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[kerlin]

Updates.

90. go off-property with Tristan 10 times (now 4/10)

Groton House Farm Summer Classic, our first Beginner Novice event, working toward that ultimate goal of a recognized event at the end of the summer. In summary: GOOD PONY, finished on our dressage score and in third place. For the much longer version, read here. (This also fulfills a

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[joycemocha]

FYI, it sounds like you and Hannah are going to the same events as a couple of other folks I know--Lisa and Andy Cook with Beeper (and, maybe, one day Slick). Interesting to read the posts from different perspectives!

[kerlin]

Area 1 and eventing are both fairly small communities, and there is a lot of overlap between events. I just looked at the Groton House results and I didn't see any Cooks entered? Were they at this event, or just previous ones?

[joycemocha]

Not sure what the schedule is. I think they're at an upcoming one? I will be paying much closer attention...

[kerlin]

Perhaps we will see them! Groton House is running a recognized event this coming weekend; maybe they'll be at that. I'm hoping to fence judge, but not sure if it will work out.

[thassalia]

I don't know if it's at all helpful, but if you bake anything from the Colorado Cache cookbook (which I own, but I know why:) make sure you are accommodating for your own altitude. You gotta change a bunch of stuff to bake at high altitude and I'm pretty sure that cookbook reflects that. There's a Denver sheet cake recipe in there my mom makes all the time, but I've never tried it because I'm too lazy to figure out how to back out of high altitude directions to sea-level:)

What I'm saying is that if it doesn't turn out the way you thought, it's probably not you!

[raithen]

i love how the internet is this hive of information that wierdly coalesces ;).

[kerlin]

Oh! Interesting! I hadn't even thought of that.

I tried it last night and it tasted great, though it was meant to be a flour-sugar-oats-butter mixture on the bottom, then the rhubarb/sugar, then a sprinkling of the mixture on the top as well. The mixture on the bottom cooked up much, much harder than I would have thought - I'll have to soak the pan to get it out, even.

I will look into how to adjust for altitude before I bake from that cookbook again, thank you!