Sunday the day of the auction. I was not looking forward to this day. Knight was fairly far down in the order of the sale. The horses were not selling very high. Five hundred to fifteen hundred seemed to be the majority. Jim and Dawn Blackburn of Moscow Mills had talked to me about purchasing Knight and donating him back to Hope Givers Working Ranch and they were willing to pay up to $3,000 for him. I felt confident they would be able to purchase him for that amount or less based on how the others were selling. When it was his turn to sell the bidding was brisk and he was quickly over $2,000. However the bidding stopped at $2,500. and Knight was on his way back to Missouri. Thank YOU Jim and Dawn Blackburn.
It's been a good journey over the last three months and I am looking forward to next year!
Thank You all for following and supporting Knight and myself. God Bless each one of you.
Dennis Cappel
Day 101, Sept 20th
Saturday morning the riding competition is under way. I let Knight have Friday off to rest.
He is irritable like a tired child. After the competition on Thursday we are setting somewhere
near the end of the pack. He will have to have the best ride of his life and allot of favor to have a shot into the finals. All the horses were body conditioned scored before we are to ride them in the competition. He turned in a fairly high body condition score and will help as it counts for 20% of the total score. We again drew up late in the competition , went in as drew 64.
We trotted into the arena and stopped in the center and started the run. Knight turned around at about 50% of his capability. His circles at the lope weren't bad. The obstacles that were in the arena went well and the 2 minute freestyle after the obstacle course went well.
I side passed him all the way through the poles on the ground in the shape of a W, walked him up over the bridge, then I backed him over the bridge and the announced there was 30 seconds left to go , so I got off and laid him down and rode him up off the ground to complete our run.
I feel it was a pretty good run. We ended up placing 17th. The body condition score and this run brought us way up from the in hand course to finish in the middle of some very tough competition. I feel it was a success to be competitive in this field.
He is irritable like a tired child. After the competition on Thursday we are setting somewhere
near the end of the pack. He will have to have the best ride of his life and allot of favor to have a shot into the finals. All the horses were body conditioned scored before we are to ride them in the competition. He turned in a fairly high body condition score and will help as it counts for 20% of the total score. We again drew up late in the competition , went in as drew 64.
We trotted into the arena and stopped in the center and started the run. Knight turned around at about 50% of his capability. His circles at the lope weren't bad. The obstacles that were in the arena went well and the 2 minute freestyle after the obstacle course went well.
I side passed him all the way through the poles on the ground in the shape of a W, walked him up over the bridge, then I backed him over the bridge and the announced there was 30 seconds left to go , so I got off and laid him down and rode him up off the ground to complete our run.
I feel it was a pretty good run. We ended up placing 17th. The body condition score and this run brought us way up from the in hand course to finish in the middle of some very tough competition. I feel it was a success to be competitive in this field.
Day 99, Sept 18th
Thursday morning the in hand competition is under way at 8am. Firsts the stars, then the idols,
and then it was time for the legends. We drew up 54th so it was in the afternoon before our turn came. I had been working with Knight to get him to trot when I ask him too. Finally its our turn and we entered the arena, the first maneuver requires us to trot , we headed for the first poles
and Knight started off trotting and following well but as I got closer to the poles he broke down to a walk and refused to trot up beside me. This was a HUGE setback. We finished the course and he all of the maneuvers well expect he was alittle reluctant to load in the trailer and once again refused to trot. However we did finish the course and turned in a completed run. Failing to trot has dug a hole that has made it almost impossible to make the finals.
This portion of the competition counts for 30% of the score.
and then it was time for the legends. We drew up 54th so it was in the afternoon before our turn came. I had been working with Knight to get him to trot when I ask him too. Finally its our turn and we entered the arena, the first maneuver requires us to trot , we headed for the first poles
and Knight started off trotting and following well but as I got closer to the poles he broke down to a walk and refused to trot up beside me. This was a HUGE setback. We finished the course and he all of the maneuvers well expect he was alittle reluctant to load in the trailer and once again refused to trot. However we did finish the course and turned in a completed run. Failing to trot has dug a hole that has made it almost impossible to make the finals.
This portion of the competition counts for 30% of the score.
Sept. 17th, Day 98
Arrived in Fort Worth in the afternoon. We had a trainers meeting. After the meeting
I saddled Knight up and rode him around in the warm up arena over some obstacles.
He felt pretty good so I put him up for the night.
I saddled Knight up and rode him around in the warm up arena over some obstacles.
He felt pretty good so I put him up for the night.
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