It’s finally the time of the year where we get to watch the Medal Finals livestreamed from the East Coast and replicate the courses in our ring. We’ve done the Dover Hunt Seat Finals course so far, and next up will be the 2nd round of the Maclay Finals (and maybe the final round as well?).
Here’s last year’s version of the Maclay Finals with (then) 4yo FF Clintaro:
First horse up, 6yo FF Evita, ridden by her “weekend warrior” rider, Maddy. Maddy is a full time lawyer who comes out to ride on the weekends. Evita is her favorite to jump around, and it’s easy to see why!
Next up was Cassie (8yo) around the course as set for the finals (3’6″):
Then we had a little fun with the course. We upped the fences to 1.30m – 1.40m and I had [10yo] Sadie create a “jump-off” style short course out of the medal fences. It was a bit of a tough task, not because of the course (Sadie planned a great one!), but because it was dusk and it was getting darker by the minute. By the time I jumped Evita around *I* was freaking out about the jumps, which were basically shadowy forms in front of us! But Evita, true to her warrior self, had no issues whatsoever.
Cassiana SR
FF Evita
Looking forward to getting the Maclay course set up. I enjoy incorporating the counter canter and trot fences that are always a part of it!