October 28-29 2006, Lexington, Ky. October 28-29, Lexington KY. Despite discouraging weather on Saturday, cold, wet and rainy, mga riders proved to be a very hardy sort who laugh at weather that would drive others indoors. This year’s Fall Finale was host to not only American teams but also Canadian and English competitors. We were very lucky to have the Sussex team competing for a second year. Thanks go to Laura Weichtowski, Kristen Anderson, Brittany Sanderson, Marion Simon and Dennis Clevenger, who lent their fantastic ponies to the riders from England and Canada. Without these folks it would be impossible to host riders from far away.
On Sunday night riders took to the dance floor for some fun led by Sandy Clevenger, proving that MGA riders are not only scary on the field but off the field as well. It was quite possibly the best party ever with good friends, good food and great entertainment.
The Master’s A division was won by the team from Sussex. Second was claimed by the QuickSilver team. Third went to the Studs and Fillies. Forth went to the Hillbillies and fifth went to the Spitfires. In the Master’s B division the Flying colors won with the Runaway Circus second and the Holy Cows! Third. Forth was the Canadian contingent the Young Blades. The winners of the North American Challenge year end high point was the QuickSilver team.
In the 4-Ever-Young division the winning team was the Valley Caps, second was the well named Rednecks in Spandex and third was the Fast and Furious (sporting a very famous guest rider).
In the Novice division Chain Reaction from Ohio took the honors. Second went to the Speed Bumps, third went to the Trouble Makers (a fitting name for a team with both Dillon Sanderson and Devon Clevenger on it) and fourth went to the girls in pink from Tennessee, the Pink Panthers.
Thanks to Bets Montgomery for a fantastic job organizing the incredible food at lunch and for doing the thankless job of gear sales. (Thanks to everyone who brought chili for lunch, it was uniformly excellent.) Thanks to Cathy Alger for acting as show secretary and organizing the entries. Their work began well before the competition. A complete thank you list would take more space than we have here. Please know that your good work made many, many people happy. There is no higher praise.
What makes these competitions a joy to keep coming back to are the great people involved, thanks to all of you for making these competitions so wonderful.
To see some pictures from the weekend click here.
1st Flying Colors (27 pts.): (K. Anderson, L. Alger, J. Leonard, J. Lewis, H. Neuhauser)
2nd The Holy Cows! (27 pts.): (E. Baughman, C. Benson, D. Phillips, J. Voss)
3rd Runaway Circus (25 pts.): (A. Alger, L. Griffin, M. Griffin, I. Johnson)
4th Youngblades (10 pts.): (A. Kirby, K. Trodden)
1st Sussex (34 pts.): (J. Dale, C. Jones, K. Lamb, L. Montgomery, P. Walters)
2nd Quick Sliver (33 pts) : (D. Clevenger, C. Greiling, S. Greiling, M. Lange, L. Montgomery)
3rd The Studs and Fillies (26 pts.): (B. Couch, C. Couch, C.Cruikshanks, M. Cruikshanks)
4th The Hillbillies (24 pts.): (K. Abbey, B. Couch, J. Cruikshanks, S. Cruikshanks, S. MacDonald)
5th Spitfires (18 pts.): (L. Crowl, S. Cole, K. Fischer, A. Robb, K. Smith)
1st Flying Colors (30 pts) : (K. Anderson, L. Alger, J. Leonard, J. Lewis, H. Neuhauser)
2nd The Holy Cows! (24 pts.): (E. Baughman, C. Benson, D. Phillips, J. Voss)
3rd Runaway Circus (24 pts.): (A. Alger, L. Griffin, M. Griffin, I. Johnson)
4th Youngblades (22 pts.): (A. Kirby, K. Trodden)
1st Sussex (45 pts.): (J. Dale, C. Jones, K. Lamb, L. Montgomery, P. Walters)
2nd The Studs and Fillies (34 pts.): (B. Couch, C. Couch, C.Cruikshanks, M. Cruikshanks)
3rd Spitfires (26 pts.): (L. Crowl, S. Cole, K. Fischer, A. Robb, K. Smith)
4th Quick Sliver (25 pts) : (D. Clevenger, C. Greiling, S. Greiling, M. Lange, L. Montgomery)
5th The Hillbillies (20 pts.): (K. Abbey, B. Couch, J. Cruikshanks, S. Cruikshanks, S. MacDonald)
1st Runaway Circus (27 pts.): (A. Alger, L. Griffin, M. Griffin, I. Johnson)
2nd Flying Colors (22 pts) : (K. Anderson, L. Alger, J. Leonard, J. Lewis, H. Neuhauser)
3rd The Youngblades (18 pts.): (A. Kirby, K. Trodden)
4th The Holy Cows! (12 pts.): (E. Baughman, C. Benson, D. Phillips, J. Voss)
1st Sussex (32 pts.): (J. Dale, C. Jones, K. Lamb, L. Montgomery, P. Walters)
2nd Quick Sliver (30 pts) : (D. Clevenger, C. Greiling, S. Greiling, M. Lange, L. Montgomery)
3rd The Hillbillies (27 pts.): (K. Abbey, B. Couch, J. Cruikshanks, S. Cruikshanks, S. MacDonald)
4th Spitfires (16 pts.): (L. Crowl, S. Cole, K. Fischer, A. Robb, K. Smith)
5th The Studs and Fillies (15 pts.): (B. Couch, C. Couch, C.Cruikshanks, M. Cruikshanks)
1st Flying Colors (121 pts.): (K. Anderson, L. Alger, J. Leonard, J. Lewis, H. Neuhauser)
2nd Runaway Circus (108 pts.): (A. Alger, L. Griffin, M. Griffin, I. Johnson)
3rd The Holy Cows! (95 pts.): (E. Baughman, C. Benson, D. Phillips, J. Voss)
4th Youngblades (74 pts.): (A. Kirby, K. Trodden)
1st Sussex (162 pts.): (J. Dale, C. Jones, K. Lamb, L. Montgomery, P. Walters)
2nd Quick Sliver (124 pts) : (D. Clevenger, C. Greiling, S. Greiling, M. Lange, L. Montgomery)
3rd The Studs and Fillies (120 pts.): (B. Couch, C. Couch, C.Cruikshanks, M. Cruikshanks)
4th The Hillbillies (101 pts.): (K. Abbey, B. Couch, J. Cruikshanks, S. Cruikshanks, S. MacDonald)
5th Spitfires (93 pts.): (L. Crowl, S. Cole, K. Fischer, A. Robb, K. Smith)
1st The Valley Caps (22 pts.): (D. Phillips, L. Phillips, J. Seggie, B. Trodden)
2nd The Rednecks in Spandex (17 pts.): (T. Anderson, E. Baughman, L. Englert, D. Leonard)
3rd Fast and Furious (15 pts.): (E. Crone, D. Lewis, P. Neuhauser, C. Jones )
1st The Rednecks in Spandex (21 pts.): (T. Anderson, E. Baughman, L. Englert, D. Leonard)
2nd The Valley Caps (19 pts.): (D. Phillips, L. Phillips, J. Seggie, B. Trodden)
3rd Fast and Furious (7 pts.): (E. Crone, D. Lewis, P. Neuhauser, J. Dale)
1st The Valley Caps (14 pts.): (D. Phillips, L. Phillips, J. Seggie, B. Trodden)
2nd Fast and Furious (12 pts.): (E. Crone, D. Lewis, P. Neuhauser, J. Dale)
3rd The Rednecks in Spandex (10 pts.): (T. Anderson, E. Baughman, L. Englert, D. Leonard)
1st The Valley Caps (83 pts.): (D. Phillips, L. Phillips, J. Seggie, B. Trodden)
2nd The Rednecks in Spandex (79 pts.): (T. Anderson, E. Baughman, L. Englert, D. Leonard)
3rd Fast and Furious (53 pts.): (E. Crone, D. Lewis, P. Neuhauser, J. Dale)
1st Speed Bumps (23 pts.): (B. Drew-Womak, L. Ford, J. Miller, B. Randall)
2nd Chain Reaction (18 pts.): (J. Morrow, M. Morrow, S. Morrow, D. Pingree, O. Test)
3rd Trouble Makers (15 pts.): (K. Anderson, K. Crone, D. Clevenger, J. Lewis, D. Sanderson)
4th The Pink Panthers (14 pts.):(A. Branch, N. Corn, K. Cheetham, E. Paffhauser, H. Sparks)
1st Chain Reaction (29 pts.): (J. Morrow, M. Morrow, S. Morrow, D. Pingree, O. Test)
2nd Speed Bumps (26 pts.): (B. Drew-Womak, L. Ford, J. Miller, B. Randall)
3rd Trouble Makers (15 pts.):(K. Anderson, K. Crone, D. Clevenger, J. Lewis, D. Sanderson)
4th The Pink Panthers (10 pts.): (A. Branch, N. Corn, K. Cheetham, E. Paffhauser, H. Sparks)
1st Chain Reaction (21 pts.): (J. Morrow, M. Morrow, S. Morrow, D. Pingree, O. Test)
2nd Speed Bumps (16 pts.): (B. Drew-Womak, L. Ford, J. Miller, B. Randall)
3rd The Pink Panthers (14 pts.):(A. Branch, N. Corn, K. Cheetham, E. Paffhauser, H. Sparks)
4th The Trouble Makers (9 pts.): (K. Anderson, K. Crone, D. Clevenger, J. Lewis, D. Sanderson)
1st Chain Reaction (101 pts.): (J. Morrow, M. Morrow, S. Morrow, D. Pingree, O. Test)
2nd Speed Bumps (93 pts.): (B. Drew-Womak, L. Ford, J. Miller, B. Randall)
3rd Trouble Makers (59 pts.):(K. Anderson, K. Crone, D. Clevenger, J. Lewis, D. Sanderson)
4th The Pink Panthers (47 pts.): (A. Branch, N. Corn, K. Cheetham, E. Paffhauser, H. Sparks)