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2011 Overall Event Results Click Here
Special Award Winners Click Here
What can I say? I try to offer something new every year.......last year it was RAIN and MUD (NOT what I wanted) and this year it was dusty dry. I love living in southwest Washington....keeps us all on our toes.
I want to say thank you to my officials--this was probably the most enjoyable year for me as far as my working relationship with the officials. For those of you lining up officials for your own events--I recommend each and every one of them. Some of you know that this past year has been particularly challenging for me personally. While those issues are not yet resolved, and did have some negative impact on this year's event, Mitch, my knight in shining armor, and my son John both stepped up and helped me get things ready. Thank you too to Jim and Helen Stroklund for the loan of their tractor and mower--with it, Mitch and John were really able to spiff things up.
I particularly love it when people refer to Happ's as "home" and tell me this is where they are comfortable trying new things or starting green equine. The Minis have been at it long enough now that we are getting the upper levels and the different types of hitches. A first this year was in the VSE department--our numbers were great, but a highlight was all the Intermediate entries--3 singles, a pair and a team. We also had unicorn hitches and had a tandem that decided to switch to pair or we would have had every CDE legal type of hitch represented in the Minis. Maybe next year.
Thank you one and all--as always, watch the calendar for future scheduling.
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