Triple B's - May 19, 2007

We had a great time again this weekend. While this was actually a two day show, we only showed on the first day. This was a very long show day - 12+ hours of showing (and waiting). Everyone did well and had a great time.

Up first are Bekah and Dejia. Once again this team excelled, bringing home 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds and a 5th. Their bareback riding class earned them their second first place of the season! Bekah works hard with Dejia. While you could call Dejia a "push button" horse, you had best push the right button! Dejia is very responsive and Bekah has worked hard at learning her "buttons". It has been a real pleasure to see them grow over the past year and to look forward to their next season together.




The speed classes are what Dejia loves the most. She gets very excited when it is time to do the speed classes and these two excel at the Keyhole event! In this event, a "keyhole" is drawn with flour at the far end of the arena. The horse needs to go through the neck of the keyhole, turn in the circle and race back across the timer as fast as they can. This was Bekah and Dejia's second first place today as the kicked butt!




Jenna and Coolio entered their first Fitting and Showing class of the season and earned a 2nd place! Jenna was nervous going into this class and was heard muttering something like "I hate showmanship!" Despite her reluctance, they did great! The day continued to be a success as they placed in all of their classes.







This team took thirds in both of their equitation classes and a 5th in English Pleasure and 6th in Western Pleasure. Coolio did much better at neck reining today. This week Jenna had a lesson on using her legs only to steer. Cathy (our trainer/friend) put Jenna on Dejia with only a neck rope and she had to guide Dejia through most of the lesson using ONLY her legs. She had to do circles around cones, do serpentines around cones among other things. As a result this pair did better at western riding this week!




Frawgbyte Photography was also present at the show again this week and I managed to get a shot of John - the man behind the camera. Look for photos of the rest of FrawgByte in the months to come! They take such amazing shots! Please check them out by clicking on the frog below. Their prices are great and you will not be disappointed with their shots!

John from FrawgByte Photography lets Jenna and Colin take pictures with his "FrawgByte" camera. He has helped both Jenna and Colin foster a love of photography. Jenna often takes my camera and takes random shots of things. Her pictures can be found by clicking on Bekah's face below!


Here are the placings for the Triple B's Show

Rebekah and Dejia
Junior Western Horsemanship – 6th
Junior Western Pleasure – 2nd
Junior Bareback – 1st
Cloverleaf 9-14 – 3rd
Keyhole 9-14 – 1st
Pole Bending 9-14 – 2nd
Indiana Flags 9-14 - DQ
Speed & Action 9-14 – 3rd

Jenna and Coolio
Pony Showmanship - 2nd
Walk/Trot English Equitation - 3rd
Walk/Trot English Pleasure - 5th
Walk/Trot Western Horsemanship - 3rd
Walk/Trot Western Pleasure - 6th