We had 10 riders for the 1st trail challenge event at the barn. Shannon Ryan is our "judge/clinician", and is setting up a trail pattern. Everyone has several hours to practice and get instruction on doing the different obstacles with Shannon. After that, then the "competition" started, with everyone going thru the set course. A refusal or not done obstacle was a 10 cent fine. A partially done obstacle and/or hitting logs was a 5 cent fine. This money is going into a kitty for a pizza party at the end.
Our first trail challenge course consisted of: rope gate, trot thru cones, small bridge, back thru cones, trot over poles, then walk over poles into a box, do a 360 to the right, and walk out of the box.
Feedback was very positive and everyone had alot of fun. MaryEllen was taking photos' so I'll get some from her and post.
Next challenge is set for February 24th.
Today we are having a teaser of warm, then going back to snowy cold b.s. for the rest of week... I'm SICK of winter.... sigh....
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