Real Horse Events – Page 3 – Kristian Beverly

At The Racetrack

September 28, 2016December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly2 Comments

First month of school is done!

It’s been years since I’ve been to the racetrack. I could barely see over the fence the last time I went to Penn National but I went back couple weeks ago.

I’m taking a photojournalism class and one of my assignments was to find an event in the community and take pictures.

Not an issue for me.
I watched a couple of races until the temperature dropped. So here are some of the pictures I took.

Harness and Carts

August 15, 2016December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly2 Comments

To continue with the Miniature horse theme, here are pictures from two miniature horse classes I watched at the Lancaster 4-H show.

And here are pictures from the next class which had an Appaloosa and a pony.

Lancaster County 4-H Show Pt 2: Miniature Horse Jumping

August 15, 2016December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly6 Comments

Miniature horses are adorable, so I enjoyed watching them jump last month.

It was a hot PA day, and there were multiple jump offs, so good job for running in the heat! It also allowed me to get plenty of pictures of them.

This would be a minimal type of other performance in terms of model horses. You’d just need a doll, halter, lead rope, and a jump. Or you can have a cone. Just add in documentation, and you’re good.

Per the PA 4-H Guide, going clear is the goal in the first round. Afterwards if there are entries with the same amount of faults, a jump off happens. In the jump off, the jumps are supposed to be raised and whoever finishes with the lowest amount of faults, wins. If there’s a tie again, the horse with the fastest time is the winner. With that being said, there are numerous instances of miniature horses standing,walking,

trotting,

cantering,

and jumping!

Plenty of performance opportunities!

Dauphin County 4-H Fair Pt 1

August 13, 2016December 28, 2024Kristian Beverly14 Comments

On Friday morning I went to the Dauphin County 4-H fair. The event takes place at the Farm Show Complex, a hub of agriculture and about every other type of event that you can think of. There are 3 model horse shows that are put on in it. I’m lucky that it’s a max 15 minutes away from my house.

It’s been years since I visited the Fair, but Cheryl, a fellow team mate of the Penn State Equestrian Team, was showing and I was invited along to watch and take pictures. This is Cheryl’s last year for 4-H and she showed Travel Tuesday aka Traveler who also is the main horse I ride in lesson.

Between her classes were other pretty horses like this mustang.

And these two.

I watched Miniature Horse Jumping too which is fast becoming something I need to do in model scale. I have pretty much everything needed. I would only need to make a halter, lead, and whip!

More pictures to come!