PICTURES!!! Extreme Trail Challenge

Horsepower · 07-21-2008, 05:11 PM

Here's the pictures of the Extreme Trail Challenge at Double C Stables in Dawsonville for July 20th. The group pictures is me and my saddle club buddies. I'm the one on the buckskin paint. My friend Sheri is the one on the far left. She scored the highest out of our group. There were 23 participants that showed up. None of us made the top 5, but we had a lot of fun! There's a picutre of me on the teeter totter that everyone has been hearing so much about.

Horsepower · 07-21-2008, 05:14 PM

More pictures.

The craziest thing on this challenge was the blue wall. They had a HUGE blue tarp that looked like a movie screen that we had to walk our horses through. They told us that we could lift the tarp up and walk under too, but many horses wouldn't even get close enough for the rider to grab it.

BarnBum · 07-21-2008, 05:23 PM

Looks like fun. That teeter totter wasnt bad at all, didn't look very tall. At our mounted patrol competition one year, we had a teeter totter bridge where you stepped on it on the UP end and when you did, of course it slammed down, well at the other end was tennis balls and they went flying in the air and some rolled down toward the horse. Obstacles are a never ending art of imagination !!!!

Glad you had fun, thats what it is all about !!!

Love your bucksin/paint. He handled that teeter totter very well from the looks of the picture.

Red Gate Farm · 07-21-2008, 05:26 PM

I've seen the type of teeter totter bridge you're on. Nice paint by the way

I don't think I'd do one if it had something like the tennis balls on it. That would be far too easy to have a wreck in my opinion.

BarnBum · 07-21-2008, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Gate Farm

I've seen the type of teeter totter bridge you're on. Nice paint by the way

I don't think I'd do one if it had something like the tennis balls on it. That would be far too easy to have a wreck in my opinion.

It was mounted patrol, our horses encounter more than just tennis balls. It was actually the easiest obstacle !!

Obstacle challenges are alot of fun. It sure does develope a trusting bond between you and your horse.

I am sure you are looking forward to your next one. They are addicting !!

Huckabuck · 07-21-2008, 08:30 PM

Glad yall had fun. I keep sayin me an my bubba r gonna do it but havent been able to yet. What place did you come in this time.

Carri · 07-21-2008, 08:34 PM

That looks like so much fun! It is not that far from us, I keep saying I am going to take Anna and Grace up to watch one day.

**Applejack** · 07-21-2008, 09:44 PM

It looks like you did a great job! Congrats!

I would love to try something like that, but I think my horse would freak on the teeter totter.

How long was the whole course?

dimpleflirt · 07-21-2008, 09:55 PM

Wow that looks like sooo much fun!!! The teeter totter looks fun if you want something funky to ride over try a full sized mattress ...It took a couple attempts to get the boys over that one.

Gotta Love Duns · 07-21-2008, 10:00 PM

Oh my that looks like something right up Chevy and mines alley!
Wow it looks like you had a great time!

grannycowgirl · 07-21-2008, 11:00 PM

Oh, what fun!

You have a beautiful horse.

Horsepower · 07-22-2008, 07:33 AM

Huckabuck........I didn't even bother to figure out what place I fell into. I will say I scored 117 out of 230 possible points. The winner got 222. One lady in my group got 181 and she got like 7th or 8th place. Several people got scores in the 90's. So after I saw the results, I wasn't too bummed about my score.

Horsepower · 07-22-2008, 07:37 AM

Thanks everyone for you kind comments on my horse. Trigger is a true partner. There may have been "some" obstacles that he wouldn't cross, but I always felt safe and still trusted my mount. We've been together for 10 years. He's 21 this year and he's the best horse I've ever had.

BarnBum · 07-22-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Horsepower

Huckabuck........I didn't even bother to figure out what place I fell into. I will say I scored 117 out of 230 possible points. The winner got 222. One lady in my group got 181 and she got like 7th or 8th place. Several people got scores in the 90's. So after I saw the results, I wasn't too bummed about my score.

Thats great !!!

Huckabuck · 07-22-2008, 06:35 PM

As long as you had fun thats what its all about anyway. You and your horse having fun together.

David · 07-23-2008, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Huckabuck

Glad yall had fun. I keep sayin me an my bubba r gonna do it but havent been able to yet. What place did you come in this time.

I thought you were gonna do it on the horse I bought you...

cameo05 · 07-23-2008, 11:14 AM

We had a little bit smaller challenge like that at the Siver Spur ride this past April. My daughter and Tango's kids participated, but we didn't. We took our horses up there the next day and none of ours had issue with anything. My hubby's horse when daughter was riding him wouldn't work for her, I told her she should have rode her own

Those kids were cute tryin to dally up without a saddle.

Huckabuck · 07-23-2008, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I thought you were gonna do it on the horse I bought you...

O you mean the pony you bought me. This one.

Here he is Magnum

Logan-24- · 07-23-2008, 08:45 PM

That is so cool

! Last extreme trail ride I went to was 5 years ago, they're so much fun!

ahlihaff · 07-24-2008, 10:41 AM

That looks like so much fun and a great experience to have with a horse. I hope to do one some day.

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07-21-2008, 05:23 PM
BarnBum Greenbroke Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 3,609	Looks like fun. That teeter totter wasnt bad at all, didn't look very tall. At our mounted patrol competition one year, we had a teeter totter bridge where you stepped on it on the UP end and when you did, of course it slammed down, well at the other end was tennis balls and they went flying in the air and some rolled down toward the horse. Obstacles are a never ending art of imagination !!!! Glad you had fun, thats what it is all about !!! Love your bucksin/paint. He handled that teeter totter very well from the looks of the picture. __________________ Murphys Horse Law - A horse's misbehavior will be in direct proportion to the number of people who are watching !!

07-21-2008, 05:26 PM
Red Gate Farm Long Yearling Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 1,003	I've seen the type of teeter totter bridge you're on. Nice paint by the way I don't think I'd do one if it had something like the tennis balls on it. That would be far too easy to have a wreck in my opinion. __________________ Wendi "Humans is sneaky" - Scotty

07-21-2008, 08:30 PM
Huckabuck Weanling Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cartersville Ga Posts: 322	Glad yall had fun. I keep sayin me an my bubba r gonna do it but havent been able to yet. What place did you come in this time. __________________ A good friend will be there to bail you out of jail. But a true friend will be sittin right there beside you sayin "DANG THAT WAS FUN" http://www.barnculture.com/Huckabuck http://www.myspace.com/huckabuck100

07-21-2008, 08:34 PM
Carri Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 10,086	That looks like so much fun! It is not that far from us, I keep saying I am going to take Anna and Grace up to watch one day. __________________

07-21-2008, 09:44 PM
Applejack Administrator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,212	It looks like you did a great job! Congrats! I would love to try something like that, but I think my horse would freak on the teeter totter. How long was the whole course? __________________

07-21-2008, 09:55 PM
dimpleflirt Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: oklahoma Posts: 919	Wow that looks like sooo much fun!!! The teeter totter looks fun if you want something funky to ride over try a full sized mattress ...It took a couple attempts to get the boys over that one.

07-21-2008, 10:00 PM
Gotta Love Duns Bombproof Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dixonville, Alberta Posts: 7,945	Oh my that looks like something right up Chevy and mines alley! Wow it looks like you had a great time! __________________ A penny saved is a penny you can spend on your next horse.

07-21-2008, 11:00 PM
grannycowgirl Weanling Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: southern U.S. Posts: 239	Oh, what fun! You have a beautiful horse.

07-22-2008, 07:33 AM
Horsepower Newborn Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Paulding County Posts: 16	Huckabuck........I didn't even bother to figure out what place I fell into. I will say I scored 117 out of 230 possible points. The winner got 222. One lady in my group got 181 and she got like 7th or 8th place. Several people got scores in the 90's. So after I saw the results, I wasn't too bummed about my score.

07-22-2008, 07:37 AM
Horsepower Newborn Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Paulding County Posts: 16	Thanks everyone for you kind comments on my horse. Trigger is a true partner. There may have been "some" obstacles that he wouldn't cross, but I always felt safe and still trusted my mount. We've been together for 10 years. He's 21 this year and he's the best horse I've ever had.

07-22-2008, 06:35 PM
Huckabuck Weanling Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Cartersville Ga Posts: 322	As long as you had fun thats what its all about anyway. You and your horse having fun together. __________________ A good friend will be there to bail you out of jail. But a true friend will be sittin right there beside you sayin "DANG THAT WAS FUN" http://www.barnculture.com/Huckabuck http://www.myspace.com/huckabuck100

07-23-2008, 11:14 AM
cameo05 Bombproof Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 8,842	We had a little bit smaller challenge like that at the Siver Spur ride this past April. My daughter and Tango's kids participated, but we didn't. We took our horses up there the next day and none of ours had issue with anything. My hubby's horse when daughter was riding him wouldn't work for her, I told her she should have rode her own Those kids were cute tryin to dally up without a saddle. __________________

07-23-2008, 08:45 PM
Logan-24- Weanling Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 470	That is so cool ! Last extreme trail ride I went to was 5 years ago, they're so much fun! __________________

07-24-2008, 10:41 AM
ahlihaff Greenbroke Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Western MA Posts: 3,635	That looks like so much fun and a great experience to have with a horse. I hope to do one some day.