Cathy McGeen all the credit for not only training eight horse/rider combinations, but for being organized enough to keep track of how everyone does. She is awesome.
Amanda and Glory were great. There was a hiccup early in the show (actually two) where Glory thought she would try her hand at gymnastics and literally threw herself up and over onto the ground twice before a Fitting and Showing class. She got a few scrapes but the landing seemed to knock some sense into her and they went on to take 6th in Fitting and Showing. Glory is a project for Amanda to learn and help train as she will be attending The University of Findley in the fall. Go Amanda!
