A.H.A.M Horse Show June 10, 2007 Sasha & Bethany take their horses to the beginning of the season horse show at Camp Marshall. 4-H of Worcester County in Spencer, MA Visit A.H.A.M website

The girls give their warmest thanks to Beth Daly, their stable owner for allowing them to use her trailer to get their horses to the show.

June 10, 2007 Sasha warms Sebastian up in the practice ring before she competes in her classes.

Bethany's mom Marcy helps her get Stormy ready.

Sebastian and Stormy get along very well. They called to each other at different times during the day.  Stormy wears a red ribbon to warn other riders that she will kick their horses if they get too close.

Bethany & Stormy won first prize in their Halter class!

Sebastian has alot of energy so Sasha tries to tire him out.

Bethany and Stormy during one of their competitions.

Sebastian looking very handsome!

Sasha and Sebastian competing in the ring.

Sasha is very nervous but she does her best.

Sasha is competing in "equitation" pleasure and pleasure/hack.  Walk, trot, canter first year all seats.  Pleasure/hack is judged on the horses ability to follow the riders commands on cue. Pleasure  is judged on the horses gaits and how he rides.  Equitation is judged on the riders skills and the ability to ride correctly. The rider should always be in balance, possess a comanding but relaxed presence and give the horse nearly invisible cues. Trail class is an obstacle course that the horses should be able to complete without faults. Sasha rode in English seat and so did Bethany.

Sebastian is still cantering too fast.

Sasha is happy to have come in 3rd place!

Bethany also came in 3rd place in one of the classes she entered.

In between her classes Sasha walks around with Sebastian.

And hangs out, it's a beautiful day!

Sasha rides Sebastian around another riding ring. He was afraid of those black cowboy cut outs at first. Sasha had to walk him around them a few times until he got used to them.

She gets him ready for the Trail Class.

Sebastian looks majestic today!

While she warms up I watch the "Costume Class" I thought Sasha should have signed up for this, she could have won it. I have lots of costumes on horseback for her!

Bethany collects another ribbon in one of her classes!

To read more about the rules and how the judging is done click here.

Sasha memorizes the trail class pattern as she waits her turn.

Sasha starts in the arena. First Sebastian has to go over those poles...

Then he has to jump, and canter along...

The course has many obstacles. It took Sebastian a few times to go between the white blocks and over that scary black mat but he did it and Sasha came in 3rd place!

The nice lady asked to borrow our horse Sebastian so her 5 year old daughter Jaqueline could compete in 2 halter class shows. Of course we said yes!

She said we made her daughter's day! She came in 6th and 4th in her classes and won two ribbons!

Sasha and Sebastian ride during one of their competitions.

Three's a charm! She wins 3rd again!

It was a wonderful and pleasant day for everyone today. Bethany and her family are great to go to the show with, we hope to do it again sometime!

Even Bethany's little sister Ashley gets in on the fun and rides Sebastian around in between classes.

Us tired moms who worked all night have to go home now, but everyone else stayed for the remainder of the day! We have to get some sleep before we go back to work tonight. It was great to come to one of Sasha's shows to give her support, even though we don't have any show experience at all! It's more about the fun and the learning experiences for these girls than it is about winning.

Enjoy these fun photos from our day!

#27 rules!

Other horses better watch out for Stormy!!

Both horses loaded on in about 10 minutes each. On the way back, Sebastian went right on but Stormy took over an hour to load. They were the last ones there!

Bethany & Stormy look great together!

Just a girl and her horse.

Visit HyRidge Stables where we board our horse and the home of GiddyUp Pony Rides.