Grandview Trillium at Niagara was a Grand Time!

The three pics are the ones Rosemarie, Sarah and I won for Divisonal Champions! Nice touch eh? Thanks to Valerie Frost for taking such lovely photographs.
More results when they are sent to me...........hint, hint.............

Region 18 Hot Weather, Hot Show Results

Hey All, Just back from London at the Regionals. Darn Hot! Anyways, this is how we did:

KF Almaz+//:
Champion Training Level Open
Champion H/A Sport Horse Show Hack
Reserve Champion First Level Open

Gen Custer:
Champion Prix St. George
Champion Intermediate 1

CCF Porshah:
Top 5 Training Level ATR (only 2 marks off Champion!)
Champion H/A Sport Horse Under Saddle Jr. Horse

ESP Two Moon Junction+/
Champion First Level Open
Champion First Level ATR
Champion Second Level Open
Champion Second Level ATR
Winner of the Sunar Born Lucky Memorial Trophy for Highest Score by an Amateur or Jr. with 66.54%

Sorry for the short post, but got to get some sleep; I have a show in Niagara tomorrow.:) E

Region 16 Arabian Championships

Excuse the pics; they are the proofs that I purchased, and am waiting for the originals. Still shows an awesome horse!
Region 16 Championships in Syracuse New York brought us home some hardware again!
After a lackluster dressage day; A Top 5 in Training Level, and a Reserve Champion at First Level (with a tie broken by the judge), Sport Horse day was excellent!
Allie redeemed herself, taking the H/A Sport Horse Under Saddle Championship with 11 horses in the class! She also won the H/A Sport Horse Show Hack with near flawless performances!
Thanks to Rosemarie for doing an excellent job as groom for the Princess.
So, all in all, a pretty good show!

Sunar Born Lucky Gone 1 Year Today

It's been a year since I lost Lucky. 26 years old is a pretty good life! He is still sorely missed; I still mistakingly call his name when I am shouting his 2 best friends, Annie and Allie up from the field.
Lucky was a champion in his own right. With 9 Regional Titles under his belt and a Reserve Canadian National Championship at Prix St.George, he had a very sucessful show career. His dressage training started at age 12, and he won his first Regional Championships; Medium 1 and 2 at age 13. He was also just out of the Top 10 at US Nationals in 1992.
Lucky became my #1 Schoolmaster, teaching many riders the intracasies of dressage; flying changes and passage were his specialty, and he was kind enough even to put a young rider on his back and carefully babysit them around the ring.
Lucky was also the 1999 Ontario Trillium Champion at Medium 3/4 with one of my students competing against all breeds.
Lucky was such a special horse. He was a surviving twin. Lucky was the first one to give out a nicker when anyone came into the stable. My old guy knew he was special.
In memory of him, I've created the Sunar Born Lucky Memorial Trophy for the Region 18 Arabian Championships. The Silver Champagne Cooler and the Silver Plates for Keeper Trophies will be awarded to the highest scoring Amateur or Junior at the Dressage Championships. I'm sure Lucky will join the winner in the victory lap.

Getting Creative with the Software

Here is some "artwork" I did with a couple of programs I have.

WE ARE GOING TO CANADIAN NATIONALS!

So, you've seen it here first. Lauren and I have decided to make the trek to the Canadian National Arabian Championships in Regina.
I am SOOOOOO excited. Allie is HOT this year, and so is Laurens' horse Moon.
So, we'll all pack up in the truck and trailer, along with Laurens' dad Bill, and cruise out to Saskatchewan.
*****Laura M. (my former student and groom for US Nationals who is living in Regina at the present time).......can we please borrow your shower?*****

Kirkridge Riders "Git r' Dun" at Glanbrook!

Pictured: Chellis and Allie.......Allie looks like a Pony!Thanks Marion for the pic!

OK, I'm delirious after two days of non-stop showing! I'm stealing Larry the Cable Guys'infamous words for the title of this blog.
Allie was a STAR again today; we won 4 classes. Although again, the competition was slim to none in my division, the only person to come close to the 68% scores was my student Rosemarie and Chellis in the Amateur Division!

Here are the scores:
Rosemarie and Chellis
Training Level Test 2 Amateur: 1st Place 68.07%
Training Level Test 4 Amateur: 1st Place 66.53%

Sean and Kenkari
Training Level Test 2 Amateur: 2nd Place 61.15%
Training Level Test 4 Amateur: 2nd Place 59.23%

Sue and Malcolm (in their FIRST dressage show ever!)
Primary Training Level Test 1:
Primary Training Level Test 2: 57.92 (Tied for 6th) Way to go!

Elaine and Allie:
Training Level Test 2 Open: 1st Place 68.84%
Training Level Test 4 Open: 1st Place 68.84%
First Level Test 3 Open: 1st Place 67.71%
First Level Test 4 Open: 1st Place 68.89%
High Score First Level, and Winner of a Gift Certificate for a Photo

Sara and Incognito:
First Level Test 3 Amateur: 1st Place 63.14%
First Level Test 4 Amateur: 2nd Place 62.22%

Lauren and Esp Two Moon Junction:
First Level Test 4 Junior: 1st Place 62.22%
Second Level Test 4 Junior: 1st Place 61.17%
Second Level Freestyle: 1st Place 63.95%

Sara and Barra Destiny:
Third Level Test 2 Amateur: 1st Place 63.80%
Third Level Test 3 Amateur: 1st Place 63.11%

Canada Day Celebration for KF Almaz+// and Gen Custer

It does'nt get much better than this! Allie and Mav were FABULOUS at the Milestone Arabian Dressage Show! They were both troopers, and really did me proud! You can see from the pics; thanks to Judy Collins that these two were really "judge" pleasers.
Allie received the highest score I've ever gotten in the Training Level class. She has really matured, and a couple of "tweaks" with the equipment has really made a difference. Why was'nt I going to Nationals this year? ARRGGGHHH

Enough for the kudos, here are the results:
KF Almaz+//
Training Level Test 3: 2nd (Thanks to a canter transition with a buck) 70.00%
Training Level Test 4: 1st (My personal highest score EVER!) 77.08%
First Level Test 3: 1st 66.57%
Fist Level Test 4: 1st 67.22%

Gen Custer (Maverick) Our first Intermediate 1- 7's on our canter pirouettes!
Prix St. George: 1st 61.5%
Intermediate 1: 1st 60.5%