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Vol. 4, Issue 15 e-Rider Wednesday, 27 March 2003
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In this issue of e-Rider
Atlantic Rider of the Week
Parelli Natural Horsemanship A Big Hit in New Brunswick!
AtlanticRider Family is Growing Again!
Ride & Drive Day Celebrations Across the Country
Sweepings....
Canadians Score a 1 - 2 Victory at the Prestigious Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI***
The Best of the Forum!
What's New on AtlanticRider.com?
A Call For Horse Shoes
Featured Classifieds
Keean White Top Canadian Show Jumper in Wellington
Show Results
Canadian Rider John Pearce Wins the $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix
Yvonne Losos de Muñiz Makes Clean Sweep of Wellington Dressage Classic
Upcoming Events in Atlantic Canada
2003 Congress Judges Announced
Horse Quote for the Week
Canada’s Keean White Show Jumps with Success in Tampa
Keean White Third in Tampa World Cup Qualifier
Horses in Unexpected Places
Atlantic Rider of the Week
Lindy Feltmate and Mr. Big are shown at the Eastern Nova Scotia Exhibition in Antigonish, NS (summer 2001). Lindy and Mr. Big placed in the Showmanship class in Lindy's first year of riding. She takes lessons with Nadine Bollig at the Ohio Equestrian Centre. Way to go Lindy! Rider of the Week.
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suggestions for Rider of the Week. Please submit a photo and a description of
the team you are nominating. This can be done by mail to: PO Box 7305, Riverview
NB E1B 4T9 or by email: donna@AtlanticRider.com
Parelli Natural Horsemanship A Big Hit in New Brunswick!
Up until last fall, Parelli Natural HorseManShip had never been to New Brunswick. There are many different styles of training horses; PNH advocates a common sense approach to communicating with horses naturally. No special equipment is required and the results are simply unbelievable. The instructor program for PNH is rigorous, and endorsed instructors like Glenn spend time each year updating and improving their knowledge and training skills at PNH founder Pat Parelli’s International Study Centers. Glenn Stewart, one of only a few instructors in Canada, impressed people last year not only with his knowledge and ability to teach, but also his genuine and straightforward personality. Parelli Natural Horsemanship...
The AtlanticRider Family is Growing Again!
We are delighted to welcome several new members to the AtlanticRider.com family - check out their websites today!
Does your horse-related business have a website? If so, email us to find out how you can join the AtlanticRider.com family!
Ride & Drive Day Celebrations Across the Country
“Ride & Drive Day is a great opportunity for horse enthusiasts, both experienced and new, to simply enjoy a wonderful day of riding or driving,” remarked Poul Jorgensen, Chair of Equine Canada’s Recreation Division. “The Day will also be used to raise the profile of the recreational rider and communicate important messages about trail preservation, horsemanship skills and equestrian safety.” Ride and drive day...
Sweepings...
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Canadians Score a 1 - 2 Victory at the Prestigious Palm Beach Dressage Derby CDI***
Canadian dressage riders are enjoying much success south of the border this winter. At the recent Palm Beach Dressage Derby, CDI***/Y, held in Loxahatchee Florida February 28 - March 3, Shannon Dueck & Korona won the CDI*** FEI Grand Prix Freestyle with a remarkable score of 73.600%. Country mate Ashley Holzer & Imperioso were close behind in second place with a score of 69.725%. Palm Beach Dressage Derby...
The Best of the Forum
Have you been riding all winter? Or are you like many of us, trying to get back in shape? There's a great thread on the forum about rider fitness - join the discussion!
What's New on AtlanticRider.com?
Jill Henselwood and Toyz R Us Win the $25,000 Hits Ocala Grand Prix
Mario Deslauriers Named Jump Canada Athlete of the Month for February
Rosalind Farber Named 2002 Equine Canada Volunteer of the Year
Wrangler Signs on Again as East Coast Barrel Racing Sponsor!
A Call For Horse Shoes
Horse shoes from Show Jumpers that have represented the USA in competition (e.g. Nations/World Cups; Pan Am/ Olympic Games etc.) are being sought. Shoes from these horses are being cast into a legendary glass sculpture that will be auctioned next February at the Denim and Diamonds Gala in Wellington, Florida to benefit the USET. Shoes for sculpture...
Featured Classifieds
"Maggie" is 14.2hh and would make a great experienced childs or adult's equitation partner. She has real nice transition changes, flying lead changes & collecting. She would excel as a 2"6-3 hunter pony. She has no vices, she clips, bathes, good with farrier & Vet. she is up to date with Vaccines including West Nile, strangles and been dewormed regularity. Mag went to her first training show - 3 flat classes and came home with 2 seconds & a first. (NS)
Western Rawhide Canadiana 17.5 " Suede Seat Brown Excellent Condition $750.00 (PEI)
Shelby is a pretty 13-year-old chestnut Morgan/Quarter Horse cross mare. She is saddle broke and very energetic, athletic and friendly. About 15hh and 1000lbs. Good to shoe, deworm and vaccinate. She has mostly been used western but would go great english as well. (NL)
Brown Stubben Close Contact, 17" seat, excellent condition $1100.00 (NB)
For these and more classified ads, visit our new classified system!
Keean White Top Canadian Show Jumper in Wellington
From a field of 45 entries, 19-year-old White of Cambridge, ON, placed fifth riding Arriscraft Rocca, his nine-year-old selle francais gelding, amongst a field of United States Equestrian Team veterans. Story and photo...
Show Results
Canadian Rider John Pearce Wins the $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix
John Pearce of Stouffville, Ontario, riding Air Jordan captured the $25,000 Ariat Grand Prix during the final week of the HITS Indio Desert Circuit. Pearce bested a field of fifty-four horse/rider combinations, and was the fastest of three double-clears in an eight-horse jump-off. Cathleen Calvert and Quietude finished in second place. Third place went to Molly Talla and Mr. Pacific. Ariat Grand Prix...
Yvonne Losos de Muñiz Makes Clean Sweep of Wellington Dressage Classic
Held March 13-16, 2003, at the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club during the Winter Equestrian Festival, Losos de Muñiz won all three competitions at the Intermediare level – the Prix St. Georges, Intermediare I and Intermediare Freestyle. Following her Prix St. Georges victory, Losos de Muñiz was the only rider to break 70% against an impressive international starting field of 29 entries in Saturday’s $1,000 Intermediare I competition. Her remarkable score of 70.25% was earned for a performance that featured strong lateral movements in both the trot and canter work with her partner, Inatana Las Marismas, a 13-year-old bay Dutch Warmblood mare by Latano that she has been riding since January of 2002. Wellington Dressage Classic...
Upcoming Events
March 28: Bob Grimshaw Clinic
March 29: APHCNS Directors' Meeting
April 4: Riding Clinic at Clovelly
April 5:
Reining Clinic
Driving Clinic
Schleese Saddle Fitting Clinic
April 6: Youth
Team Cattle Penning Clinic
Misty Brook Magnets Demo
For details on these and many other events in Atlantic Canada go to: www.atlanticrider.com! We welcome you to post your events as well!
The final list of AQHA judges who will officiate at the 2003 Congress has been announced. Fourteen judges will be used, which is an increase of two judges over previous years. The list includes Milt Alterman, Gigi Bailey, Tony Burris, Joe Carter, Patti Carter, Mark DeFreece, Leslie Lange, Larry Little, Morgan Lybbert, Clay McLeod, Tom Reynolds, Bennie Sargent, Mark Sheridan and Karen Waters.
Horse Quote for the Week
People, then, are not fried to horses unless their horses
love them in return.
~ Plato, Lysis
Canada’s Keean White Show Jumps with Success in Tampa
Following a spectacular Florida circuit competing in Jacksonville, Ocala and Palm Beach, Canadian show jumper Keean White of Cambridge, ON, rode his recent wave of success into Tampa for the CSI-W Tampa Bay Classic, held at the Bob Thomas Equestrian Center from March 19-23. White opened the week with a fourth place finish in the $25,000 WEF Challenge Cup, a speed competition where the fastest time wins. Success in Tampa...
Keean White Third in Tampa World Cup Qualifier
In the competition, which also acted as the final World Cup Qualifier for the U.S. East Coast League, White of Cambridge, ON, was the first rider to take to the grand prix ring from a field of 33 horse-rider combinations. Riding Libidou, his 10-year-old Dutch Warmblood mare by Topas, White mastered the course despite being the first rider out of the gate, joining six other competitors in the jump-off. Again the first to go, White repeated his initial faultless round in a time of 38.88 seconds. World Cup Qualifier...
Horses in Unexpected Places
Win a Trip to the AQHA Youth World
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