XC Schooling at Fenridge Farm 7/1/10

Castle Farm headed out to Mebane, NC the first day of July for a fun day filled with XC schooling! The following horses attended:

Annie (with rider Ashley Godfrey)
Cisco (with rider Gabby Navarro)
Cassie (with rider Heather King)
Butch (no rider, just there for the experience!)
Shadow (with rider Heather King - no jumping, just there for the experience)

And...Jo! Heather's former show horse, Jo is actually boarded at Fenridge, and her new owner wanted Heather to school her over a few XC fences before hopping on and trying them out herself. What a great way to start the day! After Heather and Laurie schooled Jo, Heather (this time on Shadow) and Ashley and Gabby headed out to school. Gabby passed her XC audition (allowing her to show at the Foxtrack HT at the end of this month), and it was Ashley's first time schooling XC with Annie as her new owner. Both horses and riders did great and had a blast! While everyone was cooling off, Heather headed back out on the course - this time with Cassidy! Cassidy was feeling exceptionally brave, and they had a great time schooling the course. The event was a great confidence booster for Cassidy! She even jumped the scary ditch (her arch nemesis) in the woods on the first try!

Finally, while everyone was packing up, Heather hand-walked Butch around and he played over some of the jumps as well. Look for him on course in the next couple of years!

Everyone had a great time and we can't wait to head out for the next event!