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.

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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