Saddle Club Show

Saturday this week was happily spent at the Rockie Mountain Saddle Club show.  We took a big group of horses, three big OTTBs and little Cosmo the pony, plus Billy the QH and Khreed the Arabian.  Everyone performed really well, and Cosmo outdid himself jumping in the hunter hack class!

Look at his knees - he just tucks them up so tight - and this is totally his natural form!  The hardest thing to do on a horse is nothing at all.  Jasi does an amazing job staying out of Cosmo's way, especially when jumping so that he can use his body correctly.  This type of good riding results in a little horse who is truly athletic over fences.

This show is put on entirely by volunteers, and it's no small feat to organize and run it!  They were a little short handed this weekend so I ended up being the ring steward for the english division classes.  That means I stood in the middle of the arena with the judge and manned the walkie-talkie to keep communication going and the show moving along.  I also was in the middle of the warmup arena in my orange shirt hoping I didn't get run over!

Dewey did really well at the show, he is becoming quite the seasoned traveler.

 Joyce cleaned up in her division, she and Khreed are really getting good at their leads at the canter.