Fall Schooling Show

The day got off to a brisk start, with a frost, but warmed into a very nice fall day. Many of my advanced riders were elsewhere, so the first division, at 2' 8" attracted no takers. Ellie rode demonstration rides in Division B with Skittles and did a nice job with his very enthusiastic self! Kara did a demonstration ride in the Equitation Over Poles on the Ground and did well.

Leadline attracted 5 riders and the judge worked them both ways on the rail and asked them questions to test their knowledge, and it was a tie for first place and everyone got a blue ribbon! Yasmin on Dimples, Madison on Skittles, Isabell on Jack, Olivia on Pan, and Ellie on Truffle were all nicely turned out and rode well.

Divisions D, E, and F were more popular. D was for students riding more than one year, walk/ trot.  Class 11 had 5 riders, and class 12, a repeat so horses could be used again, had 4. Class 11: Sarah B on Dimples won, Eden on China was second, Rachel on Skit was third, Brynn on Bill was 4th, and Benay on Folly was 5th. Class 12: Soline on Spirit was first, Grace Z. on Folly was second, Kara on Skit was third, and Katheryn on Dimples was fourth.The jumping class in that division was 12" Crossrails and had 8 entries: Sarah B on Dimples, Benay on Folly, Eden on China, Katheryn on Folly, Grace Z. on Dimples, Rachel on Folly, Brynn on Skit, and Soline on Spirit. 
We had some challenges with checking diagonals between fences, but learned a great deal! Grace Z. won it, Benay was second, Eden third, Brynn fourth, Katheryn 5th, and Soline 6th.  That gave Grace the Championship, and Eden the Reserve.

Division E was walk/ trot/canter, but to canter one by one. The jumping classes were 15".

Once again it took two flat classes to mount everyone who wanted to ride in that Division. Class 14 saw Payton win it on Bill, Kayce second, Benay third and Sarah B fourth. Class 15 was won by Hannah, with Katheryn second, Soline third, Beth fourth, Mallory fifth, and Eden sixth. Class 16, the first 15" Over Fences class was won by Kayce on Bill, second was Payton on Bill, third Soline on Mickey, fourth Hannah on Bill, fifth Sarah B on Dimples, and sixth Eden on an uncooperative Folly! Class 17, over a different course of jumps, saw Kayce first on Bill, Hannah second on Bill, Solline third on Mickey, Beth fourth on Skit, Mallory fifth on Folly, and Sarah B sixth on Dimples. So Division E Champion was Kayce, reserve was Soline, and a close Honorable Mention was Hannah.

Division F was Walk/Trot/ Canter in groups of 3. Soline won it on Bill, Kayce was second on Mickey, Thea third on Folly, Anna 4th on a very green Blue, Leah 5th on Leah, and Eden sixth on China. Class 19 was the first 18" Over Fences class, and Kayce won it on Bill, Anna second on Bill, Eden third on China, Thea fourth on Folly, Soline fifth on Skit, and Leah sixth on Leah.  Class 20 was a different course of 18" fences and Eden won it on China, Anna second on Bill, Kayce third on Bill, Thea fourth on Folly, Soline fifth on Skit, and Leah sixth on Leah, with some really pretty lines, but a couple glitches to mar it.

No falls and everyone seemed to be learning about performing in public! It takes some practice to be able to think, and ride, and breathe!

While we missed some of our faithful experienced show helpers who have gone on to college or are travelling this week/month, new kids showed up early to help and the show ran well. Laurie and Lindsey handled the ingate and tacking/stirrup adjustments, with Caitlyn and Ellie helping in the barn. Caitlyn commented later that having started out as the "barn baby" she was finding it strange to now be the "older generation" of responsible helpers! But it is exciting to have new ones growing up and stepping in to help!

Thank you all for your support of barn activities!

Green Creek Hunter Pace

With a two trailers full of horses and riders the Scotsgrove Riders made two trips to the Halloween Hunter Pace at Green Creek. Everyone had a great time!

Congratulations also go to Chris and Soline for getting Honorable Mention in the Trail Riding Division. Placing amongst all those riders is a feat in itself! Congrats girls!

Congratulations to Katie!

Yesterday Katie took Bill to FENCE for the Foothills Riding Club event and went Hopeful Division. She got a 7 on one trip down centerline, halt, salute, and an 8 on the other! Some very nice moments! One refusal cross country, on bright blue plastic barrels (and cross country jumps are supposed to be "natural"). Got it on the second approach and next was the water complex which he went through as if we'd schooled it all week! Finished with a nice jump over a coop made up and painted as a red barn, with shingled roof! One refusal on a full dress stadium course - flowers, scarecrows, pumpkins, brush boxes, etc. Great accomplishment to complete! I am very proud of our girl! You can catch pix at erikolsenphotography.com, she was #45 on Bill Bailey! His pix are worth seeing!

~Leslie

 

Sweets 4 Sarah

Sarah B. and Brynn are holding a bake sale during our Hunter Pace for Sarah McClintock. She has been diagnosed with a brain tumor after having double vision and migraines. Her surgery is scheduled for this week and everyone is very hopeful that she will make a full recovery.

For the bake sale Sarah B. and Brynn are asking the barn family to donate baked goods (nothing with frosting, all must be heat resistant!) that are already wrapped for sale. Everything will be priced at 50 cents, so all they need is individually wrapped treats! All proceeds will go to the McClintock family to help with medical costs. They are going to be at Scotsgrove bright and early on the 17th, so anyone that wants to contribute can bring their goodies that morning or plan for a breakfast of delicious muffins and cookies! Claire (Sarah B's mom) can be reached at cgbailey(at)bellsouth(dot)net if anyone has questions or wants to commit to a contribution.


Thank you to everyone for being the best barn family ever.

News from Leslie

Thank you all for understanding my recent absence during the trip down to FL to see Mother. She is recovering at a fast clip now, but I'm going to be on stand by if she needs me in the next few weeks. I now need to ask you to add Sarah McClintock to your prayer list. Sarah has just been diagnosed with a brain tumor that was causing headaches and double vision. She is in ICU which means we cannot visit her at this point but our thoughts and prayers will be appreciated, and I will keep you posted on progress and when we can visit and cheer her up, though I am told that all the doctors and nurses are being told that she rides horses at Scotsgrove!

 

Bob held a work day last Sat for the Pace which is Sept 17, and there will be another work day the 10th, about 10 am.  I appreciate the turnout of volunteers to help with the Pace! The Ruritans are aging and it takes the barn family to fill in and bring it off the way we all like Scotsgrove to do it! And good practice with the Ruritans this time, because if we are luckier than we were last year, we'll have one in January for Scotsgrove, by Scotsgrove!  This one goes entirely to benefit the therapy riding at Children's Home.

See you all soon!

Scotsgrove Hunter Pace

It's that time of year again! Our Hunter Pace!

Exciting Email

In an email to Leslie, Sabine let us know how much her Scotsgrove training has come in handy with her riding instruction in Spain. Leslie was so thrilled she had to share!

   I had a lovely email from Sabine. It's the first time in 7 years she is not in camp here, but she is riding!  "I just wanted to express my gratitude from across the Atlantic for your instruction and the horses we learn to ride on at home. I'm at a horse camp in Spain and the instructor was so impressed with "Your work" on my "basics" and the attitude I had with a difficult horse that he won't let me ride the lesson horses and put me on his Selle Francais jumper!  The wind up toy horses here are no match for the Scotsgrove education! Thank you for making us think one step ahead of each horse because it really works! The horse I am riding here is making me really work on supporting him through his turns and keep a dead straight even stride into each jump because if I don't, he won't jump at all!  His education is giving me the feel of what show jumping is all about and making me love it more and more. The instructor here is awesome as well, respectful of the horses' legs, and teaching about balance and contact and how to get the horse on the bridle with the leg. The big horse I was on was only in a rubber snaffle! He was very big about training the flat first, and getting your circles balanced before jumping. However, as much fun as this is and physically challenging, I miss the mental challenge of Scotsgrove horses, and wanted to pass on the compliments on your teaching. Scotsgrove is getting it's name out and about 3000 miles away! "