Horseback at the MN Horse Expo: I have never had this much fun experiencing four seasons in three days (sunshine and 70s, rain and clouds, snow and wind)!
I rode Gift of Freedom, my seven-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse mare as part of the Minnesota Walking Horse Association demonstration team. We rode in the daily Parade of Breeds, Breed Demonstrations, and I was a demonstration rider for National Gaited Clinician Gary Lane.
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Rum River Equestrian Farm in Princeton held the Minnesota Walking Horse Association’s Second Annual Trail Clinic. Gaited and non-gaited clinic participants learned how to ride their horses with more confidence how to negotiate and ride over and through obstacles and minimize spooking. Participates enjoyed a “just for fun” broomball game Saturday evening.
On Sunday, riders tested their new skills and challenged their abilities in a friendly competition.
Gift of Freedom, a six-year-old TWH mare, earned the MWHA 2010 Trail Pleasure Champion award. Ridden, trained and owned by Jennifer Klitzke. (Shown here in an Imus Comfort Bit.)
Photo by Jennifer Klitzke
Tennessee walking horse mare, Gift of Freedom, greeted me at the fence laced with frost.
Gift of Freedom was the only gaited horse entered. She did wonderfully in her First Level test with a high score of 68.1%!
Judge Mary Spaeth who has been officiating dressage shows for 26 years had never seen a gaited horse ride to a dressage test. Although she didn’t know how to score the flat walk and running walk, her collective remarks include, “Fluid, obedient and willing – shows harmony and confidence.”
Video: My First FOSH Gaited Dressage First Level Test
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