Jumper Girl competed in the 3' 3" Showjumping Derby (a biggish step up, since she didn't ride from September-May), and came in 5th out a field of about 40. Twenty-one jumping efforts, including a triple combination of a one-stride to a two-stride.
When JG was still riding ponies, we would discuss less-than-perfect results with the question: "Pilot error or pony error?".
No un-corrected pilot errors. One brilliant pilot course-correction. No pony errors, and in fact, one or two pony-saves-the-bacon moments.
Oh! Ponies are a maximum of 58 inches tall, measured (more or less) at the base of the mane (the withers). Claudius is at least 67 inches tall, and quite long. So speaking of Claudius as a "pony" is a bit of an in-joke.
There's a lovely photo of Claudius and JG from the derby, with Claudius jumping in excellent form and a big grin from JG, that I'll post in a couple of weeks.
Previous JG-Claudius photos are packed away--I don't have any on the harddrive, for some reason.
What pleasure is greater than seeing your child's pride in achievement?
COOL!!
Posted by: Sage | Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 10:02 PM
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