Tag Archives: horse show adventures

2018 Quadrille is here

Posted on July 28, 2018 by Alli Farkas

This performance almost didn’t happen. On Saturday one of the horses slipped her stifle right before we went in the ring. Our Wonder Woman barn manager manipulated everything back in place and thankfully on Sunday the mare was ready to … Continue reading →

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Foolproof braids

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Alli Farkas

We’re in costume for our Hawaii 5-0 music themed quadrille at last weekend’s horse show. Charm has enough mane for two horses plus part of a pony, so it’s been a challenge to find a faster yet indestructible method for … Continue reading →

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From Secret Agent to Pink Panther

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Alli Farkas

A little notice: this embed from Facebook starts playing with sound muted. At this point I can’t change that, so you will have to turn on the sound by clicking on the little “speaker” icon in the lower right hand … Continue reading →

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Bouncing rider should have worn a Raggedy Ann costume

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Alli Farkas

I’m going to cheat here with my tale of the weekend’s pas de deux. Mainly because I can’t recall ever looking so floppy as a rider–hence the rag doll reference. So except for the little movie clip at the end … Continue reading →

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Short interruption for some swag

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Alli Farkas

OK, enough about painting for a couple of minutes. I belong to two dressage GMO’s (group member organizations) and at the end of each year they give out awards for that year’s show season. So— Champion high point for Quadrille … Continue reading →

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Sun dance vs rain dance

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Alli Farkas

If you were to look back over several years of my posts about the Reins of Life benefit dressage shows, you would notice a consistent theme having to do with rain on show days. This year threatened to be the … Continue reading →

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Last week at Richland Park

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Alli Farkas

I missed last year’s CCI*** (that’s the second-highest level of world class 3-day eventing) but the impressive entrance to Richland Park’s seemingly endless grounds looks about the same as this pic on my last vendor visit in 2015. Just substitute … Continue reading →

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The long-awaited…2017 Rockin’ Riders Quadrille video

Posted on August 15, 2017 by Alli Farkas

No, I wasn’t lazy. Even though this performance was in early July (after our rather dismal performance in June) and I promised video of it “soon”, I didn’t get the complete set of two video camera angles until a couple … Continue reading →

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Rockin’ Riders rocks the quadrille…again

Posted on August 1, 2016 by Alli Farkas

OK, I have no video, or even photos, to prove this. But we did rock our world at the horse show yesterday. We’ve tightened up our moves since early June and junked one awkward-looking sequence for something much more elegant. The … Continue reading →

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New! Improved! 2016 Quadrille!

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Alli Farkas

First, a few words about our innovative new product! The Rockin’ Riders quadrille is now in its third year. It was time to up our game a little, so our team leader (who is responsible for mainly our entire existence … Continue reading →

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