e-Rider

Vol. 2, Issue 47               e-Rider             Wednesday, 29 November 2000

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Rider of the Week

This week we feature the Appaloosa Horse Club of Nova Scotia's Youth Team. The team competed successfully at the Canadian National Appaloosa Show in 2000. Each girl earned anywhere from five to nine Top Eight ribbons and many were Top Five or better. Two returned home as national champions: Courtney Casey in the open Western Equitation 14-18, and Natalia Tate in the Youth Team Trail Horse event. Candace
and Natalia teamed up to collect second place for the Team Native Pageant, in which Candace and her mount wore an authentic Lakota Sioux outift and Natalia delivered a spoken commentary, with each component worth 50% of the total. Jillian Bishop earned the coveted Sportsmanship Award, chosen from among all youth teams at the show. Congratulations on representing Atlantic Canada Riders so well - we're proud of you!

 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  

News from Horse Trials New Brunswick

Year 2000 was a good year in terms of development. There were several clinics and major course improvements. The feeling at the meeting was that this was not an area that needed 'more.' The details...

Atlantic Canada Show Results

First Local Group for Dressage Canada 

This local club will continue to provide grassroots education, primary and national levels of competition, rider clinics etc. for its members.  It will look to Dressage Canada to pursue the young horse programs, rider development programs, training of coaches and officials, and provision of competition rules and tests, all of which are necessary to the management of a national sport. First local group...

Sweepings...

Bittersweet Stables in Yarmouth County (Brenda and Natalia Tate) have a recent arrival who will offer some interesting Appaloosa blood to the area in future, as it is planned to keep him a stallion. Rocket's Bright Eydia (aka Rocky) is a 2000 colt bred by Norm Campbell of Ontario, who began his show career in a big way at Canadian Appaloosa Nationals this past August. He is now the reigning National Champion Most Colorful (all ages); Reserve National Champion Weanling Stallion; Reserve National Champion Junior Stallion. He also won the Ontario Appaloosa Horse Club Most Colorful Weanling Futurity (15 entries) and was Reserve in the Select Sire Futurity Colts & Geldings (17 entries). Rocky is dark seal brown,  near-black, with large, loud blanket and other body markings. His sire, Rocketfinder Too, is a Reserve World Halter Champion as a 2-Year-Old. His great-grandsires top to bottom are Dreamfinder, Zip to Impress, Mr Exclusive and Two Eyed Jack. Rocky joins Appaloosa National Champion Youth Team Trail Horse, KC (King Chicken). Both will be shown by Natalia Tate in 2001.

Check out your provincial 'Sweepings' on the website. We would love to hear the local news from your area! Please email to donna@atlanticrider.com. 

FEI/BCM World Jumping Rankings - Beerbaum Moves to Second Place Again

Rodrigo Pessoa remains the world's Number One. But Ludger Beerbaum, second
from December 2000 to September 2000, when he lost his place to the Olympic
Champion Jeroen Dubbeldam, regained this spot. Dubbeldam is third again,
Beat Mändli moved up from 8th to 6th place Marcus Ehning dropped from 7th to
9th place. More...

This Week’s Featured Classifieds

Experienced horse person will transport your horse from Toronto to Atlantic Canada on January 1st. Two stalls available. Comfortable gooseneck trailer. Peter Peck: dthomas@nbnet.nb.ca or 506-372-4026 (Salisbury, NB)

Bay TB gelding, with no markings. Extremely well-mannered and a pleasure to ride. 16.3 hh, foaled in 1989. Used for dressage, reason for selling is no time to ride him. $3500. Marlene: jcj@auracom.com (NS)

Wanted:     Dressage tack for Christmas. Saddle, bridle, breastplate and girth. Stirrups and leathers if possible. Black preferred. Willing to pay up to $400. Good condition is a must. Dwan Street: dstreet@thezone.net (NF)

The rest of our more than 450 classified ads.

Non-commercial classifieds are free (including pictures!) to residents of Atlantic Canada! We also offer great rates for commercial ads! Advertisers: please be sure to let us know (via phone, email, or fax) when you sell (or obtain) the advertised item.

Mario Deslauriers Tops Canadian League World Cup Standings

Deslauriers, 35, was the highest placed Canadian in the Audi Quattro World Cup at CSIO Toronto, the final event in the Canadian World Cup League.  Placing second with double clear rounds aboard Le Madro, a Holsteiner gelding owned by Tristan America, Deslauriers earned 17 points to bring his season total to 56. Canadian League World Cup...

Upcoming Events

December 2-3:    Don Adams Clinic at Double D Equestrian Club,  Fenwick, NS (10 minutes from Amherst). Contact Monique: kallie@auracom.com or 902-667-3899.

December 8:    Cape Breton Western Riders Christmas Party, North Sydney Exhibition Grounds.

December 9-10:    Sue Fraser Clinic at River Oaks Farm, Saint John, NB. Sue is a Level III Coach and offers dressage and jumping lessons and CEF Rider & Coaching training and testing. Contact Ruth Shaw: areshaw@nbnet.nb.ca or 506-634-1799

Complete events listing.

We would be happy to include your horse-related event in our free listing. Email the information to: donna@atlanticrider.com or phone 1-800-431-5888.

Introducing the 2000/2001 L'Annee Hippique

Profiling the year in equestrian sport, L'Annee Hippique provides a detailed report of the competition season.  Every FEI discipline is covered including show jumping, dressage, three day eventing, endurance and driving.  The 2000/2001 edition of L'Annee Hippique also provides excellent coverage of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, making it a
must-have item for every equestrian enthusiast. Ordering information...

Horses in Unexpected Places

Guest ranches are becoming increasingly popular for the non-horsey set. The Kamloops South Thompson Inn and Guest Ranch is offering a host of incentives to meeting planners for bringing their groups to the property in the late fall and winter. Meeting planners are encouraged to sample 'country life' as an ideal setting for encouraging creativity. The inn offers catering services, 'creative theme' options, and audio visual equipment. A great getaway for executives who usually spend their time walking concrete sidewalks and breathing exhaust fumes!

 

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