Randomness - remembering EC 2002

I was going through an old horse show journal and came across some funny notes I made during the Evergreen Classic back in 2002.  That was the last year it was held at Marymoor Park, and because Oberon was still so green (!!) I took Laurie Rosen-Ritt's/Phoenix Farm's horse Fable - shown as Galileo.  Good times!  First time I showed in the Jumper Ring as well as Hunter Ring.  And the infamous picture of us crashing through an oxer with my stirrups flying and me wrapped around Fable's neck.  He was so good - and totally saved my bacon - I actually stayed on and we completed the course.  I don't know that we left a single rail untouched but we had fun.

First Jumper Class - "there's a jump off?  and I have to stay in the ring and do it right away?  I don't know the course!"  Didn't matter as apparently I had 1/4 time fault - so crisis averted!

"Michelle what did the course walk in?"
"Um...I don't know"
"What do you mean?  You walked it."
"Well yeah, but really I just meandered around".

Ring hold - riding up and laughing to the gate steward "Wait no more for Michelle and Galileo!"

"Why aren't my boots coming off?  Oh yeah, I couldn't find my boot socks, so wore athletic socks instead and now they're stuck on!"

Caulking every day - putting 8 in and hopefully taking 8 out every night!

2nd in the Johnny Johnson medal class!

Teri: "Trust your eye"  "Left spear!"

Ahhhh...good times.  Re-reading the full recap and my little diagrams made it seem like yesterday!