Judge: (After ringing the bell) What test are you riding?
Rider: The four year old test.
Judge: Which four year old test?
Rider: There is only one four year old test!
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Concerto in Training with Andi
Here is a picture of Concerto being worked at the trot by Andi. Our plan was for Jillian to show him in the four year old class but her horse stepped on her foot and tore off her toenail.
Whimsy is Back!
Whimsy has come back from Ron Liming and is ready for work. We have integrated him into our training schedule and will be starting him off with some basic rhythm and relaxation work at the walk, trot, and canter.
Paxton Farm Spring Classic I & II
Legacy Farm honored at Employer of the Month
In January our farm was honored as Employer of the Month by Laurel Oaks. Laurel Oaks is a campus of Great Oaks system and is home to the equine program.
Pictured Left to right:
Mitch Culbert , Campus Dean
Butch Rutledge, Instructor
Andrea Huber, Legacy Farm Ltd.
Jillian Pollock, Wilmington High School
Rachel Gringle, C.N.E. High School
Bill Huber, Legacy Farm Ltd.
Great Oaks has been providing career development, workforce development and economic development services to individuals, business, industry, labor, communities and other organizations in southwest Ohio since 1970. For more information about Great Oaks or Laurel Oaks, click here.
2006 USEF/Markel Young Horse Dressage National Championships
Apollo was scratched due to some tenderness in his hocks but horses bred in the USA did quite well. BW Callista and Brigadier finished at the 2006 USEF/Markel Young Horse Dressage National Championships as Champions! We are particularly excited about the four year old champion since we have a young hourse in our barn, Concerto, out of the same stallion.
BW Callista, the four year old Oldenburg N.A, mare by Contucci out of Ariane (by A Jungle Prince) was bred by Linda Santomenna of Blue Waters Farm in Chesapeake City, MD. She performed her winning test under rider Tami Glover. Judge Axel Steiner’s commented that Tami’s ride “spoke for itself as an example for what he and co-judge Jayne Ayers were looking for in the performance of a four year old horse”. Both judges rewarded BW Callista and her rider with an overall score of 9.0, consisting of a 9.5 for walk and trot, an 8 for the canter, a 9 for submission and a 9.5 for general impression.
Apollo and Andi are invited to the 2006 USEF/Markel National Young Horse Dressage Championships!
It is official. Apollo and Andi are in. In the last couple of weeks Andi had resigned herself to the possibility that their scores were just not good enough. We both were amazed that 46 horse and riders accross the U.S. that had applied for the Four Year Old Dressage championship. Over 120 horse and riders applied in the three divisions! We knew that all of the horse and riders are good and only the top twenty were going to get invited. So wish us luck! If you are in the area and curious about these up and comers in dressage, the 2006 USEF/Markel Young Horse Dressage National Championships will be held at the MSEDA Dressage at the Park show, Lexington, Kentucky, September 8 – 10, 2006.
Jillian wins with Ursula and Magic
We were pleasantly surprised last month when Jillian teamed up with Magic and Ursula at a show at the University of Findlay. Jillian is a fine rider but Magic has not been in a show for several years and Ursula has never been in a show. We really did not know what to expect. Things could have gone badly but they did not.
Apollo and the 4 Year Old Test
Andi has competing Apollo in the 4 year old test and has done moderately well. The good news is that she has her two qualifying scores for the Nationals. The bad news is that the top two horses are really good!
The first show was the Spring Classic at Paxton Farms. Although Apollo and Andi did well, Rich and Famous ridden by Leigh Kennedy showed us that they were the horse everyone was going to be measured against. They got a very nice 73%.
Stallion Test 2006 is postponed until next year!
Although this is unofficial it appears that the stallion test will be postponed until next year. They did not have enough approved stallions to conduct the test this year.