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Upperville Roll Call!; It's almost that time of year ;)
Topic Started: May 2 2012, 08:18 AM (2,512 Views)
SidesaddleRider
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Well, with my broken elbow, I can't show at Upperville this year. :(
However, I will still be there on Saturday to watch the sidesaddle, and I think I have a 1-3 yr old sidesaddle leadliner to take in (we are practicing on Friday). So I least I get to "participate," however small. ;)
And of course, the GP on Sunday! Our friend always has a box on the rte 50 side.
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I think I am going to do Saratoga instead. Sorry, but I will miss you guys this year. :sigh:
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bummer witchy but Saratoga is also fun :) and shady... and probably cooler LOL.

SSR, of course you will have to give me moral support while Maya is dealing with Polo in the Young Ponies class :)
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Good luck to all our Upperville riders!! Maya shows her first pony tomorrow so cross fingers for us!
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Good luck to Maya!
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well I didn't really get any pics because I was busy being mom... but Maya had a great day at Upperville. She rode her trainers aged pony and did great. Pony missed a few lead changes, but ended up reserve (9th) in the second jumping class out of 15 and then by some miracle the old girl strutted her way to a 4th in the hack. Maya and I were shocked because there were at least 10 ponies in there that I thought moved better than her LOL...but she reallllyyyyy liked the new footing over there at Upperville I guess because she was moving great. Really happy with Maya's first foray into the big leagues - well sort of since it's an unrated division ha ha, but it's super competitive. Back on Saturday for the stressful VPBA Young Ponies class!
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Hi all! Just wanted to share a Bonny update from Upperville :-). Although I missed getting to watch her, I hear she was a very good girl. Handled all th chaos of the show really well & marched around both the local hunters and the pre greens. She was a little strong in the locals and had an unlucky rail in the first trip of the pre greens, but did make the cut for the top 10 of the pre green hack in what I'm sure was incredible company. No ribbons, but overall a great experience for her! Can't wait for the photographer's pictures to be up, though I know it will be months. Ugh.
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Maya - glad to hear you had such a great day with the pony! Great Job!

BBGTB - I saw one of Bonny's trips - it looked really nice!

My own update: Harry was tense in the locals, but overall soooo much better than last year. First trip was really pretty nice. No shenanigans, just tense. Held it together in the hack, but tense. The second day, in the big ring, he had just a lovely lovely trip. EXCEPT FOR the enormous fart in the corner with a little ballet kick..... :sigh: :mallet: :innocent: which brings us to the drumroll moment....we've decided to switch and try jumpers!!! He just expresses himself so much in the hunters.

So, on Wednesday I did a meter class. It was pretty much a disaster, he looked at EVERYthing, he jumped a few oxers from a standstill, he overjumped it all by a foot, and we stopped at fence 7 of 9 and got eliminated...but I had a BLAST and we know he won't have a problem with height ;) He schooled absolutely great....and he was so HAPPY schooling and not being slow. So.....I guess we'll be doing jumpers!
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Great updates from BGTB and GHH! I think Maya is destined for the jumper ring too, that's where the fun is at! ;)
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Great Upperville for our TOC folks! I will not spill the beans for some of our friends who I know did awesome, I'll let them toot their horns. ;)

Maya survived the VPBA Young Ponies Under Saddle class aka "wild west bronc show". It was actually not that bad, was still in a big field but at least it had a fence and it was such a big ring that they fit 18 ponies in there with no problems at all. Maya rode her trainers fancy medium mare by Meadowbrook Special Edition aka Polo, who is a handful and honestly I almost didn't let her show earlier in the day. She hated her braids, hated the ear stuffies and the commotion all equally, mind you this was her very first away horse show EVER and we chose the busiest day of the busiest show around. For a barely broke baby, she handled it very well. By the time of her class, she was pretty darn tired :clap: . Went into the class and did great, called back in 4th position out of 18 ponies for the model portion and the judges complimented Maya and Polo in the line up. One of the judges patted Maya on the head :teehee: She was far and away the youngest kid in the ribbons, and did a great job modeling Polo for the first time. SO happy with her - funny thing though, she's been to Upperville two years now and she has a collection of white ribbons! Another color next year woudl be great, however all three of our 4ths have been awesome ribbons so I can't complain. :cloud9:

Here are some pics, I was pretty far away...she's the liver chestnut with the little blaze <3

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Great job Maya and Polo!
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Congratulations to Maya and Polo!!! Sounds like Maya had a great weekend.


And YAY :cheer: for Miss Bonnie being a good girl and doing so well.
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Well, I participated in what Mr. RH affectionately calls "toddlers and tiaras on horseback" Saturday for the leadline class. I stayed up late making a selction of hair bows like the crazy pony moms I like to make fun of :innocent: and my borrowed child was adorable, inquisitive, listened well, had lovely equitation and rode her way to a 7th out of 1 billion (ok, maybe not that many but a lot :teehee: ). We were fortunate to get to use "Silver Rain" from Stacey Schaefer's barn, which was a real treat. That pony was adorable! I had so much fun, I might just wrangle another kid for next year!

But the leadline cake-taker was SSR's side saddler in the younger leadline. Such a poised little girl for 3 and Devon had her turned out to the 9's. She was the clear winner and I don't normally say that about a leadline class. So so so so cute!


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Well, I participated in what Mr. RH affectionately calls "toddlers and tiaras on horseback" Saturday for the leadline class. I stayed up late making a selction of hair bows like the crazy pony moms I like to make fun of :innocent: and my borrowed child was adorable, inquisitive, listened well, had lovely equitation and rode her way to a 7th out of 1 billion (ok, maybe not that many but a lot :teehee: ). We were fortunate to get to use "Silver Rain" from Stacey Schaefer's barn, which was a real treat. That pony was adorable! I had so much fun, I might just wrangle another kid for next year!

But the leadline cake-taker was SSR's side saddler in the younger leadline. Such a poised little girl for 3 and Devon had her turned out to the 9's. She was the clear winner and I don't normally say that about a leadline class. So so so so cute!


Ooh, where are the photos of the leadliner riding sidesaddle?!?!?! ooh ohh!!!

Congrats to all, sounds like TOC was out in force at Upperville!
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Jun 11 2012, 09:54 AM
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Jun 11 2012, 07:12 AM
Well, I participated in what Mr. RH affectionately calls "toddlers and tiaras on horseback" Saturday for the leadline class. I stayed up late making a selction of hair bows like the crazy pony moms I like to make fun of :innocent: and my borrowed child was adorable, inquisitive, listened well, had lovely equitation and rode her way to a 7th out of 1 billion (ok, maybe not that many but a lot :teehee: ). We were fortunate to get to use "Silver Rain" from Stacey Schaefer's barn, which was a real treat. That pony was adorable! I had so much fun, I might just wrangle another kid for next year!

But the leadline cake-taker was SSR's side saddler in the younger leadline. Such a poised little girl for 3 and Devon had her turned out to the 9's. She was the clear winner and I don't normally say that about a leadline class. So so so so cute!


Ooh, where are the photos of the leadliner riding sidesaddle?!?!?! ooh ohh!!!

Congrats to all, sounds like TOC was out in force at Upperville!
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