Where speed is the name of the game, and model points don't matter. The pony jumper team competition wrapped up yesterday evening and Zone 4 emerged victorious.
If you're traveling all the way from California, you want to make it worth the trip. Augusta Iwasaki did just that in the small regular pony hunters today at Pony Finals.
From the wildly popular (anything with Blue in it) to fantastic play on words (Saved By The Bella) and everything in between, pony names always demonstrate a bit of creativity. We pulled together a list of some of our favorites from US Pony Finals.
What are your favorites? Share them with us!
When the wind picked up and the skies darkened prior to the start of yesterday’s small green pony hunter over fences, understandably many trainers were worried about how their charges would handle the already pressure-filled atmosphere of the U.S. Equestrian Federation Pony Finals in Lexington, Ky.
Ali Sweetnam had the opposite concern.
“You just have to tell him he’s amazing, and he’s the best,” she said. “He loves to be told how great he is. If you tell him he’s bad he gets mad at you.”
The first championships of Pony Finals were awarded today, and Taylor St. Jacques wins both the large pony hunter championship and the award for the biggest smile!
