July 23, 2006

The day was finally here.

Hilltop's first English and Western Summer Schooling Show

A little nervous about the weather and who might show up we had nothing to worry about.

A total of 55 riders, many of them competing in more than one division, joined us in our Show and the weather got better and better by the minute.

A very special 

THANK YOU 

to

Ellen Heidelberg
who organized this show and worked hard all day in getting things done.

To

Bill Benneyan
who did a fantastic job as Announcer throughout the day.

To

Sharon Felicio
who helped us all day with registrations and all show related issues.

To

Cynthia D'Aquino 

for helping the judge all day as her assistant. 

To

Ashleigh and Miguel
who spent their time and energy on preparing and keeping the show, riders and horses on track all day.

And to

Everyone
who gave us a helping hand this day

Our English Riders started the day with a total of 5 Divisions and 24 separate classes

We like to give a  special thanks to

Bethany Fischetto

who joined our show with 13 horses and riders and made it therefore much more competitive.

Our English Walk / Trot Classes had a lot of competition....

....and during warm up and in the classes it got fairly busy in the ring.

Everyone helped everyone.....

....outside....

....inside....

....or in our Lead Line Classes

It was time to get ready for our Western Riders.....

....and time for our English Riders to relax a little.

The Western Riders competed in 5 Divisions and 25 Classes

What a Gentleman!!

A very special CONGRATULATIONS to our son Maximilian John 
who competed in his first Horse Show at Hilltop.
Maximilian won the Champion Ribbon with two first, one second and one third place.
You rode beautiful and we are so very proud of you.

Time to RELAX.

The serious competition was over and everyone was excited to join the
Ride a Buck classes for Walk/Trot and Walk/Trot/Canter

This face says it all.

We had a great day, everyone had fun, was proud of himself and had an enjoyable day

LET'S DO IT AGAIN

SOON!!!

Please click here for a list of Champions and Reserve Champions