Monday, November 7, 2011

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

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

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!

Monday, October 17, 2011

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

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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...

Monday, October 3, 2011

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

Monday, September 26, 2011

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. ...

Monday, September 19, 2011

Sunday, September 18, 2011

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!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Thursday, September 15, 2011

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)

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

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.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

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

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Saturday, August 20, 2011

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.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

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.


Monday, August 15, 2011

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

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

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


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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

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.

Monday, July 25, 2011

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

Sunday, July 24, 2011

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

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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

Thursday, July 7, 2011

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/