This message is from: Pam G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Janet,
They practically do move the outdoors inside. Considering Oregon weather in
fall that is a good thing.It takes days with a cat and backhoe and lots of
bodies to put the course together. Alot of planning and thought go into the
course to make it challenging yet safe.
The pit as you called it was about 18" deep with straight sides and filled to
the top with water, no slope to enter. Before each run all the participants
receive a course map and a walk through as a group. At that time you can ask
questions about any of the obstacles. At the pit you would receive the most
points if your horse entered the water had all four feet in and came out up the
other side , calmly. As you can imagine there were lots of variations to that.
Watching the classes is as much fun as riding in them. You would receive less
points for jumping it and none for refusal. The judges are at each obstacle and
when your horse clearly refuses 3 times they will send you on . Things move
along pretty quickly.
As with the logs , most of them were designed to be a walk over in this show.
Ive been to others where you might trot up to a log and jump over. It should be
posted on the course map.
I dont know if there is anything like it offered in the MW... Hopefully you
find something.
Pam
Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This message is from: "Janet"
wow, what an all out trail class! Looks like they moved the whole mountain
into the arena
see www.annawightphotography.com
I have two questions... for those that attended... one of the obstacles was
a pit with water in it. It appears most horses jumped over it, some walked
through it. Was method of passage optional? Same question about logs, can
you choose to jump or step over?
the other question is there any thing comperable to this (really fun)
looking trail class in the Mid West???
janet
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