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WELL…OVER THE WEEKEND…A FIVE MILE RACE IN JERICHO HAD SOME UNUSUAL PARTICIPANTS IN THE HOME STRETCH. A GROUP OF horses ESCAPED THEIR STABLE AND MADE IT ONTO THE COURSE! N-B-C 5’S JAMES MALONEY CAUGHT UP WITH THE EYEWITNESSES WHO SAY IT’S A RUN THEY’LL NEVER FORGET. THESE MINI HORSES MADE A GREAT ESCAPE THAT LED TO AN EXTRA EXCITING FINISH TO A RACE HERE IN JERICHO. <Neil Graves Pump it Up! 1st place finisher 3482 11;21;07-14 “came round the last corner and it’s a fairly sharp corner, and there were just three ponies just in the middle of the road.”> IN THE FINAL METERS OF THE ANNUAL ‘PUMP IT UP!’ FIVE MILE RACE– FIRST PLACE FINISHER– NEAL GRAVES HAD AN UNUSUAL ENCOUNTER. <Neil Graves Pump it Up! 1st place finisher 3482 11;21;23-32 “They didn’t hear me coming until I was about on them. And, yeah. So they bolted just a little bit. And then people started, corralling them.”> THE GREEN MOUNTAIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CAPTURED PHOTOS OF THE FRIENDLY ANIMALS AS THEY MOVED ALONG WITH THE RUNNERS– A BIT OF A LAUGH FOR THE ORGANIZERS. 5 Mile Race GMAA 3:59-4:05- “I got to send the photos to some friends who live out of state or are runners in bigger cities.” BUTTED 4:09 -17 “made them want to come to Vermont. that’s a different type of traffic problem to have than, than cars and trains on the race course.”> HAZEL, LADY BIRD AND BIRDIE ARE MINI HORSES FROM ASPEN and, HAZEL, LADY BIRD AND BIRDIE ARE MINI HORSES FROM ASPEN EAST STABLES. <Molly Yanus Boarder: Aspen East Stables 3483 13;07;13-22 “They get a lot of social interaction here. But, no, they have never crossed the river and, jump to the other side and, so shock to us.”> FIND MORE LAND TO GRAZE AND PEOPLE TO MEET– MOLLY YANUS believes LADY BIRD WAS THE MASTERMIND– MANAGING TO SLIDE UNDER THE FENCE AND THE OTHERS FOLLOWED her. NEIGHBORS ON THE COURSE HELPED TO COURSE HELPED TO BRING THEM BACK SAFELY–BUT THE THREE MINIS ARE STILL UP TO big MISCHIEF. <Molly Yanus Boarder: Aspen East Stables 3483 13;08;20-27 “Once being successful, they will definitely try it again. They actually tried it three other times. They were in timeout this morning because of their adventures.”> STILL– ALL THREE earned A RIBBON FOR THEIR sprint– AND for making FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY. <Molly Yanus Stables ALONG THE WAY. <Molly Yanus Boarder: Aspen East Stables Putting Hazel as first place of the Jericho Race– right here.> <horse nat> IT’S UNCLEAR WHA
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Miniature horses escape and wander into road race in Vermont
Three miniature horses from Aspen East Stables in Vermont went on an adventure Saturday when they escaped from their fencing and wound up “competing” in a local road race.The small horses crossed the Browns River and made their way onto Old Pump Road in Jericho, which is around 19 miles outside of Burlington, Vermont.”They didn’t hear me coming until I was about on them, so they bolted just a little bit, and then people started corralling them,” Neil Graves from Waterbury, Vermont, said. Graves was leading the final meters of the “Pump it Up!” 5-mile race when he encountered the horses. Pictures from the Green Mountain Athletic Association President Nicholas Ponzio showed the horses running ahead of Graves. Organizers said it was a memorable community moment. “I got to send the photos to some friends who live out of state or are runners in bigger cities,” Katie Merrick said. “It made them want to come to Vermont. That’s a different type of traffic problem to have than cars and trains on the racecourse.”The horses, named Hazel, Lady Bird and Birdie, were likely on a search for more land to graze and to meet more people. “They get a lot of social interaction here,” Molly Yanus, a boarder at the stables, said. “They have never crossed the river and jumped to the other side, so this was a shock to us.”Yanus said she believes Lady Bird was the mastermind, managing to slide under the fence, with the others following suit. Neighbors on the race course helped to bring back the horses safely, but the three minis have been trying to get up to more mischief since. “Once being successful, they will definitely try it again,” Yanus said. “They actually tried it three other times. They were in timeout this morning because of their adventures.” Still, all three of the daring horses earned a ribbon from the stables for their sprint to the finish, as well as for their eagerness to make friends along the way. It’s unclear what adventures the trio will try to go on next.
Three miniature horses from Aspen East Stables in Vermont went on an adventure Saturday when they escaped from their fencing and wound up “competing” in a local road race.
The small horses crossed the Browns River and made their way onto Old Pump Road in Jericho, which is around 19 miles outside of Burlington, Vermont.
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“They didn’t hear me coming until I was about on them, so they bolted just a little bit, and then people started corralling them,” Neil Graves from Waterbury, Vermont, said.
Graves was leading the final meters of the “Pump it Up!” 5-mile race when he encountered the horses. Pictures from the Green Mountain Athletic Association President Nicholas Ponzio showed the horses running ahead of Graves.
Organizers said it was a memorable community moment.
“I got to send the photos to some friends who live out of state or are runners in bigger cities,” Katie Merrick said. “It made them want to come to Vermont. That’s a different type of traffic problem to have than cars and trains on the racecourse.”
The horses, named Hazel, Lady Bird and Birdie, were likely on a search for more land to graze and to meet more people.
“They get a lot of social interaction here,” Molly Yanus, a boarder at the stables, said. “They have never crossed the river and jumped to the other side, so this was a shock to us.”
Yanus said she believes Lady Bird was the mastermind, managing to slide under the fence, with the others following suit. Neighbors on the race course helped to bring back the horses safely, but the three minis have been trying to get up to more mischief since.
“Once being successful, they will definitely try it again,” Yanus said. “They actually tried it three other times. They were in timeout this morning because of their adventures.”
Still, all three of the daring horses earned a ribbon from the stables for their sprint to the finish, as well as for their eagerness to make friends along the way.
It’s unclear what adventures the trio will try to go on next.
