The Tuffrider winner is...

Jen of the Cob Jockey blog. Congrats Jen, I need your contact info (behindthebit @gmail.com)!


This was sooo hard
I read all of the comments at least three times. There were so many compelling stories  -- from divorce to weight loss/gain to illness to job loss to other stuff. In the end, I looked for some specific things in selecting a winning entry. TuffRider is doing a nice thing and I wanted to honor their goal of helping the show competitor gear up. The finalist commenters were the ones who...

• Talked about their plans for showing in the near future.
• Explained their need for new breeches (weight loss or gain, worn out old breeches, etc).
• Captured/described their plight in a creative way. Alexander Pope said, "True wit is nature to advantage dressed; what oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed." Clever writing sealed the deal.

The semi-finalists were STBEventer, Now That's A Trot, Madman, Faye Jane, Victoria, and rq. I really want to give a thank you to everyone who submitted an entry -- you're all a credit to the sport!