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FREE A unique monthly magazine & website dedicated to Vol. 1, Issue 8, September 2009 Central Florida’s Hunter, Show Jumping, Dressage & Eventing enthusiasts USEUSEFF PONYPONY FINFINALALSS © Randi Muster 2009 In This Issue: • Over The Hill Farm shares news of success at 2009 Pony Finals • New gossip column ‘From the Hay Stall’! • Call Crime Stoppers to add to reward for arrest of horse killers! Serving CFL horseowners for 10 yrs providing the highest quality hay, feed and equine products. Stocking bridles, girths, saddle pads, IRH helmets, s &rrups, bits, gloves. Store Hours Mon-Fri 8:00-5:30 Sat 8:00-4:00 Now carrying pony tack! 10% OFF ANY TACK PURCHASE *Coupon required for discount to be applied. Coupon expires 09/30/0 9 The Hay Exchange 4950 US Hwy 92 West Plant City, FL 33563 Exit 17 off I‐4, South on Branch Forbes Rd, Le$ on Hwy 92, go ¼ mile and we are on the le$ Call: 813-754-5405 2. www.cfequestrian.com. 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Opinions . .8 We’re proud to have nationally renowned judge and trainer, Jeff Wirthman, for our irst Show News . 10 monthly CFE Jumping Clinic. Send your jumping photos for future clinics! They’ll be grouped appropriately so indicate whether you’re a junior or senior, amateur or profes‐ Bits & Tips . 12‐13 sional and the discipline (hunter, jumper, eq or xc). Jeff has generously offered to judge Quest for WEG 2010 . 15 future clinics and we’ll have other judges and trainers who specialize in speciic disciplines or areas. Calendar of Events . 17 Hilda Donahue spent some time training with the O’Connors in early August and her Products & Services . 18 journal of events & progress may be found in Quest for WEG. I’m looking for 1‐2 contenders in each discipline (dressage, show jumping, endurance and Classiieds . 20 driving) to send in journal‐style articles for Quest for WEG. Let us know who you are! 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Feature Barn Over the Hill Farm's Porter Allen and Halo Win Medium Pony Hunter Championship and Grand Reserve Championship at 2009 USEF Pony Finals OVER THE HILL FARM For Immediate Release Jennifer Wood for Phelps Media Group, Inc. International, Lexington, KY August 12, 2009 It was a highly successful week for Over The 16th overall Medium Pony Hunter Brooke Price, won the under saddle the Hill Farm at this year's USEF Pony was Out of the Blue, ridden and owned by phase of the Large Pony Hunters with Finals in Lexington, KY. Over the Hill Anna Rossi. high scores of 90, 90, and 89. Michealla Farm, led by Bill Schaub of Sanford, FL, Gerlacher rode Marcy Betts' Who's the brought 25 ponies to compete at the Blondie, ridden and owned by Anna Man to 26th place overall in the division. national championship and had 13 Demetree, was 24th overall in the ponies in the sale auction. Medium Ponies. Demetree competed in The Large Green Pony division saw Surf's the USEF Pony Medal Finals on Anne Up, owned by Dara Schaefer and ridden Their biggest win came from Halo, a Gardner's Best Kept Secret. Out of 219 by Kaitlan Parker, inish 24th overall. nine‐year‐old Warmblood pony owned riders, she was called back in 12th place. Parker was awarded with the Emerson by Ashley Kennedy Whitner and ridden Burr Horsemanship Award for her age by Porter Allen of Boerne, Texas. Halo, "The Medium Pony Hunter division was group. who was also last year's Grand Pony gigantic," said Schaub. "I was most proud Hunter Champion at the Capital that all ive of my rider/pony combina‐ The Medium Green Pony division had Challenge Horse Show, inished as the tions scored in the mid 80s and above in two ponies from Over the Hill Farm. Hope champion of the Medium Pony Hunter their over fences class. That put all ive in I'm It, ridden by Anna Rossi, was ninth division at Pony Finals. the top 24 overall." overall, while Jackpot, ridden and owned by Brooke Price, inished 23rd overall. Halo and Allen were fourth in the overall In the Small Green Pony Hunter division, standings after a solid model class and Schaub's Sir Dragon and Parker Wright Schaub was thrilled with the results at under saddle before the all‐important inished fourth over fences and fourth this year's Pony Finals and with how well over fences class. In the over fences class, overall in the division. Sir Dragon won all of his students rode. "The success they received amazing scores of 90, 89, the High Score Green Pony Award for could not have happened without my and 87 to win the class for the champion‐ Pony Sales Graduates. assistant, Molly Sewell Schot, training all ship in the division that had 133 competi‐ of the kids and managing the show tors. Their high overall score also In the same division, Told Ya So, ridden operation. Melissa VanderVennett garnered them the Grand Reserve Cham‐ by Carli Counter and owned by Sugar‐ managed the sale operation and the pionship out of all the pony hunter brook Farms, inished 23rd overall. operations at home. I have a great staff as divisions at this year's Finals. well as ofice manager, Candy Sewell." Over the Hill Farm had very strong "I feel very lucky to get to ride him," said contenders in the Large Pony Hunter The sale at Pony Finals was a great Allen. Schaub added, "We were very division, which had 112 competitors. success for Schaub. He brought 13 top excited about Halo's big win this week. Sunlight was ridden by Shawn Casady for ponies to sell and sold 11 of them. He has Porter rode him beautifully and showed Alex Paradysz and inished third overall had an amazing history of achievement off the pony's immense talent." in the division. Midnight Hour, ridden from his ponies at the sale, including and owned by Porter Allen, was fourth Sparkle Plenty, who he sold as a three‐ Also showing in the Medium Pony Hunter overall and won the reserve champion‐ year old and who was the 2008 USEF division was Grand All Over, owned by ship for Half‐Welsh Ponies. Midnight Pony Finals Grand Green Pony Champion. Burlingame LLC and ridden by Tara Hour was also named the Overall Grand Last year's USEF Small Pony Champion, Spencer. They inished 10th overall in the Champion Sale Graduate of the Pony Fancy Feet, was solD by Schaub in 2007. huge division. Sham's Huckleberry, Finals. ridden by Parker Wright and owned by Samantha Kasowitz, was 14th overall. Counte Me In, riDDen anD owneD by Continued on page 10 4. www.cfequestrian.com A Word from Wendy Wendy will return with new “words” in October issue. In her absence, she’s asked student Lindsay Wong to share her story about being faced with making a decision between school and her life with horses. Changes by Lindsay Wong For each of us, life has a pattern, which is These times taught me more than any step out of my comfort zone and attempt fortunate, for otherwise life would be lesson in AP Physics could ever teach me.