>I don't know where to start about the show, so -- the beginning....I
> was up at 4am and we left the house at 5:30am and got home around 9pm.
Virginia, was the show at the same place where you board?
> What upset me the most about the day was Alex's coach had entered her
> in shows that were above her ability--Alex has only been doing cross
> rails and the occasional low verticle.
Now why would she do that?!?!?
> a girl I felt comfortable with and they did that session with one
> refusal in the begining and then 3 refusals on the last jump and they
> also were excused.
Jumps are not necessarily things that Icelandics can do easily. Consider
Gat's "gaitedness".
> Plus Gat was calm and sensible throughout the whole show while other
> horses were bucking, bolting, rearing, had martingales, tie downs,
> harsh bits. Not all of them of course, but I sure don't understand
> why some kids aren't killed by some of the horses I saw there.
Congrats and kudos to Gat! That, to me, is worth more than any ribbons.
I'd much rather have a sane horse than a ribboned horse.
Judy
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