High Class Tailgate

One of the enjoyable features of the Dunham Woods Horse Show is a tailgate party, with many of the setups not in or on a tailgate. One vehicle showed up for a true tailgate party, however. A Rolls Royce Bentley from the postwar 1940s, immaculately shined and with its tailgate tucked into a nice little tent.

The classic car was worth the effort to go to the show, just to see it.

At a Gallop

As the jumper lands and turns into a full gallop, the strength and speed of the horse is on full display. I love the look here as the rider looks to the right and the horse looks ahead, two pairs of eyes in tandem, working perfectly together.

The second image was an experiment that started when I caught the glint of sun on a horseshoe. Playing with the image, I enhanced the glint beyond reality and realized I had a natural for a title slide.

SUNDAY POSTER

Comin' At You

The jumpers do several types of jump in many directions. Here they come right at us.

Team Jumps

After the three members of a Fox Hunt Team each jump the fence from the ring, they take a lap around several other jumps and line themselves up for a team jump. Lots of interest in watching the staging of the three riders and the three horses to the unison needed for this jump.

Jumpers

One of the things I found out was that the large group of riders in a fox hunt is made up of hunt teams, groups of three who join together. At times, the teams will leave from a riding ring, taking a loop around the ring and jumping a hedge arrangement to join the hounds. Here we see two of the horses clearing the jump and leaving the ring.

All Ages Welcome

As befits an activity steeped in tradition, equestrian events include participants from a wide variety of ages, with the traditions thus handed down from generation to generation.