PCHA J/L Baker Reining Classic Finals

I finally have my 10 points to qualify and the finals are only 1 week away! They will be held at the LA Equestrian Center in Burbank inside the Equidome. It is a 2 go-round finals. The 1st round will be on Friday night at 6pm. They will not be announcing scores after each ride (to build suspense, I guess). The 2nd go will be Saturday night at 6pm. The scores from the 2 nights will be combined and all the participants will be brought back into the areana after the last horse goes and the awards will be announced (last place to 1st place). 3 saddles will be given away along with 10 buckles and several other troophys and awards. There will probably be between 25 and 30 horses in the finals so I would be thrilled with being in the 10 ten.

Practice Pen

I am featured in the Practice Pen section of the September 2006 issue of Horse & Rider magazine on page 47. It is a fun article about how to apply your make-up for the show pen featuring me!

The magazine

The article

Making Progress

the living room

standing in the living room shooting toward the piano room

standing in the dining room shooting toward the piano room and the living room

standing in the piano room shooting the dining room

the dining room

standing in the dining room shooting toward the kitchen

the kitchen

master bedroom

master bath

The scrapbook room AND the most exciting part...I found a place to display my teacups!!

The New Home

Thought I would just create a new post to answer your question, Jeff.

We are moving just down the street to Ladra Ranch. Here are some pics of the inside of the place:

Taken from the front door looking into the "piano room". The living room is to the right. Dave is heading into the kitchen.

Taken from the piano room of the living room.

The kitchen

Taken from the kitchen of the dinning room (the piano room is in the distance)

Part of the master bedroom

Master shower and tub

Part of the back yard taken from the upstairs loft window

I Hate Moving

Things are "moving" pretty fast now. We found a place to rent last night and will be ready to move in on Friday (the day escrow closes on our house). So we have to be basically all packed by the end of tomorrow. The good news is, we got most of it done today!





I should be able to post pics of the new place Thursday night.

New Car

We WON!

We got our 1st blue ribbon today!!!! And we are officially qualified for the J/L Baker Finals!

On a sad note, my camera ran out of batteries so no win pics. However, I did get a couple in the morning:

The team relaxing in the shade

Breezy tied to the trailer ready to show

PCHA Show

So the weekend before we left on vacation I had a horse show in Palos Verdes. It went really well. I met my friend Janine for breakfast at Marmalade Cafe and then got to the show around noonish. Rick had already ridden Breezy in the morning so I got to just hang out and enjoy the day. I hopped on about and hour before show time and schooled Breezy in a warm-up class. Rick said I got a good school in and I was ready to go. I needed 6 points to qualify for the J/L Baker Finals so that would take a 1st place. But, I wasn't too worried since there is still another show before the finals and then 2 qualifying classes the day of the finals. But, anyways, it went great! I felt really good as we walked out the gate and I awaited the announcement of my score. But, I got all the way out and to Rick and they still had not announced my score. I began to worry that I had gone off course, but Rick confirmed that I did really well and was totally on pattern. He told me that he thought it should be scored a 71, but not to get my hopes up because the score had been all over the place. Finally, the announced my score, "And the score for entry number 150, was a (I braced my self for a low score) seventy-three." A 73!!! I couldn't believe it. Rick and I immediately looked at each other, smiled, and shrugged our shoulders. That was the highest score of the day and there were only 10 or so horses left to go. The score actually held out until one of the very last horse. Bummer. The 3rd highest score in my class was a 70 so I still felt good. I got a 2nd place and 4 points. That means that I only need 2 more points to qualify (that's a 4th).

Here is a pic that the show photographer took:

Back from Cabo!

And here and the pictures to prove it!

In front of the entrance to our villa

Our villa (front view - Dave is in the pool)

In our private balcony pool





Dave in our jacuzzi

Reading by the pool (a favorite past time)

Our bed

A message from Dave in a planter in our bedroom

The waves on the Pacific side in front of Pueblo Bonito Sunset




Having dinner at La Nao at Pueblo Bonito Sunset

Dave taking a dip in the Sea of Cortez infront of our resort



Around the grounds of Club Cascadas



Painting on the beach

The finished art

Dinner on the beach