Flying Poodles

Another NADAC trial…

I spent the weekend in rainy Elma, WA at a (thankfully) covered and heated and indoor horse arena, competing with both girls in NADAC. Saturday Elly was very sweet, on the ball, and actually paying attention–and she Qd in both Open Jumpers (2nd place in 16″ skilled) with a 29.79 sec run over 124 yards (thereby finishing her OJC) and in Open Tunnelers (29.31 sec over 137 yards, also second place). Dancer got only ONE Q on Saturday, finishing her Superior Novice Chances title (S-NCC). (Should I mention that her contacts were a mess? No, I think I’ll pretend that she didn’t have to do any.)

On Sunday, BOTH girls Qd in Open Jumpers (and Dancer finished her Outstanding Open Jumpers title (O-OJC)). Elly took FIRST in her 16″ skilled class with a run of 23.87 seconds over 110 yards; Dancer ran the SAME course in 24.17 seconds (for fifth place in her class). Note that Elly was FASTER than Dancer.

Dancer also Qd in Open Weavers for the first time, taking second with 35.55 seconds over 154 yards.

(Sunday, after her spectacular Jumpers run, Elly slowed to a trot in Regular and I scratched the rest of the day. Novice Regular was the last two classes of the day, and I expect they’re still running them up in Elma as I write this–but I came home.)