EVENTING
On The Scene Vershire Schooling Trials & Parents’ Day Schooling Trials July 14-15, 2011 Vershire, VT PHOTOS BY STAN PHANEUF
GMHA Junior Horsemanship Clinic and Starter Trial COMPETITORS CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND WITH MANY WINS
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PHOTOS NICK GOLDSMITH
reen Mountain Horse Association held a two-day Starter Trial on July 2 and 3 where youth from the Junior Horsemanship Clinic tested their newly learned skills from their 10 days of instruction, and local riders joined the competition. Tremendous thunder and lightning that ripped through Kedron Valley on Sunday caused a delay in the schedule. All of the horses and riders that headed for cover in the barns were rewarded with bright blue sky as the event finished, once the storm had passed. The smallest Junior Horsemanship Clinic competitor Kari Hyyppa won her division, Elementary C, on her pony
Beginner Novice/ Elementary D winners Daryl Kinney and Rosie’s Girl. Beginner Novice B winner James Day aboard Tucker. SEPTEMBER 2011
Toni. James Day won the Beginner Novice B division. Local rider Daryl Kinney of Tamarack Hill Farm in Strafford, Vt., rode three horses over the weekend and took home two first place ribbons and a second place. Clinic co-director Jim Gornall designed and built the cross-country course. The stadium course designer was GMHA Event Coordinator Karey Manner. The weekend would not have been possible continued on page 87