Present for showing at this show were Bekah riding Blissfield's Dejia, Jenna riding Coolio, Colin McGeen riding CS Barnstormer, Amanda Work riding Glory and Rebel, and Megan Ward riding Charm.
It was an eventful show to say the least but everyone did good and had a successful day with everyone getting at least one ribbon.
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!For each of the riders, the ribbon count is as follows...
Bekah and Dejia
Junior Western Horsemanship - 1st
Junior Western Pleasure - 5th
Junior Bareback - 6th
Cloverleaf 9-14 - 2nd
Pole Bending 9-14 - 3rd
Jenna and Coolio
Walk / Trot English Equitation - 2nd
Walk / Trot English Pleasure - 3rd
Walk / Trot Western Equitation - 3rd
Walk / Trot Western Pleasure 4th
Colin and Storm
Hunt Seat Equitation - 6th
Hunt Seat Pleasure - 4th
Western Horsemanship - 5th
Western Pleasure - 2nd
Cloverleaf - 1st
Keyhole - 2nd
Speed & Action - 3rd
Amanda and Glory
Fitting & Showing - 6th
Amanda and Rebel
Will post later
Megan and Charm
Fitting & Showing - 4th
Finally - I want to give recognition to FrawgByte Photography. This is an awesome team of photographers who come to every show and work hard at taking awesome shots of all of the kids. They are all wonderful people, approachable and fun and it is a pleasure to know them all. There are many more pictures of this show and they can be found at the link below... Just click on the frog in the camera lens!
PLEASE VISIT THEM and order some pics !
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