Getting her number put on. This pony, Shotgun, was twenty years old and absolutely adorable!
This roan is gorgeous! I didn't catch her name, but she's four and inexperienced.
Coaxing Shotgun to cross the bridge, which he did eventually.
Shotgun has an awesome trot!
I was happy to see someone riding bitless . . . although I think mechanical hackamores can be just as harsh in the wrong hands.
Shotgun carrying the bags of leaves. Boy these bags sure caused some drama. There was even a horse who got loose when his owner pushed the matter instead of bowing out of this obstacles. Fortunately the area was fenced so the horse was caught easily.
I like how chunky this horse is, but he looked tense . . . not just in this photo.
Look at his cute little tongue. :)I think one of the hardest obstacles, at least for the humans, was having to use a stick to pick up a hat . . .
Definitely an obstacle where having a tall horse was a disadvantage.
She hated her bit.
Much happier with her halter on. :)
One of my favorite pictures from the day.
My favorite picture of the day. :) The woman said to hold on tight and when the little girl squeezed with all her might she pretended like she couldn't breathe. So cute!I tried to get at least one picture of all seventeen entrants and one on each obstacle, but the horses were going on the course together so I couldn't manage to get all of them. We had to stay behind a certain line too and I couldn't see some of the obstacles. A bunch of the pictures didn't turn out because of branches in the way, too bright sun, etc. Oh well. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot about what we need to work on. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.
