Arran Riding Club recently held its annual Hallowe’en Show at Glenkiln Farm’s indoor riding arena.
The day started with a fancy dress competition with 11 riders and horses donning themed costumes. The judges had a difficult time selecting their favourite six pairings, as all riders demonstrated creative flair with their costumes.
After the fancy dress judging, riders took part in the jumping section of the show, which required participants to negotiate 10 show jumping fences adorned with Hallowe’en decorations.
Riders began by attempting to complete a clear round before tackling the jumps again for points in the ‘pick a fence’ class. In this class, each jump is allocated a number of points depending on difficulty and riders jump to accumulate as many points as possible within 45 seconds. There were three different height classes: 30cms, 50cms and 70cms.
After the jumping section, there were three fun pony games classes for riders to participate in: a bending race, a stepping stones race and an apple dooking race. The pony games were split into two groups: younger riders and older riders.
Competitors also brought along their own carved pumpkins to be judged and the event finished with a display and judging of all of the carved pumpkins.
Results
Fancy dress results: 1 Innis McNeil and Bear as a tractor and driver; 2 Ella Jones and Missy as a spider and web; 3 Arwen Gosman and Freddie as Wednesday Adams and Cousin Itt; 4 Ruby MacArthur and Logan as Minecraft characters; 5 Emily Mochan and Ted as the Grim Reaper; 6 Erica MacHale and Teddy as the Devil.
Clear round results - in no particular order: 30cms class: Erica MacHale and Teddy; Arwen Gosman and Freddie; Ella Jones and Missy. 50cms class: Kirsty Hume and Ted. 70cms class: Niamh Gosman and Izzy; Clair Hendry and Colin; Rachael Kennedy and Jack; Alison Henderson and Spud; Faith Ferguson and Bess; Harriett Lucas and Dan.
Pick a fence results: 30cms class: 1 Erica MacHale and Teddy; 2 Ella Jones and Missy; 3 Arwen Gosman and Freddie. 50cms class: 1 Kirsty Hume and Ted; 2 Ella Bowers and Bear; 3 Leah MacHale and Raffles; 4 Evie Southwick and Prince. 70cms class: 1 Rachael Kennedy and Jack; 2 Niamh Gosman and Izzy; 3 Alison Henderson and Spud; 4 Faith Ferguson and Bess; Harriett Lucas and Dan; 6 Clair Hendry and Colin.
Pony games results: Bending race - young riders: 1 Arwen Gosman and Freddie; 2 Ella Jones and Missy; 3 Erica MacHale and Teddy; 4 Evie Murchie and Raffles.
Bending race - older riders: 1 Niamh Gosman and Izzy; 2 Kirsty Hume and Colin; 3 Ella Bowers and Bear; 4 Ruby MacArthur and Logan.
Stepping stones - young riders: 1 Arwen Gosman and Freddie; 2 Ella Jones and Missy; 3 Evie Murchie and Raffles; 4 Erica MacHale and Teddy.
Stepping stones - older riders: 1 Ella Bowers and Bear; 2 Kirsty Hume and Colin; 3 Niamh Gosman and Izzy; 4 Evie Southwick and Prince.
Apple dooking - young riders: 1 Ella Jones and Missy; 2 Evie Murchie and Raffles; 3 Arwen Gosman and Freddie; 4 Erica MacHale and Teddy.
Apple dooking - older riders: 1 Niamh Gosman and Izzy; 2 Kirsty Hume and Colin; 3 Emily Mochan and Ted; 4 Evie Southwick and Prince.
Pumpkin carving: 1 Evie Southwick; 2 Arwen Gosman; 3 Ella Bowers; 4 Niamh Gosman.
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