WAR HORSE (out December 25th!)

Congratulations Olivia! LAHJA Reserve Champion in Children's Hunters, Equitation and Year End "B" High Point for 15-17

Thank you Gene and Wende Lesniak for hosting our Holiday Party. We all had a great time!

TVHSA Final Point Standings 2011

Congratulations Olivia!

2nd in the Low Childrens Division Totals
4th in the Childrens Division Totals

Congratulations Stephanie for winning the Years-End Trainer Golf Cart!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!! We are thankful for so much at Open Arms Farms.

The Mini Go Round

Thanks Margaret for the tip on this cute true life story! The book is titled The $80 Champion.

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Chad and Deni walking back to the barn at the show in Santa Barbara

Stephanie Haney, "WOW, we will miss you"

 

Like we will always remember him; Hickstead at the WEG in Kentucky. All photos by Jenny Abrahamsson. The amazing stallion Hickstead will go into history as one of the world’s greatest.

 

http://worldofshowjumping.com/exclusives/44-exclusives/1152-thank-you-hickstead-1996-2011

What a way to end the TVSHA show season with stormy weather! Thanks Stephanie and Chad for guiding us through it all.

Clea, Olivia, Brooke, Danika and Aubry at the TVHSA Medal Finals

Congratulations Danika and Monty for their 3rd place win in the Stirrup Cup Medal Final!

Good luck to OFA riders Danika, Brooke and Olivia for the Camelot TVHSA Championship Show today!

Clea and Olivia at Gold Coast 7

One of the best things that happen at barns and shows are the friendships that develope among the riders.

OFA riders getting instructions from Stephanie for next day's show at Raimbow Canyon

Contratulations Paxton and Cooper for placing 7th in the SFHJA Futures Medal final out of 18 riders!

Chad Mahaffey rocked with two scores of 86 in the Open Hunter Classic!

                                            
                                             Count     Place

Schooling 2'9"-3'

11

2

Low Hunters 3'

10

1

$500 Open Hunter Classic

6

1

Thanks for schooling all the horses and getting them ready for the show!

Wow! Hannah - 4th in SFHJA Futures Medal Final and 1st in Long Stirrup Hunter 12-17 - 2'3"

Deni did great showing Archie

Camelot Classic - October 13-16, 2011
                                                                                    count      place
Schooling 2'6"                                                                11          3
High/Low Hunters                                                            5          3
High/Low Hunters                                                            5          1
Children's Hunters " B" 14-Under - 2'6"/2'9"                   8          4

Chad coaching Olivia on Vinny at Ernie Howlett Park

Great job Clea! Camelot Hunter Classic Childrens' 17 and under 3'

Congratulations Olivia on reserve champion SFHJA 13-over Medal Final

Balanced Riding: Ponies aren't just for kids

Balanced Riding: Ponies aren't just for kids: I had the joy of growing up on the back of a pony. Every birthday and Christmas my parents would ask me "Tracy what do you want ?" My answer...

Man Rides Zebra

Stephanie.....Do Not Try This At Home!

Congratulations Olivia and Vinny!

Camelot Series 2011 TVHSA Overall Junior Rider for 2'6" & over

Photo courtesy of Maxine Evans Photography

Thank you Stephanie !

Great Show for OFA riders! Congratulations to Brooke, Clea and Olivia

Congratulations Brooke for first place in Green Rider Horsemanship 2'

2nd in eq o/f

Two 3rds in the flat classes

Congratulations Clea on winning the CPHA Child/Adult Medal 3'

2nd in the LAHJA La Saddlery Jr. Medal 3'

First in the Camelot Hunter Challenge

Two 3rds in the Children's eq o/f

Balanced Riding: Dressage lessons for the Hunter jumper rider!

Balanced Riding: Dressage lessons for the Hunter jumper rider!: I really enjoy teaching riders from other disciplines and quite often help riders who compete over fences fine tune their flat work skills. ...

This is really beautiful.

Tracy Young just came back from a Keuring. If you want to find out what happens at one of these events click on the link below.

http://balancedridingtracyyoung.blogspot.com/

Pictures of the Camelot Show are now up on Maxine Evan's website!

http://maxineevansphotography.com/#


Click on the link above to go the website.  Thanks Maxine for getting them up so quickly.  You do an oustanding job!

Great show today OFA riders and horses!

Lots of ribbons for everyone.  Congratulations to Danika on winning your first medal class!  Clea and Cartier won their children's hunter 2'9" and placed 3rd in both SFHJA and LAHJA 3' medals. Olivia got reserve champion in children's 12-17 and was tied third from the top in points.

Thanks Stephanie and Chad for all your hard work and support!

Good luck to our riders tomorrow at Camelot

Clea on Cartier
Danika on Montage (aka Monty)
Olivia on My Cousin Vinny (aka Vinny)

Upcoming shows for TVSHA

September 18,2011 (Sunday)                                         Camelot Riding Club

October 2, 2011 (Sunday)                                              Camelot Riding Club

October 9, 2011 (Sunday)                                                    Elvenstar

October 30, 2011 (Sunday                                                   Elvenstar

November 5-6, 2011                                                      Camelot Riding Club
(Saturday and Sunday)

We will never forget.

We are excited for Tracy Young (our visiting Dressage trainer) and her new place in Moorpark. Check out her new blog and viisit her facebook page.

http://balancedridingtracyyoung.blogspot.com/

Good Luck Deni this weekend at Portuguese Bend!



The A-rated PORTUGUESE BEND NATIONAL HORSE SHOW features accomplished equestrians and is a highly anticipated competition for both riders and spectators. Two arenas are fully scheduled all three days offering a wide variety of special events including the PCHA Horsemanship Medal Finals. The $10,000 Seahorse Jumper Classic will challenge some of the West Coast’s finest riders over a difficult and exciting course.

Hometown Station AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio - UPDATE: 70% Containment On Wagon Wheel Fire

Hometown Station AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio - UPDATE: 70% Containment On Wagon Wheel Fire

Congratulations Deni on finishing 7th in the Rosewood Medal!

Hometown Station AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio - BREAKING NEWS: Wagon Incident Burns North Sierra Highway Area

Our barn is safe from this fire as it is north of us. There is another barn in this area called Moonshine Mountain Ranch - 33824 Hanawalt Rd., Agua Dulce, CA 91350. Hopefully this fire will be put down soon and everyone will be o.k. (click on link to read more about the fire)


Hometown Station AM 1220 - Santa Clarita Radio - BREAKING NEWS: Wagon Incident Burns North Sierra Highway Area

Chad is doing a great job with Archie!

Richard Spooner and Pako

Develop Your Own Championship Horse? | The Chronicle of the Horse.

 This article mentions a horse named Pako and how he was bought by non-big show people at first. Read page 2.  Vinny was purchased from the same person.  Click on the link to read the article.

Develop Your Own Championship Horse? The Chronicle of the Horse

My Cousin Vinny at Showpark (He's all grown up!)

Showpark Summer Classic - August 24-28, 2011
                                 
                           Count    Place
0.90M Jumpers    27          5       261 My Cousin Vinny
0.90M Jumpers    22          8       261 My Cousin Vinny
0.80M Jumpers    21          8       261 My Cousin Vinny
Limit Eq Fences    9           7       261 My Cousin Vinny
Limit Eq Fences    9           5       261 My Cousin Vinny
Limit Eq Fences    9           3       261 My Cousin Vinny
Limit Eq Flat         9           1       261 My Cousin Vinny

Tracy Young (our visiting dressage trainer) has a new facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/BalancedRiding

Click on the link above and press "like".  We are all happy for her new future adventure and wish her luck.

Congratulations to Lillie Keenan (14 yrs. old!) winner of the 2011 $100,000 USHJA International Hunter Derby Finals

The judges included Scott Hofstetter (FL), Otis Brown (KY), Russell Frey (MD), Julie Winkel (NV), Carleton Brooks (CA), Jimmy Torano (FL), Jim Clapperton (MI) and Mike Rosser (NC) who were split into panels of two and placed in strategic positions around the arena.


Keenan, New York, NY, one of the youngest competitors at age 14, led the pack aboard the brilliant 9-year-old warmblood mare Madison, owned by Chansonette Farm, LLC. "I loved the course; it was a true hunter course. It reminded me of the pictures of my mom when she was a kid riding an outside course," said Keenan.

Wow, one year later and our blog is top on google search with over 7,000 hits.

Thanks to everyone at the barn for providing the great experiences and allowing us to write about them.

Let's support our affiliates and help protect their work. Here is a quote from Maxine Evans Photography. Our show photographer.

http://maxineevansphotography.com/

Dear Friends, Please help me stop the shoplifting... it breaks my heart when I go onto FB in the morning and I see images from my website with our watermark plastered across them. Especially, since I probably worked a 18 hour day and drove 10 hours to take that persons picture at a show.

Tracy Young with one of her young horses at Mission Pacific

Tracy will be accepting new clients after this years' show season.  Brush up on flat work with  private dressage lessons.  (661) 618-8753

Thanks to all the great sponsors of the Rainbow Canyon Show. To many to list but follow the this link.

http://www.rainbowcanyonranch.com/#!__2010-sponsors

WHAT A FUN SHOW- Congratulations to all Open Arms Farm riders! Thank You Stephanie winner of the High Point Trainer. We couldn't have done it without you.

DENI - WINNER OF BOTH EQUINE INSURANCE USHJA OUTREACH GOLD HUNTER DERBY CLASSIC AND SHOWBIZ MAGAZINE EQUITATION DERBY CLASSIC

HANNAH WON HER 2'3 DERBY ON CARLO

OLIVIA -CHAMPION IN CHILDREN'S HUNTER 12-17 AND HIGH POINT JR. RIDER

PAXTON- CHAMPION IN HER DIVISION- FIRST IN SHORT/LONG/RUSTY STIRRUP

WINNER OF THE SFHJA FUTURES MEDAL

CLEA  -2ND IN LAHJA HORSEMANSHIP MEDAL AND 3RD IN SFJHA 17 & UNDER MEDAL

Used Ladies' Ariat Monaco Zip Field Boot for Sale $600.00 Tall Slim Size 9

Tall Slim Size 9
Good Condition $600.00

Horse Show!

RAINBOW CYN IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN GOOD LUCK CLEA AND SAMMY HANNAH AND CARLO DENI AND LUGANO PAXTON AND COOPER AND OLIVIA WITH VINNY

This is really interesting to watch!

Thanks to our dedicated and supportive Dressage trainer/rider/judge Tracy Young

Since emigrating from the UK, Tracy has been running a successful Dressage/Combined Training business. She is a USDF Silver medallist and Silver Bar earner and graduated the L judges program with distinction, is certified with The British Horse Society and also has The National Certificate in the Management of Horses from the West Oxfordshire Technical College Of Stud and Stable Husbandry, Oxford, England. She has ridden since the age of 8 competing in Dressage, Combined Training, Show Jumping, Polo and Tetrathalon teams. Tracy has been a great addition to our team . She has continued to be a loyal student of Hilda Gurney for the last 16 years.

Thank you to our friends at West Coast Equine for coming to our barn and providing the best care.

West Coast Equine is a full service equine veterinary hospital located in Ventura County. This new, beautiful facility offers high quality equine medicine and surgery to the southern California area.


-The hospital is fully equipped and offers diagnostic procedures, treatment, surgery and hospitalization for the majority of equine illnesses.

-The doctors and staff strive to provide thorough and compassionate care to all of our patients.

-Outpatient exams such as lameness and performance exams, prepurchase exams and routine general care are also available.

-Ambulatory services are provided to the local horse owners, stables and ranches.

4310 Sand Canyon Road, Somis, CA 93066 · Get Directions


Phone 805-386-7151

http://www.westcoastequine.net/  They are also on facebook

Great job to Marisa and Clea at Gold Coast today!

Marisa Purchio
Equitation Over Fences  Placed 2nd out of 10

Clea Lerner
LAHJA Horsemanship Medal Class Placed 6th out of 11
Rosewood Medal Class Placed 3rd out of 9

Congratulations Deni on Champion of Zone 10 Stirrup Cup 3' Challenge Final

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7aHu3Dhoc0

Congratulations to Paxton for first Blue Ribbon on Cooper and Marisa for making it to her work off!

Maxin Evans Photography http://maxineevansphotography.com/

333 - .70m Wake Up Jumpers - 2'3" - 4 entries
1    540 Made You Look Paxton Sullivan Paxton Sullivan
2    521 Eddie Brian Saunders Rebecca Saunders
3    534 Wiseguy Jennifer Mcdevitt Jennifer Mcdevitt
4    533 Rio's Rikita Gretchen Manning Megan

234 - TVHSA Stirrup Cup Medal - 2' - 6 entries
1    518 E. Sox Appeal Elvenstar Steven Scheck
2    501 My First Kiz Sherry Bookey Sydney Bookey
3    539 Matisse Stephanie Haney Marisa Purchio
4    535 Black Magic Jenna Miladin Jenna Miladin
5    520 Mandalay Bay Laura Lindsey Caroline Foster

Olivia and Vinny's work off (Posting Trot!) Otherwise a great ride.

Good Luck to Marisa, Deni and Olivia on the show this weekend!

Camelot Summer

July 8, 2011 USEF/PCHA “B”, LAHJA/SFHJA “A”rated

July 9, 2011 USEF/PCHA “B”, LAHJA & SFHJA “B” rated
July 10, 2011 TVHSA rated & SFHJA/LAHJA Jumpers

Hosting: The Zone 10 Southern Medal Challenge & $1000 TB Classic
http://www.camelotevents.com/home.html
http://maxineevansphotography.com/

Thanks Stephanie for finding this great link! Everyone must see this about a great war hero horse named Reckless.

http://www.theveteranssite.com/clickToGive/vet/article/Sgt-Reckless-Korean-War-Horse-Hero398&origin=VET_FACE_BLOG_ADGROUP_VetVid_Horses_CTG

Presley Boy