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Photos from our Christmas BBQ and Travelling Judge
Dressage Weekend
We
would like to thank Jim Hillman, In Motion Photography, for
the professional photos appearing on this page. Jim took a fabulous
lot of photographs from both our Christmas BBQ and
Travelling Judge Dressage Weekend . You can view and order
photographs from the "In Motion Photography" website
www.inmotionphotography.net (Please
note that In Motion Photography have larger images for
printing. These images have been reduced for
website optimisation)
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 If you
weren't at the club on the 9th December then you missed
out on lots of laughs and a very enjoyable day. We
had a turn-out of around 35 members, a lot of which came
with dog in car ! It was quite amusing to see car
after car filled with excited dogs rather than floats
with horses
coming through the gate. A few people mentioned
that they actually enjoyed coming with their dog more
than their horse ! It that because their dogs were
better behaved, we wonder? There was however, one
piddly pooch who nearly disgraced himself (and who shall
remain nameless) when he decided that the excitement of
the day was all too much and needed to relieve himself
on the nearest leg. Fortunately for the owner of
the leg, it was well spotted and some quick moves and
loud screams avoided an unpleasant drenching ! Boys will
be boys!
The day
started with the first round of "doggy dressage" - a
simple test to warm up with and it was clear that some
people were wishing that their horses could extend or
passage as well as their smaller 4 legged friends.
Judith
Coventry's rowdy pooch has the most amazing passage and
Leoni Holman's "Barney" showed excellent extensions
although he had a refusal in the second test and Leoni
struggled her way through the last half due to
uncontrollable laughter which was very entertaining.
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Chris Judge's
lab "Blubberguts" placed and was very nicely decorated .
Our
beloved President, Denise, was eliminated for carrying
her precious new puppy during their test much to her
protest and the boos of the crowd! Denise
did however managed to do an amazing extended trot
across the diagonal - pooch and all but someone did
mention that they thought they saw someone waving a
bottle of wine and glass at her?
 Best
dressed dog definately has to go to Julie Hillman's
"Madison" who looked stunning in her pink fairy costume!
Jim Hillman from In Motion Photography took many
photos on the day and are available for viewing on his
website
www.inmotionphotography.net. This is a perfect
opportunity to purchase a lovely professional photo of
your dog
PAS
DE DEUX
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Two
couples performed a human Pas De Deux and whilst
Michelle Hewlett and Deb Ferguson won first
prize by the narrowest of margins, Val Dominy
and Gayle Stephens definately deserved first
prize for endurance.
Val
and Gayle performed their Pas De Deux dressed in
Phantom of the Opera outfits while Michelle and
Deb went for an "EI" theme complete with orange
bunting.
Both teams did some lovely piaffe, extensions
and tempi changes but there seemed to be a lack
of impulsion half way through both the tests and
spectators were hurrying to dial 000 for the
Hewlett/Ferguson team who collapsed on the
ground and were heard to be doing some extremely
heavy breathing! Time to cut down on the
cigarettes, girls!
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Val
and Gayle lost their way half way through their
test but the judge seemed to think that this was
intentional so that they could catch their
breath! They did seem to take a long time
to work it out.
The Hewlett/Ferguson
team must've seen this sneaky strategy and also
"lost" their way with several 5m walk circles
that were definitely not part of the test !
Well done to both teams
who we're sure now have a lot more compassion
for their 4-legged friends!
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PHOTOS FROM
THE TRAVELLING JUDGE WEEKEND
These are just a
small selection of photos taken by In Motion
Photography. To view other photos, please
go to their website
ww.inmotionphotography.net
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