Pepiniere Spring Horse Show

Finally! The season has started once again with the first competition for Rachel & Stormy at the beautiful Pépinière Stables, St-Lazare, Quebec.

Entered in classes #110 Adequan Metre 1.20 - Jr Am, #111 Adequan Metre 1.20-Jr/Am speed, $1000 Jump Canada Emerging Rider presented by Stalls Etc, #127 M1.20 Hit and Hurry and #112 Adequan Metre 1.20 - Jr/Am Mini Prix. 

The team had a fabulous showing with 1 rail in class #110 Adequan Metre 1.20 Jr/Am

2nd - 1.20M Jr/Am Speed

4th 1.20M Hit & Hurry

8th - 1.20M Jr/Am Mini Prix

1st Jump Canada Emerging Rider

The Jump Canada Emerging Rider series is a new class offered this year. It is a jumper series open to all ages with fence heights between 1.15m and 1.20m.

ELIGIBLE RIDERS

2.1 Riders must be Gold or Platinum EC Sport License holders.

2.2 Open to all riders who have never competed in the JC Talent Squad Series or the North American Junior and

Young Riders Championships in either division.

2.3 There is no age limit for the rider.

3. ELIGIBLE HORSES

3.1 Open to all Horses.

4. SPECIFICATIONS FOR COMPETITIONS HOSTING QUALIFYING CLASSES

4.1 Minimum height – 1.15m; Maximum height – 1.20m; Maximum width – 1.30m

4.2 All classes must be run under FEI 238.2.2. Immediate jump off is permissible.

4.3 Course designers should be encouraged to build a course to include a Liverpool and a triple combination.

4.4 This is to be a stand alone class and not to be combined with any other class or division at the horse show

SCORING:

􀂃 Points for each class will be awarded based on the number of entries in a class.

􀂃 Points to maximum of 15 entries per class

􀂃 Any horse and rider being eliminated in the first round is not eligible for points

AWARDS

7.1 The winner of each of the regions will receive a Jump Canada jacket, horse cooler and saddle pad. In the case of a tie in points earned for the Regional champion, the Committee will conduct a draw to break the tie.

7.2 Each Regional winner will also be invited to come to the first weekend of the RAWF (the “Canadian” weekend): attend the show as a spectator, walk the courses with the High Performance chair or a CET team member and attend the TS Seminar. Airfare, if necessary, and 3 nights’ accommodation plus entrance to the Royal Horse Show will be provided by Jump Canada. 

Can you guess which class she'll be entered in at every available show?

Back to Lessons

We're very happy to report that Stormy and Rachel are back into the regular lesson schedule.  Stormy had his first outside turnout on the 16th and was ecstatic to have the sunshine on his face, a paddock to run it and an audience to watch his adventures.  It was a great day!

Horse Insurance

It's that time of year when we need to renew Stormy's Life/Major Medical Insurance.  If you are a horse owner the best piece of advice given to me and shared with you,  is that,  if you cannot afford to replace your horse tommorrow - buy insurance.

Rachel's previous coach gave us that advice when we purchased Stormy.  Her comment was, if he broke his leg tommorrow and you had to replace him would you have the funds to do so??  NOT!! that purchase tapped out our resources!  Not much different than a human policy,  it renews each year and you have the option of increasing the value (or decreasing) based on the level of training your horse has attained.  In 5yrs we've increased the value of the policy twice. 

It's expensive, but, in the world of horses what isn't ? I'll gladly pay the price for some piece of mind.

Ride Em Cowgirl!

After 8 weeks of stall rest, Stormy is finally getting regular rides but just at the walk & trot.  He still hasn't been turned out and won't be,  until Rachel can ride him at the trot without all the drama he's been displaying.  He'll be turned out in the indoor arena first, where someone can keep an eye on him. Tendon boots and a small dose of tranquilizer will make it a safer adjustment to all that freedom.

His knee is totally sound but he's a wee bit stiff  from spending all that time in his stall.  Coach and rider are working him back into his regular routine slowly.  Currently he spends most of his time at the trot, crow hopping, shaking his head, bucking and generally being very sassy.  Rachel spends most of her time laughing at his antics and hanging on!

I caught him misbehaving in a couple of shots but since we were indoors the quality is not the best.  Rachel wouldn't allow me to use the flash....hmmm, I wonder why?