Tag Archives: quadrille

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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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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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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Charm and I love the number 5

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Alli Farkas

It couldn’t have been a more perfect weekend for a horse show. Cool, dry, breezy. Overnight on Thursday it rained probably a couple of inches at the showground, but by the time we arrived on Friday evening the wonderful sand … Continue reading →

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Chardon Valley results, and then some

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Alli Farkas

  I can thank Charm for all of the above. We won in the musical freestyle quadrille class and Training Level test 3, then flamed out fifth out of five in the First Level test 2. Interesting side note–our losing … Continue reading →

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Quadrille!!

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Alli Farkas

  Back in early spring four of us formed a dressage quadrille team. We had never done this before, and it was “fraught”! I had just acquired my new mare, Charm, and she was not fond of drill team-style riding. … Continue reading →

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