Porshah and Allie at Breeders
Well, the show season is well under way, and I've been pretty busy with riding and training, and not much time to write.
Here are the latest updates:
June 6/7 Eastern Canadian Breeders.
KF Almaz++//
Champion Half-Arabian Sport Horse Show Hack
Reserve Champion Half-Arabian Sport Horse Under Saddle.
CCF Porshah:
Reserve Champion Half-Arabian Sport Horse Show Hack
Reserve Champion Half-Arabian Dressage Second Level
1st Half-Arabian Sport Horse Mares in Hand
2nd Half Arabian Sport Horse Under Saddle ATR
Last weekend was a little crazy. At the last minute I decided to take Eisenstein to the Summer Sizzler at London. It was sweltering hot, and even though we had the option of working indoors at the Fairgrounds, I opted to keep him outside. At least there was a breeze! Well, he was being a gentleman until the TRAIN went past about 150 feet away. Not a via train, but a full blown 4 Engine freighter. Well, luckily I was just lunging him. He trotted higher than the Saddlebreds at that show until he figured out that it wasn't going to eat him. Then he calmed down.
Eisensteins' in-hand was amazing. Although I have to stop him from eating the reins. He was an angel in the big ring. The judge LOVED him and he got an 82.5% which was the highest score of the day. Again.
The first under saddle class was interesting. I had very little warm-up and rode him in from outside. Surprisingly he calmly walked into the ring. Only when we tried for canter, then the fun began. I don't know who was laughing harder, the judge, the announcer or me! Well, we survived, and walked out of the ring when we were finished with the EMT guy thinking that he could have had a potential customer. The bucks were pretty good! Some entertainment for the crowd.
Our junior horse class was much better, with just a little frivolity on one lead. I just needed about 5 more under saddle classes to get it right. He finally relaxed!
And that's what Eisenstein thought of the trip to London!
Yesterday, we finally got enough standards built to put up a jump in the arena for Eisenstein. Here's a cool video of him!
Early Sunday morning, I was over at Drummerhill near Cambridge for the Glanbrook Bronze Show. 3 of my riders attended. Karen and Zowey (Silverwood) made their debut after Karen's 18 year Hiatus from the ring. This was the mare's first dressage show. This is a very talented mare who rocked the competition and attained the highest scores of the day! 74.29% Walk/Trot B 73.81% Walk/Trot A and 66% in Training Level 3. They won all 3 classes. Needless to say we are going to skip Walk/Trot next time, as the mare has no worries in the ring!
Kyle and The Magical Mystery Tour (Magic) did extremely well. This was the pair's first dressage show. Kyle scored 60.00% in Walk/Trot, and with a little more mental coaching scored 70.48%! Well done!
Danielle and Twister yet again had a great show. The pair are coming along nicely and proved to the judge that they have good solid basics. Judge Leslie Kennedy actually commented that on her score sheets. It's nice to have that type of comment to a rider, just to prove that they are indeed on the right track. They scored 67.39% for Training 1 and again after cleaning up their errors, scored 73.21% in their Training Level 2, and received the Glanbrook Cadora High Score Member for the Day.
Well done Kirkridge riders!
