Welcome back! Hopefully everyone is settling back in the school year routine. Thank you for bearing with us as we juggled new school schedules and the heat! We will keep you updated as to when we switch to school hours. Just a reminder that we make up the weekend schedule on Tuesday. If you have a specific time you must ride on Saturday or Sunday, please let us know by Tuesday of that week. We will do our best to accommodate you.
We continued showing in Traverse City, Michigan for the first two weeks of August. Here are some highlights.
GLEF 5
Liston Johnson and Don Bocelli aka Freddie were Champion in the Large 3′-3″ Junior Hunters. Liston won a blue-ribbon training ride on Chine Van’t Schanshof Z aka Chine in the 1.0-meter Jumpers. Liston and Chine also had a fourth-place finish in the Junior 1.10 to 1.15-meter Classic. They were one of four to go double clean. Liston and Royal Odyssey aka Odie finished eighth in the National Derby with scores of 80.5 and 85.0.
MJ Maestas had blue ribbon training rides in the meter jumpers on both SWS Charleston aka Charlie and Perry. MJ and Charlie stepped into the 1.00 to 1.05 meter Jumpers where they were tenth in their Classic.
GLEF 6
Liston Johnson and Royal Odyssey aka Odie were Reserve Champion in the 12-17 Equitation. They also moved up into the ASPCA Maclay where they emerged the winners!
Liston and Chine Van’t Schanshof Z aka Chine were Reserve Champion in the 1.10 to 1.15-meter Junior Jumpers. They were also second in their Classic. Liston and Chine were beaten out of first place by 1/16 of a second in their Classic!
MJ Maestas and SWS Charleston aka Charlie were Reserve Champion in the 1.00 to 1.05-meter Jumpers along with a third-place finish in their Classic.
We also took a quick trip to Pony Finals for a little shopping. Congratulations to Amelie Schaeffer on her new partner, Cool Whip aka Finny! And congratulations to Margot Evans on her new partner, Ontario aka Dusty!
Marisol Hess also came back from her summer with a new horse, Mojito ter KLOMP Z aka Mojito. Look for them in the Equitation ring this fall.
We will be showing in Katy at the Southwest Showdown and Great Southwest Fall Classic at the end of September. If you are planning to show, please let us know asap.
Good luck to our riders showing at Capital Challenge. The following riders have qualified for the trip to Upper Marlboro:
- Liston Johnson and Royal Odyssey aka Odie in the 3′-3″ Jumping Seat Medal Finals (Equitation)
- Liston Johnson and Don Bocelli aka Freddie in the WCHR Junior 3′-3″ Challenge (Hunter)
- Liston Johnson and Chine Van’t Schanshof Z aka Chine in the NAL 1.10-meter Junior Jumpers
- MJ Maestas and Clint One aka Uno NAL Children’s Hunter Finals
- Margot Evans and Johnny Cash aka Johnny and Bada Bing Bada Blue aka Blue in the WCHR Children’s Hunter Challenge
- Annabel Grefe and Sorry Not Sorry aka Nacho in the WCHR Children’s Hunter Challenge
- Ellie Tapp and Cordoba Z aka Cinco in the WCHR Children’s Hunter Challenge
- Lauren Harrison and RVF Hudson aka Hudson and Oswald Van De Leeuwerk aka Ozzy will also be making the trip to compete in the Adult Amateur Hunter 50 & Over
We will be closed the afternoon of Thursday, September 5. The horses and ponies will be wormed and receive flu/rhino boosters.
Happy Birthday to our September Birthdays: Ellie Tapp, Annabel Grefe, and Gabriel! Also, a big Happy Belated Birthday to our August Birthdays: Anabella De Leon, Wynne Ower, and Debbie Cardwell!
A big welcome to Caroline Quarles and her pony, Once In A Blue Moon aka Blue Too.
Just a reminder that all billing questions should be e-mailed to Amanda at staff@memorialparkhunters.com. This e-mail address will reach Amanda, our bookkeeper and Patty. Questions concerning lessons, tacking/untacking, and other inquiries should be e-mailed to office@memorialparkhunters.com. This will reach Ciara and Patty. E-mails to the office will not be answered on Monday. If you would like to send Patty an e-mail, her e-mail address is patty@memorialparkhunters.com. This e-mail address is only seen by Patty.
Horse Show Facts:
As we start our fall horse show season we thought it would be a good time to throw some horse show knowledge your way!
There are three divisions within our horseshow world. They are Hunter, Jumper, and Equitation. The hunter division is judged on the horses style and way of going. Jumpers are judged on who can go the fastest without knocking a jump down. Equitation is Judged on a rider’s position and control.
Happy Labor Day!
