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Trail Course of the Month 6/18

22/5/2018

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On Mother's Day Weekend I judged the SLOCQHA Quarter Horse Circuit in Paso Robles, CA with Michael Bednarek from New York.  Designer Don Lehman did his usual excellent job.  This course was very forward with a lot of lope overs.  It was a very rythmic riding course, my favorite kind.  The gate, back and walk overs at the end of the course posed a challenge because the the horses had to be able use fine motor skills after all that loping and joging.
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Obstacle 1 Lope/Overs (LL)
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Obstacle 2 Jog/Overs
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Obstacle 3 Walk/Overs, Bridge, Walk Overs (Designer Don Lehman pictured)
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Obstacle 4 Lope/Overs (RL)
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Obstacle 5 Gate & Obstacle 6 Back and Walk/Overs
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Trail Course of the Month 5/18

1/5/2018

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 Last week Allen Mitchels from Indiana and I judged the class this course was used for at the Del Mar National AQHA Show.  Course designer, Ann Dennis, desgined a very forward course that had a lot of flow.  It is another example of Ann's excellent work.
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Obstacle 4
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Obstacles 4 &5
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Obstacles 6 & 7 (Course designer, Ann Dennis, in the photo)
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Obstacle 3
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Beautiful course and beautiful setting in Del Mar, California.
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