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Considering getting your child into horseback riding? By Hali Durand
We have been developing our program over the years with core values always being in the forefront of consideration. Our core values consist of the following: children should “fit� the mount they ride, have a strong foundation in horsemanship, be taught the foundational skills of becoming a rider not a passenger, and the pony always comes first. Our program teaches skills from the ground up. The kids learn how to take care of the ponies and tack up on their own. The ponies are in the pasture when kids arrive for their lesson. Yes, I said pasture! Equines are herd animals, and prefer to be in a natural pasture environment. Horseback riding is such a wonderful sport because it offers so many life lessons. Your child will learn to win and lose. They will learn to care for an animal that has needs, feelings and instincts. You have to work with horses and learn to adjust to their level of understanding If you are thinking about signing your child up or your child has been relentless in their attempt for you to sign them up for horseback riding lessons, there are several things to consider: Finding a good trainer is at the top of the list. The horse industry is big and small at the same time. You want to do some research and find a trainer with a good reputation. Your child and their safety is the number one most important thing to keep in mind. If you can find a trainer that has been giving lessons for a long period of time, that’s a good start. You can always ask to come and see the facility and maybe have a brief consultation with the trainer. You want to make sure the trainer is good at communicating in a way that works with you. A good relationship is a must. You want to be able to trust your trainer, after all, they will be guiding you through a very tough process as your child learns and grows. You want to ask if the barn has a guide line for how long you can use a lesson pony. Please keep in mind lesson ponies are not meant for long term use. Horseback riding is EXPENSIVE and if you are not financially capable of the responsibilities the sport demands you should probably not sign up. Information is free but riding is not.
The training and education of the PONIES are equally as important. Make certain whatever trainer you pick has great, and I do mean great, lesson ponies. You never get a second chance to make a first impression, and you never get a second chance to teach something correctly the first time. The foundation imprints as a stronger memory. It is always a challenge to re-teach something learned wrong...to the student and the mount. I encourage my parents to take the time to learn about the sport and the ponies themselves. If they make it to the point to purchase their own pony, they are able to help their children when their trainer is unavailable. Moms actually love this part!! The timeline for riding goals and skills is completely individual; however you do want to make sure you are progressing toward a goal. You may want to show, or buy in a certain time frame. Ask your trainer what they would expect from you to be able to reach your goal in the amount of time you are thinking. Parents, please remember this is a very challenging sport and not for the faint at heart. It is also a sport where repetition is vital! The more time in the saddle the faster your child will progress. Once a week is simply not enough riding time to learn at a progressive rate and quite often a trainer will get frustrated quickly, because it says you are not committed. Riding is a huge commitment! Dedication and hard work will pay off as in any SPORT! This sport is so rewarding in so many ways it is worth every minute and every penny you devote to it!!!!!! If you decide this sport is for your family, you will need to come up with a budget and decide if you want to buy or lease. This is a personal choice, and you should know the ins and outs of both. If you buy, the pony is yours to do with for however long you need or want. If you lease, a typical lease is for the year and you must get the pony insured for the duration of the lease. Insurance is a must in a lease situation. If you buy you can make the personal choice to insure or not to insure. Sometimes leasing is a good idea if your child is in need of a very safe and beginner worthy pony. A year on a saint will give your child much needed confidence if they Continued on page 10
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do not already have it. If you are in a situation and your child is a go getter you can get a pony that is slightly more advanced and your child can “grow into it” in a sense. If you have a kid that is not afraid and likes a challenge buying might be an option for you. We have been very successful with our clients buying and working through any issues with the child and the pony growing and learning together. I find if you make a smart educated choice on a pony that has a great brain and naturally loving disposition it makes life with a green kid and slightly green pony pretty easy. Making certain both child and pony are educated and prepared for whatever task they will be taking on is paramount. It is a fun experience for the whole family watching the pair grow together. A finished pony is always a joy as long as it has a good disposition but not everyone has the luxury of being able to afford a completely finished pony. For me, training ponies and children has been the most rewarding career I have ever had. Horses and ponies alike bring a unique and fulfilling experience to your life. If you have a love for equines, find a reputable riding stable and trainer, and put in the dedication to the sport you will enjoy every minute. Last but not least... A barn/riding stable is a family, so pick one that feels like home and have fun!!!
Hali Durand is the proud trainer of Stardust Pony Dreams LLC a premier riding school for young equestrians. The riding school was founded in 2002. This mother/ daughter partnership is thriving. We offer introductory foundation training all the way through advanced competition. We have developed a program where kids are welcomed and can learn among their peers. The barn offers a safe kid-friendly environment combine with classic hunter/jumper/equitation training. We apply advanced skills taught in a way that children understand. We also allow older kids to help teach and build confidence of younger kids. The “littles” definitely look up to the big girls. This barn is a family in every sense of the word. The barn offers training for ponies, sales, consignment sales, summer camps, lessons and a show team.
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The New Entrepreneur: Networked Mother Being a good mother makes for a worthy CEO Charleigh’s Cookies, founded in 2012 by Cordelia Wolf, is making its national debut in Nov’13 print and online, touting organic ingredients and nature’s flavors for its horse treats. It is a story of the ultimate networking: Ms. Wolf sought out experts in every facet of her operation to bring this grassroots business from hobby to national brand in just one year. Available online and in select retailers, Charleigh’s provides healthy horse cookies at a competitive cost – while honoring the bond we have with our horses, asking “Have You Thanked Your Horse Today?” THE BIRTH OF CHARLEIGH’S COOKIES As a new, single mother, Cordelia found herself drawn to wholesome food, preparing meals from her own garden for young daughter, Charleigh. A life-long equestrian, she was showing her daughter the power and joy of the horse/human connection -- realizing that all of her “babies” should have the same quality nutrition. “By the time Charleigh was two years old, we were making wholesome, homespun cookies for our horses. We poured, we scooped, we mixed together – and Charleigh’s Cookies was born” -- Cordelia Wolf, President & CEO, Charleigh’s Cookies
ABOUT CHARLEIGH’S COOKIES: Based outside San Francisco, in San Rafael, CA, Charleigh’s bakes and sells its own fresh, organic horse treats. With no sugars or preservatives, they offer 3 flavors in the natural tastes horses like: molasses, cinnamon, and Georgia peaches. Available online at www.CharleighsCookies.com and select retailers throughout the U.S.
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By Lee McLean Unlike most Western trainers, we like to lunge our ponies. Why? If an unmounted pony cannot find his balance on a fifty-foot circle, or find his slow rhythm at the canter instead of going full-bore like a sewing machine, how is he to achieve this with a rider on board? It is absolutely imperative that children’s ponies take some ownership for speed control! Besides which, those skills learned later on – from picking up the canter in marathon hazards, to coming back to a walk after a hand gallop - are much more easily learned if the pony listens. That said, we canter very few ridden circles! There is magic in a wet saddle blanket, definitely, but we don’t want the circle to become a mind-numbing exercise that goes on without end. Far better we do the old cowhorse trick of loping diamonds – four corners with four straightaways – with the pony collecting into and through the corners, then lengthening out in selfcarriage on the straight lines. Half a dozen diamonds easily takes the place of half an hour’s circling! Best of all, it teaches the pony to really listen to his rider, to stay between the reins and legs, and to lengthen or shorten his stride instantly and effortlessly, all without a long warm up. A generation or two ago, it was common for working hunter ponies to be also be shown in Western events. It made them handy! Not only was the versatility a welcome break for both ponies and riders, but the art of really learning to neck rein translates so beautifully to the English world. Western ponies instinctively understand the meaning of the outside rein, a real advantage in ridden or driven dressage; neither do they drift out on their corners. The ponies start working on lead changes very early on; it’s not unusual to be loping a pony on his second or third time under saddle, if that’s the gear he favours. We never school for simple changes because these are counter-productive to what we eventually want our pony to be doing. Working cows in rough territory will have the pony doing his own auto
changes very quickly or he falls over, often with us on board! We’re mindful of which arena our finished pony might end up; hunter rounds and combined driving hazards are the only times we actually want auto changes. The rest of the time, whether it’s dressage, reining or horsemanship classes, flying lead changes must wait until the pony is asked! Don’t be concerned when you see one of our ranch ponies packing a shanked silver bit. This doesn’t mean that it’ll take “forty acres to turn this rig around” or to stop him. It just means that the pony has been on a many years’ long journey to educate and make his mouth into something that will respond to the tightening of a finger, a huge advantage when teaching lighthanded children with “feel.” We find there is a great deal of confusion about Western bits; the pony that carries one correctly will go on a loose rein or collected, will stop and turn effortlessly and will be comfortable working in every kind of bit under the sun, including a plain snaffle. Also, don’t be misled by how a Western pony goes vertically, or “bridles up”. If he has the proper schooling, he will go in any frame; whether he’s truly round or a long oval, a schooled pony will use his back like a bridge and stride through from behind. We do not advocate the common “Western Pleasure” methods of artificial slowness and overbending at the poll! A classical carriage can take from two to five years to establish Home on the Range...continued on page 16
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Home on the Range...continued from page 14 and is one of the main reasons we don’t take animals in for training; we’ve found that people are impatient and unwilling to pay for such slow progress. Instead, we purchase our prospects, train them to a standard where they will, at the very least, be safe and enjoyable and sell them on to deserving families. If their athleticism warrants, other ponies go on to specialized, competitive homes. Meanwhile, back on the ranch, skills such as working on the lariat, plus hobbling and picketing also have their uses. A pony really learns to lower his head, arch his back and engage his hind end when pulling heavy calves on the lariat. How a pony “uses himself” on a rope brilliantly translates into carriage driving and dressage! (On the ranch, roping is a necessary and lowstress part of doctoring and taking care of range cattle; we don’t have corrals and chutes to otherwise safely handle our herds.) Such a pony is also never frightened into bolting should something, or someone, be dragging along behind him. Hobbling and picketing, both misunderstood and rarely used practices today, are wonderful short breaks for a pony that has been ridden or hauled many miles – these are real rewards whereby he can lower his heat to eat grass, raise his back and stretch out his lumbar. There is an element of discipline involved, for sure, but the ponies learn to love having their hobbles put on to relax. Most importantly, hobbled ponies will never fight an entanglement with wire, no matter how nasty or how long ‘til they’re discovered. While few show ponies ever live amongst barbed wire once they’ve left the ranch, hobbling is a safety feature with a value that can’t be overstated. Uneven ground and howling winds are evils to be borne here, but we’ve turned these drawbacks into positives. A rise in ground gives us the perfect chance to teach lengthenings and extension; the pony lowers his croup, rounds his back and pushes from behind. At the same time, going downhill teaches effortless collection; the pony shortens, lightens his forehand and brings his quarters under. By trotting and cantering sidehill circles, we allow the pony to use his body as an accordion which makes performing on flat ground a real piece of cake! When they leave us, most of our ponies will never again ride the range. Long hours spent in the saddle with a real job: cattle to be gathered, rivers crossed and fences mended, adds to the strength of character in even the shallowest, flightiest pony. Negotiating steep hillsides with slippery footing, avoiding badger holes and jumping rocky gorges, develops “eye” and teaches them where to put their feet. What is left? These good basics allow them to be schooled effortlessly and easily in their new endeavours, to be primped and pampered and hauled to the shows. Keystone ponies are often competing in their new sports as quickly as a month after relocation. What a joy it is, seeing pictures of them and their new owners in the show ring, knowing that when they return home, they’ll also be safe and keen for a trip down the trails...
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By Audrey Maschue
Most riders have had someone along the way tell them they need to get out of their comfort zone. Maybe by taking more hacks, or trying a little jumping, or going off the farm more often. And, most likely we all need to do that a little more often. But, the comfort zone I’m talking about is in your daily expectations of you and your pony. If your 20 meter circles are for 7’s, why are they not 9’s? Is your pony correctly going through most of the 1st Level movements - why haven’t you started second level? Are you really riding? I mean really riding, feeling like you really gave it your all kind of riding? Dressage is not for wimps. It’s a hard sport, and contrary to non-dressage riders, really does take some guts now and then. It’s time to push you and your ponies outside what feels nice, and comfy - and really TRAIN! One of the easiest ways to test you and your po-
nies’ limits (and make the biggest improvements) are transitions. Transitions, transitions and more transitions. Not only between gaits but more importantly within each gait. Even if your pony does not have a natural trot lengthening, push for it. Make sure you’re starting from an active trot where your pony is really using it’s hindleg. Then on a long side of the arena, push for more. First with your leg, into a steady connection that is ready to half halt to keep the balance and to keep from cantering. If using your leg is only getting a small reaction, try a tap (or two!) with the whip. Keep your posting rhythm really clear. Don’t give away your reins in order to go forward. Your pony needs to step into the contact, from the hind leg engaging more. If you give each time to want your pony to go forward, your pony will only get longer (and more out behind and more on the forehand) and will not learn to step into the contact lift its back and start to really engage. This is very important if you ever want to get beyond First Level! This I can not stress enough. Post with definition, and intention. Then on the short sides, bring the
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pony back into a nice forward working trot, with slowing your defined posting, and half halts. Try several lengthening down the long side, and each time push for more. Focus on a quick reaction from your leg, and that the pony actually make longer strides, not just running down the track. Your pony will make mistakes, as will you. Mistakes are okay, its where we, and our ponies, learn! Don’t be afraid of your pony cantering, or leaning, or running. Push on, try again, and maybe try for more! Do this often, do small (just a few good steps) forward and back all the way around the arena, on circles, and on serpentines. Do this often - did I say that before? Do it every ride. You will see a big difference in your pony very quickly. The quality in the working trot will improve, your pony with be more engaged, and if your pony is quick to the leg now, also more in front of your leg, which also improves your connection and half halts. Canter lengthening might be one of the areas that really push you out of your comfort zone, and might really lead to some magical moments. On the long side, ask nicely for a lengthen of stride, then ask for more. Keep your contact, as with the trot. On each short side, shorten the canter again. Then lengthen! Then shorten. Then really lengthen. The quicker you can get your pony to respond to the forward, and also the collecting again, the more amazing your pony will feel. Just like in the trot, you can do this on circles, and straight aways, sometimes even try lengthening on the short side and collecting on the long
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side! You will see a big difference in the quality of canter, bigger jump and a more clear moment of suspension (very important when you are ready for flying changes!). Again, the emphasis is on getting a quick reaction to your leg, really sitting back and into the pony to influence the balance in an uphill way! Even though each rider (and pony) have their comfort zone, riding forward, often pushes us all to the edges of those zones. The feeling of more power, can be scary. It also leads to really big improvements in the quality of gaits, in throughness and responsiveness, which will also make the rider feel more in control of their pony. Don’t settle for 7’s. Train each day for 10’s. It means you will sweat, you will have to really ride hard, you will also have squelch the fear of making mistakes. You will also get to feel some amazing moments that if you can string more of those moments together - you will have some amazing rides! So push, and push again. You might just be a better rider than you thought you were, and might be sitting on a lot fancier pony than you thought you had! Audrey Maschue - Owner and Trainer at Xanadu Dressage in Loxahatchee, FL. A “L” Program Candidate, Grand Prix Trainer specializing in both imported and domestic dressage ponies for Adult Amateur and JR riders. Standing GRP stallions Hilken’s Go For Gold and Bulgari Boy. National Clinician, Presenter and Demo Rider. Now accepting clinic bookings for 2014
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Finding the reason By Sterling D. B. Graburn One of the things a trainer, professional or amateur, must do is analyze why a horse is not doing what he is being asked. Too often, the assumption is that the horse is just unwilling, and the response is to push harder. Sometimes this technique works and, despite the underlying issue, the horse performs better. Frequently the horse just gets more frustrated and the work deteriorates. The truth is, most of the time when a horse is not doing what we want, there’s a good reason and usually it’s not the horse’s fault. Some times it’s just poor training, but very often I find that the cause is physical discomfort. This discomfort can be from various sources. Sometimes it is from lameness or injury, but other times equipment issues are the cause. As a clinician, I often see horses that are not performing to potential. Some times the cause is obvious, but often it’s so subtle as to be invisible. The following are examples of behavioral issues that were caused by physical pain: Example 1: Approved Warmblood stallion starts rearing and balking. Despite all efforts, trainers can’t get him to behave. They decided to geld him and when that failed to correct the horse’s behavior they sold him very cheaply. The new owner had the horse’s teeth floated. The horse was very shortly showing successfully and within three months was sold for ten times the money the new owner had paid. It was blind ignorance on the part of the first owner that cost them tens of thousands of dollars. For me, the teeth are the first thing I look at if a horse is not showing any outward signs of lameness but is resistant to do his work. It’s not always the traditional medicine that finds the issues. I have discovered the causes of problems in horses using many different alternative diagnostic methods. Reiki energy practitioners can be very helpful in identifying and treating many problems. Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, in particular acupuncture, is something that has frequently shown issues that other diagnostics did not. Sometimes chiropractic techniques will be the path to diagnosing a problem. Example 2: One horse in a pair was very reluctant to go forward pulling the carriage for dressage work. Starting out the horse would neither bend nor do his share of the work, but after forty-five minutes or more of warm up could be pushed into reasonable work. He was still resistant, but he could be forced into doing what was required to get through a test. On marathon day, the horse was full steam ahead. He was till not relaxed, but clearly eager. Could it have been that he just didn’t like dressage work? That explanation didn’t seem to answer all the questions. Watching the horse, it seemed that there was some emotional aspect. There was no obvious unsoundness, but he did seem to be distressed, even in his apparent increased work ethic for the cross-country phase of work/competition. It seemed as if he could be forced to perform satisfactorily at a task he didn’t have any enthusiasm for (dressage) and despite some discomfort, he would throw
himself into his job for the cross country phase for which he was eager. The information seemed to indicate that the horse’s behavior was linked to some issue other than attitude. Conventional veterinary exams did not reveal any unsoundness. The horse was not lame. An acupuncture exam showed that the horse had pain in his withers and jaw. Further investigation revealed very bad dental work and spinal damage in his withers. The owner had been dealing with what he thought was an obstinate horse for over a year, when in fact, the horse had been trying to do his job despite significant discomfort. After dental, acupuncture, and chiropractic treatments, the horse was totally different. He was much more relaxed and willing to work in all phases of his job. It took a long time, but by stepping out of the box, the owner found a path to resolution of the horses issues that were satisfactory to horse and owner alike. There are also times when the cause can be something mechanical. Girth pinching, curb chain hook rubbing, something poking through the stuffing in the saddle. Often it’s something that’s not at all apparent when the horse is standing tacked up, but only comes into play when in work. I ran across a bit one time that sooner or later made every horse I tried it on bleed. I never figured out how or why, but I used that bit for parts rather than let it hurt another horse. When trying to pin point a problem, look at the horse in the situation where the problem occurs. If your horse won’t bend when driving, make sure to have him examined driving, not just in hand or on the lunge. If he’s fine doing flat work but when you go up hill he starts to balk, reproduce the circumstances as exactly as possible, including using the same equipment. When I see a horse with a performance issue for which the cause may or may not be obvious, I start with looking for pain issues. I use my own observations as well as a host of other equine practitioners to assist me in coming up with a diagnoses, treatment and hopefully a solution to the problem that was preventing that animal from achieving its potential.
Sterling Graburn trains carriage horses and teaches driving at Sweet Dreams Farm in Cynthiana KY. Contact info is sterlingenator@gmail.com
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My Great Big European Adventure BY Katie Whaley
How to begin? Well I guess a little back ground is in order: I have competed in Europe on and off since 2003, when I went to my First Pony World Championships, meeting my friend and mentor Mia Allo, from Belgium. Mia has let me borrow some of her ponies to show in Europe just about every summer since our friendship began. Anne and Ned Bliss also gave me the opportunity to show their ponies in Europe the summer of 2009 for which I will always be grateful. Fast forward to this past winter - Mia called me and said “I am turning 60 and I do not like to go fast in the marathon anymore (the boys in Belgium are crazy) so I will not be going to the World Championships.Would you like to lease my team?” It took me all of 3 seconds to answer YES, so the adventure began. We made a contract, a training plan, and a list of competitions I would attend, all in the hopes of making the team for the 2013 Pony World Championships. So starting in February, and continuing until November, I spent a lot of time on airplanes, in customs, and sitting behind four lovely palomino ponies. Now for some of the highlights: My first show was Hejenreth, the Netherlands, which I thought was going to be a nice small national show, but no! Over 100 entries and in my division 2 of the best marathon drivers in the world! The event went very well (ended up 4th). Although once I had to call my friend Ellen in the middle of the night US time for a pep talk in English. When you speak no Dutch, German, French or Flemish, sign language is your best friend in Europe. Also American baseball caps and pins really open some doors when you start handing them out to the volunteers and organizers at the events. One quote I got used to “are you that American”, to which I smile and say yep that would be me want a USA key chain? Mia has a very big lorry and trailer with living space for herself and her grooms but I stay in hotels, so the only way to get to the hotels is by bicycle or a very small motor bike I named ‘Lucy’, imagine me going down the street with my luggage slung over my shoulder peddling a bike, yes it did happen and a few bruises were involved and a deep hatred for bicycles developed! Hotels are not always easily available in some of the show locations so in Hejenreth, I asked Marie de Ronde to get her husband Koos (my navigator) and I some rooms as she knew the organizer. Well, somehow we got lost in translation and we ended up sharing a room, so Koos and I have great story to tell and Marie still laughs about it.
Minden in Germany was my second show with the four, an all pony show with again over 100 entries, 25 pony teams and one of the nicest events I have ever been to. It was bigger than the Pony World Championships, set on three fields with the dressage /cones ring in the middle. They had a nation’s night, which if you don’t know is when each country is given a table on which to serve food and drink that represents their country. Well if you ask 100 Europeans what food do you think the US is best known for you will get 100 different answers, so Wendy O’Brien (who was showing her pair) and I came up with brownies, popcorn and Jack Daniels. I found some US Flag key chains and so we poured ‘Jack’, sliced brownies,and gave away key chains all evening. I almost blew up Mia’s microwave popping all the popcorn. The Europeans take great pride in nation’s night so the food is great, the Germans roasted a whole pig, the English had wonderful Pimms and the Danish smoked salmon roll ups and on and on. Then the dancing started, I must say these guys can party like rock stars and are up by daylight working ponies, with a smile no less. The dressage was good, marathon ok, cones one of 3 double clear with Michael Freund losing a bet and a bottle of Champagne over the cones score! Finished in the top ten. We left Belgium October 27th at 4:30 AM with 5 ponies 2 carriages, 3 sets of harness, 2 refrigerators,1 freezer, a grill, a deep fryer for our French fries, several cases of beer, wine, water, a couple of bottles of vodka, and one dog. The training camp was located in Taratas, France where we spent one week of training before shipping to Pau. This facility was a town-owned riding center, with grass rings, sand trails and permanent stalls, located ½ hour from Pau. My only complaint was my sleeping arrangements, they were 1 ½ km away ,no problem as I had mastered the luggage and bike combo by then, but when I was in the shower the first night I realized there was only a sink in the bathroom, no toilet, that was down the hall !!. Ok I can handle anything for one week, but when I came out of the shower the second night, reached for my towel and found a mouse in it, that is when I objected. I am not a wimp nor do I lose my mind over mice, but what to do with a mouse that I have now caught by the tail (keep in mind I am just out of the shower so no clothes on ) for fear it would run loose in the room all night ?. No toilet to flush him down and the window does not open enough to throw him outside, so I opened my door a crack and into the hall he went. Yes that story made for endless jokes in the camp.
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Michael Freund did a great job with all of us at the camp, just fine tuning our dressage, and practicing different cones combinations that we might see the following week. The Germans were also at the training camp with us so it was interesting to watch them. Peter Tischer was their coach making it fun for all of us to visit with him. Yes they have the same personality conflicts as we do. We shipped to Pau, late Monday afternoon as the stalls would not open until 6pm, all ponies arrived in good order and we set up the US camp. Ed, Lizzy, Lisa and Kali the staff for the Worlds greeted us along with my mother and Nicole. We were on gravel which was a bonus because it did rain off and on all week. We were next to the Swiss; they were nice enough to share their Wi-Fi with us. I got to catch up with all my European pony friends and congratulate each one for making the team as last time I had seen them none of the teams had been named. The stabling was permanent; as Pau is a race track and training facility open year round. One of the Dutch fours was so small they could not see out over their doors so they tried to jump out causing much discussion until they built new door fronts for them! Tuesday night was nations night Wendy O’Brien was a star importing her son Toffer to make pulled pork sandwiches, ably assisted by my mother and Bettina another of Wendy’s friends. The sandwiches were a huge hit as was the ever present Jack Daniels, although my mother decided she would never make a short order cook. We danced and danced knowing that the competition started with the jog early Wednesday. I am sure you all either followed Pony Team USA on facebook or hoefnet, so you know the results and I will not bore you with them. Although I did not have the dressage I wanted the competition went along without too much drama except
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Tracey Morgan had her pony flick his tail in the dressage pulling the rein out of her hand in the one handed work. She was able to get it back but it clearly upset the rhythm of the test for a while. I usually walk the hazards an average of six times each but that is in the US when I know the hazards so in Europe it is usually ten times each, and my legs refuse to get on that dreaded bicycle one more time. So Thorsten and Christophe ,my top and bottom steps, walked and walked with Michael as a team once then on our own until we were happy with the routes we had chosen. I tend to like to go fast so the smoother the route the better for speed and trust me these hazards were built for speed. We had a very good marathon but the three knockdowns cost me six points, I knew I was going fast enough when Michael signaled me to slow down a little coming into the third! Again more drama for the team as Wendy had a correction of course due to skidding into the wrong gate and Jennifer flipped over. Although everyone was fine Jennifer nor the ponies were up to compete the next day. We ended the day a little worse for wear as a team but I am a fighter so onto the cones. There were 31 sets of cones, two serpentines and a wave and a crazy fast time and 1 ½ hours to walk it on Sunday morning. The cones turned out to be as testing as we thought; I saw several carriages up on two wheels but luckily no turnovers. Michael and I had our bet again for a clean round with a bottle of Champagne as the prize. I gave it my best shot, beating two past World Champions and ending up in the cones prize giving. I moved up two places finishing in the top ten. It was an amazing adventure, I am a very lucky girl to have had the privilege to represent my country, and it never gets old when they announce “representing the United States of America”. I need to thank Mia ,Ed, Lizzy, Thorsten, Nicole, Lisa, Christophe, Danny, Fleur and one biggest supporter and loudest cheerleader my Mom, without her I would not have had this amazing adventure!
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Junior Rider Spotlight: Caitlin Cameron
My name is Caitlin Cameron. I’ve been riding and showing on the C and AA circuits for 7-8 years, and I mainly compete in the large pony hunters and pony medal. I own two ponies: Drumfield’s Stars & Stripes (Cooper), and Sneak Peek (Duncan). Cooper is a bay, 14.1hh, large green pony gelding that I have owned for close to five months. I’ve owned Duncan for four years and he is a 14.2hh flaxen chestnut gelding. Outside of riding (but hardly), I enjoy equine and nature photography. I adore culture, music and the unknown. Besides showing in the pony hunters, I leased a grey gelding named Sneak A Peek (Louie), and yes, I leased him at the same time that I was showing Sneak Peek in the large pony hunters (That was fun for the show staff). I was so heartbroken to see him go when the lease was up, but upon the completion of the lease, I received a message from a woman named Michelle Drum asking me if I was interested in coming to show a green pony for her that she wanted to sell. Of course, I obliged. I wouldn’t turn
down a catch ride, especially on a pretty bay pony with three socks and a star. I showed him in Tryon, NC in June of 2013 and fell in love. My mother and trainer almost had a stroke when they saw me schooling him the day prior to the show, as he was more than a little crazy, but we quickly got used to each other. We rose to the rainy occasion and earned some great ribbons the next day. So, naturally, I begged everyone that would listen to me to take the pony home. Apparently it helped that I wouldn’t shut up, and he came home with us. It turned out that we were a great match, so we bought him. His mysterious story aside (one that includes being found in a rescue in Ohio the year before), riding Drumfield’s Stars & Stripes has been one of the best things that has ever happened to me. I can’t wait to see what the next show season in the large green pony hunters has in store. In conclusion, I am fifteen years old, I come from South Carolina, and I am very pleased to make your acquaintance.
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National POA Congress in St. Louis, MO in July. At the left is Millard Fisher holding a yearling filly, CRF Rockin Rhythm and on the right is CRF Move on Impulse. They won Produce of Dam for Clear Run Farms mare Subtle Impulse.
Kelton Spencer at the 2012 POA Congress
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Pony Of the Americas Pony Of the Americas should show style and substance, beauty and symmetry, being a balanced individual regardless of size and correct in all aspects of conformation, exhibiting approved color patterns and characteristics. The POA is between 46 and 56 inches in height at maturity. The symmetrical and smooth head is clean cut and slightly dished, showing mottled skin about the nostrils and lips; forehead is wide; sclera of eyes is white, adding distinctiveness to head appearance. The neck shows quality with clean cut throat latch and large windpipe; chest is deep and blends into well-muscled sloping shoulders; withers are prominent and well-defined; forearm is well muscled, long, wide and tapered down to a broad knee; cannons are short, wide and flat with wide, smooth and strongly supported fetlocks; pastern is medium long and sloping; hooves are striped, rounded, deep, open and wide at heels; back is short and straight; loin is short and wide; underline is long with the flank well let down; hips are smoothly covered, being long, sloping and muscular; thighs are long, muscular and deep, blending into wellrounded quarters; gaskins are long, wide and muscular, extending to clean, clearly defined, wide, straight hocks.
Top left and right: Bay blanket and bay leopard by Hilin Peredur (Welsh) Bottom right: Chestnut leopard by Foxmor Starstruck (Wel x BRP) Bottom left: All are out of POA mare Allota Style All bred by Margaret Redman
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History of the POA In 1954, Les Boomhower was a Shetland pony breeder and a lawyer with his own practice in Mason City, Iowa. A neighbor offered Les an Arabian/Appaloosa mare who had been bred to a Shetland stallion. She was due to foal that spring. Les waited until the foal was born before he bought the mare. The little colt born of this union was white with what looked like black paint smears all over his body. What intrigued Les the most were the spots on the colt’s flank that formed a definite black hand. Another idea was forming in Les’ mind as he watched the colt he named Black Hand. He called his Shetland breeder friends to his Memory Lane Ranch to discuss his idea, and the Pony Of the Americas Club was born. Les’ expertise in the law set up a solid foundation for this new breed registry. The standards Les and his friends set up were a real challenge to any breeder. To be registered as a POA, strict guidelines were followed. The pony had to be between the height limits of 44 inches to 52 inches. The head was to be small and dished as the Arab; the body was to be muscled as the Quarter Horse; and the coloring had to be Appaloosa, visible at 40 feet. This was to be a breed for children to ride and show. Adults could only show the animals at halter or with a cart. So these equines must also be gentle and easy to train. From the original national POA Club came state clubs, state shows, regional shows and sales, a world class international show and sale and a world championship show. The registry went from Black Hand POA #1 in 1954 to 1996′s registry of over 40,000. The height limit of the breed increased to 46 inches and 54 inches in 1963. It was about this time the Shetland began to disappear from the POA breeding program. Larger ponies like the Welsh and small horses like the wild mustang and the Arab were combined with Indian
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ponies, Quarter Horses and Appaloosas by the breeders to achieve that “little horse” look. The membership voted in 1985 to again raise the upper height limit to 56 inches beginning in 1986. The age limit of a child showing went from age 16 in 1954 to 18 in 1973. In 1987, 19 and over riding classes were added with a limitation for the POAs under saddle to be only 2, 3, and 4 year olds in training. In 1988, the first national POA Convention was held. In 1990, a Hall of Fame for POAs and POA members was begun. Besides the usual high point standings, the breed added Register of Merit Awards for halter, performance and gaming. A POA earning all three receives the highest of all awards, Supreme Champion. The first Supreme Champion mare was GR’s Siri Raindrop. The first Supreme Champion stallion was Chief Little Britches and the first Supreme Champion gelding was Cindy’s Fury. Breeders whose POAs receive a number of these outstanding awards can earn Bronze, Silver, Golden, and Diamond Premier Breeder Awards. A mare and stallion can earn Premier and Golden Premier status when a number of their offspring have achieved Supreme Champion. Futurities also offer monetary and prestige rewards for the breeders. These gentle child-size equines can give a boy or girl confidence and responsibility which will serve in later life. The POA motto is “Try hard, win humbly, lose gracefully and, if you must … protest with dignity.” This perhaps more than anything else, sets POA exhibitors apart from others in the world of horse show competition. Boys and girls cheer for each other even though they are competing against each other. Deep friendships are made that last entire lifetimes for both parents and children from coast to coast. POAs are perfect for trail and endurance riding, ranch work and hunting. The gentle disposition, durability and intelligence of the breed serves it well.
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It’s time for The Paisley Pony Stallion Issue! Our biggest issue of the year!
Special features in this issue: Who’s Your Daddy & Showcase of Champions
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“Pony Brags”
Brianna and “Not Just Any Who” (aka Baloue)
St. Timothy’s School Students Olivia Cremen, St. Timothy’s School StudentsFaith Fritz, Edie Temper, & Helen Zhang dress Onley Lightning Bug up as Hippies
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“Almighty Ems Acatemmy Award “ (aka Oscar) loves to jump!
Alamos Ruby Red a Fernandez pony standing at only 12’2 took on the big guys, warmbloods, german riding ponies and everything in between in Combined Driving for 2013 and came out on top as the champion equine of the year for the state of TX. Submitted by~ Denise Hinder Hinder Performance Horses
Congrats to Alyssa Bateman and Nemo, Champion of the Lesson Mount Division at the Patty Miller Horse Show in September 2013
Bon Bon- welsh pony broodmare from Family Partners Welsh
Allison & Juliet Scott with Beau Cheval’s Benjamin
Almighty Hocus Pocus “Cricket” - just a few weeks old here
Summerwood’s Royal Blue, 5 yo half-welsh gelding with Eva Bugis at their first show together in July
BreAnna & her pony Grace - dressed up for their barn party.
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“Pony Brags”
Ann Patterson Sparks on Lady Bugs 1st Kiss and Trainer Kevin Johnson....Year End Champion Novice Pleasure and Year End Reserve Champion Young Entry at Piedmont Classic Hunter Series, Summerfield NC
Beckwith Manor Would like to officially announce the retirement of Napoleon Complex better known as Arizona. Arizona has lived a long life of showing children’s hunters, pony breeding and pleasure driving all over Virginia. In his 30 years he has lived at many wonderful facilities across central Virginia including Secretariat’s The Meadow. There isn’t a show he attends that someone doesn’t recognize this great old guy! Arizona will live out the rest of his wonderful, healthy life managing our foals and keeping the herd in line. Thank you to all his friends, fans, riders and owners for making him the gentleman he is today.
Emily Loper and Ozzie at Hidden Pond Stables Horse Show costume class
Weser-Ems stallion, Burberry, has been competing successfully at 2nd level and won his class at Canterbury Showplace as well as the show’s Pony High Point Award. Burberry is juggling his show and breeding careers and produced many premium foals with Weser-Ems and ISR last year as well. Submitted by~ Heather Luing
Severn Consort 2009 Section A Welsh Gelding Severn Donegal x Shallow Creek Jubilee x Severn Merrymaker LOM Breeder: Tiz Benedict Severn Oaks Farm Owner: Maria Hudgins Hope Found Farm 2011 WPCSA Champion Section A 2 & Under Geldings. Now successfully being shown under saddle!
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“Pony Brags” Jill Tomlinson”s “Paint the Paint” 8th birthday party in April. “We have the most patient pony ever!”
Congratulations to Jesse Durand on his first leadline class riding Secret Agent Man owned by Addy Tagala
Foxmor Chick A Boom, Walnut Hill, owned and driven by Cindy Fletcher of NY
Weekend drive in Cape May! It was great fun! Started with lunch then about an hour drive, then cookies, coffee and hot chocolate afterwards! Perfect weather. Three of us drove, Dianne with Pony, Cindy with Romeo and myself with Acorn. Plus my friend Sue went along as passenger with me and Acorn plus photographer and gate opener whenever we needed it! Submitted by~ Jessica Snyder
Jill and Sport Model (Sporty) Alabama Hunter Jumper Association 2013 year end show cross pole champion!
Farnley Milton and Vivi Kovelman at St Timothy’s Benefit Show 2013
Brianna and Winnie the Blue
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“Pony Brags�
Section B Welsh Pony mare Clanfair Martina LOM (*Wedderlie Mardi Gras LOM/AOE x *Holyoake Sonique) Owned by Family Partners Welsh Ponies
Em and Almighty Hocus Pocus practicing their jumping
Enjoying a beautiful day at Laughing Dog Ranch
Foxmor On the Spot, Res.Champion @ Walnut Hill, owned and driven by Cindy Fletcher of NY
Hannah Loeffelbein & Stonewall last Cloud @ St. Louis Equestrian Center. Riding with Megillian Farms
3yo Imported Gelding Nesprit Ranked 1st in the nation for 3yo under saddle @ Spy Coast YHS Ridden by Nicole VanderVliet Trained by Audrey Maschue of Xanadu Dressage Hilary Billett & Gemma Rose, a 4 year old Shetland cross mini pony mare. Photo by Desiree Stewart of Denzildon Harness Horses.
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3yo Imported GRP Gelding Gamiro Ranked 2nd in the nation for 3yo Undersaddle @ Spy Coast YHS Trained and Ridden by Audrey Maschue of Xanadu Dressage
Kim Boyd of Sterling Creek Welsh Josephine Tomlinson, age 8, rides at Everything Little Farm CHampion at the Fox Heath Horse Show, Mini Stirrup Division
Clarwood Night Hawk – Welsh Sec A
Congrats to Samantha Savin, Avery Jacobs, Kyla Sandy and Kaylee Meiluta for competing in the Lendon Gray Youth Dressage Festival in New York this summer, July 2013! So proud of you all! Your pony or small equine can be featured in our Brags!
Kathleen DeGenova- 9 years old on Harvey Davidson - Welsh Cross. ECSJ horse show @ Pembrook Farm - South Jersey. Grand Champion Beginner Rider. Onward to Short Stirrup next year!
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Weser-Ems filly Lilac by FS Don’t Worry out of Laurel was premium foal at her Weser-Ems inspection and received very good comments from the judges. Bred and Owned by Whispered Wish Weser-Ems. Congrats to Lilyana Weaver (with her pony Pretzel), Leadline Year End Champion of the Bucks County Horse Park, Thursday Morning Horse Show Series!
10 year old Madison Gerdes and 3 day old Redbuds Blue Moon. Blue Moon is a purebred Connemara Pony sired by Wildwych Eclipse and out of Glenormiston Amelia.
“Pudgy” and Madison Gentry
Miranda Cadwell of Tremont Farm
Congratulations Mariah Durand and Posh That Touch of Mink on winning “cutest costume” in the costume class.
Madison Rauschenbach and Wynnbrook’s Arctic Fox Owned by Kris Morris at the Willow Hill Farm Fall Classic to benefit Equine Rescue. Champion in the med children’s ponies and won the M&S pony medal.
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Ty and Dancing (Choctaw Ponies) competing at the Pine Tree CDE, Josh Rector Driving. Ponies trained by Nags Head Farm and owned by James and Mary McConnell.
Regan Campbell on “Max”
Singletree Hank Cinq, (Dartmoor Pony) competing at the Pine Tree CDE, Emily Rector Driving. Hank is a 10 year old Dartmoor pony bred by Susan Deuterman, trained by Tracey Morgan as a young pony and now is in training at Nags Head Farm and driven by Emily Rector.
Madison Rauschenbach and Wynnbrook’s Arctic Fox. (barn name Hotshot)
This wonderful pony is by Lochinvar Donatello and out of our lovely AQHA mare, A League of Shys Own. Bello is a double champion from this weekend’s Northern Ohio Dressage Association championship show. My daughter, Noelle, won the equitation championship and I won Open Training Level against 10 horses! He was amazing -- the only pony in the division and beat out warmbloods and people going to regional championships next week in Virginia. We actually got the highest score at the entire championship show. We continue to love this beautiful pony! Submitted by ~ Peggi & Noelle Ignagni
Midnight Sleightly Smokey
Violet Notte, 6, giving some love to Winston.
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Congrats to Samantha Savin, 9, Champion of the Intro Dressage Division at the Bucks County Horse Park’s Tuesday Evening Dressage Series.
*Islyn Gwerthfawr Islyn Andreas x Blackhill Glamour Puss by Blanche Gwillym 2012 Welsh Mountain Pony Filly Owned by Alvesta Farm, AB
Roanie is the best pony in the world because he is 4 and takes care of his 6 year old kid, Willow in the walk trot. Plus...he goes out and rocks the pony hunter division!
Sydney and “Ruckus” at Coventry Farm in VA
Alvesta Ffansi *Rosedale El-Senor x Alvesta F antastia by Llandefalle Bonheddwr 2002 Welsh Section B mare Owned by Lori Rober, NY Rhiannon Campbell with “Carl”
*Nerwyn Gwyn Betws Llew x Nerwyn Gwyrthiol by Nerwyn Tywysog 2003 Welsh Mountain Pony stallion Owned by Alvesta Farm, AB *Pennwood Gwr Bohneddig – Welsh Sec B Imported
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“Pony of the Month”
“Rudy” Rudy is a 10 hand, 14 yr old brown Shetland pony. Words cannot even describe how much our family loves this little guy! We purchased Rudy for my daughter Sydney, when she was a year old. He was so kind and gentle with her from the first moment they met. He is always watchful of the little ones. I recall one winter we had a huge snowfall, Sydney was 2 at the time. I was leading her around bare back on our fuzzy little “roo” as she called him, when right in front of us the snow on the tin roof of our old bank barn melted and the entire sheet of snow fell at once like an avalanche! The pony just stood very still and quiet, looking ever so puzzled. I believe that he knew his little Sydney was on his back, and he was taking care of her! We have had Rudy for 8 yrs now. He has taught Sydney how to care for a pony, ride (walk, trot and ground poles), patience, perseverance, and love for ponies! Sydney has now outgrown her little man roo, and now he is my 3 yr old sons pony! He will always be owned and loved by our family until the end of his days. Pictured: Garrett and “Rudy”
Submitted by The Rupp Family