October 5, 2012
In yesterday’s post, I wrote:
“Local favorite Misdee Wrigley Miller (who splits her time between Florida and Paris, Kentucky) had the highest dressage score of the day (even beating out Chester Weber by a couple of points): 39.68.”
I should, of course, said that Misdee had the LOWEST (in other words, the best) dressage score of the day. I apologize for any undue confusion!
October 4, 2012
Today was the first day of dressage at this year’s Kentucky Classic CDE, here at the Kentucky Horse Park.
It’s also, of course, a regular work day for me. So I only made it out to the dressage arena for a little while this afternoon.
Here are a few photos of the three competitors in the Pair Horse division … the USEF National Pair Horse Driving Championship, in fact. I took these as the drivers were warming up for their dressage tests.
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Steve Wilson, from nearby Goshen (very close to Louisville), is competing in only his second advanced-level event:
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Over the past decade or more that I’ve known him, Jimmy Fairclough has always driven a four-in-hand team (including at this year’s FEI World Four-in-Hand Championship, where he won the team bronze medal), but he brought a pair of horses this weekend:
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Local favorite Misdee Wrigley Miller (who splits her time between Florida and Paris, Kentucky) had the highest [correction: the LOWEST; in other words, the best] dressage score of the day (even beating out Chester Weber by a couple of points): 39.68.
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July 8, 2012
For our final look back at last weekend’s Carriage Festival, here are some of the beauties arriving for, and on display at, the antique car show that was part of the Festival:
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this car was built in 1916
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this car was built in 1909, and I think it will have its own blog post soon
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And then there was this stunning 1932 Auburn boat-tail speedster:
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The car show officially lasted until 3 o’clock, but a few of the car owners seem to have made a day of it: showing off their cars and watching the carriage driving. As I was arriving back at the arena for the evening session, just before 7 o’clock, an entire family arrived in the red 1916 carriage-look-alike car. They parked, put a fabric car cover over it, and then went in to watch the horses and ponies. As I was leaving the arena after the end of the show, I saw this old-fashioned scene:
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July 8, 2012
First off, I have to apologize for promising more from the Carriage Festival and then not posting anything at all yesterday (as I wasn’t near the Internet). So I’m now (early on Sunday) posting what should have been yesterday’s post. The post I had scheduled for today will go up later tonight. Enjoy all the photos coming your way!
Last Sunday at the Carriage Festival was our “presentation pleasure drive,” where most of the Festival participants went for a shady three-mile drive along the back of the Kentucky Horse Park and onto a neighboring farm, and back again.
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June 22, 2012
Sorry for the delay. I meant to post this yesterday and then had some computer issues … and then forgot.
Our second annual CAA Carriage Festival begins just one week from tomorrow today!
I’ve been working on the (full-color!) program for this year’s Festival and have sent it off to the printer. Here’s a peek at the cover:
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If you’re in the Lexington area next weekend, join us at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech Arena. There will be a pleasure-driving show all day (and evenings) on Friday and Saturday, a beautiful horse-drawn carriage “parade” through the Horse Park and neighboring farms on Sunday, and, on Saturday: a display of restored carriages and an antique car show. The restored carriages and the antique cars will be vying for People’s Choice Awards.
One of the extra-special cars we’re expecting is this gem, a 1915 International Auto Wagon:
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We hope you’ll join us at the Festival! If you can’t be here in person, join us online. I’ll be reporting from the Festival each day, and posting photos, here on the blog, and on the CAA’s Facebook and Twitter pages.
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