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- From: rmvale@watnow.uwaterloo.ca (Ruth Vale)
- Subject: Re: Brags Re: Happy Solstice
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- References: <1992Dec21.191012.738@cas.org> <10348@tetons.idaho.amdahl.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:30:07 GMT
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- In article <10348@tetons.idaho.amdahl.com> gnd@idaho.amdahl.com (Greg Darnell) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec21.191012.738@cas.org>, mlr21@cas.org (Mary Lee Raines) writes:
- >>
- >> Today is Solstice.
- >
- >and Solstice is happy - my wife's Trakehner gelding named Solstice,
- >that is. Her Solstice finished 27th in the country out of 770 horses
- >competing at 4th level dressage, with an average score of 62.788%, in
- >his first full year of competing at 4th level. He also finished third
- >at 4th level dressage in American Trakehner Association rankings.
- >
- >I am particularly proud of horse and rider since they got to that point
- >in Idaho, where the nearest instructor is 3 hours away, so that they get
- >at most two lessons per month, and my wife had never ridden above second
- >level before moving here. I am also proud that they have reached this
- >level without ever having a professional trainer on his back since being
- >green broke.
- >
- >I just had to brag to an audience that would appreciate their
- >accomplishment - most people here have never heard of dressage. I can
- >only take credit for lungeing him when my wife is unable to work him,
- >and for being driver, groom, maintenance man, groundskeeper, stall
- >cleaner, etc. The rest was accomplished by their year-round hard work.
- >
- >Greg
- >--
-
- That's an impressive accomplishment for horse and rider - but having you
- around to help makes a whopping big difference! So, you can take some
- credit for being driver/groom/mtce man, etc. which allows her to concentrate
- on riding. Well done!
-
- Ruth
-
-
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