News & Updates, 2008

Enjoying their well deserved vacation, Siggi and her hubby Chris.

I just got an email for Laudino's new mom and thought to share it with you - we are so proud;

Lorraine :-)"

Laudino has found his perfect match with Lorraine of Whidbey Island only two weeks after he came from his six month pasture break. We de-haired him for a about a week and then Lorraine met the sparkling gem and snatched him right up. He passed his vet check with flying colors this morning and moved to Whidbey the same day. I just got word from his new mom that he traveled like a pro and already enjoyed a walk around his new home & turnout in the big pasture.

Congratulations, Lorraine, to such a promising youngster and we are excited to get to see you at the local shows.

First of all, we had a blast despite the cold & rainy weather - at least no snow like the last time.

Secondly, we cannot express how proud we are of the hard work and dedication all the riders and their ponies put into their training and all that "sweat & tears" definitely paid off today. Team CAVALLIS kicked butt!! The judging was very fair and we received constructive feedback to work on before our next show.

Training Level, Test 2 - 3rd place out of 10 with 60% despite a big spook. Otherwise it would have been a solid mid-60s ride and even higher in the ranking.

Training Level, Test 4 - 2nd place out of 12 with 64% (right after Siggi & Santero - not a bad trainer & student combo if I might say so myself ;0)

First Level, Test 4: 2nd place out of 11 with 64.47% (only Siggi & Santero came even close to their solid performance, and less than 0.5% separated them in the end - way to go, Laurie & Livi!!)

Kristin thought she would make it a bit more interesting by cutting her warm up time down to 10 min because she graciously helped everyone else to keep their stuff together. Thank you, Kristin! You rock!

Melissa and Colette visited and supported us, even though they had a long day taking care of the other ponies at the barn in the cold weather. Thank you for your support.