New C3s

Congratulations to Sam and Noel for passing their C3 Traditional testing this weekend.

Dressage Rally 2008

The very cool BOY team!

Marlee is State 4H Junior Dressage Champion!

Marlee attended the AREA –D 4 H show where she was the third highest overall (Jr/Sr, Western/ English) point earner with 25 out of a possible 30. She received 2nd place in every class: Dressage, Halter Pony, Showmanship, Equitation over Fences and Pony Hunter Over Fences.This qualified her for 4H State Championships....here she earned 38 points which tied her for Reserve English Champion (for the state Sr & Jr). She was FIFTH High Overall JR Rider (western/English combined). She was 1st in Dressage which made her JR Dressage State Champion.

(Photo from SJ rally)

Our Members are hard at Work:

Thanks to Kim for these pictures of our members preparing for Games, Polocrosse and Vaulting. Keep up the good work. Wekiva Basin Pony Club is Awesome!

New HB Pony Clubbers!

Congratulations to Noel and Ashley for passing their HB tests last weekend. We are all so proud of your hard work. (photos are from c-camp)

C Campers:

Wekiva Basin Pony Club had 7 girls attend the C Camp for Junior Council members. The camp was held at Rocking Horse and featured 3 incredible clinicians. Hannah Johnson taught dressage, Kyle Carter cross country and Ruthie Harbison finished up with stadium jumping. The girls stayed in cabins at the 4H camp in tha Ocala National Forest. Other highlights were launching off the top of a pontoon into a lake and extreme dodgeball. To view the rest of my camping pics go to: http://www.flickr.com:80/photos/kmancuso/


Sam and Westie:

Noel and Longleaf

Alex and Forestal

Paige and Louie

Vanessa and Absolute

Ashley and Retto


Sam and Figit

Awesome Job Vanessa!

Vanessa passed her C+ rating last weekend.

Rating UP!

Congratulations to Samantha for passing her C2 test,


and Sheila for passing her C1.
Great job girls.

Look Who's Back!

Alex takes Forestal to their first A rated jumper show and wins her first two classes. After three days of showing, 6 classes total, she ended up Reserve Champion overall. Talk about a jump start! Great job Alex.

#1 Name Horse and Rider for a Nerdy Rope Prize!

Send your answer to me at horses@cfl.rr.com or comment directly to blog.

2nd Annual "Name the Horse and Rider" Game

Ok so you had a hard time with "Who Knows The Nose?" Game so we will have our 2nd Annual "Name the Horse and Rider" Game. Our C's were very good at this last year. Of course our prizes were Nerdy Ropes so there was a strong incentive. Same game, same prize, good luck to all!

Tetrathlon Rally:

The athletes: Glenn, Callie, Nicki, Marley, Makayla and Cheyenne.

Erin Wins 'The Mary Angela Jacquith Sportsman of the Year' Award!

This trophy honoring the memory of Mary Jacquith is given to the Pony Clubber that has demonstrated time and again the enduring sportsmanship needed in Pony Club. Erin was chosen by her peers and Horse Management to win. The trophy is being presented by Debra Jacquith, Mary's mother.

Just another HUG in Pony Club:

I came to take pictures of D-Day. A day when the C level Pony Clubbers teach the D levels something about horses. However what grabbed me was the sight of this little girl hugging a pony. This picture encompasses all that we are about: Happy child and a happy pony. Enjoy!

A D-Day Thank You Post

Thanks to Kim for this picture of some of the participants at D-day. Thanks to Bama for hosting the event. Thanks to our Junior Council Leader, Jenny for organizing the event. And a huge round of applause and thanks to the awesome Junior Council members for working at the event.


Ds and Cs gathered at Hanover Farm on D-Day: (from L to R Noel, Jenna, Hailey, Vanessa, Samantha, Erin, Emily, Mykayla, Amanda, Ashley, Sheila, Alex and Lauren)

On the NOSE!

We have a winner in the "Who knows the nose?" contest. What did they win? Why a picture of their horse's nose on the blog. Guess this nose and I post your horse's nose next. Good Luck Everyone!

A New HB!

Congratulations to Samantha K. for passing her HB rating. No easy task. We are PROUD of you!

Security:

I am in the process of adding more security to this blog site. I needed to delete the previous blog to remove an unwanted link. Should be up and running again soon.
karen

One of our own PCer's on the Rolex Website!

Ashley's coach congratulates her and other students on the Rolex Website where he is one of the featured riders for this years competition.

http://www.rk3de.org/featured_rider.php?id=14&pid=3

What a great coach!

Rocking Horse Spring Horse Trials:

Congratulations to two of our own for their impressive showing at the event last weekend. Vanessa and Absolute finished second in Novice and Ashley and Retto won Training. Great Job Girls!

Mikaela and her pony Skipper:

Cheyenne and her pony Spirit:

Callie and Flique

Hi
My name is Callie and my pony's name is Flique or "Scrapper John". He is around 27 years old and is a Morgan/QH cross. I think he was born in Orlando somewhere. When he was a 2 yr old, he was sick with strangles and Betty traded a little cash and a six pack of beer (her mom helped with the transaction) to buy him from a backyard horse owner. My first memory of Flique is riding him for my first horse lesson ever! If he were in a band, I think he would play an instrument in a jazz band. The coolest thing I have done with Flique is to canter on him, unexpectedly! If I could make life better for him, I would give him a warm, yummy fluffy, fancy stall and barn. I also wish he could be younger when I met him. I've learned how loving he can be when I spend time with him. I am impressed at how much he knows - he has taught me everything. He is so good that I have never fallen off. If he were a Disney character, he would be the cool cat who plays in the jazz band in the Aristocats. For Halloween we dressed up as Prom King and Queen.

To view other rider pony bios go to 2006 on the side bar. To submit a bio just email me and I will send you the questions to answer and I will need a photo of the pony and rider preferably standing like in Callies photo. Thanks, karen

Kyle Carter Clinic

Guess that "NOSE"

Email your answers and the winner will have their ponies nose posted next. Hint: C rider

Back in the Game

Ashley and Retto prepare for Spring Horse Trials.

Paige and Louie

Paige teams up with Louie, a 17.2 Belgium Warmblood.

Congratulations on your new partnership Paige!

D rally

Vanessa and Absolute at RH winter I