Can She Play Poker???

Yeah, she did.....well, in a sense...

We arrived to what Steven read as a PC crowd: very nice people, nice farm after momentarily becoming lost....Thank You to the Hillsboro Fire Department dude for the directions....and he did it by farm owner name....Ya gotta love small towns.

Here are the entries:



Entries filed, tacked up, Lorin safely atop Dazz...we marched right up to the starting point for an overview of the rules.



Not so hard....I thought, passing the map to Steven, Maps and I are non partners....

We start out on the Poker Run: not timed, with 5 obstacles, Parelli Game style, along the way, that if done successfully, one way or another, will earn you a playing card.

First was a small trail thru the woods...easy stuff...we do this all the time: Bingo! Card for each of us....!

Second: Receive raw egg in spoon, must weave thru cones and back. Sage had no problem, tho Steven did crack the egg on the saddle horn before she even took a step: proceed, with the cracked egg..... One handed he weaves thru the cones and back...See? All that neck reining exercises paid off! Caly: same cracked egg, we got a note from the attendant for trotting! Good boy. Dazzle with Lorin aboard: flawlessly....good! Presto! We each get a card!

Third: Drag something....uh, oh. No tarps in sight....Choices were: a cone, a log!, or a barrel!! Caly, I take the rope for the cone and trot on down to the end marker, pass the rope over his head with a nifty rollback, and then the other side of the horse saw the cone: sidepass all the way back...." oooh, he sidepasses nice!" I hear....if they only knew.... Steven selects the log! to my surprise...totally uneventfully they drag the log down and back! No theatrics, and Steven explained later he thought it would be the quietest....good call! Dazzle and Lorin took the cone, la de dah....No problem! YeeHaw! Cards! ( was working on a straight now.....)



Forth: Hill? I don't understand how a hill can be an issue, except for the fact that near the bottom of it was obstacle #5: water crossing....Caly: charge down, saw the horse eating water and blasted up: card. Sage: no big deal to her, didn't waste any time in either direction: card. Dazzle had some tenderness issues early in the day, so Lorin took a go around which was forgiven due to the explaination that Dazzle has a bone in his leg that is in place with 5 screws: card.

Fifth: The w~a~t~e~r. I was hoping it was merely a stream so I could just jump it...no such luck. Big puddle with 2 barrels: weave the barrels. To my delight, with minimal "I do not want to go in" hesitations , both Caly and Sage did as asked....Dazzle, well we call him the sea horse....cards!

Success! I didn't get my straight, in fact, I got nuthin', ditto for Lorin, but Steven finished with 1 pair, which didn't make him a winner, but Sage sure was!