Friday, September 2, 2011

Standardbred Pleasure Horse National Show

Anxiety?  What anxiety? Just because I set off for NJ with a new horse, new harness adjustments, new carriage, new trailer and new truck all by myself is no reason for anxiety.  Actually it turned out that there really wasn't a reason.  Best and I safely made our way to NJ and back, despite bad weather and construction.  I made one more harness adjustment at the show but was otherwise fine in that area.  I did use my marathon harness instead of our leather harness as I need longer traces on the leather harness.  The new cart did well,  I have different shafts ordered but otherwise it looked okay. 

Best did okay too.  He was much more nervous than I thought he'd be but he still managed to get two firsts, a second, two thirds, a fourth and a fifth place.  The wins were in obstacles, he's just starting to figure out what that is about.  I wasn't overly pleased with his inability to stand still during the line-up but he'll get there.

Congratulations go out to our SPHO-Ohio friends who traveled to NJ for the first time.  All American Legacy (Big Al) won the National Championship in Halter against a very tough crowd.  I think all total Ohio went home with 1 National Championship and 3 Reserves.  Not bad at all for a first trip!


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