AZ CDE
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi List ! Jeff is out in the barn, shaving off whats left of the horrible trace clips we inflicted on the pair of Fjords we are taking to Coolidge next week. Even with the checkerboard marks and track lines, they look much better already. It has been very hard to train here, as the weather has not been stable. Cold is OK, warm is OK. Freezing cold at night and very warm during the day is bad. The pair is as fit as we can get them for this time of year. We have been putting in miles and working on walking through the dressage test. Cones we never practice, as thats usually a big no-no but looking at a copy of the cones course, it will seperate the boys from the girls ( nothing gender specific about that ) so to speak. Trailer is cleaned ( sort of with the wind and dust blowing about 40 MPH today ) and truck is serviced. Vacation time is set, and son, Cody ( 17 ) is being left in charge. ( OMG ) Foster kid, Casey, will be leaving the State of UT. for the first time, and is chief equipment specialist. ( head slave ) We will be visited by some family down in AZ. who live there, and getting to play in-between showing with Susan Lawson ( Fjord owner ) who is competing a single. Navigator for the show is Kathy McLaughlin, who has groomed for many top drivers, ( Hardy Z. ect. ) and has bravely packed boots for those nasty water hazzards. Jeff is headed back to CA for 3 more days of work, than comes home Tues. We head out Wed. AM, and will have Thurs to prepare everything at the show, and settle the Fjords to all the scary stuff. Posts from people competing at the Black Prong CDE reported baby pigs, running out of the brush every time a horse went down the dressage line, causing some very interesting blow-ups and poor scores g until they were captured. ( sounds like barb-a-q time to me. ) We compete in dressage on Fri. ( hopefully PIGLESS ) the Marathon on Sat. and cones course on Sun. The predicted weather is going to be mild, instead of HOT, for which we are thank-full ! If it rains on us, all the better, so if everythings already a fricken WATER HAZZARD, we wont have problems galloping into the 2 already there ! ( one new hazzard with a covered wagon in the middle of it ! ) Keep your fingers and toes crossed for an un-eventful compitition, and maybe no one will recognise these shaved gerbils as Fjords ! Lisa Pedersen / Pedersens Fjords, Cedar City, UTAH
Re: AZ CDE
This message is from: Deb Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] How exciting to have the opportunity. Nice pictures Debi Williams Williams Hill Fjords Waterford, Pa Home of Tolgar,Tanja, Belle,Hilda, Beckett, Rosie and Daniel - Original Message - From: Cynthia Madden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FH-L fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: AZ CDE This message is from: Cynthia Madden [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have uploaded some pictures of the AZ CDE if anyone is interested in looking at them. http://www.PictureTrail.com/cmadden = Cynthia Madden Las Cruces, NM [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AZ CDE
This message is from: Cynthia Madden [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have uploaded some pictures of the AZ CDE if anyone is interested in looking at them. http://www.PictureTrail.com/cmadden = Cynthia Madden Las Cruces, NM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/
Re: Report from the AZ CDE
This message is from: Jean Gayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cynthia, I really like your attitude and no nonsense approach. I did not hear any whining about being abused by a judge, or another competitor. Or disliked by a judge, etc. Sounds like you are learning as you go and looking forward to progress from lessons learned!! Tank is too. Jean Jean Walters Gayle [Authoress of The Colonel's Daughter Occupied Germany 1946 To 1949 ] http://users.techline.com/jgayle Send $20 Three Horses Press PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
Report from the AZ CDE
This message is from: Cynthia Madden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tank and I arrived in Coolidge for the AZ CDE on Thursday for our first CDE in three years. Because I competed in the single pony prelim limit division (they do not offer training level), I found out I was first in order for the dressage on Friday. I frantically finished cleaning up my cart. Luckily I had my harness all done before I left. On Friday morning, Tank and I did our test. No major errors but he kept shying at the tents and fence. We did as well as expected and among the three in our division we ended up first in dressage. My navigator, Mickey, showed up Friday afternoon and I was so glad. I was pretty panic stricken after walking the hazards! Since Arizona has advanced competition they were pretty tough. Mickey is an experienced navigator and we went over them and I felt more confident. However, during the course walk, I learned that unlike the KC CDE (my only other competition), limit is for competitors new to prelim, not just doing section E, which meant that Tank was going to have to do the whole thing. Again, panic attack and nightmares all night because I was worried about overfacing him. We went early on Sat. morning while it was nice and cool and Tank was really feeling good. We did Section A with only 2 minutes overtime thanks to Albert the welsh pony who passed us, and Tank did not want to be left behind. We completed Secion C, walk, with two minutes to spare. He came into vet check with a great pulse and respiration. I want to thank Vivian Creigh for providing me with a conditioning program that helped me get Tank in such great shape. He really came through the first part well and was ready after his rest break to do the next part. In Section E we got a little lost in the 2nd obstacle but thought we came through it OK and we got through the water hazard with some hesitation but the guy did it. Obstacle 5 was wrapped in waving American flags and with some hesitation Tank finally went through it. Brave boy! We had serious overtime in section E but made it through and that was our goal. I was very proud of my Tank! When we were scored we found that we had eliminated in #2 and while my navigator was very dissapointed, I was just happy that we had made it through. Sunday, we had cones. Tank shied at the letters and we had some penalties but we still came in 2nd in our division. When we picked up our score sheets, we discovered,after checking with the TD, that we had NOT eliminated in #2. It was a scoring error, but since we had had trouble in that obstacle we hadn't checked the score sheet so it stood as a score but didn't change our 2nd place standing anyway. Lesson learned! At least Mickey felt better that we had not done the obstacle wrong. The really good news is that Open Prelim Pony was won by a Fjord! Alexander Gibson, 15, and Sunflower of Orange County, CA, beat out about 10 other tough competitors to win that division. They were beautiful to watch. Gave Tank and I a model to emulate. We learned a lot at Coolidge and will be even better prepared when we go to the Old Pueblo in Tucson in November. We had a lot of fun which was the main objective. = Cynthia Madden Las Cruces, NM [EMAIL PROTECTED]
