Serge, Miella, Jen S. and I rode in the Pink Ribbon Ride for Breast Cancer on Saturday - a 20 km ride through the Larose Forest put on by CEREC. Serge rode Reba, Miella rode Sneakers, Jen S. rode her horse, Leo, and I rode Otis.
On Sunday, I showed Spook (Cool Blue Dreams) in hand and drove Sneakers (Gone With the Wind) in classes at the Carp Fair. Spook and I placed fourth in Novice Showmanship, and Sneakers and I placed second in Utility Driving and Pleasure Driving, and first in Novice Driving.
Miella rode Sneakers in a couple of Western Games (poles and flag) and brought home a third place ribbon in Youth Flag.
All in all, despite the lousy weather, we came home quite satisfied with our placings, ribbons and prize money!
Paradox Flash, a pretty registered 4 year old Standardbred mare has been adopted! She arrived at the farm a couple of weeks ago as an owner surrender, and was delivered to her new home last Friday. Paradox is green broke to ride, seems very calm, and we hope she does really well for her new family. I rode her a couple of times before she left and she was very well behaved and responsive.
Natasha has chosen to go live with her father, stepmother and stepsisters, so Dash (her pony) and Panda (her calf) have gone to her grandfather's farm down the road. We wish Natasha and her animals well, and hope she continues to excel in school and in Pony Club.
That means that there was no one here to ride Fancy regularly, so we decided to loan her to Forever Green Stables for the winter. I get to check on her and hear regular progress reports when I go down for my lessons - and through Facebook and email. So far, she seems to be working out really well there. I'll bring her home in the spring so she can be bred to Classy and hopefully produce a beautiful, talented foal for us in 2011!
Our new chickens are laying lots of eggs. If you have any empty egg cartons, please bring them to the farm. If you'd like some farm fresh eggs to take home, just let me know!
We have a new foster dog, Rudy. He's a Treeing Walker Coon Hound and is about the same size and age as Jasper. He and Jasper get along wonderfully and love to play together. He is neutered and up to date on all his shots.
Rudy is just being allowed off his leash (an old lunge line) under supervision. If you are interested in adopting Rudy, check out the Friendly Giants Dog Rescue site and fill in an application form.
Friendly Giants Dog Rescue is still looking for more foster homes for their rescued dogs. If you can't make a commitment to adopt a dog right now, perhaps you can consider being a foster home. The application form for potential foster homes is on their website, too.
Classy has fully recovered from a busy season of breeding Canadian Sport Horse (CSH) mares and looks really great. We're looking forward to seeing photos of his babies starting in April, 2010. I'm thinking about starting Classy under saddle this winter or sending him to Christine at Forever Green Stables - he's such a wonderful horse that it would be a shame not to have him working and earning points in the Eastern Ontario Paint Horse Association shows.
Cool Blue Dreams (aka Spook) is tied for first in the Eastern Ontario Paint Horse Association High Point Halter Stallion standings! What a wonderful way to end his first year of showing.
Christine Allard of Forever Green Stables has agreed to be the judge at our Spook-tacular Show! Thank you, Christine!
EastWind Pony Club news
EastWind Pony Club registration is now open! Be sure to pick up your registration forms and get them back to us soon so that you don't miss anything. If you can't get to the farm to pick up your forms, you can find them on the Canadian Pony Club website under Downloads. Joining in September/October has benefits: for one fee, you are a member for the remainder of 2009 and for all of 2010!
All Pony Club members need to be members of the Ontario Equestrian Federation, too, and links to the forms for the extended membership are there as well.
Our next Pony Club meeting will be at the farm on Sunday, October 18th, from noon to 2 pm. This will be an open meeting, so bring your horse-loving friends along so they can find out all about Pony Club.
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