2011 Shows:
2011 Year End Awards updated
soon!
Our trip to Regional and Northwest Championships this year came with its ups and downs. Olivia had to leave
behind her most competitive mount, the friesian Maximus, when he fell ill about a week before we left. He is recovering now
but the timing could simply not have been worse! Carol Mavros also had to vet out just days before leaving when Boo hurt himself.
Also such bad timing! So Bob with Gaudenzia (Tess) and Olivia with Indro (Rio) made the trip alone. Temperatures were in record
highs (101!!) over the week in Nampa, Idaho, but it was somewhat of a nice change from the constant downpour we've been
used to at Championships. Bob and Tess rode in the Northwest and GAIG/USDF Region 6 second level and third level championship
open classes with great results! In the Northwest Second Level Open, Tess came in 5th with a 65% after a bit of a troublesome
test, but then redeemed herself in the GAIG/USDF Region 6 Second Level Open by placing as the Reserve Champion with a 68%
-- just .3% out of first!! She also was the Northwest and Region 6 Champion Third Level Open Champion
with a 66% both times! It was a great way for her to go out with Bob, as the ride has now been handed back over to Olivia.
Olivia and Rio rode in both the GAIG/USDF Region 6 and Northwest Championships at Training and First Level Open with
some tough competition. Rio came in 7th place with a 65% in the Region 6 First Level, 5th place with a 66% in the Northwest
First Level, took third in the Northwest Training Level with a 72% (just 1.3% out of first!), and were the GAIG/USDF Region
6 Training Level Reserve Champions with a 70.6% (just a mere, frustrating .2% out of first!) ---- We hope to return
next year with a big group of students and horses at Championships at Devonwood outside of Portland, OR!
Our
last show of the year before Championships was again in Spokane. Bob took Ellen's JJ, Merlin, and Tess, and had great
results and scores into the high 60s through Third Level. Carolyn and Chewy went out at 4th for the second time, Carol and
Boo attended, as well as Ashley and Orson, who also put up scores into the high 60s! Now we all have a month to clean up some
tests and fine tune movements before Olivia with Rio and Maximus, Bob with Tess, and Carol with Boo make the drive to Nampa
for Championships!
In the beginning of August the barn took 11 horses to the Missoula dressage show. Olivia rode
Rio, who had the highest score of the show with a 75%, Pik/Passado who scored up to 65 at I1, and Maximus who continues to
have a very successful year! Bob rode Tess and Ellen's JJ, Ashley rode Orson, Carolyn rode Chewy at 4th for the first
time and got their first of four Silver Medal scores! Sandie rode Max to get her highest scores of the year, as did Carol.
Laura and Wanderer rode their freestyle for the first time, and Valerie and Alma put up great scores as an event rider at
Training Level. In the end, Olivia was Training Level Highpoint with Rio, Maximus was First Level Highpoint, and Passado was
FEI Highpoint. Olivia was also the Highpoint Open Rider. Bob was Second and Third Level Highpoint with Tess, Chewy and Carolyn
were 4th Level highpoint, and Carol was Adult Amateur Highpoint! Congrats to everyone! Only one more show left before Regionals!
In the middle of July we went back to Spokane yet again. Olivia took Chewy out at 4th level for the first time and
scored in the mid 60s, and she and Passado went out at Intermediare 1 to score in the low 60s and Intermediare 2 where things
kind of fell apart! Bob took Tess and Merlin to put up more good scores, Ashlet took Orson out at Second and Third level for
the first time, both of them debuting at Third, with good scores. Carolyn showed Chewy at 3rd, Sandie took Max out at First,
Carol and Boo were continueing to acquaint themselves with Second level, Laura went out at Intermediare 1 with Wanderer to
get their best career scores at this level and qualified to do an I1 freestyle!
Over Father's Day weekend
in June we all went to Spokane. Bob took Passado out at Intermediare 2 and Merlin out again at Training and First Level, getting
good scores into the high 60s. Ashley took her Orson at Second Level and debuted at Third Level with good scores! Olivia took
Rio and Maximus again, with the two sharing the highest score of the show with a 72%. Rio was the Training Level Highpoint
Champion, narrowly missing the Reserve for First Level, and Maximus was Training Level Reserve Highpoint and First Level Highpoint
Champion. Olivia also won the PFG Good Seat and Hands Award. Also attending with good qualifying scores were Sonia and Alek
at First and Second Level, Laura and Wanderer at Intermediare 1, Ellen and JJ at First and Second Level, and Carol and Boo
at First and Second Level!
A week after our first show in Spokane we went to Kalispell for Dressage at Rebecca
Farm. Bob took Gaudenzia (Tess) at Second and Third Level and won the highpoint in both divisions. He also took Fourth Dimension
(Merlin) for his first dressage show and put up good scores at Training and First level. Olivia took the Andalusian Rio and
the Friesian Maximus again. Rio ended up as First Level Highpoint Champion and Training Level Reserve Highpoint Champion and
Maximus scored up to 77% to be Training Level Highpoint Champion, missing the First level Highpoint because he jumped out
of the arena in one test! Olivia also won the PFG Good Seat and Hands Award which is awarded to the rider who exhibits the
most classical and effective seat and hands. Also in attendance were Sandie and Max, who, despite some tack issues, had great
rides and scored into the 60s. Carol and First Dance (Boo) went out at First and debuted at Second Level! Ellen and JJ did
First and Second Levels along with Sonia Hansen and Alerik! Sandie won the Adult Amateur Highpoint Award and Sonia won the
Junior/Young Rider Highpoint Award and the Second Level Reserve Highpoint Award! Great job everyone!
Our first
show was the Spokane Spring Dressage Show in Spokane, Wa. In attendance was Bob and horses Passado and Dylan, Olivia with
horses Indro, Quibus fan Beabuorren, and Pikachu, Sandie with SE Galliano, and Carolyn with Pikachu. Dylan debuted at Prix
St. Georges with scores in the high 50s, and Passado (Pik) went out at Intermediare 1 and 2 with similar scores. Olivia's
Indro (Rio) and Quibus (Maximus, owned by Catherine Lindbeck) debuted at their first dressage show! Maximus had scores between
71 and 77% and won the Training Level and First Level Highpoint Awards. Rio was a little hot and tense but scored in the high
60s and low 70s to be First Level Reserve Highpoint. Pikachu debuted at 4th level under Olivia to earn mid 60s scores and
the Fourth Level Res. Highpoint Award! Under Carolyn at 3-3 he scored in the mid 60s as well. Sandie and Max had scores into
the mid 60s at First Level, too. We were glad to put the first show behind us!
Summer has arrived
and we are all gearing up for another great show season. Our first outting as a group will be to the Horsemen's Expo at
the Equestrian Park on the 21st of May. In past years just Olivia and Joust rode the demo with Bob narrating to demonstrate
Training through Grand Prix movements, however this year roughly 8 of us will go with horses of all breeds and levels. Should
be interesting to coordinate everyone at once (assuming the pack mule team that goes before us doesn't rattle all the
horses first!) Join us at 11:30 for what will surely be entertaining!
We then go the following weekend to Spokane, and
the again the first weekend in June to Rebecca Farm. Just about everyone is looking to debut at the next level. With Joust
now retired from competition, Olivia has turned her sights to two new baroque horses. "Indro", a 5yr old Andalusian owned
by Olivia, will be going to his first ever show at Training and First Levels, and "Quibus fan Beabuorren" (Maximus)
a 6yr old Friesian owned by Catherine Lindbeck, will be changing disciplines for his first dressage show at the same levels.
Bob will also be looking to take "Fourth Dimension" (Merlin), a 7yr old Oldenburg, to his first shows at the same
levels.
Good luck to everyone and may all your rides be forward and through!
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2010 Year End Awards!
Vintage Horse of the Year:
Bob and Orson, 12th
at First Level, 67.303% median
All-Breeds:
Ashley and Goldie, American Haflinger
Association First Level Adult Amateur and Open Champion, 63.553% median
Ashley and Goldie, American
Haflinger Association Training Level Adult Amateur Champion and Open Reserve Champion, 67.9% median
Bob
and Orson, American Warmblood Society First Level Open Reserve Champion, 67.303% median and Third Place at Second Level Open
with a 63.75% median
Carol and Boo, American Pinto Horse Association, Training Level Adult Amateur
Champions, 66.8% median; First Level Adult Amateur Champions, 65.789% median; as well as taking the Open division at both
levels
Sandie and Max. International Andalusian and Lusitano Horse Association Training Level Adult
Amateur Champions, 65.2% median; and Third place at Training Level in the Open division.
Shows of 2010:
Northwest and Region 6 Championships!
Our last trip of the year took us to Auburn, WA for
the Northwest and Region 6 Championships. The program listed 231 horses that came from Montana, Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Arizona, and even Canada. Bob took Ashley Preston's draft cross Orson and his own Hanoverian mare Gaudenzia. Olivia took
her own Dutch gelding Joust and it was the pair's final trip down centerline as Joust is now retired. Ashley Preston took
her Haflinger mare Goldie and it was Goldie's first time at Championships. Another first timer, Theresa took her Friesian
cross mare Galiea. Also, Carol Mavros took her Pinto gelding First Dance. The trip was a success despite a 9 hour drive and
rain everyday that made the arenas muddy and in some cases hold big puddles. The results are as follows:
Orson finished
in 7th place in the Northwest First level Championships with a 66% and in 7th place for the Northwest Second Level Championship
with a 61%. In the Region 6 Championships he finished in 4th for First Level and Second Level with scores of 67% and 63%,
respectively.
Gaudenzia had a rough go the first day through the puddles and finished in 9th place in the Northwest
Third Level Championship with a 56%. She redeemed herself with a 63% in the Northwest Second Level Championship to finish
in 3rd. She finished 9th in the Region 6 Championship at Third Level with a 62% and 3rd again in the Region 6 Championship
at Second Level, just above Orson, with a 63%.
Joust's last championships were a great success for him in
both the Grand Prix Open and the Grand Prix Freestyle classes. In the Northwest Championship Grand Prix he finished as Reserve
Champion with a 59%. The Northwest Grand Prix Freestyle Championship saw him to 1st place Champion with a 62%. In the Region
6 Freestyle Championship Joust was again Reserve Champion by a slim margin finishing with a 63%. The Region 6 Grand Prix Championship
found Joust to be a very tired fellow, but he finished with a 60%, just .03% out of the Reserve Champion placing. A great
ending to Joust's long and successful career.
Goldie finished 14th out of 26 in the NW First Level Adult Amateur
Championships with a 58% and placed 5th out of 21 horses in the NW Training Level Adult Amateur Championship with a 67%. In
the Region 6 First Level AA Championship she finished 14th out of 28 horses with a 62%. In the Region 6 Training Level AA
Championship Goldie finished in 12th out of 23 with a 61%.
Carol and Boo rode in the same classes as Ashley and
Goldie. In the NW Training Level the pair finished 6th with a 66% and finished in 9th place with a 61% for
the NW First Level. In the Region 6 First Level they received a 63% for 10th place and an 8th place in the Region 6
Training Level with a 63%. They also won their Open Show First Level class with a 66%!
Theresa and Galiea went
for the first time. They finished 14th in the Region 6 Training Level with a 61% and 11th in the NW Training Level with
a 63%.
They also finished 5th in the Open Show First Level with a 61%.
Nice job everyone!!