A Third 4th of July Parade and Game Show!

[Laura S]

Hope you guys aren't sick of pics by now! 8-)

Our Maine Gait Paso Fino Club participated in a 4th of July Parade and Game show. The parade was huge. There must have been a total of 25 horses. We positioned our pasos to be last in the horse lineup. We got lots of comments...My favorite one was "look at the pretty little trot!" :lol: Well, at least they noticed it was different!

The game show was tons of fun! We played the bareback dollar game, the carrot game, the cracker game, and the bat game. One of our pasos got 2nd on bareback dollar and 5th on the carrot game. We had some stiff competition with barrel/gaming QH's.

The start of the parade
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Carley, Me and Jen, Bruce in the back
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Angie and Bruce
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h51/LauraS39/Parade3.jpg

Group photo, Beth on her Warmblood, Carley, Jen, Laura, Angie, and Bruce
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Giving pony rides on Mirage.....
Ok it's my daughter, but I just like this pic
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h51/LauraS39/Parade8.jpg

Link to our slide show, click on "MGPFC 4th of July"
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=317da28e0e512ef333d78c&skin_id=406&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

[TrueStepPaso]

Laura, you are so freakin cute in the close up of you with your red blazer & hat on!!! Adorable! You should frame that!

[Laura S]

Ah, thank you! :hug

I was thinking....PJ would have cleaned up at the game show! His gallop could have matched those barrel horses!

[Pasogirlz]

Loved them! Thanks for sharing. Great job again.

[Tiffer]

Great photos, Laura. You know, we NEVER get tired of photos. It looked like such a beautfiul day there.....that's always nice on the 4th.

It sounds like a really fun time. Great job. :smile: :smile: :smile:

[swaite]

I agree that close up is CUTE! I love fourth of July parades - they just seem so special. You guys all dressed up so nice and looked wonderful!

[jodiTowne]

Thanks for sharing!

[Centauress]

Awww Laura! You guys look great! Miss you! :hug

[Terri]

GREAT pictures. Let me see if I can guess which one is the warmblood. Love the picture of your daughter.
I love the 4th of July!!! Lots of parades and fun!

[Barbwire]

The picture with the Warmblood strikes me as funny. :lol:

[CarolU]

Looks like a GREAT parade! Can't believe how green it is there (very dry and burnt here).

It's pretty easy to pick out the warmblood in that picture! ROFL

[sporthorse]

what fun and everyone looks so sporty and happy.Nice weather up there ?
It's been hot down here.

[pnalley]

Great photo's! Thanks for sharing.

Would you please explain how these classes are run? I'm always looking for more games for our open horse show.

the carrot game, the cracker game, and the bat game

Thanks in advance

[Laura S]

Hi Paula, These games were so much fun, and fun for the crowd to watch as well.

The Bat Race: Race to the end of the ring, get off your horse, hand the reins to the ring assistant. Stand the baseball bat on one end, bend over and put your forehead on the other end. Make 3 full cirlces (an assistant will help you count), get back on your horse and race out.

The Carrot Game: Race in on your horse to the end of the ring, get off, get a carrot, and get your horse to follow you out without leading or touching them, just using the carrot!!

The Cracker Game: Race in on your horse to the end of the ring, you will be handed a cracker with peanut butter on it, you must eat the cracker until you can blow the whitstle handed to you (everyone gets their own whistle), then race back.

Youth was walk trot, Junior and Senior was as fast as you wanted to go.

The bat game was a riot because most people got really dizzy and fell down, or ran off in the wrong direction to get their horse. Some had a real hard time getting back on their horse. The carrot game was cute because some horses would flat out run after the carrot, and others were more interested in eating the grass or visiting the people around the fence.

[Brigitte]

The bat game seems like a good one to do here :D

great pics btw

[Cam]

Well then, it looks like you should be all set for the Blueberry Festival Parade. Its a patriotic theme parade as well...you can wear the same outfits :D (hint)
BTW..Amigo and I had to play 'soccer' all alone yesterday. (another hint)

[Laura S]

Hi Cheryl, We definately want to come play horse soccer and go on a trail ride, it's just a matter of finding a date we can do it. I will see if the others want to do the parade!