The EastWind Pony Club will meet at 1 pm today. If you're interested in being a member, and you are between the ages of 6 and 25, come on by for more information.
SPOOKTACULAR FUN SHOW
Our 2nd annual Spooktacular Fun Show is next Sunday, October 31, 2010. Classes start at leadline and go up to the level of the entered riders. The day ends with a costume class with both child and adult divisions. Entry fees help support the horse rescue and pay a few bills.
For more information or an entry form, email Eleanor at dreamscapeacres@yahoo.ca or Susan at sneakypony@yahoo.com. Entries must be received by Saturday, October 30 so we can figure out the timing for lunch.
Lunch is a good deal. $5 gets you a bowl of homemade chili, roll, dessert, coffee or tea.
Prizes, ribbons, treat bags for people and ponies - this show has it all! Come on out and have fun!
Show photography by Heather Swan of Liberty Shots.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Random bits and pieces - more catching up
Spot is now gelded, but Beauty managed to let him into the mares' paddock. She's now confirmed in foal to Spot My Dream for 2011. Hopefully this foal will be as wonderful as Pebbles. We hope to actually be able to choose Beauty's next foal's father next year: she and her new foal will be in the round pen (jail) to make sure.
Toro is back - he's bigger than he was last year!
Aggie and Lunch in the shed.
Pebbles and Anabelle went to Elisha's place to be weaned in September. Pebbles will be going to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in November, so Elisha is working with him so that he'll behave appropriately at the show. We'll trailer down with other horses on Friday, stay the weekend and show Pebbles in his class on Sunday morning.
We took Sneakers with us, along with the cart, and had a great afternoon driving around Julie’s farm and giving her boys a ride or two.
Shawn was gelded at the same time as Spot, and when he was weaned, he was traded to Christine Allard of Forever Green Stables for a cute pony mare named Jasmine. Jasmine is a medium pony.
Lori showed Cool Blue Dream (Spook) at Paint O Rama again this year. He won his 3 year old Stallion class and placed in the Overo class. He also won the High Point Stallion trophy for the Eastern Ontario Paint Horse Club again this year, and added the High Point Overo trophy.
Toro is back - he's bigger than he was last year!
Aggie and Lunch in the shed.The paddock beside the barn is now fenced and has a new electric fence charger. The cows are in there with Toro the bull. Toro fathered two bull calves this year: Aggie has Lunch, and Cooba has T-Bone. Both are now steers - the elastrator made sure of that. Next year we hope to have two more calves - and more beef for the freezer.
Mom bought a harness for Spot at Lachute. He hitches beautifully, and now that he's fully healed from being gelded, seems to have found his brain. He's a very sensible pony now and can often be found mowing the grass on the dog tie behind the house.
Forever Porto is now my horse. Christine Allard of Forever Green Stables found sponsors to buy him for me. Many thanks to Jacques and Serge Buy, and Larry Rivet for their kind gift! It was such a surprise - and many tears of joy were shed that day. Porto now lives at Dreamscape Acres - and now that this year's show season is over, his shoes are coming off so he can relax.
Porto and I went to Les Jeux Equestre du Quebec in Bromont. Mom came along for moral support and took a few pictures. We didn't do as well as we hoped, but it was an experience to ride in the Olympic Horse Park.
The team from Forever Green Stables did well - Fancy Pants showed in Dressage and Cross Country as well as in the Kur. We were very proud of Mariepier and Fancy Pants!
I rode in the AERSO shows this summer at Forever Green and St. Lazare (Equetrans) in Training and First Level dressage with Forever Porto, and won the gold medal in Training level, as well as the trophy for High Average Dressage Score. Both trophies were presented at the banquet in Dollard des Ormeaux. Thank you, Christine, for all the encouragement and coaching - and for ensuring that Porto became my horse. Without you, none of this would have happened.
Pebbles and Anabelle went to Elisha's place to be weaned in September. Pebbles will be going to the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in November, so Elisha is working with him so that he'll behave appropriately at the show. We'll trailer down with other horses on Friday, stay the weekend and show Pebbles in his class on Sunday morning.
Peanut went to his new home last Sunday. He'll be living in Mountain with Julie and her boys.
We took Sneakers with us, along with the cart, and had a great afternoon driving around Julie’s farm and giving her boys a ride or two.
Candy (Donna's foal) will also be leaving for her new home soon - Susan B traded her to Christine for lessons.
Susan B bought a new horse. He's a Canadian and his name is Twist. He has a bent ear (he had a hematoma in it a long time ago).
Patricia C. bought another Canadian. His name is Crooked Pete. He'll be used for hippo-therapy for the kids once he's trained. He had an injury to his right front leg as a young horse and it's crooked, but it doesn't slow him down at all
Both Twist and Pete have made themselves quite at home!
Sad news: Reba (My Jet Star) died on Sunday, October 11, 2010. She had congestive heart failure. She was 38 years old - a good age for a Paint. She'll be missed, especially by Serge. Reba was definitely Serge's horse - she loved him and he loved her. She'll be forever in our hearts. Rest in peace, Reba.
I'm sure I've missed something, but when I remember, I'll add it to the next post.
Summerfest Breeders' Show 2010
Yes, I know I'm way behind. The gremlins in my computer ate the post that I wrote way back when, so now I'm going to try to catch up.
We took Beauty, Pebbles, Daisy and Peanut to the Summerfest Breeders Show at Kemptville College on August 1st, 2010.
Daisy and Beauty went in the Broodmare (Pony) Class, and Beauty placed 1st, with Daisy placing 2nd. I showed Daisy, and Mom showed Beauty. Susan B and Serge took care of the foals.
Next was the Pony Foal of 2010 class. Peanut and Pebbles were in that class, along with another foal. Pebbles won the class and Peanut placed 3rd. Serge did a great job with Pebbles and I showed Peanut - both of them were so little it seemed like an awfully long run around the ring, even though the judges had us only use half of the outdoor ring.
Since Pebbles won his class, he had to go in the Champions class. In that class, he was up against a lot of much bigger ponies - yearlings, 2-3 year olds and more.
Pebbles won that class, too, qualifying him for the Sport Pony Challenge at the Royal Winter Fair in November!!!! He won a Champion ribbon, a Sport Pony ribbon, a cooler, and a bag of feed.
Beauty went in the Champion Broodmare class, showing against the winners of the CSH and Open broodmare classes. She was Reserve Champion!! Pretty amazing for a little mare that mom bought at Galetta Auction a few years ago, along with her daughter, Firecracker.
Poor Peanut! He was so tired at the end of the day that he fell asleep with his ribbon back at the trailer. He was only 1 month old - and had to run with his mom in every class.
Mom with Beauty and her 1st place ribbon.
Beauty and Pebbles, both showing off their ribbons.
The end result - a ton of ribbons, a cooler (for Pebbles - and all his friends), feed, treats and other stuff.
Pebbles' ribbons and cooler!
We're not sure that he'll ever grow into it, but it's a pretty cooler and we'll find a pony to wear it eventually.
Thank you very much to Susan B for all her help - we couldn't have run all those circles without you to help with the ponies.
We took Beauty, Pebbles, Daisy and Peanut to the Summerfest Breeders Show at Kemptville College on August 1st, 2010.
Daisy and Beauty went in the Broodmare (Pony) Class, and Beauty placed 1st, with Daisy placing 2nd. I showed Daisy, and Mom showed Beauty. Susan B and Serge took care of the foals.
Next was the Pony Foal of 2010 class. Peanut and Pebbles were in that class, along with another foal. Pebbles won the class and Peanut placed 3rd. Serge did a great job with Pebbles and I showed Peanut - both of them were so little it seemed like an awfully long run around the ring, even though the judges had us only use half of the outdoor ring.
Since Pebbles won his class, he had to go in the Champions class. In that class, he was up against a lot of much bigger ponies - yearlings, 2-3 year olds and more.
Pebbles won that class, too, qualifying him for the Sport Pony Challenge at the Royal Winter Fair in November!!!! He won a Champion ribbon, a Sport Pony ribbon, a cooler, and a bag of feed.
Beauty went in the Champion Broodmare class, showing against the winners of the CSH and Open broodmare classes. She was Reserve Champion!! Pretty amazing for a little mare that mom bought at Galetta Auction a few years ago, along with her daughter, Firecracker.
Poor Peanut! He was so tired at the end of the day that he fell asleep with his ribbon back at the trailer. He was only 1 month old - and had to run with his mom in every class.
Mom with Beauty and her 1st place ribbon.
Beauty and Pebbles, both showing off their ribbons.
The end result - a ton of ribbons, a cooler (for Pebbles - and all his friends), feed, treats and other stuff.
Pebbles' ribbons and cooler!
We're not sure that he'll ever grow into it, but it's a pretty cooler and we'll find a pony to wear it eventually.
Thank you very much to Susan B for all her help - we couldn't have run all those circles without you to help with the ponies.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Liberty Shots - Heather Swan
Heather Swan of Liberty Shots came out to the farm early one morning (July 10, 2010) and spent a couple of hours taking fabulous pictures of the horses and ponies. Mom was here, too, and took a few pictures of Heather taking photos - and smooshing on the ponies.
Pebbles was his usual human friendly self and presented himself for scratchies!
Pebbles was his usual human friendly self and presented himself for scratchies!
Heather and me being mobbed by the ponies - Breezy thought scratchies while she was lying down were a great idea!
If you ever want to have professional portraits taken of you and your horse/pony, be sure to call Heather. She is patient, horse-friendly, and takes amazing photos.
Heather has graciously given us permission to use some of her photos on the blog (with attribution) and several prints of our favorites. She also came to our Open Barn and donated a print of one her shots of the McCullough Peaks Wild Horse Range mustangs to our silent auction.
This is a picture that Heather took of Pebbles (Dreaming of Chocolate) when he decided to have a nap.
There are many other, equally adorable, pictures of Peanut, Shawn, Candy and Anabelle - it made it really hard to choose which ones we should have printed!
Thank you very much for coming out to the farm, Heather! Feel free to come back any time.
Open Barn a Success!
Despite a sudden shower just as the barbeque started, our first Open Barn was a great success!
Thank you very much to all those who came, ate, bid on our silent auction, and enjoyed the day.
Andrew Droppo brought his hay steamers to show them off (the hay smells very good when steamed - and the horses were delighted by the special treat), Heather Swan of Liberty Shots brought her husband and son, and donated a gorgeous print to our silent auction, and Natalie Munro created and donated solid benches for people to sit upon - and brought her cooler and ice so we could keep the hamburgers and hotdogs cold until they were cooked.
Andrew Droppo and Andrew Chaplin graciously stood out in the rain and continued to cook the hotdogs and hamburgers. The rain didn't last long, and the sun came out and dried things out pretty quickly.
Many other people donated fabulous stuff to our silent auction, including Granny and Grandpa, Mom, and Mom's friend Karen N (who put together themed gift baskets for our auction!). Mom organized the auction stuff and paperwork, picked up the hamburgers, hotdogs, buns and other stuff. Granny made a double batch of iced cupcakes for everyone to enjoy. Lori brought homemade bread and more cupcakes.
Patricia C. and her children demonstrated Equi-therapy with Sneakers. Patricia uses Equi-therapy to help her son with his language skills and her daughter with her anxiety disorder. All of her children and foster children love to come and have their time with the horses, and Patricia has noticed significant improvements.
Mom would have taken more pictures, but she was busy keeping things running smoothly. Thanks, Mom!
We look forward to hosting another Open Barn event next year!
Thank you very much to all those who came, ate, bid on our silent auction, and enjoyed the day.
Andrew Droppo brought his hay steamers to show them off (the hay smells very good when steamed - and the horses were delighted by the special treat), Heather Swan of Liberty Shots brought her husband and son, and donated a gorgeous print to our silent auction, and Natalie Munro created and donated solid benches for people to sit upon - and brought her cooler and ice so we could keep the hamburgers and hotdogs cold until they were cooked.
Andrew Droppo and Andrew Chaplin graciously stood out in the rain and continued to cook the hotdogs and hamburgers. The rain didn't last long, and the sun came out and dried things out pretty quickly.
Many other people donated fabulous stuff to our silent auction, including Granny and Grandpa, Mom, and Mom's friend Karen N (who put together themed gift baskets for our auction!). Mom organized the auction stuff and paperwork, picked up the hamburgers, hotdogs, buns and other stuff. Granny made a double batch of iced cupcakes for everyone to enjoy. Lori brought homemade bread and more cupcakes.
A donation tin on the food table received a number of generous donations. Thank you to everyone who made a donation. The money paid for more hay and grain for our rescued horses, so they thank you, too.
Jasper and Daisy were very helpful and cleaned up abandoned plates and cheerfully accepted handouts. Jasper happily played with the visiting boys on the rock and sand piles - running up and down with them and letting them hug and pat him.
Patricia C. and her children demonstrated Equi-therapy with Sneakers. Patricia uses Equi-therapy to help her son with his language skills and her daughter with her anxiety disorder. All of her children and foster children love to come and have their time with the horses, and Patricia has noticed significant improvements.
Mom would have taken more pictures, but she was busy keeping things running smoothly. Thanks, Mom!
We look forward to hosting another Open Barn event next year!
Friday, July 16, 2010
Big Open Barn Party!
OPEN BARN - July 17th
What's that, you say?
Well, we're having an Open Barn event to thank all the people who helped us in so many ways to get on our feet again after the barn fire last December.There will be a barbeque, and informative tables and demonstrations by local equine professionals.
Some of the participating people include Liberty Shots, Saddle Ridge Stables, Dr. Jeff Sleeth, and Andrew Droppo will demonstrate his Hay Steamers. There will be a equine therapy demonstration, too.
We'll also have a silent auction to raise money for the horse rescue. Some of the items in the silent auction - a breeding to Mr. Maple, a Newfoundland stallion; gift baskets, bird feeder and seed, summer fun basket, 8 place settings of stainless steel cutlery, and a print from Liberty Shots.
The barbeque (hamburgers & hot dogs) runs from 11 am to 1 pm, but the displays and other happenings continue until about 4 pm.
See you at the barn!
1280 Route 500 W, Casselman.
What's that, you say?
Well, we're having an Open Barn event to thank all the people who helped us in so many ways to get on our feet again after the barn fire last December.There will be a barbeque, and informative tables and demonstrations by local equine professionals.
Some of the participating people include Liberty Shots, Saddle Ridge Stables, Dr. Jeff Sleeth, and Andrew Droppo will demonstrate his Hay Steamers. There will be a equine therapy demonstration, too.
We'll also have a silent auction to raise money for the horse rescue. Some of the items in the silent auction - a breeding to Mr. Maple, a Newfoundland stallion; gift baskets, bird feeder and seed, summer fun basket, 8 place settings of stainless steel cutlery, and a print from Liberty Shots.
The barbeque (hamburgers & hot dogs) runs from 11 am to 1 pm, but the displays and other happenings continue until about 4 pm.
See you at the barn!
1280 Route 500 W, Casselman.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
New arrivals this week
First came Peanut. He was born to Miss Daisy on Thursday, June 24th, sometime after the MareStare link was turned off and before morning chores. He's by Spot My Dream out of Miss Daisy and will probably finish around 10 hh. Peanut is Pebbles' half brother.
Next, Candy arrived on June 27th, Sunday morning, about 2 am. Donna, too, managed to foal off camera. :) Delicious Cot'n Candy Dreams belongs to Sue B. and is by a black and white Paint stallion out of Donna Delicious. Candy is Reba's (My Jet Star - Serge's 38 year old mare) great granddaughter.
On Wednesday, June 30th, Anabelle arrived. She's out of She's in Our Soul by Classy Bingo Bar. Soul wasn't expected to foal for another week or two, so the camera wasn't even on. It was quite a surprise to come down and find Anabelle, still damp from her bath (Soul is a great mom) in the stall. We're not sure what colour she'll be, but it looks like she may be a gruella.
That's it for foals for this year. Now we're waiting for Aggie and Cooba to calve. They're both due this month, too.
Happy Canada Day!
Next, Candy arrived on June 27th, Sunday morning, about 2 am. Donna, too, managed to foal off camera. :) Delicious Cot'n Candy Dreams belongs to Sue B. and is by a black and white Paint stallion out of Donna Delicious. Candy is Reba's (My Jet Star - Serge's 38 year old mare) great granddaughter.
On Wednesday, June 30th, Anabelle arrived. She's out of She's in Our Soul by Classy Bingo Bar. Soul wasn't expected to foal for another week or two, so the camera wasn't even on. It was quite a surprise to come down and find Anabelle, still damp from her bath (Soul is a great mom) in the stall. We're not sure what colour she'll be, but it looks like she may be a gruella.
That's it for foals for this year. Now we're waiting for Aggie and Cooba to calve. They're both due this month, too.
Happy Canada Day!
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