A lovely spring day blessed 21 horse/rider teams at the Walker’s Triple R schooling dressage show held May 15, 2011. I rode my naturally gaited Tennessee walking horse mare, Gift of Freedom, She was the only gaited horse entered among Friesians, Warmbloods, Arabians, and Thoroughbreds and placed second in both First Level tests with scores of 65.9% and 63.9%.
[httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2fNBwFS8GA&w=560&h=315]Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo, MN
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.)
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