Yesterday I got to attend the Equine Affaire in W. Springfield, MA. It was held at the Big E fairgrounds. While it was from Thursday to Sunday, we only got to attend the last day with Josh and Abigail Paton. We got there in time to watch the Versatile Horse & Rider Competition Championship Round. Here's the decription from the Equine Affaire website:
It was really cool to watch the different riders and horses compete. While I'm not a big horse person, I do enjoy watching others ride.
"The Versatile Horse & Rider Competition will be a timed race during which the performance of each horse and rider team will be judged on each obstacle for quality of horsemanship. For each obstacle, the judge will award performance points on a scale of 0-5 based on the horse’s attitude, the rider’s horsemanship, and the team’s overall performance. Horses and riders will be required to complete each obstacle within a given time in order to receive points. If an obstacle is not completed within the given time frame, the contestant will be flagged and must move on to the next obstacle. Times will be translated into points, and points from each obstacle will be totaled. The horse and rider team with the highest overall point score wins."
There were a bunch of booths and demonstrations in the different building. Daddy, Lijah and Josh enjoyed checking out the "manly" booths; the ones with the horse trailers, Bobcat©, and the barn and stall builders. Us girls - Hannah, Abigail and I - had fun going through the cowboy hats and boots, tack, and I personally loved the two photography booths that were set up.
-Autumn
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