Mini Hunter Trials

The weather in this country doesn’t make it easy for planning outdoor events, last year we advertised three mini hunter trial dates but only one had good enough weather to run.  So ever optimistic I have advertised 3 dates for this year the first being last sunday, after spending a week 0f crossed fingers and watching weather forecasts every few hours,  things were looking hopeful and if one person asked me last week if it would run a hundred must have asked, so just  for the record I have temporarily mislaid my crystal ball so I am unable to predict – the weather – what time class 5 will start – how many will turn up – how many rolls we will need to make (although I do now know that 94 was too many) – or whether the horses will jump the fences. I’m glad I didn’t see the heavy shower that Sue told me we had at 5am otherwise I would have been less than impressed having worked all day saturday till 10pm to get everything organised. Anyway the weather was good and we had a good turn out of competitors. The lead rein class  is very small but its a long way to run, a couple of parents looked like they need an oxygen mask on return. I believe Ashton who was 5th on Smartie was the youngest competitor at 4yrs of age and Carys Morgan ran with him. Martha took photos throughout the day and thanks to the sales pitch of Sheena and Sue has sold quite a few which will be ready by next weekend.  I’d like to thank everyone that helped without which we would not be able to run it. Sue and Sheena did a great job on entries although Sheena was a little put out when I explained that she didn’t get to share the takings with Sue. Leanne spent most of the day in charge of the refreshments. Sharon, Martha  and I turned the kitchen into a little cottage industry turning out the rolls the night before. Graham did the scoring. Jess and Malissa on the Gate and Rob on Clear round Amelia collecting score sheets and Billy in the Car park. Fence Judges Jenna Gareth, Helen, Sian, Jen, Gaynor and Sue Reville. Poor Sue is probably still traumatised the time section is not the easiest espescially when lots of people in the pairs had the knock down fence down.  Gaynor was timing and we kept seeing Sue running across the field to put it back up and each time it happened Sue would radio us and shout ‘Fence down and I’m running’ but she would forget to radio us and tell us when they were out of the time section which is the bit I couldn’t see. Everyone had a good time despite a few falls and a few out of control horses Buffy being one which was quite funny to watch, Adi fell off three times over two classes but another youngster fell off three times in the same class. Molly fell off Lucky and everyone went running because she didn’t move but it turned out to be her back protector preventing her from getting up. Several others parted company with their mounts but everyone was ok.  See Results and Activities for the next Mini Hunter Trial Dates.

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