By Kate Bushman, President MTCC, Photos by Gerry Plock
The Middle Tennessee Carriage Club (MTCC) held their third annual schooling event July 16, 2016 at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, TN. This year the organizers tried a Combined Test format instead of a full horse Driving Trial. This means that just a driven Dressage test and a Cones Course were included in the final scoring. There had been some concern that the seasonally hot weather in the afternoon, when Marathon is usually run, was discouraging some entries. Instead, open Marathon schooling was offered in the historic Iroquois Steeplechase infield after Cones was completed. It was a good event to bring a young horse or novice combined driver to because there plenty of room to park, unload, warm up, etc. Elizabeth Keathley of Woodbury, TN was terrific as the Dressage judge, providing verbal feedback after each competitor’s final salute.
Results:
Training Single Horse – 1st Charlie Freibert/Stormy, 2nd Greg Walcott/Lyricc
Training Single Pony – 1st Ardeth Obenauf/Sybil, 2nd Tonna Bruce/Mickey Blue Eyes
Preliminary Single Horse – 1st Charlie Freibert/Stormy, 2nd Brenda Rachor/JC Viva
Preliminary Single Pony – 1st Jeanette Haislip/Henning
The next club competition will be a Driving Derby on September 24, 2016 in Woodbury, TN. Details will be available on club website and Facebook.
The MTCC will be at the Tennessee State Fair with a demonstration of several forms of carriage driving competitions on Sunday afternoon September 18, 2016.
Keep up with MTCC at: http://www.midtenncarriageclub.org/ and on facebook at Middle Tennessee Carriage Club.
The Middle Tennessee Carriage Club (MTCC) held their third annual schooling event July 16, 2016 at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, TN. This year the organizers tried a Combined Test format instead of a full horse Driving Trial. This means that just a driven Dressage test and a Cones Course were included in the final scoring. There had been some concern that the seasonally hot weather in the afternoon, when Marathon is usually run, was discouraging some entries. Instead, open Marathon schooling was offered in the historic Iroquois Steeplechase infield after Cones was completed. It was a good event to bring a young horse or novice combined driver to because there plenty of room to park, unload, warm up, etc. Elizabeth Keathley of Woodbury, TN was terrific as the Dressage judge, providing verbal feedback after each competitor’s final salute.
Results:
Training Single Horse – 1st Charlie Freibert/Stormy, 2nd Greg Walcott/Lyricc
Training Single Pony – 1st Ardeth Obenauf/Sybil, 2nd Tonna Bruce/Mickey Blue Eyes
Preliminary Single Horse – 1st Charlie Freibert/Stormy, 2nd Brenda Rachor/JC Viva
Preliminary Single Pony – 1st Jeanette Haislip/Henning
The next club competition will be a Driving Derby on September 24, 2016 in Woodbury, TN. Details will be available on club website and Facebook.
The MTCC will be at the Tennessee State Fair with a demonstration of several forms of carriage driving competitions on Sunday afternoon September 18, 2016.
Keep up with MTCC at: http://www.midtenncarriageclub.org/ and on facebook at Middle Tennessee Carriage Club.
