Boyz first snow of the season....

This is a story about Angel & Charlie....

... but mostly about Charlie....

Love action pack pics!

Especially of athletic Charles!

Charlie telling Angel off

Charlie trying to tell me off!

The Dance!

Charlie has left the building!

Of course this new format on Blogger SUKS... so I couldnt arrange photos in order

and so you have just viewed them backwards....

Big Deal :)

XAMA has arrived!

HAS ARRIVED ?????.... but from where?????

Lets see shall we......

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!

YA! exactly!

WOW!

from far far away.... in a land unlike our own for sure...

they have cold cold days ya know over there... like ooooo brrrrrr

60 degrees! PUH!

WHATEVERRRRRR!

Hadrianna, Xama's trainer came over with her to be sure she settles in nicely

she went shopping for a jacket when she arrived in Florida ~

I know... florida... shopping for jackets.... that is funny too!

JUST Look at that face!

.... she loves people and attention and she will have no lack of that!

XAMA

pronounced: "Shhhama"

she arrived happily safe and sound at 3 a.m. Friday morning

she acts as if she has been here the whole time...

and mind is quite relaxed.
the other roomates however....

only gazed quietly and in awwwwww of her beauty

for hours from across the isle of the barn.

the new addition of that side of the barn built mainly for Xama

was lit up not only because the new boards were a bright honey color

but also because of her Lusitano Aura Glow :)

The barn is quite happy as is the new owners ~

Joyce and Ron Berthiaume.
The tale is far from over because Xama is due in the Spring!

Look at her move out... what a doll!!

Xamas brother ~

Valete Das Manqueiras

... and other brother

Realce Das Mangueiras

who resembles his father alot....

of course the beauty comes from the amazing father!

MEL OR

check out the fire in his soul...

an amazing equus!

We Rode Big....Then We Went Home !

I will have a video showing our jumping all 4 horses.... Kaitlyn took Breeze & Dutchess

& I trailered Angel and Baby which Haley did agree to jump Angel ... which I was suprised by.... I mean really? OK! Go for it!

No that is not considered collected Kaitlyn... mouth is gapping... reins are TOO tight and nose is behind the verticle..... to answer your girls Q... no no no

NO ! NO! NO!.... wrong again... except this time is WORSE! Dont do that to poor Dutchess :(

probably chokin her ... look!

What a pretty picture... OK biased because its my dear Angel.... but also because how can you take an ugly picture this time of year?

I mean really! AWWWWW what a darlin... well until you see the video :)

Dotti even got a little jaunt on Miss Baby... but only cuz somin' bigger n better came across Haleys agenda!


Tune in next time for SCARY VIDEO!... may post just in time for HOLLOWEEN!!!!!

LAST Jump Nite at Wild Run Farm OCT

Angel & I

He is doing much much better now that his drama is over.

We are moving above and beyond

He looks happier...

there is far less tail swishing and teeth grinding...

both great signs of success!

Listening and not pulling reins out of my hands...

staying tucked longer and round before jumping.

Perfect take off... both rears firmly planted side by side... ahhhhhhhhhhh


I even got to take a round on my dearest darling sweet cheeks.... after Haley reluctantly gave me the opportunity.... :)

thanks Haley! I may even give you a credit on gas being your so nice & all !


Not my best side...but it shows her big ol' hooves... and my heels are down
... PHEW!

HALEY RICHARDS!

R U looking down?

BETTER NOT BE teaching my horse bad work ethic!

Haley's best side....

WELL! Cuz she always has a scowl on ...

NICE TUCK BABES!

WOW!

I mean WOW... take off down the runway from a mile away...

she has pegusus breeding I believe it was her moms side :)

See! Scowling... well... not smiling anyway... it was her last go of the nite.... BABY was tired although Haley could go a million more rounds... Baby calls it a nite after 79 jumps!

LOOK at that!

NICE NICE NICE

heels down... and chin up.... hands supporting... and horse happy!

HELLO ...!!!!!!!! PICTURE PERFECT...

oh and of course the fall foliage was just he icing on the cake!

After SEVERAL refusals on a jump already jumped 3 rounds clean

...

it was time for Candace instruction!

You can see Breezy wishing she was in on the scoop...

The "UH OH" you can see in her eyes!

after that ... it was back to the MILE HIGH club!

LIKE HOLY!

Sweet little jumper... this is what SCOPE looks like!

NO WAY NO HOW does breeze knock a jump down

... she might refuse if ILEAN is in the house

... but if all is perfect... her SCOPE gets the job done!

& this is the view of success :)

another nice view of a good "crest release" in the works...

chin looks a little "down" ... if you look close & compare other pics you will see the horse refects the riders perspective on where the eyes are

... HMMMMMM very intersting !

STILL LOTS TO DO

.... but we all are enjoying the journey and need each other to edify the good

and take note of the bad and keep plugging onward an upward!

Good job girls!

... maybe its time for HEP cross country course ?

... and I say....

GO BIG OR GO HOME!

Sadly...

I just cannot say enough about this amazing gelding.

Its sad to come to this juncture as I make this decision.

I have done what I can and will continue to do what I can with him in training until I find his perfect match. I want him to acquire his fullest potential and enjoy the years in his new found career of eventing and jumping.

He is a doll and a pleasure to work with.

I was hoping to be able to bring him along further to enjoy some of the fruits of my labor but it may not be in the cards for me this coming year.

I know he will inspire and be adored by that person he chooses and I know they will be happy on their journey.

Always thinking of you Angel... & knowing that your journey is in a positive direction.

awwwwwww... girls made a video for me!!!!!!!!

I guess they miss me...

"happy times at birchridge! We miss you mean bossy trainer:)
Sooooo.....whens next lesson???
from haley the snot picker!!!!!!"

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Acadia Ride Idea

This is a vid I found of others doing a Acadia ride.... I think we should plan one for this fall!!!!!

What do you think?

JUMP NITE at Wild Run Farm Lyman

WOW WOW WOW !!!

so much learned in short period of time
I think WHY DIDNT WE COME SOONER?
Well because... they have only had jumping lessons for what a month now?
With rain all summer most lessons were cancelled... and we had been working on dressage patterns
Then we started jumping after the BIG LET DOWN with Kaitlyns first dressage show because the judge was less than impressed with her efforts. I have yet to write a letter expressing my thoughts to the SMDA on that one! Judges need to know to edify the good in a nicer way & think about what they say and how they should say it before the damage is done after the fact! That NOT ONLY applies to these youngsters but to adult newbies trying to make their way in the dressage or show arena.... but that GRIPE is for another day.

Lets look at some of these shots shall we?

Baby ... LOOKING GOOD!

ALL GROWN UP ...

& having fun!!!!!

Misty took quite a leap of faith there!

But look at those heels down! NICE JOB! .... & hands placed firmly where they need to be supporting horse and rider... :) LUV IT~!

Looking at next jump where one needs to be... as their horse doesnt know right?

WOO HOOOOOO MISSY BOO! ... Look at that expression!

SHE IS HAVING FUN NOW!

... see when the rider is having fun... the horse follows!

Kaitlyn very intent expression !!!!!

Concentrating... excellent!

NICE TUCK BREEZE!

OOOOOOOOO... mY FaV pic... look at breezy go!

ummmm heels down right?

Candace telling Kaitlyn to keep her eyes up and look onward and forward because Breeze kept refusing jumps... WHY?

BECAUSE Katie kept looking down... so the horse looks down and says "WHAT!!!! ... yikes"

There! MUCH BETTER!

Love it when a plan comes together~!

So we will be doing jumper nite I think every week now until the ground freezes and that will do us all some good and we can learn alot from doing a dozen jump course consistently every time!

The horse may even stop asking why :)

Lucky Clover Jumping Show

... sorry for the late posts. Between going on vaca with dad to Canada on a motorcycle trip and then returning to do hay, I have been busy outside of the horse world.

BUT not to fret... we did go to a show at Lucky Clover Farm in Sanford. Sue Austin owns the facility and most of the kids at the show where from the stable. That alone made it a laid back environment for the girls. They were able to learn alot that day.

Picking n choosing their own classes and asking questions about those classes for one. Making Haley go and sign up for her own classes with her own money for two. Then the getting ready and warming up for three. It was alot for them to digest I am sure. BUT HEY... if they want to show this is what they will expect. GETTING THERE EARLY ~ because ring warm up time is before show time and ring closes ... which is what Kaitlyn found out. She did not get any jump time in before classes started because she arrived too late.

Haley found out she needs not be concerned about others in the ring and do her own thing and CALL the jumps before you go over them. She also learned just because you jump 2' jumps in your own arena doesnt mean you are ready to go to a show at that level.

RULE OF THUMB ~ always show one level under what you work on at home. So you know you are ready when you get to a show.... a show always brings out all the things you have to work on or didnt know you had to work on! RIGHT GIRLS! ?????

I couldnt take a horse because I was the photographer for the show. I promised and I had missed the first show photo ops. I wanted to take Baby to school her but there will be plenty more options later this year :)

I got some great pics!!!!!!

Before classes started... aparently forgot she should put her jacket on....

Breeze looking good... nice extension....

need to get those thumbs up and headset rounder right?

NICE TUCK OVER THE FENCE MISTY!

the judges thoughts and gave some good feedback to the girls...

edifying the good is great!

Girls at basecamp....

wasting time chatting with shared BF instead of learning by watching others in the ring....

that wont happen again right?????