2015 St. Patrick's Day Drive Fest

We had a ton of fun competing with our ponies again this year in the Annual St. Patrick's Day Drive Fest driving competition at Tom O'Carroll's in Navasota, TX. The first event this year was driving Reinsmanship in the dressage arena, after which the competitors went directly to the Timed Cones event, then on to the Timed Hazzards event. Then, in the afternoon, it culminated in the Timed Mini-Marathon event, which was a real fun cross country trail course we drove, and included 3 separate Timed Hazzards courses along the trail.

Our ponies, CH Texas Ranger driving as a single pony, and Channie & Ellie driving together as a pony pair team, all won 1st place in their division in both the Timed Hazzards event and the Timed Mini-Marathon event! And overall, our pony pair, Channie & Ellie, won the Timed Hazzards event for all the divisions, including the full sized single horses and pairs. You can see 2 videos below of us driving in the Timed Hazzards course, which is my favorite event. Also on this page you can click on the individual pictures above to enlarge and scroll through snapshots of our ponies driving in the various events. There are some really good pictures there! And also, you can compare with another video that may be better from our last year's competition which can be seen by clicking on 2014 St. Patrick's Day Competition.

Here's a video of CH Texas Ranger competing in the the Timed Hazzards event 3/14/2015:

And here's a short video of our pair of ponies, Channie & Ellie, competing in the Timed Hazzards Event 3/14/2015:

Here's video of the event last year, when we were allowed to canter more for speed:

If video below is not working, click here to see the video on its page (3/15/14).