We are at the end of the first week of showing at the Charleston Classic. This week was full of suprises. The first being that Pickles carded as a medium. Well honestly that isn't that suprising, but we had all hoped he would make it as a small. Being a medium isn't a huge problem because he jumps the heigh without a problem. What it does challenge us is in distances. But the little man is mighty and will just have to boogie. Pickles is officially 12.2 3/4 hands.
The second suprise was the judge position on the schooling pony classes. This is a unique class as it is frequently used as a warm up and is a precursor to classic round style scoring. Each round is assigned a numerical score 0-100. If you score higher than 75 you receive a blue ribbon. 50-75 receives a red ribbon and below 50 doesn't score. We went into this class feeling that we would't be suprised if we didn't get a ribbon. We were not suprised when WE didn't, but we were suprised when only 1 of 9 medium ponies received a ribbon. The horse round earlier in the day resulted in almost everyone receiving ribbons. A horse even circled on course to fix a lead issue and still earned a ribbon.
The third suprise of the weekend wasn't a suprise to me, but certainly was to Elizabeth. No need for explanation here, just see the picture at the top for the details. Congratulations girl!!!
The final suprise is that Riley is officially a pony. He received his USEF card and is officially 14.2 hands. He may never show pony class, but we can if we want to.
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