[QUOTE=WSL;3283243]
I don’t know if Bev hunts still. She is a bit older and she is very involved in PC and the American Royal. [/QUOTE]
She’s still involved with PC and the Royal but not the hunt. I was a MVPC-er in the 70s, and I just saw Bev at a Saddle & Sirloin show last weekend, and I swear she hasn’t changed a bit.
E.T.A.: this is an entiredly different Bev from the one SLW is referring to…ENTIRELY!
[QUOTE=Plumcreek;3276657]
Limp horse then started to float slowly down stream, with owner scrambling alongside, holding his nose out of the water with the bridle and yelling like crazy. Shortly horse grounded in very shallow water, tried again and was able to regain his feet. A dude is a dude no matter what the breed type.[/QUOTE]
Oh my goodness, that is hysterical!
Thats wonderful that she is still out and about doing the S&S thing! I admire her so much and she was an incredible coach for me growing up. I did lessons with her for about 8 years or so and she was amazing. She told me more than once that I “rode like a cocklebur” because my good old gelding would jump anything from anywhere and many times instead of chipping he would just launch us both in the air like a rocket! Usually I stayed with him but not always, I’m afraid. 
My feet barely reached the bottom of the flap on my saddle when I started riding him and he was 15.3. I specifically remember one such incident where our distance was not quite on (my fault) but instead of chipping he just launched over it and I was not ready - I didn’t get left behind but instead went straight up. I don’t think a single part of my body stayed touching the horse or tack except for my hands on the reins. I was hovering about a foot above him Superman style and upon landing I came down on his neck with arms and legs wrapped all the way around! Thank God for long necks!! :lol: He slowly came to a stop so he wouldn’t totally throw me off balance and then I crawled back in the saddle. That old boy saved my a$$ more then once because I was a fearless ADHD kid and he just would take care of me no matter what. Bev just laughs and says as only Bev can, “What were you doing?! The only way you stayed on that horse is because you ride like a cocklebur and he has a long neck!” She is such a jewel!
Badger - that is really cool that you were a MVPC-er too. Thats great that Bev hasn’t changed a bit - do you know how old she is getting to be? I think she’s getting up there a bit but it is great that she is still able to stay so involved.
WSL- I remember your wonderful buckskin gelding quite well, he really was handsome and remarkable! You and my oldest kiddo were the only honest-to-goodness hunt seat girls in 4-H back then. When I first learned about “patterns” in 4-H I was slackjawed! I was thinking “ugh, where is the rest of the test and why are the cones so close together?”. I came to appreciate the different skill needed to negotiate and correctly ride a “western style hunt seat” pattern in 4-H.
Badger- thanks for the clarification on the Bev’s. I dont’ know the KC hunter barn crowd at all.
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