Remind me never to try and talk to three people at once again, and please always thank your volunteers, as you can see, they don’t get a minute to themselves! Woods rides Truckee Bash beautifully, and told me he was waiting for galloping vet Dr Chris Newton to confirm his 14.2, former barrel racing mare’s pregnancy to Ruben O. Chris had been scheduled to come out the previous night but….! Woods showed me a picture of her jumping and she is spectacular, so I look forward to seeing him out on the foal in a few years time with a bit of luck.
Andrew Hoy…..
Erik Dierks….
Twins?!
Robin Walker, of course, was ubiquitous, although he told me he was relieved only to be riding FIVE horses this weekend, what a slacker!
Speaking of which, Leo was only too happy to sneak off and get himself temporarily adopted by Chloe and her family. It really was quite pleasant for most of the morning if you sat in the shade, catching a breeze and doing very little, which is precisely what we managed, although we did capture a few show-jumping rounds on video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNsqQglMumo&feature=youtu.be
The course, designed by Cathy Wieschhoff, seemed to ride fairly for most of the time I was watching, it is an enormous ring for prelim level and lower which caught a few riders out; Cathy is also in charge of the cross country course design. A quick EN shout out to Course Builder Wes Woodall’s daughter Jess who is currently leading the Open Prelim division on a score of 28.3, and you can check all the live scores here.
I didn’t have much time to spend out there Friday as it was the last day of school, aaargh, however, I’m looking forward to getting out to the Horse Park bright and early Saturday morning and intend to spend most of the day there so expect more from Maydaze to come!
