e-Rider 28 November 2001

Welcome to e-Rider, the newsletter for AtlanticRider.com. AtlanticRider.com is Atlantic Canada's most comprehensive resource for the horse enthusiast.

The Christmas lights are up and our front page is decorated! Check out the great Christmas gift ideas at our AtlanticRider.com family stores: Co-op Country, Four Feet on the Ground, Maritime Saddle & Tack, North Stream Farm Tack Shop, and Ted's Tack Shop! Or pick up an AtlanticRider.com baseball hat... sure to become a favourite!

Christy Goss and Krymsun Glory of Saint John, NB have been training for Dressage. They entered their first show this year at Lake Wood Farm and placed very well. Congratulations! Rider of the Week.

We would love to have your 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

This week we welcome Kevin Wile Performance Horses and Krymsun Farms to the AtlanticRider.com family! Kevin Wile Performance Horses offers quality horse transportation (regular trips between Ontario and the Maritimes), exceptional horses for sale, and good quality horse trailers. Krymsun Farms (Herb Best Quarter Horses), located in New Glasgow, NS offers training, breeding, sales, lessons and a tack shop on the premises. Visit these new sites from the front page of AtlanticRider.com!

On e of the most successful Dressage horses of all times, Rembrandt recently died aged 24. Under the saddle of the German rider Nicole Uphoff, Rembrandt won 13 gold medals at Olympic Games, World and European Dressage Championships. The couple participated at three Olympic Games (Seoul in 1998, Barcelona in 1992 and Atlanta in 1996) and won the double individual and team gold in Seoul and Barcelona .

Any show results left over? What about year end awards? Send them to us: donna@atlanticrider.com!

Congratulations to Faye Lloyd on the recent purchase of Linwal Dark Emperor. "Bailey" is a six-year old, copper chestnut Morgan gelding. He comes from Don and Aline Richard of White Maple Morgans in Memramcook, NB. Bailey looks forward to meeting new friends who come to visit!

We're pleased to see the forum becoming such a popular way for horse people to communicate - here's just one example:
I don't know if the first posting had to do with pony club or this discussion board but I got the impression it might be in regard to this board. All postings are only a matter of opinion and since there are a thousand ways to "skin any cat" there will be a thousand different opinions. That's what is so great about a discussion board...boards are to encourage a discussion. Discussions roam (and sometimes off topic just like a real life discussion)...and I would hope none of us are so stubborn or narrow minded as to not consider other ideas. Horses are a life long learning experience and no one nowhere will ever know it all. I get a big charge out of this board because of the far reaching discussions and it is by far one of the best on the net right now for that reason. I also don't consider disagreement to be bad or a fight....its an expression of various views and a sharing of information. What is missing with this type of communication is the body language that we humans tend to need to interrupt if a person is angry or sharing....the printed word comes across as very literal. I think this is a fairly friendly board and I love that we are all sharing our views. We don't all have to share the same view or ways of doing things. If we all agreed there would be no progress, change or growth in equine sport. I hope that no one ever gets too sensitive about any of my opinions...they are only mine and I am open to new info. There will always be people in life who take offence to the views of others and are intolerant of mistakes. I have been doing the horse thing for a great many years and I am still learning and i sure don't expect every one to agree with me. This board tends to be part of my entertainment and its nice to discuss things with other horsey folk. Join the discussion... or just take a look at what others are saying!

AtlanticRider.com hats are available in time for Christmas giving. These super-comfortable black hats are embroidered with the AtlanticRider.com logo. Great for covering up 'helmet head' and for wearing to town! $15 (plus tax). Email us to order! Check out the photos on our front page!

I am a 23 year old student going to attend University Part Time at NASC and I am looking for some part time work that can help me work towards my rider levels and eventually my coaching certification. I have been riding for 14 years and have my own barn here in St. John's. Please contact me at (709)749-6957 or (709)739-4313 for more information. (NF)

Wintec 2000 English saddle, all purpose, 16 1/2 inch seat. Comes with interchangeable tree gullets, size medium and extra-wide, stirrups, wintec stirrup leathers and girth. Only six months old and used only a few times. Brand new condition. To purchase new the cost would be over $1100.00. Selling for $700.00 firm. (NB)

Two-horse bumper pull trailer with fiberglass roof, ramp, escape door, removable divider. Open sides can be enclosed with plexiglass. Good condition, inspected until May 2002. $2000 (NS)

For Lease: 14.2hh half QH mare. Greenbroke with all the basics. eeds an experienced rider. Lots of potential, would make a good pony club mount. I am looking for someone to take her on while I am in University. I do not want any money, just someone to work with her. Hopefully with showing in mind. Would make a good dressage, hunter, or eventing mount. You pay the expenses. She has all the knowledge, just needs the experience. P.E.I. only please! (PEI)

November 30-December 2: Pre-Christmas Sale at Maritime Saddle & Tack. Up to 50% off in-stock items. Free gifts! Refreshments! Contact Michelle Cox: 506-372-4006.

December 4: December 4: "Old" Peoples Pony Club (for adults 20 yrs +) second meeting on Tuesday, December 4, 7:30PM, 35 Bloomfield Stn Rd, Bloomfield NB, or contact Melanie Graham @832-1104. This month's discussions are on bits and grooming. Motto ......not for the ribbons nor the glory, but for the camaraderie and the memories.

December 15: Evangeline Trail Rides Second Annual Christmas Barn Party. 4:00 pm. Band, eggnog, and apple cider. Dress warmly!

December 15: Massage therapy clinic with Linda Forbes. Tannic Farm near Riverview, NB. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. $25, lunch included. Contact Colleen Maloney: 506-372-4939.

December 27-28: Dressage Clinic with Sue Fraser, Level III Dressage Coach. Baie Verte. Call Bonnie for details: 506-538-2868.

January 26-27: PEI CADORA Judges clinic with Sue Rothgeb. Contact Cindy Matheson: 902-892-8537 or Ron Stewart: 902-569-2827.

We're happy to promote your Atlantic Canada horse event by listing in e-Rider and on our events page. Simply email the information to: donna@atlanticrider.com or phone 1-800-431-5888.

Is Ainsley Vince Canada's and show jumping's answer to Anna Kournikova? Now that the off-season has begun in the show jumping world, Ainsley Vince now finds herself in the middle of a different kind of competition. Ainsley first appeared in FASHION Magazine last year in a profile of Canadian equestrian athletes along with fellow Team riders Beth Underhill, Frankie Chesler, and Amy Millar. Vince is now once again profiled in the November issue as one of Canada's foxiest celebrities. The contest closes December 15, 2001, and Jump Canada wants to encourage everyone to vote for our newly minted Champion. Get the details on Vince's nomination and learn how to cast your ballot...