2010 Wind Rider Challenge Prelim

2010 Wind Rider Challenge

Ivy Schexnayder

Midwest Horse Fair

Madison, Wisconsin

Here is our run during the first day of preliminaries. The course consists of 10 elements each worth 5 points. There are four judges, allowing for a total score of 200 points. You take your first run. Once you finish, you choose one thing to work on for three minutes with Bob, and then do your run one more time. You then must choose which score you want to keep, the one from the first or second run, without knowing which was better.

The elements:

1. Left canter depart from halt
2. Simple or flying lead change in center
3. Lope over pole on right lead
4. Halt in cones
5. Open and close gate
6. Walk over bridge
7. Trot, jump, trot
8. Side pass right angle poles
9. Leg yield to the right at the trot
10. Javelin throw at the trot or canter

Our first score was 140; our second score was 150.5!

We had a blast! Thanks Bob and Suzanne!

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[ivyschex]

@rocconisse Thanks so much! I did all the training on Jackson. We didn't know the course until that morning that we did it! They let you know some of the elements that it might contain, but you find out later what the course is. It was a lot of fun!

[rocconisse]

Wow, what an incredible performance! I think non-riders might not see this as much of a challenge, but equestrians know that to have this kind of control, precision and skill is really awesome. Kudos! Did you have a trainer who knew the course and helped you train to do it, or did you have to figure it all out yourself?