If you were in the first two groups Saturday, your pictures are at www.tulipsprings2008.shutterfly.com/action
If you have other pictures from the weekend, feel free to share them with me and/or let me know and I’ll tell you how to add them to this Shutterfly Collection.
Enjoy
All the Adult Camp 2008 pictures are now posted to www.tulipsprings2008.shutterfly.com/action
I’ll continue to use this URL as more activity pictures are posted later in the year. For now, the Jimmy Wofford pics are still at www.tulipspringswoff.shutterfly.com/action
but for future activities, you can always just go to the “tulipsprings2008″ collection on shutterfly.
Enjoy the show!
Hello to everyone awaiting the Jimmy pictures. Find them at
www.tulipspringswoff.shutterfly.com/action
Over 800 pictures in three albums…Be prepared to browse!
Well, we all survived our first clinic of the year. It was a great success, if I do say so myself.
We had perfect weather..cold in the morning but clear and bright in the afternoons. The sunscreen came out both days!
Jimmy did an excellent job as always. The footing was great. No serious mishaps. I wish I could have cleared the entire waiting list, but most did get in.
Pictures should be available on Shutterfly soon. I need another few days to get the DVD and download. Check back for details.
Sign up early next year…Jimmy will be back around the same time. Exact date tbd.
Next up: Area VII Adult Camp! We’re almost ready for you. 
Check the calendar page for lots more good stuff coming up.
See you out there!
The footing is dry and the weather is great! Come on over and check it out.
The Jimmy clinic ride times have been emailed and should be posted on this site in the next few days.
I’ve added a Dressage Weekend with popular “R” judge and teacher Janis Linnan June 21-22. Info is on the site under calendar.
It’s busy and it is going to be a great season!
I now have added Don Sachey for May 17-18. He is awesome! Check out his info and entry forms on the site. Forms for Jan Bynny and Steuart Pittman are also up.
Cheers,
CKC
The Jimmy Wofford clinic is on (short) wait list already, and so I decided to get in gear and add a few more dates. These will be on the official calendar soon. Steuart Pittman April 12-13 and Jan Bynny May 31-June1. For now, contact me to request entry forms and info.
We’re ready for spring!
Time to get back in the saddle! I know it’s only early December, but we are planning for Spring already and the first activity is a Jimmy Wofford clinic March 8-9. Details on this website soon, but if you want the info and entry forms now, just email your request to me, , and I’ll send them back to you. Stay warm and dry!
First, all the pictures are at www.tulipspringsian.shutterfly.com/action
There are 1000 pictures in 4 albums. Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy!
Ian was an absolute star, giving everyone a positive experience while challenging us to move up more than we would have guessed possible. If I had known ahead of time what I would be jumping by the end of the day Sunday, I think I would have had a few sleepless nights. In real time, though, Ian’s progression through the gymnastic exercises on Saturday and then the sequence of fences used on Sunday set up a very successful result.
I’m working on a clinic schedule for next year and Ian will definitely be on it!
Yes, it’s true. All courses, BN through Prelim have been completed and they look great! We also have about six Intro jumps in case you are under-caffeine-ated and a few challenging Intermediate lines for an extra thrill.
In a few weeks we’ll post the course maps the way the courses really turned out. The maps that are up now reflect the basic scale and complexity, but a lot of details changed as we built. The new courses are even better!
THANKS to Bert Wood and his awesome team for getting this done on time and on budget! How cool is that?
Pictures are available at http://www.tulipsprings.shutterfly.com/action
THANKS to Sally for all the great shots.
Be sure to see all three albums at that address..There are nearly 240 pics!
You can order very large, high quality prints from Shutterfly because the image files they have are very high res. You can download a relatively lower res image for use on your PC. If you want the orginal large digital file, you’ll need to contact me, , with good details about which shot it is and I can email that file to you directly (Shutterfly doesn’t enable downloads of the large image file).
Have fun!
CKC
THANKS to all the organizers and volunteers, we had a successful opening weekend with so many more participants than expected, I had to add extra paddocks and borrow the neighbor’s field.
I think everyone had a great time and learned a lot. The few inevitable crisis moments just clarified the items on the next phase “to do” list, but didn’t dampen anyone’s fun.
It is so nice to see the main field done and looking so nice with all the horses using it. Stay tuned for news about the next phase.
THANKS!
Thanks to Ed Burge for bringing me a few great Intermediate jumps from Deep Creek! We now have one Intermediate line and I hope to have a few more jumps arriving tomorrow. These should be useful for all the high level folks coming to ride with Ian Stark in October!
We are almost ready for the Labor Day camp and Derby. Most of the BN and N jumps are now done. I’d take and post some new pictures, but I’m too busy getting everything ready to have time for the camera! We’ll have some good new pictures after the Labor Day activities. Stay tuned.
As widely requested, we now have BN and N jumps coming off the assembly line at rapid speed. Come on out and check see the new stuff! I hope it will be all placed and ready to jump by the weekend of the 25th.
More to come.
Josh McKoy is back to build out the rest of the course and he is going at high speed to add BN and N efforts. Two helpers are coming to join him tomorrow.
Some jumps from Deep Creek will be delivered this week, including a few Intermediate efforts for the brave riders out there.
Courses will be complete soon!
Thanks to the group of local riders who came out Saturday and schooled the course, with Desiree’s guidance. In spite of the surprise attack by some angry bees in the stadium jumping area, I think everyone had a great time. The bees have since been dealt with :-))
Names withheld to protect the innocent, we also had out first on-course striptease act.
The irrigation is now greening up the stadium area (and drowning what is left of the bees). We’re ready for schooling by appointment and looking forward to the Labor Day clinic and Derby!
More pictures of the course are posted in the Construction Gallery - get there through the Courses page.
Check the Calendar page for the first activities at Tulipsprings. Eventing Camp, and Derby, Labor Day weekend. Follow the “Details” link for background and more information.
Area VII Adult Riders and NWHTA will sponsor our first official activity on Labor Day weekend. (!!!!)
Friday and Saturday will be a camp/clinic and Sunday will be a Derby. Check back at this site for details and sign ups, or contact me, , or check the Area VII Adult Rider’s and NWHTA webpage. More details and better links to come soon.