Last Shaggy Show of the year

Ranger & I participated in the last Shaggy Horse show of the year. It's a winter series, held at a local indoor arena. It's a fun way to stay in touch with most of the members of our riding club during the rough, snowy, blustery winter months. The weather cooperated--it was sunny, with a cold north wind, but we all survived without freezing to death (although my ears may not agree!).

I know that this is blurry, but I liked it anyway. It shows Ranger collected (albeit a little behind the bit), in a canter, during Western Horsemanship. Ranger had had chiropractic work the night before. He wasn't moving well, and his hips were out. For him to do as well the next day was terrific! We placed in every class.

This is the arena. Margaret is on the sorrel horse closest to the camera. I met her at a Mark Rashid clinic last summer. Her horse is Cougar, and he's a nice, willing gelding. I'm right behind her on Ranger. We're warming up for the Pleasure class, in which we took 6th place out of 12 horses.

Here we are, awaiting placings for our class. The nice part about Shaggy Shows is that you get to dress for the weather--no-one cares that you aren't in "show clothes." None of us wore fewer than 3 layers!

Now, we are looking forward to the summer series, which begins in May. Our last winter Dressage show is next weekend. I'll let you know how it goes!

Have a good week!

Karen