Sarah over the coop (sorry for the blurry pic)
Kim & Krissy have set a goal, with the help of their dressage trainer, Lauren Weil, to enter Cody & Liam into their very first recognized horse trial at Poplar in November. They have been working slowly and surely to develop the proper foundation for both of these fellows and when a "lightbulb" moment comes about, there is EXCITEMENT. These two boys have been putting in the time and effort and making great progress. Scheduled in their futures, a jumping lesson with Mary Bess Sigman next week, a XC schooling trip the first weekend in October, the Carol Ogden Clinic at UCF, and the Wilson Farm Schooling show. So it is full steam ahead with their training and they are the best "triers" there are out there! Another pair of unconventional horses will be making the seen in no time! And boy are we proud of them! |
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The American Eventing Championships will be held in our own back yard for the next 3 years in Fairburn Georgia at Chatt Hills. Don't miss out on the best of the best competing at a beautiful facility. Also, save your pennies, because the vendors will be there too!!! For more information click on the video link below! |
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Starting the buzz...yes sir re....Carol will be coming up October 15 - 17th for another eventing clinic!!! Some changes will be made to the venue, including XC for Beg. Novice/Novice to be held in the front gelding pasture with new questions! And of course the stadium fences will be freshly painted for new picture opportunities. More information to come shortly. **Also, Carol will be competing at the American Eventing Championships in the Training Division at Chatt Hills in Fairburn Georgia next month. Come and watch her and Brogan do their thing, as only these two can.....technicians! Please send Kim an email at klennon@ucfstables.com or reach her at 404-428-4364 to save your clinic spot. |
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Anna (Spy's mommie), is being joined by her son lately hitting the trails. Heidi is a beautiful mare that Anna's son has fallen in love with and has now come to join the UCF crew!!! Awesome stuff watching mom and son enjoying their horses together. Having a feeling some good pics are going to be posted soon! WELCOME!!! |
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Ginger & Lilly, Natalie & Moonie, Allie & Oden, as well as Sharon & Macadoodle (Kim riding too) headed to GDCTA Schooling Show that was held at Wilson Farms on August 14th. Everyone had a great time and smiles were had by all. Highlights: Kim rode Mac in his first dressage test (Beginner Novice A test) and ended up with a blue ribbon!! Sharon, Mac's owner, couldn't of been happier and proud of her boy. Natalie and Moonie once again did great and came home with a second place ribbon. Ginger and Lilly were in a large division of Tadpolers and had a fantastic go coming home with their fifth place ribbon. Allie & Oden (mind you he is only 3) came home with a 2nd place ribbon! Sharon rode two tests (Intro. A and Intro. B.) and did a FANTASTIC job with Macadoodle. They are hooked and are gonna be "on the scene" and pursuing blue ribbons in the dressage ring in the near future. Waaa hoooo UCF crew!! |
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDztyt2qPUk Check out Macadoodle's first show w/Kim aboard. Did great despite some slippery footing due to some rain and looking at the girls! :) Loved the Wilson Farms Schooling Show! |
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The GDCTA Schooling Show, at Will's Park, smiled its good fortune for Natalie & Moonie and Ginger & Lilly. Natalie and To The Moon and Back took home their very first blue ribbon together in their second show ever!! They competed in the Amoeba division and put in a good dressage test followed by a great stadium round. Ginger and Lilly went into their VERY first Tadpole division and walked away with 5th place! They had a solid dressage test with an unfortunate refusal at one fence. Coach Candee must be very proud of her girls.....we know that UCF thinks both girls ROCK!!!!!!!! Congrats on your great day ladies. |
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UCF will be welcoming Amanda & her OTTBgelding, Alfie, into the family on August 28th! We are very excited to see this aspiring pair continue on in their pursuit of eventing and join in on the fun at UCF! No doubt Hollywood will be excited to see a fellow racer and enjoy their paddock time together. :) |
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Oden, 3 y/o Irish Sporthorse gelding, has grown leaps and bounds during his short time with his new best friend and owner, Allie. Allie, and her talented youngster, went to the Poplar Place Schooling show with the idea of exposing Oden to a show environment and ended up coming home with a blue ribbon. They achieved a 61.50% in their dressage test, leaving them in 1st out of six entries in her division. Afterwards, Allie took Oden out on the cross country course to ride out in the open and show him some water. As you can see from his pictures, he thought the experience was pretty neat! No doubt, Steve rewarded Oden with his favorite treat...bananas! Way to go Allie & Odie! |
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Allie Kennedy and Kelley Freire will be competing for Dr. Jennifer Neiss' IEA team this upcoming school year! We will be very excited to route both of these lovely ladies on as they compete in Zone 4. Their team is mostly, if not all, comprised of event riders! Should be fun stuff to watch as they are assigned different horses to ride at each competition and are given a tiny amount of time to figure their mounts out. Best wishes from all of us at UCF. We are proud of you! |
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Pacing & XC Jumping
Candee with Megs & Teddie 
Sarah hitting the nail on the head with her 2 minutes 
Megs and Teddie cantering on the track 
Candee preps the kids on timing their rides 
Natalie & Moonie on the track 
Assembling for the start of the lesson 
Ginger heading out w/Lilly 
Sarah & Ginger wait their turn 
Warm up log 
XC time for Megs & Teds 
XC for Moonie & Nat 
Megs & Teddie 7-9-10 
Nat and Moonie 
Sarah and her lovely gelding 
Ginger & Lilly looking good |
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Nicole showing off Mac's braided do 
UCF Girl Power on the trails 
Nicole & Winchester on the trails 
Winnie & Nicole practicing their trotwork 
Meaghan & Feather jumping the ditch 
Kelley riding Saskia's Apache over a ditch 
Kelley pulling Seattle's mane 
One of our campers T-shirts 
Kiddos learning about pulling manes 
Mac & Seattle after their camp makeovers 
Megs, Kelley & Nats after their terrain work 
Austin & Teddie hit the trails 7-7-10 
On his 3rd time in the saddle, Austin acquired some mad steering skills 
The AWESOME UCF Next Generation Eventing Crew 
Dr. Penney (Equine Chiropractor) & Ahab give the kids a demonstration 
Dr. Penney shows how he does an exam 
Austin listening intently to Dr. Penney the Equine Chiropractor 
Ahab & Hollywood after their adjustments...relaxed and sacked out 
Kiddos during Arts & Crafts 
Dr. Neiss & Allie's Oden give the kids a demo on teeth floating 
Meaghan & Feather focus on their gridwork 
Oden gets his teeth floated during camp 
Ginger & Lilly nailing their gridwork! 
Austin during Arts & Crafts 
Nicole chillin with Win 
Nicole practicing her 2 point action 
Natalie just loving the toe stretch..face says it all 
Natalie looking good in her 2 point 
Kelley & Teddie during the goofy relay 
Kelley doing the 2 hand toe stretch on the Tedster 
Learning the bridle, taking it apart and putting it back together 
Good times! 
Ginger w/Lilly doing bilateral toe stretch..ouch! 
Ginger practicing the leg stretch/stabilization exercise 
Austin trying the toe stretch 
Austin & Ahab stylin in the goofy relay |
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The day after their XC lesson at Poplar, Cody & Liam were packed up and taken to Dawson Forest for a nice and relaxing trail ride....hee hee. Actually it was the Blue Trail, which was 12.7 miles up and down the side of a mountain with beautiful creek crossings. The boys even got to swim a bit in the deeper spots of the creek!! Undoubtedly, the saddles will need some oiling. :0 |
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http://useventing.com/blog/?p=9593 Click on this link |
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Kim & Krissy loaded up Cody and Liam EARLY to beat the heat in Georgia to get in a XC lesson with Werner Geven at Poplar Place Farm. Their objective in doing so, was to get great instruction from Werner on how to get a green horse going confidently and obediently while schooling cross country. This was Cody's very first attempt at schooling true Beg. Novice level questions. What a good boy....jumping them relaxed and willingly in the 90 some odd degree heat! Krissy and Liam came to a meeting of the minds with some helpful tips from Werner, that when something was asked of him by Krissy...that he would comply. They also jumped around the Beg. Novice questions without blinking an eye. Finishing last with the water complex, the two went confidently through the water and up a bank. They were VERY happy to be hosed down afterwards and get a nice long cool drink before loading on up and going home. More lessons in dressage and jumping lie ahead for Cody "Boom Boom Pow" and Liam "Limerick". Stay tuned for more on their progression as they keep learning their jobs. :) |
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Just click on the link below......good stuff coming to Kentucky |
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Comes in youth sizes up through Ladies XL. The shirts are $24.95 with the UCF Eventing Logo on the chest and an additional $6.00 if you wish to have your name placed on the sleeve. ($30.95) If you are interested in ordering a shirt of your very own, please contact Alissa Palm at alissapalm@yahoo.com with any questions and your order. |
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UCF'ers & Friends 6-5-10
The boys all loaded up to go 
Riding on the beautiful property of Foxhall Farm 
Christy with Valerie at the start of the ride 
UCF'ers sporting new polos..photo by Cheri 
Fellow riders up on the ridge..squint you can see them! 
UCF stylin in our new shirts Thank U Allissa nice & cool 
Teeno enjoying some grass w/mom Chrisy taking a stretch 
Valerie modeling our new UCF Eventing Shirt w/Seattle's help 
Mandy & Logan enjoying the day 
Leighton enjoying a stretch during a break 
Logan the horse is scared of Leighton's armpits! Hee hee 
Meaghan & Feather w/Krissy & Liam 
Kim & half a Krissy..still in the saddle on newbies 
Christy & Valentino enjoy a trail break 
Beth & Charlie Horse 
Beth, Lindsay, Leighton, Mandy and Co. |
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Scenes from Chatt Hills 4/2010
Christy caught Kel & Teds in mid air! 
Peek a boo Carol 
Time for cuddling at Teddie's stall 
Meaghan (Kel's sis) with grandparents 
Kelley & No Worries dressage 
Kelley & Teddie Beg. Novice XC 
Dressage (Stressage) for Kelley & Teddie 
Teddie closing his eyes wishing for more XC fences 
Kelley & Teddie 
Carol & In Rhythm warming up 
Michael Pollard & Wonderful Will (Advanced) 
Cantering through the water complex 
Stylin Leighton & Freddie Training Stadium 
Waiting for their go in stadium 
Carol buttering up the dressage judge ;) 
Good looking UCF cheer squad 
Carol & Brogan over the TR skinny 
"Don't hate me 'cause I'm hunky!" Brogan 
Looking stellar 
Carol & Brogan getting their 2nd place ribbon! 
Brogan & Carol a skip in the park 
Leighton & Freedie after XC 
Leighton & Freddie go LONG! 
Sabra focusing on the last fence 
Kels & Teds finished clean on their stadium round 
Sabra getting her blue! 
XC Beg. Novice Sabra 
Tackling the stone wall |
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UCF's New Generation
Meaghan's Grandma proud as can be! 
Free walk for Megs & The'Adorable (Feather) 
Natalie & Moonie stylin! 
Stadium jumping for Megs and Feather 
Megs focusing for the next fence 
Momma duck Candee with her baby ducks walk the stadium course :) 
Natalie & Moonie's 1st dressage test! 
Meaghan's proud Grandpa telling her "good job" 
Meaghan & Natalie w/some of their cheering quad 
Natalie w/Moonie and their proud family 
Natalie and Moonie salute 
Megs & Feather warming up 
Christy & Krissy w/Megs 
We'll be seeing Krissy's little one, Pyper, in the irons soon NO DOUBT! 
Big sis, Kelley, with Meaghan & Feather 
Megs "no problem" walking the stadium course 
The'Adorable 
Meaghan w/Candee and her fellow students |
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What a beautiful day in Clermont, GA.! Meaghan & Feather along with Natalie & Moonie had a great experience at Oxer Farm's Schooling Show. It was a day these kiddos could test the waters. For Natalie and Moonie, it was a day of getting their feet wet in their VERY FIRST show together doing an Intro. A test in dressage. Moonie was very curious as to what the judge's stand was and the white shiny letters and chains were, but was a champ and put in a great effort with Natalie guiding the way! Meaghan & Feather had to do their very 1st Beg. Novice Test A (after thinking they'd have to do Intro. B like at Poplar Place for Tadpolers). They also put in a good effort, with Feather being uncharacteristically a pluggy pony! Meaghan and Feather had a clean round in their Tadpole stadium course....both being calm, cool, and collected. |
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Feb 2010 Poplar Schooling Show
Dressage for the Boom Boom & Kim 
Ear scratches from Coach Candee for Teddie 
Krissy/Liam & Kelley/Teddie 
Cody (Boom Boom Pow)@ Fence #3 
Kelley & No Worries aka Teddie 
Teddie & Kelley XC schooling 
"Boom Boom Pow" gets an 8 on his free walk! 
Liam & Krissy 
Focusing XC 
Teddie "I'm tired.....can I eat now?" 
Cody "We are NOT in Kansas anymore!!!" 
Meggie the SUPER helper! 
Some of our UCF cheer squad 
Kelley & Teddie dressage 
XC schooling for Kim & Boom Boom 
Krissy & Liam in the water complex |
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Poplar Place schooling show was blessed with FANTASTIC weather!!! UCF took three horses along for the fun. Kelley & Teddie (No Worries) were entered in the Beginner Novice Combined Test, Krissy and Liam (Livin' Large) came along for show exposure and XC schooling, and Kim & Cody (Boom Boom Pow) were entered as a Tadpole Combined test entry. |
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We are so blessed to have such wonderful trails at our facility. Largely if not all due to volunteerism by our fantastic boarders! Valerie has been the "Director of Trails" through the years for UCF and has done a FABULOUS job. She has been joined by Cindi, Judith, Lori, Michael, and Anna as well in the past. The trails are clearly marked, holes and tree roots flagged, trails raked, and new trails are being created. We are VERY thankful and appreciate all of your hard work and contributions! Y'all rock! |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXbhvwPb11k&feature=player_embedded# Check how much training has progressed :) |
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http://horseandcountry.tv/episode/lucinda-green-clinic-episode-1 This is great stuff!!! |
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http://useventing.com/blog/?p=7459 |
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