After a long awaited start to the show season due to the effects of the Equine Herpes Virus, Beach Lake Stables riders achieved great success at their first two horse shows of the year.
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Twin Lakes Riding Club English Show — June 26, 2011
Trainer Kayla Edwards accompanied her two students Emma Gunning and Emily Bjorklund to the first Twin Lakes Riding Club English Show of the 2011 season. There was a large turnout, with Emma and Emily having to compete with 12+ riders in both the 12 and under age group and the 13-17 age group.
Emma Gunning, on the Beach Lake Stables lesson horse Vinny, won 1st place ribbons in her equitation walk/trot (12 and under), equitation walk/trot/canter (12 and under), as well as the equitation over fences 2’, for a total of three blue ribbons. Emma also placed second and fifth in two other classes.
Emily Bjorklund, riding Beach Lake Stables veteran lesson horse Nick, did a great job by placing third in two of her classes, and did a great job riding some very good rounds in her jumping classes.
Twin Lakes Riding Club English Show — July 10, 2011
The second Twin Lakes show of the season proved to be another great success for Beach Lake Stables riders. This time the team consisted of Shannah Dieckmann, Destiny Miller, and trainer Kayla Edwards.
One of the highlights of this show had to be rider Shannah Dieckmann on her horse Tahoe. Not only was this Shannah’s first show as an English rider, but it was also the first show she has attended since adopting Tahoe. Placing first in her walk/trot/canter pleasure (18 and over), walk/trot/canter equitation (18 and over), and equitation over fences 2’ (18 and over), Shannah walked away with three blue ribbons along with a second and third in her hunter hack classes.
Destiny Miller also did an amazing job on both trainer Kayla Edwards’ horse Gemini and Dieckmann’s horse Tahoe. Destiny won first in her walk/trot/canter equitation (13-17) on Gemini, and first in the 2’6” jumpers class on Tahoe. She also took home a third and a fourth place ribbon in two other classes. Due to her success in all of her classes, Destiny was awarded with the trophy for high point in her age group (13-17).
Trainer Kayla Edwards came home with a handful of ribbons (two seconds, one third, and two fifths) in the 18 and over age group. Only her third show since purchasing Gemini a year ago, and after being unable to ride for 3 months due to a broken arm, Kayla was just excited that this was the first show in which she would compete with Gemini over fences.
It was a very exciting wrap up to the show when it came down to a jump off between Kayla, on Gemini, and Destiny, on Tahoe, in the 2’6″ jumpers class. The only two riders to ride their first round clean, Kayla and Destiny competed against each other for the blue. While Kayla rode a faster round by 4 seconds, she did suffer 4 faults, which meant that Destiny’s very well ridden clean round would win her the blue ribbon.