Our Barrel Competition Was Great Fun
Thanks to everyone who came to our rescheduled barrel competition.
We had vaulters from seven teams. Several teams were at our barrel fest for the first time:
Elkhorn Equestrian Vaulters, M.A.R.E All Star Vaulters,
The Riding Academy, and Viola Vaulters.
Our 'usual suspects', Diamond Bar Country Vaulters, Lompoc Vaulters, and Valley View Vaulters.
rounded out the field. We had 49 vaulters entered in 25 different classes, including 6 teams
in our Special Doubles Freestyle class. It was especially great to see so many new vaulters.
We look forward to seeing more of you - starting with the Lompoc competion on March 29th.
We all had a great time despite a bit of rain. Kudos to all our Gambler's Choice Doubles teams
who voted to go on with their final class of the day despite the rain. Special thanks to
Rick Hawthorne, K.C. Campbell, Mike Woolson, and David Vaughn who stood out in the rain to tarp and
untarp the barrel between rounds. We also want to thank our judge, Shannon Wetzel, for letting us
finish the class. Using the AVA's new online scoring system, we were able to award most of the
ribbons on the day of the show. You may download
the full results - which includes the overall scores.
We want to thank the Sunland/Tujunga Burger King for donating hamburgers and drinks and
members of the La Cresenta Lions Club for cooking the burgers and
donating the rest of our feast. The Lions Club also generously
donated all the ribbons for the day. Thanks to our third sponsor, Teresa Woolson from
An
Occasion to Celebrate, for donating the blankets we sold at our fundraising booth.
Thanks to our Valley View parents
and volunteers for helping run the show. Without our timers, scribes, announcers,
ring stewards, runners, booth operators, etc. we couldn't put on our competition at all.
Thank you to our fabulous judges, Toni Amoroso and Shannon Wetzel.
And thanks everyone for rolling with the punches.
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Miracles Happen on Horseback
In April a short story about Valley ViewVaulters by Morgan St. James entitled
Miracles Happen on Horseback, was released as an Amazon
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What is an Amazon Short? Amazon Shorts is Amazon's new publish-on-demand
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only 49 cents, and then you can print them, forward them
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