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SADDLE CLUB - Original Dressage Tests debut at Mock Show
Nothing quite like starring in your own production! Members rode their own designed dressage test in a Mock Show they put on! Framed pictures of each person’s favorite horse were awarded as prizes: Caitlin riding Simon - most Level-Appropriate test, Ruby D riding Andy - Best Rhythm, Tess riding Sunny - Best Use of Arena, Lilac riding Bandit - Best Transitions, Tasha riding Simon - Best Job Keeping Horse Forward, Giulia riding Robin - Most Improved Test, Eleni riding Ricky - Most Creative Test, Ruby L riding Mickey - Best Test Overall. Thanks to Stephanie, for putting it all together with Krys’ help, and to Jane and Lindsay for the fine judging!
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ICE BEAUTY at Cricket Hill
Winter provides many unexpected delights for the Garden-Watcher! A unique combination of precipitation, temperature change and light gave us some breathtaking glimpses of fairyland.
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SADDLE CLUB - Write Your Own Dressage Test
Members wrote their own dressage test, minimum of 10 movements, maximum 20. Leader Stephanie reviewed each to be sure it was a challenge for each rider/horse pair so the competition would be fair at the Members’ own organized horse show later this month. Great way to think about riding a test!
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LENDON GRAY CLINIC at Cricket Hill
A great treat to have Lendon Gray return to clinics at Cricket Hill. We had a broad range of participants - young to older, both horses and riders!
Lise Gottwold and her 4-year-old Bastille just starting out, Paddy Rossback and 18-year-old Sienna working on 3rd/4th level! Wendy Luscombe and Lindsay had a workout on Koriakin and Quest. Jane rode Jose, Wendy’s Andalusian stallion that Jane showed at 3rd level last year. Two junior riders on Academy Schoolmasters enjoyed Lendon’s tips: Eleni Econopouly with Ricky and Beth Anne Vought-Jause riding Shakespeare. Beth Anne has competed at Lendon’s Youth Dressage Festival several times, and Eleni is planning her first trip to that prestigious show this summer!
Everybody went in and out of the viewing lounge for refreshments and to keep warm. Lendon taught straight through bundled up with her warmers in the indoor arena! Thanks for a great day!
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