Southeastern Charity Horse Show
Georgia International Horse Park
Conyers Georgia, USA
September 16-19, 2015
Show Report
Hi Mom! Let the show tweets begin.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Cross fingers that clothes zip & button.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Vest: snug but buttons.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Pants! We have outfit.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Pants comfortable while riding. Will cop to surreptitious waistband loosening between classes.
Good morning! Are we ready to horse show?
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Wheels up.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Heading to show. Horses left on Wed.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Worked R & M2 or a few minutes this am. Rodney gets feeling lonesome and abandoned if he doesnt have human interaction each day. Go figure.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Horse show! Horse show!
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
4 in my adult classes.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
11 in the championship.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Dressed. Remembered all the bits and bobs.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Waiting. Who thought of wool & polyester as an athletic uniform?
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
1 & 2 out of 4. Sat still and let Alvin do his thing.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
7/11 in the championship. If all goes to plan, my last Academy Ch at a regular show. More regular shows, but no Chs.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Alvin was his rock star self. He got a blue for each of his driver/riders and Reserve Ch in the WT out of 13!
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 19, 2015
Heading home.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 20, 2015
Home safe.
— Rodney's Saga (@RodneysSaga) September 20, 2015

Photo by G
Thanks.
What does this mean: ” If all goes to plan, my last Academy Ch at a regular show. More regular shows, but no Chs.” Academy I get is people riding school horses; details, please on how the the ASB shows work.
For Academy, some shows have two classes, some offer a third championship class. Academy Nationals has a two regular classes on Friday, two championships on Saturday, & two grand championships on Sunday.
For suit, there are two classes per show, regular & a championship. To qualify for the championship, one has to ride/drive in the regular class, Louisville may have up & out qualifiers as well, but L’ville is special.
So, I have 1, maybe 2, regular shows left this year. Neither offer championship classes in Academy. Plus Nationals, which has titles flying every which way. That will be it for Academy. What happens next year? Who knows.
This actually raises more questions than it answers. If you can just *enter* a “Championship” class, what’s the point? Aren’t you just repeating the same class over again but calling it something different? I can’t quite wrap my head around the idea of a NON-up and out Championship class.
Yup. Ribbon inflation. I’m actually getting quite used to it. Working my butt off for 3 phases to get a puny 6″ ribbon is going to come as a shock.
Who am I kidding. I’ll be thrilled.