Rising to the
occasion, inspiring and.....
in true form!
A TRUE CHAMPION !
Glacier (aka 'Rare Glimpse' show name) &
Cassie
August 2002
Washington State "B"
Rated H/J Show
Five Blues this day!
Deer Park Community Fair
This was a fun community event for Cassie.
We allowed Cassie to show here only because of Glacier and his
illness.
We handicapped Cassie for this show, by choosing Glacier as her
mount. We incooperated this into part of his rehab program. This
Fair Show had quite a few flat classes. We are encouraging
Glacier to become supple and regain his top line again. Cassie
does a lot of flat work with him, asking him to bend and flex
both directions, and importantly to drop his head and stretch his
neck. Trot and track forward from behind - swinging his shoulders
and lateral movements. Circles asking him to reach up under his
barrel with the inside leg, especially the weaker right side. The
actual working on the bit time, still with a time limit of about
10 - 12 minutes both directions for now, and then back to the
stretching trot and walk. He also gets to go on trail rides. As
of now, we do very little jumping and will probably keep it that
way.
The team made both Newspapers in our town!
The Gazette and the Tribune were both seeking Cassie and Glacier for their paper!
More pictures from the Fair!
Even Western, but we won't tell Cassie ! Ha Ha !
Enjoy....
I think he makes a pretty good "pretend"
Western Pleasure horse?
Whadda ya think? lol
Only comment the judge made was that she'd like
to see him jog a bit slower ???
Ha..... Cassie told her this was the first time he had ever had a
western saddle on him, you could see her jaw drop!
We all cracked up watching!
The team got a Res. Champion in the Western Equitation Advanced
class!
and Blues in all the others except the Trail Class. He wanted no
part of that, and we didn't ask! LOL
Pretty neat, Cassie is NO Cowgirl! But she can sure look cute and dress the part, eh ? ; )
As you may have
noticed, Glacier has very much bonded with Cassie.
We feel Blessed....