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| News... |
 | Natalie has been nominated to the MN Saddlebred Horse Association's Board of Directors. | |
| Her job starts soon and she will work to make the Minnesota Saddlebred show scene a better one for all exhibitor's. |
| In Charm's Image was named Tri-State Horseman's Associations and Mn Saddlebred Horse | |
| Association's Year End Open Park Reserve Champion. These awards help to put a stamp on a good show year for her! |
| The Octoberfest Horse Show was a fun show this year. Just Nalla and Natalie made it to the | |
| show, but picked up some nice ribbons for their time there. First was the Open Park class where they picked up the reserve title. Next was the Open Ride an Abe class (a bareback class!) where they picked up a fifth place ribbon. Last was the Park Championship where they ended with the Reserve Championship. A great way to end the season... |
| The MHARF's Pony Show is always a fun event and this year Jerry got to enjoy the fun. | |
| Natalie showed in the Halter class with two judges, picking up the blue and a third place ribbon. Later in the day four year-old Elise got to show off her newly learned skills in the lead-line class. Her and Jerry were as cute as can be and proved it as they left the ring with an impressive third and fifth place ribbons. This was a fun show and Jerry will be back next year! |
| The Mn State Fair is a show we haven't attended in awhile, but we made the trip this year. | |
| Nalla and Natalie were the only ones to show, but they did put on a nice show. Nalla placed second in the Open Park class and came back to pull off the Reserve Grand Championship in Park. The championship class was perhaps Nalla's best class ever. She was truly strutting her stuff and maybe even showing off a bit with her ears staying pinned forward the whole time. A nice picture of the victory pass is below. |
| The Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue Trainer's Challenge was held on August 22nd at | |
| Leatherdale Center at the U of M. Christa and I took part in all of the required classes; Halter/Fitness (1st place!), Pleasure Under Saddle (2nd place), Trail (4th place), Freestyle (1st place!), and Farrier/Vet check (2nd place). Christa behaved like she had been doing this for years and did very well. Because of how well we did in each individual class, we ended up WINNING the whole thing! We are officially the 2009 Trainer's Challenge Champions! There are tons of pictures of all of the contestants here and full results are posted on MNHoovedAnimalRescue.org. Thanks for everyone's support and help! |
| The Washington County Fair is a favorite for many and this year was great! Nalla, Jerry and | |
| Christa made the trip and each came home with a blue ribbon. Nalla and Natalie showed in Open Park, Jerry and Ashley showed in Pleasure Pony Under Saddle, and Christa and Natalie showed in Open Hunt Seat Pleasure. All three horses were wonderful and seemingly had a great time showing at this facility. |
| Tanbark was another great show this year. Both Nalla and Carter made it to the show and | |
| did their best in their classes. Jordan, a student from Texas, rode both horses for this show. Carter and Jordan showed in Pleasure Equitation 14-17 and completed the class clean with a fourth place ribbon. This was Carter's first time in this arena and Jordan's second time riding him. That was pretty impressive! Jordan pulled off another impressive ride in the Jr Exhibitor Park class on Nalla. They placed third in that competitive class. This was Jordan's third ride on Nalla, so that was exciting to watch her place so well in a tough class. |
| The Minnesota Saddlebred Horse Association's Parade of Stables was great fun. The "pony" | |
| rides were a hit, with potential new students taking many trips around the arena. We look forward to participating in this event again next year. |
| The Boot Jack Saddle Club had a fun Open show on Memorial Day. Sacred Contract | |
| (Carter) and Natalie made it to this show and picked up a very impressive second place ribbon in the Open Pleasure class out of 18. This was a great way to start his show ring career! His next show will be Tanbark. |
| The Minnesota Hooved Animal Rescue's Trainer's Challenge has begun and I am taking | |
| part. I picked up an adorable mare named Christa who has some strong English ways. She is five years old and seemingly doesn't know much yet. The plan is to have her riding and respecting people by August. Follow her status and the purpose of this Trainer's Challenge at the Rescue's website: www.MNHoovedAnimalRescue.org. |
| Ashley and Baron made it to the first show of the season. The Riders and Ribbons horse | |
| show was located at a facility close to home in Princeton. Ashley and Baron made a nice show in the Academy Pleasure 17 and Under and placed third. Later they appeared in the Academy Pleasure 17 and Under and picked up the fifth place ribbon. |
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