I know, I know...I am not very good with keep up with DA at all, but I do try and look over everyone's work when I get online, even though I don't put up my new work. I hope everyone's summer is going well...Mine has been busy as usual.
News...I made it through my first year of college! I had a good year, but 2nd semester was a little boring just because all I did was ride Knight, who was boarded on campus, do school work, and hung out a little with friends. I didn't get to show as much as I had hoped, though. I did meet a lot of great people!
I did show Knight, my Welsh/Arab pony, at a Feb. dressage schooling show and got 3 seconds, two of which were behind my sister, Megan, and her pony mare, Pegasus, who won all their classes. I showed Mocha, our Saddlebred/Arabian, at an open, rated dressage show in Training Level and won our class and I got Reserve Champion High Point Junior Rider with the score I got on him. My sister and Cafe, full brother to Mocha, won their classes in 1st and 2nd level.
Cafe foundered last month (and he's only 8) in one of his hoof's and probably won't be able to be ridden for another month or so. Foundering does run in the family on his mother's side. His grandmother foundered so many times and so badly, at the end (in her 20s) she had to be put down. Jaharah, Cafe's mother, has not foundered yet, and we hope she doesn't. We almost lost Khelsea, our Arabian mare, again right before Cafe foundered. She coliced real badly and we thought we were going to have to put her down. But she made it through...She has already had colic surgery when she was younger.
As for summer break, I have been riding almost everyday about two or three horses a day. Mocha is possibly leaving for his new home in Florida & Virginia (yes, he will have two homes) in a couple weeks. The woman is buying him as a trail horse and a horse for her to further her riding skills on. She might show him or ride him in competitive trail rides at some point, but that is not her goal currently.
Dance, our Welsh Pony who is for sale or lease, went to a local show on Sat. and with my sister received Reserve Champion Schooling Hunter and 1st place in Hunter Hack.
We have Arabian shows, GAHA Summer Classic I & II, in a couple weeks and will be taking Knight and Pegasus, to show in dressage and working hunter, and Kid, to be shown in Dressage, Sport Horse Under Saddle, and Sport Horse In Hand. We hope to qualify Knight and Pegasus for the Region 12 Working Hunter Championships which is a few days after the show.
Also, news on our Arabian colt, JAG Khalahari. He is doing fantastic! At his first show he got Reserve Champion Junior Stallion, at his second show he received Champion Stallion, and at the Region 12 Championships he got Top Five in 2 year old Colts! He is so beautiful and has amazing movement! He will be shown at the GAHA Summer shows as well in Halter and Sport Horse In Hand. JAG Kharisma, his half sister, is being prepared to start under saddle. She turned 3 years old in April. She is being lunged with a bridle, sircingle, and side reins. My mom just put a western saddle on her last week to start her getting used to it. She will probably go to professional western training in the winter after she gets a good start at home.
We don't really know what we are going to do after the GAHA shows. My sister and I wanted to get into some schooling events/combined training shows to see how we like it and would do with the ponies, but we probably will just end up going to some local hunter shows since the facilities are closer. But then our dressage trainer told us we should try to qualify for USDF Regionals on the ponies in Dressage Equitation. So many choices but it will all depend on time...I want to go to the beach and travel some! I think my family will be taking some trips around after our big Arabian show..Maybe go to Aiken, Florida somewhere, maybe Washington DC, Memphis, Chattanooga, maybe even Virginia again! I think my mom is sort of sick of going to the same beach for almost 18 years for vacations lol
I hope everyone's summer is going well and I will hopefully start posting some new work soon!
Don't forget to watch my family's farm website for updates: [link]
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Also, for sale:
Roxi-7 yr old, 13.1hh, Paint pony mare. Located Canton, GA. Information and pictures at: [link]
Afanne The Flame-8 yr old, 14.3+hh, Chestnut, Arabian mare. Located Canton, GA. Information and pictures at: [link]
Love This Kiss-2 yr, 15+hh, Chestnut, Half Arabian filly. Located Canton, GA. Information and pictures at: [link]