Please skip this posting if you are not ready to read some big time bragging. But I just have to sum up how Cruiser and I did this year with very limited showing. I had big plans of going to a lot of shows. He spent the winter at the trainers so he would be ready to go when spring rolled around. But relatively early in the show season Cruiser was side lined with an abscess followed by another and then that pretty much took care of the rest of the show season!! So, with that said, I will recount our standings not including our local club because I already shared that in an earlier post.
Last night was the Washington State Quarter Horse Association banquet which I did not attend but my friend Cathy went and picked up my awards.
WSQHA High Point Senior Hunter Under Saddle
WSQHA High Point Novice Amateur English Equitation
WSQHA Reserve High Point Amateur Hunter Under Saddle
The Mountain State Quarter Horse Alliance (WA, ID, MT) year end awards look something like this...
MSQHA Reserve High Point Senior Hunter Under Saddle
MSQHA High Point Amateur Hunter Under Saddle
MSQHA High Point Novice Amateur English Equitation
Idaho state points looked like this...
IDQHA Reserve High Point Senior Hunter Under Saddle
IDQHA High Point Amateur Hunter Under Saddle
IDQHA Reserve High Point Novice Amateur English Equitation
Not too bad, huh? Cruiser and I have a lot of fun when we get to the shows with my friend, Cathy and her horse, Sky. Looking forward to 2009!
Last night was the Washington State Quarter Horse Association banquet which I did not attend but my friend Cathy went and picked up my awards.
WSQHA High Point Senior Hunter Under Saddle
WSQHA High Point Novice Amateur English Equitation
WSQHA Reserve High Point Amateur Hunter Under Saddle
The Mountain State Quarter Horse Alliance (WA, ID, MT) year end awards look something like this...
MSQHA Reserve High Point Senior Hunter Under Saddle
MSQHA High Point Amateur Hunter Under Saddle
MSQHA High Point Novice Amateur English Equitation
Idaho state points looked like this...
IDQHA Reserve High Point Senior Hunter Under Saddle
IDQHA High Point Amateur Hunter Under Saddle
IDQHA Reserve High Point Novice Amateur English Equitation
Not too bad, huh? Cruiser and I have a lot of fun when we get to the shows with my friend, Cathy and her horse, Sky. Looking forward to 2009!
8 comments:
Wow, major bragging well deserved! For what sounds like a short season, nice job! And Cruiser has a BEAUTIFUL trot, love the pasture pic in the earlier post!
Thanks so much for your kind words. He is a really fun horse and he was home grown so it makes it extra sweet. As you can see, he is very much on vacation right now with his shaggy hair and muddy feet.
So tell me, are you a barrel racer? Where do you live?
Back in my old life, before marriage and kids, I did WBRA and PWRA. After having horses all my life, I've been horseless for about the last, oh, maybe 6 or so years. But I put an end to that! Well, sorta... ;-) My kids can ride Blueberry, but I don't think she'd be too happy with me on her.
I never sold any of my tack, blankets, brushes, you name it. There was no doubt that I would get back into it, just probably in a little more relaxed style. I'm looking forward to trail riding with the kids, getting them comfortable, and seeing where things go from there. My vision is to be going down the road again barrel racing with my daughter (I really think my son will like the gas powered horse power better). But, who knows... I could be going to shows with my son, too!
How old are your kids? I have a 3 and 5 year old... your post with the markered face is so something my 3 year old would do!
Oh, I'm up in the Wenatchee area, about 25 minutes from "the big city".
And really, I love the trot your bay horse has. It's beautiful!
There will always be more horses the childhood but we can never make up for the early days in our childrens life. 6 years seems like a long but in the scheme of things it is nothing. I have been fortunate to be able to show with two little kids, but it hasn’t been easy. Thankfully I don’t have a horse that needs to be ridden a lot because I can’t get him ridden on a very regular basis. In fact, every year I have had him at the trainers for some portion of the show season to keep him tuned up and ready to go. Smart to keep your things. I have a good friend who got out of horses last year and sold EVERYTHING! She will realize what a fortune she really had in stuff when she goes to replace it when she gets back into horses as her daughter gets older.
I have two girls, Kate is 2 ½ and Hadley will turn 5 on the 30th of this month.
Tack is an investment- it would cost too much to replace all of that! And you're right, your friend will probably kick herself down the road. I don't know anyone for whom horses has been "just a thing". At least, no one older, like out of highschool.
So, I was snooping through your older posts... Weird... Your dad is president of WWC, right? My dad is president of the board for Central Wa Grain Growers. Did you dad just go back to MN, or St. Louis?
The lesson's the kids will learn from having a horse are irreplaceable, in my opinion. Respect, trust, responsibility, sensitivity, and on and on and on. I'm so glad we moved back to Waterville, where I grew up. The kids spend plenty of time at the ranch with my parents, get to go for "real" tractor rides, "drive" combine. We can snowmobile from our front porch, ride to our little local ski hill, ski, eat, and go ride some more.
I loved growing up here, and I hope the kids are affected (effected?) the same way I am by the land and the way of life.
Ryan and Grace turned 5 and 3 in September. I can't imagine how you were able to keep showing, and do so stinking well, with two little punks! My hat's off to you!
And yes, it seems like it's been FOREVER since I've had a horse. I get to ride plenty, and one of my friends and I do an annual "girls trip" for a weekend with horses and without kids (and husbands!). It's great! But not the same as having my own...
Let's see some pictures!! You really need to start your own blog to share all the fun things you do in Waterville. I have been there, by the way, several years ago with a friend who rodeoing there. Farm life is good for the kids soul, isn't it?
I don't remember my dad going to ST Louis. He goes to Washington DC, Denver and some other spots. He also travels to Pullman and Spokane on a fairly regular basis for his current position as the comissioner.
WOW!!!
That is what I would call staying busy.
Congratulations
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