Thursday, August 28, 2008

July 2008 Jumpers!!

Alicia/Casey - tallest horse on the farmMegan/Holly - one of the shortest on the farm!
Fertile/Chloe

June 2008 - Barn Party

We enjoyed a relaxed night with lots of Potluck food
and good stories by the campfire. It was nice just to "hang out"!



June 2008 - Pony Club Tetrathalon Rally Part 2

Here's our living quarters for the week - home sweet trailer! It actually wasn't that bad!!
Brittany and Chloe concentrating on their target shooting skills

Heather (red shorts) shooting in the Fossil Division
The swimming phase was very refreshing on a hot day!
Anthony completed his first ever stadium course - ground pole style of course!
Anthony's team did very well! Anthony came home with 3 ribbons - totally not expected!


June 2008 - Tetrathalon Rally Part 2

Chloe/Fertile, Brittany/Dyno and Anthony/Angel enjoy 3 great days of Tetrathalon Rally at Sheboygan County Fairgrounds. Anthony, Snoopy and I camped out in our trailer and Britt and Chloe stayed in local hotel with Britt's family.

They participated in 2 days of mounted games clinics and an evening of competition.
Chloe gets kudos for her extra effort of peforming the games on Fertile - who's about 12 inches too tall for these events!
Anthony/Angel doing the cup on a stick race
Anthony passing off a cup to Willa
Anthony reaching down for the ball/cone race
Fertile's the perfect size for this race!
Brittany and Dyno were looking good - Dyno was so relaxed!



June 2008 - Cowboy Camp


KEC Cowboy camp was lots of fun this year!
Below - Cowboy David and Fertile
Cowboy Seanie and Hawk
Cowboy Anthony prepping to roast some marshmallowsHome, Home on the Range!!
Cowboy Steve took us for a bumpy tractor ride through the pasture!


June 2008 - Kendra and Lauren at Mini-Event

Kendra competed in the Combined Event following Pony Club camp - she had a great dressage round and was all suited up for Cross Country but was unable to compete due to an approaching lightning storm. She was able to have a successful stadium round for a separate class - check it out! Lauren and Joanie competed in a stadium class for the mini event after Pony Club camp and did very well - they took home a ribbon at the end of the day - great job!
Kendra/Apache
Joanie and Apache were very happy to see each other after their rounds -
OK, so it looks like Joanie's happy -
I think Apache looks like he's ready to go home and take a nap!
Kendra/Apache competing in dressage
Joanie jumping big over the banana!!



June 2008 - KEC Members attend Regional Pony Club Camp

Kendra/Apache - working on their Dressage skills Anthony hanging out in the Gator with Mrs. Strom and Mrs. Birr Maddi/Fertile looking good on Cross Country with Claire
Lauren/Joanie - jumping BIG during their stadium lesson with Deb!
Elizabeth/Lady - working on Stadium skills
Aryana/Glory working out the kinks in the flat arena
Alicia/Casey covering ground on cross country
Alexus/Buddy jumping cross country in style - check out their color coordination!





May/June 2008 - Monsoon Season

The horses (and barn staff) weren't so excited about the high amounts of rain we had this spring - too much mud - and bugs!
Minnie is seen here enjoying a convenient sip rather than using too much energy to walk back to the barn to get a drink! Of course, Joanie thought it was a great skin/fur therapy
to completely roll in the deepest part of the mud hole!!!
Lucky Lauren got to spend extra grooming time!

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

June 2008 KEC Camps

Tennis Ball RaceHorse Parts Sticker Game
Pony Pals - Carly/Angel and Lindsay/Holly


Equine OIympics - Part 3

We made Tye-Dye Camp T-shirts! Alexa/Cinders - put their Parelli skills to the test for Bribe Your Horse!
Monkey Pile on Georgia!

Gambler's Choice Champ - Elizabeth and Lady!
Bobbing for Apples - Aryana



Equine Olympics Camp - Part 2

Pony People to the Rescue!!!
Haley/Holly-above and Alicia/Misty - below!

Playing Gone Fishin' is a team effort sometimes

- thanks for all your help Connie!

Fling An Apple - this year's champ - Georgia!

Sponge Bucket Race - lots of fun that usually ends
in a grand water fight at the end of the day!Elizabeth/Lady - mastering the ball/basket race!
Flying Blue Monkey team - Elizabeth, Alyssa, Haley, Alexa and Anna
Purple People Eaters - Anika, Aryana, Georgia, Alicia and Melanie
What a team - Aryana, Georgia and Alicia