SEDGEFIELD

Greensboro, NC
November 21-22, 2009

Jane Hartner, Carolina, Carlos and Sophy Aramburo, Sandy Hopper, Maren Londahl-Smidt, Monica and Lindsey Jacks, Ashley Moore, Cindy Young, Erinn Moore

Carlos Aramburo and Cast Away

2009 Sedgefield Schooling Hunter Champion

Sandy Hopper and Cast Away

2009 Sedgefield Adult Hunter Reserve Champion

Very good and fun weekend with lots of ribbons for the last show of the year in Greensboro. Congratulations to everyone, especially Sandy Hopper and Wilson for winning the Reserve Champion Sedgefield year end award in the Adult Hunters and to Carlos and Wilson for winning Champion year end in the Schooling Hunters.

Carlos and Wilson won Champion in the Schooling Hunters both Saturday and Sunday, and Ashley Moore was Reserve champion in the Adult Hunters. Lindsey and Ace went super fast in the jumpers and won some blues and more ribbons as well as Erinn and Carlos with Apogee, Maren and Carlos with Dream Catcher and Carlos with Nighthawk.

RMI RALEIGH BENEFIT

Raleigh, NC
November 11-15, 2009

Abby Propst, Sophy and Carlos Aramburo

Sophy Aramburo and Oriental K

Abby Propst and Asprey

Our second week in Raleigh was a bit damp... cold and rainy during the week but it cleared for the weekend. The warm-up area was muddy so preparing Fandango and Oriental K for their jumper classes during the week was a bit difficult. Sophy and Oriental won Champion in the Adult Jumpers, Abby and Asprey placed in all of their classes pinning 2nd in one over fences and the under saddle. Carlos and Asprey won some ribbons in the Pre-Greens.

DUKE CHILDRENS BENEFIT

Raleigh, NC
November 3-8, 2009

Abby Propst, Carolina, Carlos and Sophy Aramburo

Asprey, Abby and Robert Propst, Carlos and Sophy Aramburo

We enjoyed beautiful weather the entire week. Oriental K and Carlos did very well in the 1.30 m Jumpers and so did Sophy, Fandango, and Abby with Asprey. We enjoyed Libby and Brittany coming for a visit and nice dinner on Wednesday and Sarah Lowe for lunch on Thursday... excited about the new saddle!

LIBBY'S BIRTHDAY

Fun party, Happy Birthday Libby!

Busy days getting ready for two weeks in Raleigh - Duke and RMI. Fandango and Oriental are having a couple of beauty salon days- hair and nails done (body clipping, mane pulling and farrier)

ART

Very sweet drawings from Emma Grace!

CAROLINA HORSE PARK

Raeford, NC
October 17-18, 2009

Ok everybody, hands in your pockets...

Cindy Burnett, Carlos Aramburo, Sandy Hopper, Maren Londahl-Smidt, Kristen Conant

We had a very good show in spite of the freezing cold windy weather... it was COLD! Good thing it was a small show so it ended pretty early both days. Carlos rode all the horses and won Champion in the Open Hunter division on Cast Away:
Cast Away / Sandy Hopper - Adult Amateur Hunter / ribbons and won the Warm up on Sunday
Ollie Bombay / Kristen Conant - Children Hunter / ribbons and Reserve Champion
Time will tell / Cindy Burnett - Pre-Adult Hunter / Reserve Champion
Dream Catcher / Maren Londahl-Smidt / ribbons. This was DC's first horse show so he only showed in the hack classes and behaved extremely well. Didn't mind the activity or very windy conditions.
As always thanks to Maren's parents for the food and goodies. We got to hang out with the Overbys and Old homestead Farm crowd who had a ton of food so we ate a lot!

CLI @ PSJ FENCE

Tryon, NC
October 8-11, 2009
WAVEJUMPERS at City League International