Destiny & Matt took
1st place
in the In-Hand Competition on Thursday!!
Last night the competitors had the in-hand portion of the Mustang Challenge. During the "In-hand," trainers are judged on their ability to handle the horse "in hand" through a series of maneuvers like picking up the horse’s feet, maneuvering it through obstacles, and loading it into a trailer. Matt & Destiny did very well, placing 1st! They also had a portion of the competition where trainers are evaluated on the body type & condition of their mustangs. They placed 16th in that part. (Destiny is on the smaller size of life! ha!) Overall, this put them in a tie for 2nd/3rd. What a great start!
*Posted by Kelsey (Matt's wife) who doesn't get to watch the competition this year because of parent-teacher conferences and scoring state writing assessments on weekends! Although she is very disappointed, she does get to have lots of phone conversations with him! :)
7 comments:
Woo Hoo!!! Way to go Matt and Destiny! Wish we could watch the competition via the web. Best of luck for the rest of the competition!!
Congrats!!! Keep the news coming!
What a Great start for your competition ... We will be watching for updates. Wishing you well!!
Woot, woot! That's awsome Matt! I'm so proud of you and what a great reward for all you hard work! Keep it up and keep us posted, (Kelsey!) Love you guys!
Aw Kelsey.. sorry you weren't able to get away from work this time. I've been checking the blog frequently, waiting for an update. HOOOORRAAY for Matt & Destiny!! Diana
congrats!!!never had a doubt that you could do it....keep up the good work....we are proud of you..wil be looking for updates..luv always
Matt,
I thought you would like to know how much Destiny is LOVED here in Sisters. Her name is now Raven and the young girl we adopted her for has not come down from cloud nine. We took her up in the mountains a couple days ago (ponied), played in creeks and went cross country. Yesterday she rode her for the first time. After two hours she and her friend came back with the biggest smiles you could ever hope to see! They had been down in the creek and up and down canyons. She shares our small farm with several other mustangs, a couple BLM burros, a mule, arab and quarter horse. Thank you for the opportunity to have such an amazing little mare. My first Mustang was a Beaty Butte and she is the one I ride in the mountains now. Congratulations on an amazing job....
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