thank you very much! :)

Heyy...U starting to ride outside now? thats awesome. Is that Dezzi in your pics. Wow has she gotten lighter or is that just me? She looks cute!

Ya wow dezzi looks great. And so does diamond. You did well with them!
Haha ya thats like Elite hes much lighter now. Hes getting his spring coat!
Yay! =)

Hi Jenna,
You look super on diamond! How did you do at you horse show with him? I'm sure it was a great experience not matter the outcome! Go Jenna! Julianne from Napanee, Ontario, Canada

thanks for the nice comment Jenna !!

Hi Jenna, your horse looks wonderful too. Is this show at Spiritwood as I will be showing there on the 30th of May.

Hi Jenna I will be showing Jasper for the first time, so I will hope he is a good boy. What area of Ottawa are you in, perhaps someone from where I am (west of ottawa) will be near you,.

Hi Jenna, I will be showing in the horse division because of Jaspers size 16.2hh I will show him in Training class b.

Heey did u go in a horse show with diamond?!..wow hes looking good! haha and so do u! Heey just a question, did u train diamond to frame his head like that or do u make him do that? cause i really want to train cabreo to frame his head like that and i dont know if u have to start by using draw reins or not.

Ahaha thanks for the advice :). i do actually wear a martingale on cabreo, i started not to wear it after awhile cause i lost it...lol... i put it back on him wen he started to throw his head around a lot. it helped and i noticed he started to tuck his head in more.
i kinda get wut u r trying to say, but then again it gets confusing at parts...lol :D
but thanks 4 the advice though! :P

kk will do! lol
my horses have been pretty good, i mean they all have spring fever so they r all hyper.
the gurl who is currently training elite fell off, but she is fine :)
cabreo is just being cabreo once spring and summer comes he gets spring fever and takes off a lot
hes the same in winter too, hyper and bolts like crazy! but im sooo used to it that its no big deal, i just laugh after...lol!
how have your ponies been? did u get new ones!?

Thank you! I like your pony too! Beautiful face!! What breed?

oh nevermind I just read your profile... Shetland x arab.... no wonder she has such a pretty face :)

And I absolutely LOVE your paint/canadian!! Canadians are my fav breed :)

Oh ya spring fever is great! Ya im glad to know that shes okay too!.
Well good luck in your shows. ;)!!! Diamond is looking really good lately.
And dez is looking much better. LOL you've done well!
Pretty much its the same as like u said how dressage classes fill up fast. its pretty much the same wit hunter and jumper....you wanna defs get their early to the show!
R u going to show dez this show season?

Oh btw...thats awesome that u got 2 new ponies! Wut do they look like?

Ya i can tell u and diamond make a perfect match..lol :P
So wait im confused r u selling dez or not or r u just thinking bout it? Well if u have to train the other two new ones it would be good to focus on them with their training, and not have to worry about working with one that u dont use much, but u do w/e u want. I mean u have done well with dez she looks like shes improved so thats really good!
Your new ones sound cute...and i saw the pictures they r cute. Im guessing they r still green right?
R they going to be ur future show horses/ponies?

Ya well its your choice on wut to do and i agree it does get expensive keeping four horses...
Wow your new horses sound cute...and they r not green?! thats good then and have u ridden Zeke yet? or maya? They sound like they are going to turn out to be amazing show horses!
So they r still growing right? do u know how tall they r going to be?

Oh ya thats so true...lol sorry i wuznt thinking there........lol
But ya its gonna be fun training them! I cant wait to start training Elite
:P Those r good heights for your two new horses. Since Maya is only a weanling, can u ride her or is she too young?

Well i do 4 now...but once he calms down a lot more and i get my strength back in my arm im gonna train him from there......
ya i kinda figured that she wuz too young to ride now....do u lunge her then??

Ya breaking and training horses is fun! :P
Ya but isnt it kinda bad in a way to start to ride horses when they r too young?...thats wut i heard atleast.

Ya thats wut i thought.....ya it would be a good idea to just show ur horse (if thats wut u r gonna do) in walk/trot at that age...but i also heard that if u ride a horse to much when they r younger then two year olds then something happens to their back i dun know....i could be wrong though.....but i knew it wuzznt a good idea to ride a horse to soon...Not until they r atleast 2 like u said.
Ya i do find that race horses start out very young but i know theres a reason to that atleast i thought there wuz a reason..but i dun know im not a jockey...lol i dont race horses ;P

haha ya that is true that everyone has different training methods. i totally agree with u :D
Im still off for a few more weeks so no shows for me. how Bout u?

Oh ya that will be fun :P Good luck in your upcoming shows. Are they all dressage?
How did u do at that show that wuz a couple weeks ago? U probs did good ;P

Oh sweet sounds like fun!. So u r doing the hunter/jumper then right but also dressage sounds like fun
Awesome! congrats! Well u deserved to place that good. I mean u did not do all that hard work and training on diamond for nuthing did ya? LOL =0)
She sounds like an amazing pony! Is she confortable to ride?

Thank You so much!!! I practice hard!!!
Do you ride dressage?

Oh ya that sux that u could not go to that show but like u said theres always a ton more coming up! I love doing hunter/jumper at shows. Are u doing the jumper on diamond?
Ya its true hard work does pay off! youve worked hard on her so like i said u deserved it =)
Shes gorgeous too especially when u make her frame her head like that. GORGEOUS!!
Diamond sounds like a joy to ride (and i mean that in a good way :P) Cabreo is very comfy to ride too...he is very smooth and has a very fun jump! But in bareback his back is a little bomey but its not that bad hes really good with bareback. Just the thing is i spray show shee (idk if u know wut that is or not) its really to make the mane and tail shiny and nice but u can put it on the body sometimes too so i put it on cabreo and its a little slippery so when riding cabs bareback u kinda need strong legs lol!
I know wut u mean when u mean "pony" canter. The pony willow that i ride and train sometimes thats the one i fell off off and broke my collar bone on...hes kinda how u explained "pony canter" cause he has a REALLy fast canter and a BIG stride1 Hes like cabreo for jumping too he takes long spots...its pretty funn! lol!!!

Heey sorry i made a few spelling mistakes i meant to say that cabreos back is a little BONEY and that stuff that i use on cabreo is called SHOW SHEEN!
LOL i forgot the "N" on both of them...lol

Thanks good! my pony can jump 3' but we jump him 2'6 because we dont want him to get hurt. Well i luv jumping also and i like the flat too!! but the jumping is easier for me and flating is amore of challenge. I hope you do well with jumping and dressage! Thanks! Ur ponies are cute too!!!

haha i TOTALLY agree with u about the show sheen! ;P
Hunter will be good for diamond. How high u gonna jump with her?
I know a pony who is very forward too like that..well she has a short stride but is very quick especially when u point her had a jump.. she just goes at at! She likes to go fast but sometimes its not good with her. Shes VERY comfy to ride though. when u canter her u practically just sit there and she does most of the work. But shes not push button though. But its really weird with her like when u ride her she tends to go more slowly and nicely when u have a looser rein but if u have a tight rein she tries to book it. But shes a sweet mare
bTW good luck at ur show or any upcoming shows!

Heey ya i kinda know wut ya mean about the jumping thing make it more interesting. but like wut do u mean like do jumps like that at the show?
Haha thanks. IM excited to get back in the saddle. Cant wait to go to shows and stuff like that. I have 2 more weeks left! so im really excited.
Ya i get people to ride cabreo for me. Ya know make sure he doesnt 4get all the training i worked on him. I mean hes gotten so far like i dont want him to get lazy (cause hes a lazy boy) and i want him to improve while im out for awhile :P

Your welcome! Yes, i do show! I do the 2'6 green pony hunters at the big a and aa shows! I just started to do the big shows and jump 2'6 so we are coming along pretty good! I love to show and i think that it is so much fun!! Do you show?? :)

Oh okay that makes sense....ya that would be good for diamond. Glad to know that she is turning out to be a great hunter/jumper!
Ya im hoping the time will go by quickly.
Ya but i dont know if cabreo is getting ridden that much and same with elite. Another person tried out elite well rode him since he wuz being bad in the lunge line so she got on and she did not even ahve stirrups in and elite just bucked and she fell off and elite stepped on her head, leg and shoulder...but she is doing fine so she did not break anything...so thats good but the thing is elite is becoming a pain lately. So i dont know wuts gonna happen....

I totally agree with u!!!

well i dont know yet i mean hes just so young that we dont know how hes gonna turn out. But the thing is like be4 he has been improving so much, and then spring came. so hes probably got spring fever. But also cause elite is best friends with this other horse named puffin. We put elite beside puffin and they became like best friends like if puffin is out being ridden in the arena elite will NOT stop whinning. So i think now its getting serious about elite and puffin. So elite does not want 2 leave puffin so he becomes bad. So i dont know wut we r going to do we may wait a couple of weeks, at the most maybe a month and if he still is being bad like that we may move him into a different stall. But if he still continues to be that way...we dont know what might happen. If hes really becoming that dangerous we may have to sell him. I really dont want to like even though i cant ride elite yet he and i r like best friends now. He really know me now kinda and he is just so sweet that u could never imagine him doing something like that. BUt i think he did that because the person who was riding elite is pretty rough and doesnt realize that elite needs a very gentle rider on him. So i think she got on too quickly and too hard on him and he freaked out and bucked her off. But i was not there when it happened but i dont want to give up on himm. I mean hes young hes not gonna be perfect...i want to get on him and see wut happens i mean im not always that rough of a rider and i get how delicate elite is so i dont know whats gonna happen yet.....

LOL sorry if that was kinda confusing of what i worte at the bottom. We rnt really thinking about selling him yet...not now, its too early.........
:P

Ya like i totally understand what u r saying and i totally get that hes never gonna be perfect. I mean hes so young like u cant expect him to be pefect 4 ever. Thats why i dont wanna give up on him cause i believe that hes gonna be a great horse...u just gotta give him a chance.
So ya but thanks 4 the little tip... :p
So how r ur horses doing...like the new guyz???

Thanks! She's 3/4 TB and 1/4 Trakehner.

Oh thats nice. Well atleast they r close by. How bout Maya and zeke, r they doing good. R they liking their new home? Are u still lunging them??
Ya well good luck hopefully they will all get along :)

Thank you Jenna! The picture is of my 8 year old Arabian gelding, Spirit. (aka love of my life). You would never know it now, but when I got him about three and a half years ago he was about 150 lbs underweight and had a terrible case of pasture fungus resulting in hair loss. He was quite pitiful but he touched my heart in such a special way. We've come a long way and he really is quite beautiful and intelligent. I also have a 5 year old buckskin paint mare named Sierra. She is very sweet and loving. Your horses are beautiful as well! Enjoy your time with them!

I am so pleased for both you and Maya. While I realize that there will always be unwanted horses, it is so difficult for me to comprehend slaughter. I may be showing my ignorance here, but do people in Canada consume horse meat or was she destined for dog food? I won't even feed my dogs canned food for fear that there could be horse meat in it. Maya is lucky to have found a good home and a loving person to care for her. Obviously you have some beautiful subjects for your photography.

thank you for the welcome

Hey Jenna
ur in Ontario too right?
where do u ride i'm @ a private farm
talk 2 u soon

cool
i'm packing for a show now!
What level do you show?
I've gone through the levels faster than expected
the pony in my profile pic is mine (Oke) and I trained him myself.

Thats really neat Jenna. :) How long have you been doing dressage? I am around 14 years old too and I started at the end of grade 4. That's to bad about Diamond...my pony looks 15hh but is actually 14hh(sometimes he is measured less-without shoes i think). What's your new gelding's name? Is he a pony?
Dressage canada has a page with a directory of trainers (probably in your area).

good luck this summer:)

Hi Jenna!
I teach! Whereabouts are you in Ontario? I'm in the Newmarket area :)

Ohh too bad! I hadn't even heard of North Gower before LOL!

Great photos!

Heey...how are your ponies doing??

Hi Jenna -

There is a complete list of Equine Canada sanctioned competitions on the OEF website:
http://www.horse.on.ca/competitions/current_registered_competitions...

I hope this helps!

M.