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    Our third hunter pace

    We have custom printed shirts now. Neon lime green shirts for "Team Whee!" with prequisite purple breeches and saddle pads. My friend "K" even has sports boots in those colors for her buckskin.

    Shall we say that we can be seen?

    Today was the annual Rockefeller Park fund raiser. The entry fees are a tad on the high side but the monies raised are used for the trail maintenance. We ride over there quite often as it is 20 minutes from our barn.

    The ride was extremly well managed. Markers everywhere, no getting lost on this one and very nice jumps! This took us on a route, parts of which, we have never ridden before. Not to mention ribbons to 10th place in each division, trophies for first and a very nicely catered lunch. YUMMY!

    New York Life allows all the entries to park their trailors in the corporate lots and we rode up to the start past the corporate helipad.

    A beautiful day and a great ride but I must say that the "optimum" times were ridden by a bunch of PANSIES! We came in 10 minutes ahead and didn't even place.

    We will remember this for next year. No hand galloping and laughing and having to much fun at Rockefeller. A more "sedate" ride is called for on this one.
    Lawren
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    There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
    - Rolf Kopfle
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  • #2
    Originally posted by lawren2 View Post
    A beautiful day and a great ride but I must say that the "optimum" times were ridden by a bunch of PANSIES! We came in 10 minutes ahead and didn't even place.
    What?
    ... not enough time for all the timeshares ®

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Spence View Post
      What?
      I know hard to believe. Our first we came in fifth, barely missing fourth. Our second pace we ended up after review winning by 3 seconds. This one we didn't even place in. We were penalized for completing the course to quickly.

      Optimum time was 1:23 we came in at 1:14. The Junior division had an optimum of 1:48! Juniors are riders under 18. At that age I'd have to ride the 7.5 miles BACKWARDS to come in that long for this trail.

      I think the "optimum" time riders go out and trot and collected canter the route here. In which case my team needs an UBER open division. :LOL:
      Lawren
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      There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
      - Rolf Kopfle

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      • #4
        We were penalized for completing the course to quickly.
        OK, what am I missing here? Isn't the whole idea to be the fastest? Or, where you suppose to follow a particular form, or something like that. You can tell that I'm clueless when it comes to these events.

        At any rate, sorry to hear it. But at least you had fun!
        Angela

        If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

        BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by ArtsieAng
          OK, what am I missing here? Isn't the whole idea to be the fastest? Or, where you suppose to follow a particular form, or something like that. You can tell that I'm clueless when it comes to these events.

          At any rate, sorry to hear it. But at least you had fun!
          And you looked goooood, very bright, but gooooodd!
          Mike H
          Wyndham Fairshare Plus Owners, Be cool and join the Wyndham/FairfieldHOA forum!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by ArtsieAng
            OK, what am I missing here? Isn't the whole idea to be the fastest? Or, where you suppose to follow a particular form, or something like that. You can tell that I'm clueless when it comes to these events.

            At any rate, sorry to hear it. But at least you had fun!
            No. You are supposed to come in as close as possible to an undisclosed "optimum" time. It will be interesting to see the website results to this one. I checked the boards and plenty of teams came in at 1:18 to 1:10. We were just too far under optimum. But yes we had a great time!

            Originally posted by mshatty View Post
            And you looked goooood, very bright, but gooooodd!
            Mike the colors are glow in the dark scarey. Everyone kept telling us they could spot us across the park! But they are fun colors and we are out to have fun! (and win ribbons!)
            Lawren
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            There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
            - Rolf Kopfle

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            • #7
              It must be judged on some kind of form rather than speed? And the ideal form is slooooow and mannered? Weird.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by lawren2
                No. You are supposed to come in as close as possible to an undisclosed "optimum" time. It will be interesting to see the website results to this one. I checked the boards and plenty of teams came in at 1:18 to 1:10. We were just too far under optimum. But yes we had a great time!
                This is just plain puzzling. They don't TELL you what time you are aiming for? And there's no form component, it's just "I'm thinking of a number...."?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by wackymother
                  This is just plain puzzling. They don't TELL you what time you are aiming for? And there's no form component, it's just "I'm thinking of a number...."?
                  Teams are sent out the morning of these paces and ride them for the different divisions. You are supposed to use good judgement for speed and use of your horse to complete at that optimum time.

                  Obviously the folks that rode the optimums this morning at Rockefeller are a more "leisurely" bunch of riders. Our horses were ready for more at the end.

                  I do hope we get the pics over the jumps at the finish so I can share with you guys. My grey did nicely. It was great to have him back for this one.

                  We have 2 more. One the 28th and one just before Thanksgiving andwe will be done for the year.
                  Lawren
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                  There are many wonderful places in the world, but one of my favourite places is on the back of my horse.
                  - Rolf Kopfle

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                  • #10
                    Obviously the folks that rode the optimums this morning at Rockefeller are a more "leisurely" bunch of riders.
                    They stopped for breakfast, and just didn't tell anyone.
                    Angela

                    If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

                    BTW, I'm still keeping track of how many times you annoy me.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by ArtsieAng
                      They stopped for breakfast, and just didn't tell anyone.
                      Yeah, there's a Starbucks not too far from the course.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by lawren2 View Post
                        New York Life allows all the entries to park their trailors in the corporate lots and we rode up to the start past the corporate helipad.

                        A beautiful day and a great ride but I must say that the "optimum" times were ridden by a bunch of PANSIES! We came in 10 minutes ahead and didn't even place.

                        We will remember this for next year. No hand galloping and laughing and having to much fun at Rockefeller. A more "sedate" ride is called for on this one.

                        Lawren,

                        Sorry I did not read this thread 3 weeks ago. So you parked in my office lot for this event. Wish I had known as I would have gone to work that day to see you in the Hunter Pace!
                        Flying at MACH4 +

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by wackymother
                          Yeah, there's a Starbucks not too far from the course.
                          Wacky,

                          There is a Starbucks right there in NYLIFE. But it was closed! Sunday's off!
                          Flying at MACH4 +

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