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PondView Fall Finale a Hit

With PVEC Students!!!

The PondView Schooling Horse Show series wrapped up its season with the Fall Finale held Sunday, September 14th.  The classes were well attended as judge, Chris Picardi, put the students and their horses through their paces and chose the winners. 

PondView would like to welcome and congratulate show "newbies"; Julia Lyman, Sabrina Charron, Andrea Fiore and Marie Plouffe-  From the way they rode in the Beginner Walk Trot division, these students will be the next generation of Pond People to watch out for down the road!

We had a great turnout despite some looming clouds!  A big Thank You to our caterers for the day, Mack's from Dudley, MA and to the crew in the secretary's booth, Shirley Russel, Pauline Comire and Lu Guilbault for their organization of the show entries!  A big Thank You also goes out to our officials for the day, Chris Picardi as Judge and Mr. Walter Comire as ringmaster.  It was great to see some truck-in exhibitors for the day!  Hope to see you again next year!

Congratulations to all the winners in the day-end divisions:

PureBred Arabian/Half-Arabian

Champion- Cheryl Courtemanche with Heartbreaquer

Reserve Champion- Anna Werge with Nick at Knight

Intermediate WTC

Champion- Athena Metaxas with Winchester

Reserve Champion- Laura Hauser with In the Mood

LeadLine

Champion- Destiny Geromia with Sage

PondView WTC Equitation Challenge Cup

Champion- Anna Werge

Reserve Champion- Dara Fidrych

Beginner Walk Trot

Champion- Julia Lyman with Kaset's Premier

Reserve Champion- Gabriella Geromia with Rum and Coke

Intermediate Walk Trot

Champion- Misty Baker with Flicca

Reserve Champion- Sara Audette with Indigo

PondView Walk Trot Equitation Pattern Class

Champion- Misty Baker with Flicca

Reserve Champion- Sara Audette with Indigo

Hi Point Day End Champion

Misty Baker with Flicca

...and a big Congratulations to the PondView

Hi Point Schooling Show Series End

Champion, Misty Baker with Flicca!!!

Woodstock Fair Open Horse Show A "Smashing Success" for PondView Show Team!!!

The photo that was taken before everyone got dirty!!!

L-R: Sara Audette, Dara Fidrych, Kelly Foote, Athena Metaxas, Misty Baker,

Anna Werge, Kayla Zalansky, Cheryl Courtemanche, Kimberly Lussier

The Woodstock Fair Horse Show held annually in Woodstock, CT every Labor Day weekend had quite a showing by the PondView Equestrian Center show team and their horses this year.  The riders; Kimberly Lussier of Putnam, CT, Kelly Foote of Webster, MA, Cheryl Courtemanche of Dudley, MA, Misty Baker of Harrisville, RI, Dara Fidrych of Pascoag, RI, Anna Werge and Kayla Zalansky of North Grosvenordale, CT, Athena Metaxas and Sara Audette of Thompson, CT and their trainer, Becca Guilbault-Triplett racked up an impressive display of ribbons over the 4-day weekend, and capturing some of the horse show’s top prizes.

PondView Equestrian Center went all out for the first-ever Woodstock Fair Horse Show stall decorating contest…Becca GT even brought herbs growing in their boxes from her home garden out to complete the “garden theme vision” and the effort paid off-  PondView’s stall display was named the Champion for their division!  Thank you to everyone who helped with the long, arduous task of setting up and brought this “vision” to life!

Classes at the Woodstock Fair Open Horse Show are usually huge…this year was no exception as some divisions had over 28 entries in them!  Just getting a ribbon in a huge class like that is an honor, you can imagine the smiles at the PondView stalls as rider after rider racked up not only ribbons in all of their classes, but several blues, reds and yellows besides! 

Sara, Athena and Misty take a breather at the Woodstock Fair 

Due to the overwhelming number of classes, only a few of the memorable moments can be highlighted here:  Kayla Zalansky was competing in her first-ever “away” show…and had been dreaming about competing at the Woodstock Fair since she was 5 years old…you can imagine her surprise and delight when she was named the top equitation rider on Saturday in the Walk-Trot 11-17 division aboard Winchester!  Dara Fidrych and Sara Audette shared Becca GT’s PB Arabian gelding Kaset’s Premier in the PB/HA Open Pleasure and the Walk-Trot 11-17 divisions respectively.  Dara captured every blue on Saturday in the PB/HA division, and Sara rode to blue after blue all weekend long, even winning the Walk-Trot 11-17 Classic Saturday evening with a 3 and a half foot tall trophy being presented at center ring!  Kim Lussier and Misty Baker shared Kim’s PB Arabian mare, Flicca and came home with fistfuls of ribbons, trophies, and lots of smiles for their efforts in the PB/HA Open Pleasure/Open Adult and the Walk-Trot 10 & under divisions.  Kim even won the Champion High-Point Adult Exhibitor for the entire weekend and was presented with a huge trophy in center ring as well as a beautiful tack truck. 

Cheryl strikes a pose in the PB/HA Halter class with Heartbreaquer

Cheryl Courtemanche and Athena Metaxas shared Becca GT’s PB Arabian gelding, Heartbreaquer over the weekend and posted impressive results in the PB/HA Open Pleasure/Open Adult and the Walk-Trot 11-17 divisions.  Cheryl even added an extra day of competing on Monday since she was having so much fun!  Kelly Foote had a great weekend aboard Mandie Soter’s Half-Arabian mare, Jazz Interlude in B…winning the PB/HA Open Pleasure Classic Director’s Chair on Saturday night, and getting 3rds and 4ths in huge 25+ riders equitation classes all weekend long.  Kelly rode to some nice placings in the Baby Green Hunter division as well…and is looking forward to the next step in the Jumper division next year!  Anna Werge rode her PB Arabian gelding, Nick at Knight to some great placings in the PB/HA Open Pleasure division as well as competing in the pair’s first-ever Baby Green Hunter Over Fences division where Nike didn’t miss a beat and took every fence Anna pointed him at!  Another fun highlight of the weekend was when the PondView riders took a full sweep of 1^st through 5^th place out of 12 riders in the PB/HA Open Pleasure class held on Saturday afternoon!  Congratulations to all the riders and their horses for an incredible job!

Pond People are all smiles the day before the competition starts!!!

PondView makes a splash at this year's Region 16 Championships held in Syracuse, NY!!!

Check out a photo montage by following this link:

Anna Werge is all smiles after winning a "Top 5" in the

PB Sport Horse Under Saddle ATR Division with Heartbreaquer

The "Pond People" came out on top in many divisions with their small fleet of riders and horses who made the trip up to the regional show...including Kelly Foote's debut in the Low Hunter division as well as the Half Arabian Hunter Hack Division with Jazz Interllude in B-  Although the pair did not come home with a top 5, they exhibited great talent in this division and will undoubtedly be something to contend with in 2009.  The pair did come home with Top 5 honors in the large Half Arabian Sport Horse Under Saddle ATR class as well as the coveted Hunt Seat Equitation 14-17 division.  

Kelly showing how it's done in the Half Arabian Hunter Hack Division

Anna Werge also made her Region 16 Championship debut aboard Becca GT's PB gelding, Heartbreaquer...and although there were a few struggles for the new pair (Anna had only been working with Heartley for about 3 weeks prior to the R16 Championships) they came home with a Top 5 award in the competitive PB Sport Horse Under Saddle ATR class!  Congratulations to Kelly and Anna for a great job at their first Regional Competition!!!

DarkCyde of the Moon dons his awards following a

week of intense competition in Syracuse, NY
  
 
  
Amanda Soter came home with top honors in the Half Arabian Jumper ATR division...making her debut in the division this year as her Half Arabian/Friesian Mare Jazz Interlude in B cleared the large jumps with ease and made some hair-pin turns for an exciting finish to the class.  Mandie also came home with Reserve Championships in the Half Arabian Sport Horse Open class and the Half Arabian Sport Horse In Hand Mares 3 & Over class.  Mandie also was named the Region 16 Scholarship recipient at the show and presented the award in center ring with Marlene Kriegbaum.  Mandie plans on attending William Woods University in the fall.  Congratulations and good luck Mandie!  PondView will miss you!
  
 

Mandie and Jazz take a moment to reflect on their accomplishments

  
Becca Guilbault-Triplett's Half Arabian/Frisian gelding DarkCyde of the Moon (a.k.a. Floyd)made his Region 16 debut this year while celebrating his 4th birthday on the day prior to the competition.  He came home with Region 16 Championships in the Half Arabian Sport Horse In Hand Geldings 3 & Over Open class with Becca GT and in the Half Arabian Sport Horse In Hand Geldings Futurity class with Matt Triplett.  He also came home with Reserve Championship honors in the Half Arabian Sport Horse Under Saddle Jr Horse division as well as a Top 5 in the large Half Arabian Sport Horse Under Saddle Open class.  Becca is very proud of Floyd's accomplishments this year and is planning on giving him some time off after next week's Tri-State Dressage and Two-Phase show.

PondView plans on rounding out their 2008 show season with the New Hampshire Arabian Horse Association's horse show in Deerfield, NH.  So far, we have had an amazing season...