Announcing the 75th Anniversary DU Hockey Game
I went with a Hockey Hall of Fame sweater to announce the 75th anniversary Denver Hockey game. What a special night to celebrate a rich history and legacy.
Raising the banner at Denver Hockey #TENver
Looking forward to Denver Hockey #CountryRoads #GoPios
Not sure what his official title was, but Teenser was a big help for my announcing at the Bayou Gulch Horse Trials, as eventing returned to The Colorado Horse Park for the first time in five years.
AA Two Face Novice Cross Country at Round Top
I love when I get to combine two of my passions by announcing and riding at the same event, and that was the case on Saturday at the Round Top Horse Trials. Dos and I had a lot of fun on XC, and that's captured in this video filmed by Brit Vegas Gengenbach. After announcing Brit for many years at the Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover and at horse shows in the USEA's Area IX, I appreciate hearing her comments about our round in the background.
Getting engaged to Ashley also meant I became a dad to her amazing little man, Chase. Our family spent Father’s Day the same way we spend most holidays—riding horses—while this video gives a glimpse into a few of the cool moments I’ve gotten to share with Chase in the last year.
First Novice Event for AA Two Face at Spring Gulch
Some cool takeaways from this video of Dos's first event at Novice at the 2024 Spring Gulch Horse Trials...
-We had no idea whether Dos would like eventing when we got him off the track from Altitude Arabians . He loves it and is incredibly confident jumping at the new height of 2'11".
-Chase's commentary on the video cracks me up. I spliced his video together with Ashley's.
-Thank you to Kristi for shouting out AA Two Face as an Arabian racehorse during her announcing of us, "You can tell he's an Arabian racehorse. Now look at him go."
-Our entire Super G Sporthorses LLC team is incredibly supportive of each other. Spring Gulch represented many firsts. In addition to Dos's first Novice, it was Salty's first Prelim with Ashley and the first recognized event for Chase on Cy and for Eva on Froggy. Plus, Mackensie is Ashley's first student to compete at Training.
Now to how we did... We had a slow start and were last of 18 after dressage. That's entirely on me because Dos was totally willing, and I needed to step up to establish a higher standard for our test. However, we made up for it in the jumping phases and were one of only five pairs with clear rounds in both show jumping and cross-country. We also had the fastest cross-country round at the level. We moved up 10 places to finish eighth overall plus won the Bally's Arapahoe Park Award presented by the Colorado Horseracing Association as the highest-finishing pair at the Novice level with a horse that previously raced in Colorado. The support the track has for its racehorses in new careers is fantastic, plus we get to showcase Race-bred Arabians (We LOVE Arabian Horses) in the sport of eventing.
Crop Use in Horse Racing
In conjunction with my next "The Big Picture Presented By Excel Equine" for Paulick Report, I put together this video with the most positive use of the riding crop I've seen by Ronan Thomas, although it would have been a major HISA violation, and compare horse racing's crop use with another horse sport.
Teenser loves Chase’s new space whale plushie.
I had a wonderful time in Dubai, and I’ll have more to share on here later about the races, spending time around some spectacular horses, and getting to ride in a horse show and in the desert. But, first, here is the welcome I received after returning to Colorado.
It’s great to see some familiar faces in Dubai.
