Post by Christie on Jan 4, 2007 8:49:52 GMT -5
Sorry about the wait guys! But here are {finally} the day two, final results from the SCEC Winter H.T.! I enjoyed having everyone out, and look forward to seeing you at our next event!
The crew at Simple Charms was up with the dawn on Sunday morning, and the early arrivers to the temporary show stabling could see a fleet of Gator carts heading out onto the cross country course. We needed to run a final inspection of all the jumps, to make sure that all were flagged correctly, and that everything was safe and jump-able. Our wonderful course, designed by world-renowned course designed Robert Costello for our full, future farm, has been editted and slightly modified by our own Nick Brown to fit with our more limited space and number of jumps. So, overall, the courses are fair to their levels, though not exceptionally challenging; watch out for our future courses at our new location though, we've got a few tricks up our sleeves!
As cross country was to begin at 9 o'clock sharp, with the first Advanced horse, number 42 Friday Night Lights, the stabling began bustling and the home-town rigs began rolling in fairly early. With the great turnout to this first event, there were quite a few spectators, and it wasn't difficult to corral people into jump judging for at least a division or two. So around 8:15, as the first horses were heading over to the warm-up, which was actually the same warm-up area used the previous day for show jumping warm-up, the Gators headed out again, carrying jump judges to their posts. After a walkie talkie check to make sure everyone was in position and was ready to go, the first horse headed down to the start box at 8:58.
Dana was the first out on her grey stallion Friday Night Lights, and they set out from the start box at a quick pace. They easily cleared the first fence, an inviting flower box, though to those that never competed at that level, a fearsome sight to behold. The starts went off at three minute intervals without a hitch through Advanced and Intermediate, though in the Preliminary division, SCEC's own Talisman threw a stallion-y fit going into the box, and ended up having to be escorted in and held by two of our stronger barn hands. The Advanced course was perhaps a bit too easy, as there were no jumping faults except one stop at the water complex by our own No Secrets, who had just moved up from Intermediate and was a little unsure over these tougher fences. The Intermediate division set a gold standard, with no jumping penalities and only a few time faults here and there; after later talking with Maya and Dana, who had each ridden the course two times aboard two different horses, felt that the course was a bit too easy for the level, so we plan to make adjustments accordingly for our next event. The day continued with the Prelim division, which also ran very well, though Maya's Fancy That, ridden by Jason Kellin, had an unfortunate stop at the coffin combination, and later our own Talisman had a disappointing run out at the corner; he's been a bit worked up all day, and we plan on having him checked out tomorrow, to see if something is possible giving him pain. The day continued on through the lower levels, with only a few stops scattered throughout the entries, and with most people seeming pleased about the course and the way it rode. We were very pleased about this, as well as the fact that there were no falls on course, which is always nice to hear.
Around noon, in the show jumping arena, we began our Eventing Prospect class. The dressage judge from the previous day, Sandra O'Connor, was nice enough to come back out to judge the young ones. Each horse came into the ring one at a time to stand before the judge so that their conformation may be assesed, and then trotted to the end of the arena and back to see the smoothness of their gaits. We also introduced a new element into the judging, which was to set up a small line of four trot poles in the center of the ring, and have each handler trot their horses through the poles. All the horses performed beautifully, and I know it was a difficult decision for Sandra to do the results. However, the horse with the most flowing gaits and sport horse athleticism was the Paint horse Natural Influential, owned by Maya, who despite his Paint bloodlines, had the stature and build of a Thoroughbred cross, and looks to be very athletic as he matures.
We wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone for coming out to our very first event here at Simple Charms, and we invite you to our next event, which should be announced shortly. Here below are the finalized scoreboards:
The crew at Simple Charms was up with the dawn on Sunday morning, and the early arrivers to the temporary show stabling could see a fleet of Gator carts heading out onto the cross country course. We needed to run a final inspection of all the jumps, to make sure that all were flagged correctly, and that everything was safe and jump-able. Our wonderful course, designed by world-renowned course designed Robert Costello for our full, future farm, has been editted and slightly modified by our own Nick Brown to fit with our more limited space and number of jumps. So, overall, the courses are fair to their levels, though not exceptionally challenging; watch out for our future courses at our new location though, we've got a few tricks up our sleeves!
As cross country was to begin at 9 o'clock sharp, with the first Advanced horse, number 42 Friday Night Lights, the stabling began bustling and the home-town rigs began rolling in fairly early. With the great turnout to this first event, there were quite a few spectators, and it wasn't difficult to corral people into jump judging for at least a division or two. So around 8:15, as the first horses were heading over to the warm-up, which was actually the same warm-up area used the previous day for show jumping warm-up, the Gators headed out again, carrying jump judges to their posts. After a walkie talkie check to make sure everyone was in position and was ready to go, the first horse headed down to the start box at 8:58.
Dana was the first out on her grey stallion Friday Night Lights, and they set out from the start box at a quick pace. They easily cleared the first fence, an inviting flower box, though to those that never competed at that level, a fearsome sight to behold. The starts went off at three minute intervals without a hitch through Advanced and Intermediate, though in the Preliminary division, SCEC's own Talisman threw a stallion-y fit going into the box, and ended up having to be escorted in and held by two of our stronger barn hands. The Advanced course was perhaps a bit too easy, as there were no jumping faults except one stop at the water complex by our own No Secrets, who had just moved up from Intermediate and was a little unsure over these tougher fences. The Intermediate division set a gold standard, with no jumping penalities and only a few time faults here and there; after later talking with Maya and Dana, who had each ridden the course two times aboard two different horses, felt that the course was a bit too easy for the level, so we plan to make adjustments accordingly for our next event. The day continued with the Prelim division, which also ran very well, though Maya's Fancy That, ridden by Jason Kellin, had an unfortunate stop at the coffin combination, and later our own Talisman had a disappointing run out at the corner; he's been a bit worked up all day, and we plan on having him checked out tomorrow, to see if something is possible giving him pain. The day continued on through the lower levels, with only a few stops scattered throughout the entries, and with most people seeming pleased about the course and the way it rode. We were very pleased about this, as well as the fact that there were no falls on course, which is always nice to hear.
Around noon, in the show jumping arena, we began our Eventing Prospect class. The dressage judge from the previous day, Sandra O'Connor, was nice enough to come back out to judge the young ones. Each horse came into the ring one at a time to stand before the judge so that their conformation may be assesed, and then trotted to the end of the arena and back to see the smoothness of their gaits. We also introduced a new element into the judging, which was to set up a small line of four trot poles in the center of the ring, and have each handler trot their horses through the poles. All the horses performed beautifully, and I know it was a difficult decision for Sandra to do the results. However, the horse with the most flowing gaits and sport horse athleticism was the Paint horse Natural Influential, owned by Maya, who despite his Paint bloodlines, had the stature and build of a Thoroughbred cross, and looks to be very athletic as he matures.
We wanted to say a quick thank you to everyone for coming out to our very first event here at Simple Charms, and we invite you to our next event, which should be announced shortly. Here below are the finalized scoreboards:
I'm very pleased with HEC's results, which always makes a show even better lol 