Star Spangled Classic

The weekend of July 20-22nd we traveled to Monroe, WA for the Star Spangled Classic APHA show.  Kerry spent Thursday night with her friend Karli so that they could go to the barn and help pack up the trailer and load the horses for the trip.  On Friday she rode up to Monroe with Karli and her Mom, Nicole.

Lola

Micheal and I left late Thursday afternoon hoping to avoid rush hour traffic.  We got to Monroe, checked into our hotel and then went to the show grounds.  Everyone was settled in and the girls had already ridden.  It was a fairly early night as the show started early Friday morning with the English classes.

We arrived at about 8am on Friday and got to watch Karli and Slick ride in their English classes.  Kerry got Lola lunged and bathed and ready to warm-up.

Kerry and Karli wait for their turn

During the shows its sometimes hard to plan because things can move quickly or very slowly depending on the types of classes and the number of entries in each class.  So its often a chaotic mix of rush-rush-rush and wait-wait-wait.  So you eat when you can, run to the restroom when you can and try and be ready for anyting!

Oma and Opa were coming to show to watch Kerry and Lola.  We were all excited to see them and were glad that their being in Vancouver, B.C. meant they could make the drive down.  This was the first APHA show since Lola had another 6-weeks of training.  Kerry was looking forward to introducing them to Lola.

Time to wake up, Lola!

We are so lucky to have such a wonderful mare who is sweet, calm and who loves her kid!  She and Kerry have a special bond for sure!

Team Lola was showing in Western Pleasure, Horsemanship, Showmanship and Trail.  Each time they compete they are better and better and this show was no exception.




The best moment was in Sunday's Horsemanship class.  This was only the second time Kerry and Lola had shown in this class.  Horsemanship is a pattern class and the judges are scoring the rider on their poise, posture and completion of the pattern.  Kerry and Lola received two 2nds and a 1st!  Kerry's smile lit up the arena!

It was a great weekend, a great show and everyone on the Ambition team did great.  And even though there were a couple of very late nights and everyone was tired, we're excited to go home and prepare for the next show in Idaho!