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Post by trillium on Feb 14, 2008 23:33:14 GMT -5
You know Billy-Bob and Ralph might be up to doing a road trip I am hoping to be there and was going to the raffle drawing stuff. So I might be able to bring them if you can not find anyone who has "distracting livestock". They have grown quite a lot since you saw them. Mostly grown out, as in they are little porkers now.
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Post by Angel62197 on Feb 15, 2008 12:42:55 GMT -5
I hope that weekend isn't the big Boat Race weekend here again... ARGH Unless I'm scheduled with it off I will never get it otherwise. Although we do have a lot of new people. I'm excited to see all this rolling again!
I'm hoping Finn might be willing to do some easy classes at a couple of schooling shows by the end of the summer... we'll see how it goes!
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Post by oneidea on Feb 15, 2008 14:01:11 GMT -5
If you're talking about the Columbia Cup, I think the 2008 dates are the last weekend in July for Tri-Cities. Seafair is the first weekend in July in Seattle.
The dates changed a bit this year because Nashville decided to have its races in the fall, so there was a bit of shuffling of dates. Nashville used to open the hydro season but this year the opener will be Evansville.
(My husband's 'horsepower' is an offshore racing boat... LOL)
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Post by Buena on Feb 15, 2008 16:14:02 GMT -5
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Post by oneidea on Feb 15, 2008 16:20:00 GMT -5
oops my bad - typo.
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Post by leahlady on Feb 15, 2008 16:36:36 GMT -5
OH MY GOD!!!!! The 23rd is my birthday, and Lady LIVES in Bridle Trails!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will totally be in every class we can!!! I can also volunteer to catch-ride some SAFE horses, if needed!! I can help set up, tear down, and help around the show when I'm not riding. I would be happy to put up posters and flyers and rally all the neighbors. I can also volunteer to make the posters...I am a graphic designer so it wouldn't be a stretch!! I can put flyers in all the local tack shops/feed stores and also ask for donations/prizes. As for goats...I know of one goat who lives nearby, but her horse would flip if the goat was taken away! There are a few people with minature horses though. Most horses are very scared of mini's, including mine. I'm so glad this venue is going to work out! I mentioned it very early on in one of the show discussion threads, thinking there was no way it could ever happen up here!!!!!!! So I am very excited!! Bridle Trails is an awesome place for spectators, and the trails are wonderful for cool-down after a class! I'm sure the turnout will be incredible! There is also a great set-up for concessions, and a garage/meeting room area that could totally hold a silent auction. Let me know if there is anything I can do, anyone I need to contact, etc. I am at Bridle Trails every day of my life. This show will be such wonderful exposure for SAFE! The horse community up here is very friendly and supportive. I can't wait!!!
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Post by jaybird on Feb 15, 2008 17:31:53 GMT -5
hee hee hee....I had a feeling you'd be happy about this, Leah! ;D
We can certainly use your help with a lot of that stuff. Maybe you can arrange a time to go there and see what they have available for us to rent for the Trails course. Whitewolf, the course designer/judge is eager to find out. ;D
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Post by Angel62197 on Feb 15, 2008 22:53:37 GMT -5
YAY! No boat races this year! Well, no boat races conflicting with the show. Shouldn't be a problem for me to get the time off. What was decided about one/two day? Is there stabling if anyone wanted to haul in the night before?
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Post by jaybird on Feb 15, 2008 23:01:27 GMT -5
hey Jenne, it's going to be a one day show, and there will not be any stabling this time around, haul ins only. If you're planning to bring a horse, I'm sure that someone in the area can put you up.
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Post by leahlady on Feb 17, 2008 21:20:03 GMT -5
I have an extra stall/paddock so could house a horse overnight. We are about 20 min trailride away from the show arena.
As for stuff to rent....there are lots of "jump" materials, so poles of all colors, jump standards, and flower boxes. I will make it a job to find out what exactly is there!
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Post by Whitewolf821 on Feb 19, 2008 14:57:50 GMT -5
Leah, I'm interested in ground poles and a water box so far. I really just need to know what I'm going to have to try to make here. I have a very handy dad, and I'm sure I could talk him into helping me out, but I want to know how many cookies and dinners I'll have to make to talk him into it ;D
Also, I'm still in the planning stages. If anyone has any great suggestions from previous shows you've been to that had a trails course, I'd love to hear them. I am going to do the L shape that the horse walks into and backs out of again this year. I am going to have livestock of some sort they will have to walk by again this year. And I'm trying to add a water box (hence needing to know if they have one we can rent!). I'm also wanting to have the horse tied at some point during the course for a little bit while the rider dismounts and does...something, but I'm not sure what. I'd like to make it a total of 8-10 obstacles.
PM me or post your suggestions!
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Post by Whitewolf821 on Feb 19, 2008 14:59:45 GMT -5
Oh, and Trillium....I'd LOVE to see a fat little Billy-Bob and Ralph again this year! They kept me company last year! I just wasn't sure how happy they'd be about making the trip. And of course, your hubby is one of the best gate guys I've ever seen, but don't make him ride in the trailer all that way. LOL!
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Post by schwung on Feb 19, 2008 16:40:50 GMT -5
Other things I have frequently seen in trail classes: A "bridge" for the horse to walk over A mailbox the horse has to stand while the rider has to open/close A gate that the rider has to open, go through, and close on horseback A "car wash" made of a hanging tarp or sheet cut into strips Logs to step over
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Post by Whitewolf821 on Feb 19, 2008 17:01:36 GMT -5
You're catching me on things I forgot to put down, Jaime! ;D
We did the "bridge" last year. It was just a plywood sheet the horses had to walk over. Same basic sound and everything. We will be doing that again this year.
Last year, we used the gate to the arena as the original gate that the horse walked through because we couldn't find anything else. If someone has a free-standing gate, that would be great.
I had thought about the car wash, but last year with the tarp, it was vetoed that the horse go over/under/through the tarp due to the possibility of a horse panicking and having a rider get thrown. If that's something I can do, I would like to.
Also, this reminds me. I'd like to know if anyone (or the venue itself) has any poles I can use for weave poles. If they have flags on top of them, it's a bonus.
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Post by crum on Feb 20, 2008 11:04:43 GMT -5
Easy things to set up that I've commonly seen used in trail to test the more technical side of things: -Box made of low poles for them to enter at whichever gait specified and turn around in without stepping out -T or L of poles for a side pass over -canter/lope or trot/jog into and to the very end of the L before backing out . I was at one show where they had brush on both sides of the L and once you arrived at the end of it there was a big old red stop sign. I've been at a few where they had helium balloons. A lot of horses wouldn't go towards the sign which surprised me. The helium balloons were a problem for some horses as well, which didn't surprise me as much. The following aren't quite as common any more (perhaps due to liability issues or the amount of time it takes to reset them when people mess up?) but I have seen them in the past: -bag of cans on a rope to drag X number of feet. Sometimes At the end of the drag you have to pick the bag up and put it on something while still mounted as well. -Open umbrella that they have to approach and the rider dismounts and closes and opens the umbrella -a rain slicker on a post that the rider picks up and moves it to the other side of their horse and then moves it back over and puts it on the post again or alternatively they could put it on but that seems like it could really turn into a safety issue -pick up a picnic basket off of a picnic table while mounted and move it to another location. By the way this type of obstacle is why being 5 feet tall and taking a 17.3 h 4 year old hunter into trail can be a challenge I'm still amazed to this day the contortions she calmly let me do in order to make contact with that basket in order to get it into my hand. I saw you mentioned tying. It used to be common place for trail classes to have you ground tie your horse and then walk in a circle all of the way around them. To make things more challenging for the bridge paint your plywood shiny black. I was in a trail class once with a ton of people in it and only two of the horses were willing to cross the bridge that had been repainted before the show a shiny black. I was very happy with my horse that didn't even bat an eye at it but treated it just like another bridge. Discussions after the class were that the reflection and color might have made it look like a really deep hole with water in it. Obviously for the youth or novice version of the class you can flip it over to a regular plain side if you are using plywood. If I remember any others I'll make sure and post them
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