Archive for the ‘Horse Shows’ Category
SWVHJA Awards Banquet
01.13.10
What a great night to be part of the Mane Top family! We attended the Annual Awards Banquet this past Saturday evening at the Natural Bridge Hotel to dine with our fellow competition and collect year end awards. The Krason family, Megan McMahon and her mother Yvonne, as well as Grace Gardner and her mother Berkley, all joined us for a great evening with SWVHJA members.
Award winners for Mane Top included:
4th place in the Small/Medium Pony Hunters- Remington Steele (ridden and owned by Mackenzie and Reilly Krason)
5th place in the Small/Medium Pony Hunters- Mane Top’s Dixie Charm
5th place in the Large Pony Hunters- Mane Top’s Silver Slippers (Thanks to riders Alex Beth and Mackenzie Parks)
9th place in the Large Pony Hunters-Salvandi Mojo (Thanks to rider Alex Beth)
10th place in the Large Pony Hunters-Chance Encounter (Thanks to rider Megan Trum)
12th place in the Intermediate Hunters- Silver Slippers (Thanks to rider Grace Gardner)
Also a special congradulations to Mackenzie Parks for winning the SWVHJA Pony Medal at the Annual Show on Mane Top’s Silver Slippers!
What a great 2009 year for Mane Top! Now let’s go out with an even bigger bang for 2010! Watch out SWVHJA, here we come…
SWVHJA Finals at The VA Horse Center
11.26.09What a wonderful weekend we had at the VA Horse Center in Lexington for South West Virginia’s Hunter Jumper Association (SWVHJA) Finals! We arrived Thursday evening, November 5th and showed through Sunday the 8th.
From the moment that all our wonderful Mane Top families joined us at the show we had a blast. We brought Mane Top’s Silver Slippers, Mane Top’s Dixie Charm, Miss Charlotte, Remington Steele, and Hershey Kiss.
Tons of pictures were taken of all our beautiful ponies and riders so check them out at csyoung.smugmug.com.
Jenny Melton rode Mane Top’s Dixie Charm in the Hopeful Hunters with
Dixie and Jenny
some real finesse. She did an awesome job showing off our beautiful pony just as we hoped for:) Great job Jenny!
Grace Gardner showed Mane Top’s Silver Slippers in the Intermediate Hunter division doing a fabulous job for her first big horse show. She even ended up with some high ribbons and was 3rd in the Intermediate Derby! Rock on Grace!
Grace with Slippers and her trainer
For the Medium Pony Hunters Megan McMahon was supposed to be preparing Hershey Kiss for the SWVHJA Pony Medal Finals that Sat. evening. Unfortunately our poor perfect Hershey was not feeling well and we decided to scratch him from the show, leaving Megan with no pony… Jenny was gracious enough to let Megan take over the ride on Dixie for the Hunter Division as well as the Medal Finals. It turned out to be a FANTASTIC match. Megan looked wonderful on the beautiful bay pony and Dixie was so on her game and ready to win. They showed in the Hunter division with only minor mistakes holding them out of the ribbons. Megan went on to show Dixie in Finals that evening. With the pressure on, Megan schooled Dixie like a MILLION BUCKS! It seemed too good to be true as they walked up to the in-gate for their turn in the ring. Although their round may not have been the most smooth or most perfect ride of Megan’s life, they still went out there and performed. For their first time as a team we were EXTREMELY proud of both pony and rider. Megan is one of the hardest working and most focused riders Mane Top has the priviledge of calling their own and we couldn’t be more excited for the future rides and wins we will have together.
Charlotte, Jordan, and their trainer Kristen
Miss Charlotte with rider Jordan Josefczyk were also very pleasing in the Medium Pony Hunters. This green 5 year old pony proved to be one of the most fancy competing. She had a perfect jumping style over every fence and with the help of her fabulous rider she pulled out a 5th place ribbon over fences and got a 2nd on the flat proving everyone better watch out for this one next year! Thanks Jordan for your great riding and patience with the ponies.
Remy and his girls
The whole Krason family, including Remy’s other rider, Reilly Krason, made for a great cheering section from the stands of the Coliseum. Not only did Mackenzie have the best rides of her horse showing career, but her pony wasn’t too shabby either:) They ended up withsome GREAT ribbons against some of the most competitive ponies around. GREAT JOB!
In the Leadline class
Slippers and Mackenzie Parks with their Champion ribbon
and we couldn’t have been more pleased with the outcome of this perfect pairing. Slippers WON all 3 over fences classes making them Champion of the Large Pony Hunters as well as GRAND CHAMPION PONY HUNTER of the horse show! Mackenzie also took home the award for best Child Rider on a Pony and after an EXCELLENT ride, they also won Pony Medal Finals! WOW, does it get any better than that?
Winter Fun Festival Series
10.26.09The place to be with your family on winter Saturday afternoons!
Join us for our FAMILY FUN horse shows featuring:
- Pony Rides
- Raffle
- Petting Zoo
- Hay Rides
- Vendors
- Door Prizes
Schedule
Dates: Nov. 21, Dec. 19, Jan. 23, and Feb. 27
For inclement weather, events will be moved to Sunday
Time: From 12 Noon until late afternoon
Location: Mane Top Stables, 150 Linden Ave., Lynchburg, VA
Lynchburg’s historic stable beside Presbyterian Homes & Family Services
Mane Top Stables promotes proper horsemanship through the education of horse health, care, and safety.
We produce confident, independent, responsible riders with correct technique and good feel.
For more information, contact Mane Top Stables today!
Kristen Ackerson: 603-496-4624
Codi Lambert: 703-887-4146
Barn: 434-384-3776
Email: ManeTopStable@hotmail.com
Prize List
Sponsored by the Animal Hospital of Lynchburg
Classes are $8
Schooling from 11am-12pm
12:00pm Start Time
1. 2’6” Equitation on the flat
2. 2’6” Equitation over fences
3. 2’3” Equitation on the flat
4. 2’3” Equitation over fences
5. 2’0” Equitation on the flat
6. 2’0” Equitation over fences
7. Cross rail equitation on the flat
8. Cross rail equitation over fences
Schooling break
(Not to begin before 1:30)
9. 2’ Hunter over fences
10. 2’ Hunter over fences
11. 2’ Hunter flat
12. 2’3” Hunter over fences
13. 2’3” Hunter over fences
14. 2’3” Hunter flat
15. 2’6” Hunter over fences
16. 2’6” Hunter over fences
17. 2’6” Hunter flat
18. 3’0” Hunter over fences
19. 3’0” Hunter over fences
20. 3’0” Hunter flat
(Not to begin before 2:30)
21. Leadline
22. Walk Class
23. Walk, 2-poin, Trot with a friend
24. Walk/Trot class
25. Walk/Trot/Canter class
26. Trail Class
27. Ride-a-buck
28. Carrot race
Mane Top Horse Show Updates
10.26.09For those of you who have been waiting to see our fabulous costume class pictures from our last Mane Top Fun Show on Oct 17th, here are a few fun ones!
You can see a few more shots on our flickr account so check them out! We also awarded the Best Turned out pair, Jenny Melton and Dixie Charm, with a $100 Gift Certificate for Dover Saddlery, generously donated by our judge for the day and good friend of Mane Top, Ms. Jana DiCarlo. Lets not forget to congratulate the high point winners of our Summer/Fall Fun Show Series who received trophies for their efforts!
We went on to compete the following weekend Oct. 24th and 25th at the Fall Festival held at Randolph College Riding Center. Both trainers were stoked to show off the fancy ponies we love so much at their old stomping grounds.
The show was held in the outdoor arena which we were all VERY excited about. If you have not been to the riding center you should check out the facility at least online at http://wildcats.randolphcollege.edu/riding/ (if you look close enough, the riders in the picture at the top of the page are from left to right: Betsy Christianson, Codi Lambert, and Kristen Ackerson).
It was POURING during the Pony Equitation. Megan rode her pants off on Miss Charlotte (whom she was put on at the last minute after her awesome pony Hershey Kiss decided he couldn’t stand a little cut getting rubbed under his saddle pad, poor baby), Jenny made Mane Top VERY proud riding our Dixie Charm through the mud and getting some great ribbons, and Burke rode Mojo for their debut and made her trainers very happy. She showed off how slow and quiet and fancy that pony really is. Everyone has a few things to work on for finesse but watch out SWVHJA Finals here we come!
House Mountain Horse Show weekend
10.15.09
This past weekend on the 11th of October Mane Top Stables headed in two different directions. Codi went with the Krason family and their pony Remy as well as, Megan McMahon and Hershey Kiss to the House Mountain Horse Show. Kristen headed to an eventing horse show with Lass and Connor.
All three pony riders, Mackenzie and Reilly Krason, and Megan, were fabulous riders at the show! Remy kicked some major pony butt in the Short Stirrup with Reilly and the Small Medium Pony Hunters with Mackenzie.
Lass and Connor proved to be show off’s as well with Connor and Tara Cook winning the stakes class and Lass winning a jumper class and coming in 4th in the X-Country Derby as well!
Way to go everyone! Now we need to get pumped up for our own Mane Top Fun Horse Show this weekend!
