Walking On Volume 3, Issue 8, September 2016 | Page 7

Bits & Pieces

Dr. Kris Herman and Audrey Hepburn
Excel In Cowboy Dressage
Dear Walking On,
My mare, Audrey Hepburn, and
I recently competed at the Cowboy
Dressage World Gathering and
Finals Show, held September 8-11 in
Rancho Murieta, California. There
were 139 horses that competed at
the show, with almost 950 test rides.
There were entries from California,
Washington, Oregon, Montana,
Utah, Idaho, Texas, Canada, and
Australia. We rode nine gaited
horse amateur tests over three days
of competition, winning eight out
of the nine tests and winning the
belt buckle for the gaited amateur
hi point. In addition, we won the

“soft feel” hi point award buckle for
the gaited division (both open and
amateur). AND we took home a
saddle for the show overall amateur
hi point award. While winning the
saddle was really exciting, what was
more exciting in my mind was we
took home a beautiful bridle for the
highest amateur individual test score
of the show with an 89%. In fact,
there were only four scores in the
80s at the entire show (80%, 87%,
87%, and 89%) and Audrey Hepburn and I received all four of these
scores!

–Kris

Kris accepting the amateur hi point saddle
award from Mr. Garn Walker, one of the
Cowboy Dressage World founders.

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