Tuesday, January 17, 2017

2016 year end awards

Our local USDF GMO held its annual awards banquet this weekend, and for the first time, hubby and I attended. It was a fun little dinner, although it's so weird to see people without their helmets on! I swear I'm better at recognizing horses than people, which made for a few awkward moments while I figured out who everyone was.

Taran had a pretty amazing year last year, especially considering where we started. He ended up 103 in the nation at First level, with an average score of 65.687. He was also Champion at First level for our GMO, and Reserve at Training. We snagged a couple of saddle pads, because who doesn't need more saddle pads?


The only problem with having a saddle pad with "Champion" on it is I feel like if we used it for a lesson, he'd be a complete jerk just because. These will probably be used for rides at home... no point in tempting fate, you know?

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  1. Codex DressageJanuary 17, 2017 at 9:34 AM

    Wahoo, yay awards! But satin would have been more fun :) But yay for prizes in general!

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  2. Alli + DinoJanuary 17, 2017 at 9:34 AM

    Congrats! Those are some pretty saddle pads!

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  3. TrainwreckInTealJanuary 17, 2017 at 9:43 AM

    Hooray for year end awards!! Especially useful ones.

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  4. Lauren @ She Moved to TexasJanuary 17, 2017 at 9:51 AM

    Congrats! I like that those aren't white, because I feel like white year-end prizes just never stay clean.

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    1. FuzzyPonyJanuary 17, 2017 at 12:50 PM

      Anything white, prize or not, never stays clean!! ;-)

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  5. AutonomousDressageJanuary 17, 2017 at 10:16 AM

    That's awesome, big congrats to you and Taran!

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  6. CarlyJanuary 17, 2017 at 10:31 AM

    Ooh, those are super classy looking! Congrats!!

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  7. L.WilliamsJanuary 17, 2017 at 12:02 PM

    CONGRATULATIONS!

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  8. SprinklerBanditJanuary 17, 2017 at 12:11 PM

    SO COOL

    I'd pimp those babies everywhere. My huge ass event derby ribbon is still in my kitchen and I look at it every day.

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  9. T. A. Eyo ¥January 17, 2017 at 12:38 PM

    Awesome results!! You guys have been doing fantastic lately from the looks of it. So excited to see how this year goes for y'all :D I actually have one saddle pad that I won as part of a medal final, and after three years, I've yet to use it.

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  10. emmaJanuary 17, 2017 at 5:38 PM

    Woo that's awesome!! Congrats!!! Also agreed on the non-white pads, I would use my year end pads way more if they were a different color

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    1. TrainwreckInTealJanuary 17, 2017 at 5:44 PM

      Not to go off topic, but you should dye them. I got a white Irish knit anti-sweat sheet as a year end award and I have a bottle of teal RIT dye calling it's name.... haha. It's on my perpetual to do list!

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  11. Heather - The Graduated EquestrianJanuary 17, 2017 at 6:31 PM

    I won a pad in a classic at a show, used it the next day, and then fell off. Just saying...

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  12. Britnie - Riding During NapsJanuary 19, 2017 at 10:13 AM

    Whoo hoo! Well deserved! Congrats. And I agree about the weirdness of seeing barn people with like, makeup on and their hair down. It's a shock!

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  13. roothJanuary 23, 2017 at 7:58 AM

    How awesome - congrats!

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  14. Dressage HaflJanuary 24, 2017 at 3:59 PM

    WOOOOOOWWWWW!!! congrats! Well deserved, what an improvement over the year!

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