This message is from: Sam & Sue Banks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This weekend will be the first Winter Equine Expo in Lexington,
Virginia at The Horse Center. Members of my carriage driving club have
been asked to attend for the carriage driving demonstrations, and I hope
to attend with almost 5 year old BDF Lillehammer. She is what I consider
green-broke to drive - I started her as a 2 year old but once I started
riding her at 3 she was so comfortable I never switched to driving her
again. I volunteered to do the Ride and Drive part of the Demo, needless
to say.
Schedule -
Friday - 5:30-7:30 Chili Cookoff and country western dance; 7:30-8:30
Musical Liberty Freestyle; 9:00 Barrel Racing Exhibition.
Saturday Main arena 8:30 Kenny Harlow, Training with Trust; 9:30
Carriage Demo; 10:30 GaWaNi Pony Boy; 11:30 Pat Parelli; 1:30 Dog parade
and Terrier Races; 2:30 GaWaNi Pony Boy; 3:30 On Target Training
(Clicker Training method) Shawna & Vinton Karrasch; 4:30 David Seay,
Progressive Horsemanship; 7:30 Draft Horse Pulls. Seminars in classrooms
all day.
Sunday Main Arena 8:30 David Seay; 9:30 GaWaNi Pony Boy; 10:30 Carriage
Driving; 11:30 Kenny Harlow; 12:30 Shawna & Vinton Karrasch; 1:30 Pony
Boy; 2:30 Pat Parelli; 4:30 Dog Parade and Terrier Races. More seminars.
I attended the Horse Expo in Maryland last weekend with many of
these clinicians. The weather was bad (ice and snow) and no one could
ride, there was a big turnout. I walked through the Avenue of Breeds but
no Fjords were there. The Carriage Driving organizer of this Virginia
event said even if Lilly was not comfortable driving with a large group
of horses yet, at least she would be there to represent our breed (in
all our fuzzy easy keeper glory). I am hoping we can arrange the demo so
that Lilly drives with some quieter horses from our club and gain
confidence, and that I will be riding her when the flashier horses come
in. Lilly has been ridden at Equitana, and was fine there, we just don't
have enough "time and miles" under our belt in driving.
Hope the weather stays decent.
Sue Banks, Virginia USA
