Monday, November 21, 2011

Jumper Show & Cross Country Pace Competition

There had been a request for a Jumper Show and we thought sure; why not run a show in the sand dressage rings as a fundraiser for the new all weather jumping arena?   Then we thought that we would add a Cross Country element to the day as well by having a relatively short course where the riders could practice their pace while jumping fairly straight forward fences.  Well the why not was answered when we got some fairly heavy rains.  Of course I had already dragged cross country fences into place and flagged and numbered the courses but I wasn't thrilled about setting the stadium jumps in the slop so I was seriously considering canceling.  But the rain stopped and the arenas dried out really well so we set the course on Sat afternoon and moved the Training and Preliminary Cross Country into the pasture for a little better footing.

It was a lot of work for the number of entries we had, but everyone had fun.  Many never made it back to the pace portion of the competition as they kept jumping additional rounds until they got one the way they wanted and opted to skip the cross country.  For those who rode in the Pace competition was very educational as they had a practice round that was timed and they were told what their time was and then they got to do it again to get a better feel of the pace.  The Beginner Novice as a group were right on the pace only being off by a few second, Helen Rutter who ran the 780m Prelim Cross Country course 3 times finished one of her rounds exactly on the optimum time!  The Starters had the hardest time as 280mpm really is a combination of trotting and cantering. 

Helen Rutter and Push the Light

We're definitely going to put this competition on the schedule again but trying to find a date is going to be the tricky part.  Below are the results but I'm not 100% sure if the Novice and Training results are correct as things were getting a little confusing at eth end of the day with people jumping extra rounds.

Check out the pictures on Casual Creation Photography's website.

Jumper Show and Cross Country Pace Competition Results

Class 1 ~ Intro    
Rider Horse Place
Ashley Word Lazaro Incognito 1
Christa Priestly Dewey 2
Carlyn Crowl Chardonay 3
Class 2 ~ Intro     
Rider Horse Place
Carlyn Crowl Chardonay 1
Christa Priestly Dewey 2
Ashley Word Lazaro Incognito 3
Class 3 ~ Intro Cross Country Pace 
Rider Horse Place
Christa Priestly Dewey 1
Class 4 - Starter    
Rider Horse Place
Jenna Bludorn Dusty 1
Taylor Barger Cousin Ralph 2
Robin Hill Lasting Impression 3
Class 5 - Starter    
Rider Horse Place
Jenna Bludorn Dusty 1
Robin Hill Lasting Impression 2
Class 6 - Starter Cross Country    
Rider Horse Place
Taylor Barger Cousin Ralph 1
Ashley Word Lazaro Incognito 2
Robin Hill Lasting Impression 3
Class 7 - Beginner Novice    
Rider Horse Place
Tori Swejek Wilbur 1
Marty Kim Wolf 2
Rachel Olson Simple Pleasure 3
Kacey Locke Braak's Bizz 4
Jena Sorely Redd 5
Katie Taylor Halory 6
Class 8 - Beginner Novice    
Rider Horse Place
Taylor Barger Cousin Ralph 1
Marty Kim Wolf 2
Rachel Olson Simple Pleasure 3
Robin Mershon   Anola 4
Michelle Jewett Mr. Pushin My Luck 5
Tori Swejek Wilbur 6
Class 9 - Beginner Novice Cross Country
Rider Horse Place
Jena Sorely Redd 1
Michelle Jewett Mr. Pushin My Luck 2
Kait Miller Abby Road 3
Rachel Olson  Simple Pleasure 4
Marty Kim Wolf 5
Class 10 - Novice    
Rider Horse Place
Katie Taylor Halory 1
Deb Bowling It's Michael 2
Patty Keim Java Joe 3
Hannah Reeser Lightening 4
Holly Sell Minerva Lights 5
Jennifer Wilkes Bold Winter Diamond 6
Class 11 - Novice    
Rider Horse Place
Patty Keim Java Joe 1
Joy Campbell Fantasia 2
Deb Bowling It's Michael 3
Holly Sell Minerva Lights 4
Hannah Reeser Lightening 5
Robin Mershon Anola 6
Class 12 - Novice Cross Country    
Rider Horse Place
Holly Sell Minerva Lights 1
Michelle Jewett Mr. Pushin My Luck 2
Jennifer Wilkes Bold Winter Diamond 3
Joy Campbell Fantasia 4
Katie Taylor Halory 5
Class 13 - Training    
Rider Horse Place
Robin Mershon Grace 1
Kelley Reeser Calisto Odysey 2
Patty Keim Java Joe 3
Deb Bowling It's Michael 4
Class 14 - Training
Rider Horse Place
Patty Keim Java Joe  
Robin Mershon Grace  
Deb Bowling It's Michael  
Class 15 - Training Cross Country
Rider Horse Place
Jennifer Wilkes Bold Winter Diamond 1
Kelley Reeser Calisto Odysey 2
Class 16 - Prelim    
Rider Horse Place
Helen Rutter Push the Light 1
Kelley Reeser Calisto Odysey 2
Robin Mershon Grace 3
Desiree Pierce Smooth Sailin' 4
Class 17 -Prelim    
Rider Horse Place
Helen Rutter Push the Light 1
Desiree Pierce Smooth Sailin' 2
Robin Mershon Grace 3
Class 18 Prelim Cross Country    
Rider Horse  
Helen Rutter Push the Light  



Fall Hunter Pace

I'm a little late posting the Hunter Pace results but considering that I never usually post the results I'm doing pretty good to post them at all;)  This was the first time that we had to postpone a pace due to miserable weather.  I have to say trying to get the word out when there are no pre-entries its not so easy.  We did our best posting on FB, sending mass e-mails and making phone calls but I really think the weather was so miserable that not even the most die-hard riders stayed home.  The weather the following weekend was absolutely beautiful but I think many people didn't know that we had rescheduled as entries were rather low.
But those who came had a great time. 

Be sure to check out the pics at  Casual Creations Photography; they got some really nice shots.

   
Results for the Stone Gate Farm Fall Hunter Pace 2011



Jumping Division
 
Team Difference from Optimum Time Over or Under Place
Tori Swejk/Andred Porter/ :08 Over 1
Barbara Peterson/Hilda Cook :21 Under 2
Kelly, Hannah, and Virginia Reeser :40 Under 3
Catlin Haavisto/ Tiffany Schwarzlder 1:53 Under 4
Nancy Koch / Marianna Schafer 4:49 Over 5
Megan Douglas / Gabbie Van Scoy 6:36 Under 6
Rachel Cooper/ Emily Hammel 1:09:18 Over 7




Flat Division




Team Difference from Optimum Time Over or Under Place
Taylor Walton/ Allison Deem :06 Over 1
Sarah Campbell / Hannah Schaffer 2:07 Over 2
Sarah Campbell / Hannah Schaffer 2:49 Under 3
Moira & Rachelle Faire 3:06 Under 4
Lori Moore/ Terri Willard 3:23 Over 5
Ashley Word/ Joan Word 3:48 Over 6
Danielle Ferraro / Kacey Locke 4:11 Over 7
Jessica Coibson/Ansley callanan 4:45 Under 8
Katrina Koehnle/Allison Morris 5:32 Under 9
Robin Mershon / Nicki 5:40 Over 10
Dona Ferraro/Christine Casey 5:40 Under 11
Tom Gazley/ Gail Palton 5:58 Under 12




Trail Rider Division




Team Difference from Optimum Time Over or Under Place
Jeri Close / Jane Malmsbury 9:26 Over 1
Christine Seeling/Trisha Shepherd 9:50 Under 2
Carlyn Crowl / Holly Sell 11:36 Under 3