The Show in Pics

Almost Home!

We are driving the 401 near Ingersoll right now, finally back into Ontario, so I thought
I should send out a quick recap.
For my readers not on Facebook, Allie won the H/A Sport Horse Under Saddle class on Saturday! So that puts us Champion in both Sport Horse classes at Nationals; Under Saddle and Show Hack! Allie
went Reserve Champion in Third level dressage by 1 mark with almost 68%. Mav won both his classes with 60 plus scores.
So it's definitely a few days off for the Champions to play and have some well deserved
R and R.
I'll get some pics up later.

Watch me Live

I am in class 774 H-A Sport Horse Under Saddle between 3 and 4 today on http://www.equinevideo.net click on the Canadian Nationals Live
feed from the Brandt Arena. I am number 306.

Champions!

Well, if this isn't the show of a lifetime,
I don't know what is!
After Mav's victory yesterday in the fourth level dressage, Allie totally rocked today! She went reserve champion in third level
by one point! Where Allie always shines on the ring in Show Hack, I had one of the best rides I have ever had one her. I was up against the Western Canadian champions. My mare
absolutely went perfect with some of
the most expressive gaits I have ever gotten out of her
in the show ring! I even had people assuring me
that I was definitely the winner in the audience while I was stopped against the rail
waiting to hear the Champion's name called out! Well it was very emotional to hear Allies name
called out. It was the icing on the cake to Allies
career; being undefeated in Eastern Canada
since 2005, US Sport Horse Nationals Top 10 in '05 and '07, Canadian Nationals
Reserve Champion in '07.
Mav was also amazing today. We took the championship with a 62.5 percent.
For those of you who watched the live feed today, you may have noticed that I had to restart my test.
The judge was given the wrong version of
the Prix St.George! At a glance, the test looks the same, but when I got
the for not doing the rein back at A, I knew what was
wrong! After a few minutes I was able to restart,
and had a pretty good trip.
So that's about it from Nationals; I still can't upload pics
from this iPhone, so until I figure this thing
out, the only pics I have are on Facebook.

Results from Canadians

Well Mav pulled our the stops in 4th level yesterday and won the National Championship! Allie was
3rd by 4 marks.
Allie got reserve champion with 67.9 percent, missing the championship by one single point!
Will send more results later.
There is a live feed at http://www.equinevideo.net. Go to Canadian Narionals ring 2
Mav does his Prix St.George at 12:26 Ontario
time and Allies sport horse show hack is about 1 hour after
that.

Hello from Canadian Nationals

Hey all! We arrived intact after a 30 hour journey that took us across through the great lake states, through Minnesota, North Dakota, then up through Manitoba, into Winnipeg. Then due west into Regina.
Allie and Mav hauled great, considering the plus 33 heat in North Dakota.
Friday was spent setting up and picking up things I forgot or needed. I found a great farm store called Peavy Mart; it puts TSC
to shame.
I took Les to the airport yesterday to fly back home to look after the horses
at home. A big thankyou to my Mom and Dad for holding the fort while Les
drove out with me.
The weather is cool; around plus 13 and a bit rainy. Perfect weather!
Anyways, the ponies are well, and have had one good school yesterday. The
warm up rings are packed! You have to know where you are going! Amazing people don't know
the left to left rule, or they care to ignore it!
Anyways, I'm in the process of trying to figure out how to upload pics on here, so please be patient!