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Trail Trials Clinic 2008
by Penny Dees and the Grey Beastie
First I want to thank Sukulina Das for her
tireless help with the clinic. Talk about above and beyond!!
(she even brought two wonderful dead Joshua trees for the ’natural’
step over. Had them tied in the back of her pick up bed and
they extended over the cab of the truck and over the tail gate.
How did she do that? Sukulina, just plain amazing…) Also
thanks to thank Cheyenne Bonnell for coming to help out. We
just have the best bunch of people in this club.
Thanks to our participants, the Maloofs, Ed and Rebecca and
their horses. Thanks Ed for saying it was like getting a private
lesson. Both you and your wife did well with your horses. I
can see trail trials in your future…… Also thanks
to Allen and Jennifer Goodman for joining the club and staying
for the clinic. Hope to see more of them at future events. Oh,
and they came because they drove by and saw the eye catching
poster on Aberdeen advertising the clinic that, yes, you guessed
it, Sukulina made!
I had a wonderful time but then always do when it has anything
to do with trail trails. Did a little talking about trail trials,
Q’s and A’s time and explained the importance of
the one thing you must learn about trail trials. CHECK that
Cinch. (before every obstacle, even if not required). We did
a lot of work on the gate since this is one of the obstacles
you usually find at every trail trials. We covered the six ways
to do a mounted gate, right and left hand pull, right and left
hand push, and right and left hand back thru. Rebecca helped
demo the correct way to do a gate dismounted, leading your equine
safely through. We worked with the slicker, and just to be on
the safe side, worked this obstacle inside the arena. We worked
with a drag, and how you’d approach this correctly even
if you don’t have a saddle horn. Sukulina brought a pop-up
camping tent, which we popped in the arena. The little breeze
had the tent was acting more like a rocking horse than just
a tent. Great obstacle! We then adjourned to the Joshua Trees
out side the arena for the walk-overs.
Check out Sukulina’s photos of the event here.
Very nice job by Rebecca on her sweet mare who was a brood mare
for years and now is becoming a riding horse. And a kind riding
horse too! No, didn’t make the Goodman’s do the
walk over since they didn’t have their horses there but
bet they would have done a good job. Thanks again to all!
Last, check those cinches.
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