After two days of voting and twenty awesome photos, four pictures have emerged above the rest. Congratulations Jessica, Sarah (Part 1), Sterling and Kylie! (Part 2) Two of you will receive an air vest courtesy of Point Two. But first, one final poll. Readers, do your duty and decide who is most worthy of a Point Two prize. Voting ends Saturday at midnight (EST).
EN would like to thank all participants, Point Two, and of course all of our loyal readers! We wish you a happy holiday season and a very Merry Christmas.
Once again… select your top two photos:
1. Jessica
Hello Eventing Nation & Point Two! I’m Jessica and this is Zeke, a 5 year old WB. I give Zeke all the credit for this Christmas Extravaganza picture for putting up with me wrapping him up with 3 rolls of wrapping paper in the crazy wind for a couple hours, so as you can imagine in his brain “big,scary,red things that definietly isn’t hay flopping around that might eat me” , so kudos to baby Zeke. Zeke was a gift to me from my brother, Travis, last fall (hense Zeke’s show name “Brother’s Check”). Zeke and I event, compete in jumpers, and foxhunt. I got Zeke on October 1, 2010 and he really has given me an amazing year, I’m so blessed to have such a willing,honest horse. Thanks for having such a fun contest EN & Point Two. Go Eventing, Go EN, & Go Point Two. Merry Chrismas!
2. Sarah
Elf #1: Wooooaaaa!!! We’re going to crash Santa’s sleigh!!!
Elf # 2: It’s okay! Prancer is wearing her point two!!!
Hello Eventing Nation! Happy Holidays from Sara Fogelberg, Sarah Kate Pierro and Emma! This is Sara’s 10 yr OTTB, Emma, who very graciously put up with our holiday shenanigans, and stood while we wrapped her tail, mane, legs and halter in tinsel, and equipped her with an air jacket of her own. Santa’s sleigh can be a little temperamental! Emma is a novice level eventer who just moved to Minnesota from Kentucky to live with Sara. A currently horseless Sarah Kate will be graduating from college in the spring and will begin the hunt for her next eventing partner. Best of wishes this holiday season! Don’t forget your air vests at home, you never know when you will find yourself facing an unanticipated crash landing!!
3. Sterling
My name is Sterling Bishir and I’m a rider in Area 3. In the photo is my 11 year old Quarter Horse Rio, shown under the name At World’s End. He is a fabulous boy that, as you can see, puts up with all the “fun” I throw at him! He got lots of pats and treats after this photo was taken. We are currently competing at the Novice level with hopes of moving up soon. We cannot wait to get back out on Cross Country in the spring, hopefully wearing a new Point Two air vest! We all know and love A Christmas Story… especially this scene:
4. Kylie
The horses in this picture are Ronin, the big dark bay, and Trigger, the palomino pony. Trigger was my first pony when I was four years old and is now retired from shows, but he dresses up often for different events, such as pulling the sled for the Grinch! The other horse was born and bred at our farm and is currently in training to be a competitive eventer. He is still green on cross country, so it is very important for me to be safe. Ronin is a very sweet and gentle horse, but a little Grinch comes out in all of us around this time of the year! I am a “B” level pony clubber looking towards my “A” and “H-A” ratings in the next year or two. I work several green horses but I also have a older eventer that I compete training/prelim. I also do hunters, jumpers, dressage, and foxhunting. I hope to take my Grinch (Ronin) with me to a working student position after graduation in May. Both of the ponies were saints allowing us to decorate them like this, and I hope to see a new vest in Ronin’s stocking this year.
Vote for your two favorite photos. Poll ends 12:00am EST 12/25.
