Caledon Dressage August Show
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Schooling on the grounds the day before the show
Lori showed Ooruk at 2nd Level, winning every class they entered. The pair earned scores up to 71.579% in Second Level Tests 1, 2, and 3, and won the Second Level Open Championship with an overall 70.25%.
Our German intern Janina has been with us for two months, and she was partnered with the mare Bluebird Lane Kestrel to show at Training Level. This duo had scores up to 73.33%, finishing the weekend as Training Level Open Reserve Champions, a mere 0.6% behind the Champion!
A thousand thanks to coach Summer McEwan, as well as to Elena Shmoylova for grooming and helping out, and to the hard-working show organizers!
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- Ooruk and Lori preparing to enter the ring
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- Travers
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- Canter on short diagonal
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- Canter
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- Starting our medium trot
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- On the short side – look at his belly muscles working
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- Medium trot
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- Canter circle
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- Counter canter
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- Another medium trot – bum muscles!
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- Medium canter – bum muscles again!
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- Schooling the day before
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- Kestrel and Janina in the ring, super trot
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- Schooling canter – love this mare!
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- Kestrel in the ring
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- Kestrel schooling
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- Nice halt
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- Kestrel
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- So pretty!
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- Explaining the test to Janina, although Kesi looks quite engaged in the process too!
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- Coach, and groom/photographer!
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- Stefan’s Russian cavalry watch with Ooruk’s stall behind, note the curly post-braid forelock and all first place ribbons 🙂
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- The team, ready to head home
