Year end awards

Had our Arabians Unplugged banquet today and here are our high point awards! Our costume, liberty and dressage classes went into the Judged Misc div where we got a top 5, the other top 5 is for Equitation, Reserve English and Champ halter woohoo! One more hp banquet to go but not til March.

PIX!

Finally shots of the finished costume in action (on a fuzzy fall coated Arab)

and some shots of her in dressage tack for fun. Going to work on that snaffle alot this winter. Got her a new bridle (not this one) in a trade at our barns tack swap, its nicer leather and finer which is going to look awesome on her head! 

My costume top is now done!

YAY pix from show are here

Thanks to Abby for getting some great shots of us, including the one where Diva stopped short at the water puddle on center line and nearlly threw me in (not really but she could have).

Back to Dressage!

So with lack of time and decent weather to practice in I opted to only show sport horse in hand mares and intro level (test A). The show was much smaller than I expected. With a score of 74% we got 3rd out of 3 on in hand. For our test there were also 3 and we managed a second with a 63.75%. It had rained a few hours before show start and the arena was sloppy with a big puddle right down the center line. She wasnt too enthused about that. We did our pattern ok but had issues with getting her to relax and give to the snaffle.

the show!

It was the closest I will probably ever get to riding an Arab across the desert, complete with dusty sand:) be sure to watch to the end!

 

The piece I planned for my top did not arrive so I had to improvise.

The trim is here the trim is here

now Im only waiting for 2 pieces from ebay, one is essential and should be here on time, the other isnt and Im not sure its even shipped yet as it hasnt been updated. So rather than mow the lawn I had to start in on it! Its looking so much more finished now, and at 6 plus shipping for 16 1/2 yards - a TOTAL STEAL. But even with that much Im going to be a bit short of what Id really like to do with it.