My niece, Erin, is a NCSU Equestrian. Michelle, Elizabeth and I went up to Hillsborough to the Duke University Horse Farm (Echo Glen) to watch her ride. First they line up by size. Then they draw the horse they will ride. Some of the horses are from the host barn, some are brought in by other Universitys. This is supposed to make it randomly fair, I guess.
Erin drew this sleepy Stormy. This was one relaxed horse.
Her mom says she gets nervous, so I didn't want to bother her. She looked so serious.
Here she is in the "Flat foot" class or something. Rachael can probably correct me. I think they were cantoring.
She ended up with 4th. Erin is not a point rider, so the pressure is much less for her. Placing was pretty nice.
So, after an oatmeal bar, she could relax before next ride.
She was supposed to get a different horse, but ended up with a big horse, Moses. I told her that was good. Moses was winning a lot of 1,2 and 3 rd places.
She jumps! His stride was different then she was used to. I thought it looked great. Lots of things they look at to judge. I was clueless!
So she gets third! She competed against riders from ECU, UNC, Duke, ASU, Intermont, St. Andrews, maybe a VA Tech one too. I think UNC-G , Greensboro A&T, lots of them.A great day except for stupid yellow jackets and getting lost for a little bit. (missed my exit on 85). Next one is in Feb.
4 comments:
Oh my..such memories those pics bring up. Looks like lots of fun!
Martha, Did you ride for State?
Oh no no no.... that is high tech fancy schmancy riding. I just rode "ghetto" shows :)
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