This week, we traveled the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington for the KY Spring Premier Hunter Jumper Show. The Kentucky Horse Park will host the 2010 F.E.I. World Equestrian Games in the fall, marking the first world games on American soil. You can imagine how large the venue is. We had kind of crappy weather this week so I was unable to take pictures, but I will hopefully be able to take some next week.
This is one of the largest hunter/jumper shows in the country, housing over 1000 horses. For those of you who don't know the difference between hunters and jumper, hunters can be compared to figure skating while jumpers are more like speed skating. Both compete over jumps, but are judged on different things. Hunters are judged on style, beauty, and grace while jumpers are based mainly on speed.
Many world renowned professionals competing here including Terry Brown, Jennifer Alfano, Kris Kappler, Candice King, Pablo Barrios (from Venezuela), Margie Engle, and Eric Lamaze (from Canada-individual gold medal winner at the Beijing Olympics).
I had A.P. tests Monday and Tuesday so we didn’t leave for KY until Wednesday morning. So on Wednesday, we arrived at the horse park around 3 P.M., unloaded the horses, and set up their stalls (putting down shavings and hanging water buckets and feed tubs). We brought 5 horses with us; Jasper, Kip, Tommy, Pommie, and Toby.
The horses got Thursday to settle in and prepare for Friday’s competition. On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I showed Jasper and Kip in the Low Junior Jumpers (1.3 meters). The horses were awesome and it was definitely a learning experience.
Not that many exciting things happened this week…hopefully I’ll have more to share after next week (and pictures)!
Hope everyone’s projects are going well!!
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