We are a family oriented farm that lives life together. This is a diary of our lives together, and the ramblings of me, the trainer.

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Clemson End of Summer Show

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

So you want to ride in the McClay?

I know that the centered seat I teach is questioned and disputed from time to time as not true equitation position. This is a call back round from the 2004 McClay winner. She is riding the runner ups horse in the second round of call backs here. Tell me does she looked perched? She has a clear 2 point or is sitting down and back between fences.


Here is another winning Eq round. This one is the winner from the WIHS Finals in 2007. The WIHS finals are an even stronger test of a riders ability. The horse rider combination start over a hunter course. Then they have to ride a jumper course. The final ride off requires all riders to swap horses and ride a jumper course again.
Again notice that this winning rider Maria Schaub (who won the Mcclay in 2007 as well) also sits deep, yet light on course.

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Shiloh's Tall Tale aka. Shoalih's Tale

Showing off my baby

The above slide show is pictures I've managed to accumulate of my pride and joy...Shiloh. These are all pictures I've found of him on the web. They start with him as a yearling at the Saratoga sale and go up through his winning at the race track. You will find more pictures of him in the bottom slide show at the Clemson show with one of my students aboard back in Dec. 2007. Hopefully I will be able to add some pictures of myself showing him in the near future.

You'll notice a couple of the pictures are during his time at Canter. Please check out their website at http://www.canterusa.org/ohio They are running on very hard times right now and every penny people can send their way is greatly appreciated by the horses. If everyone who checks our blog regularly could send just $5 they could feed a horse for a month.