All the latest from the stables
MARCH 2017
HORSE AND PEOPLE NEWS
Winter is around the corner, you can start
to feel the slight chill in the early mornings
now. Make sure your blankets are washed,
repaired and ready for the first cold snap.
Happy riding days ahead to our new
rider & horse/pony combinations: Mia’s
grandfather bought her a lovely pony
called Jelly Tot, Jemma also has a new
pony called Gezebelle, Laura is part baiting
Asterix, Francesca is part baiting Galaxy
and Georgina is part baiting Count the
Dice.
Congratulations to Corne and Theunis who
recently tied the knot.
At the recent Dressage South Africa
Awards for 2015/2016, Caitlin and Galaxy
Man won the Pony Rider Novice Award for
2016 and Natalie and Dollar’s Power were
awarded 3rd place for Preliminary in 2015.
UPCOMING HOLIDAYS
SHOW RESULTS
Fri, 14 Apr (Good Friday) - Close at 1pm
Mon, 17 Apr (Family Day) - Closed
Thu, 27 Apr (Freedom Day) - Normal hrs
Mon, 1 May (Workers Day) - Closed
When we are open on the public holidays,
please be aware that we will only have
skeleton staff working.
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Training Show - Sunday, 7 May
- Moolmanshoek Weekend - 28 to 30 July
HORZE HORSE & RIDER
EQUIPMENT
INTER-SCHOOLS
Ava on Bon Aqua placed 4th in dressage,
1st in Equitation, 1st in Working Hunter and
1st in 60cm jumping.
Lara rode Twelfth Night in 90cm jumping.
KPC JUMPING
Mariska rode Cisco in 1.15m
PHAETON PARK TRAINING SHOW
Thank you to Phaeton Parkers for
supporting our March training show. Thank
you to team Rothner for their help: Jackie
for manning the entry & judges table as
well as Johan for being commentator for
the day. Also to Natalie for organising the
event, Mikhail for the photos and then to
our coaches, Nickaela, Mariska, Anka and
Stephanie. Results as follows:
Class 2 Welcome Stakes
1st Ava on Bon Aqua, 2nd Ava on Bon
Aqua, 3rd Rebecca on Trix, 4th Mia on Trot
Along, 5th Embeth on Lily, 6th Sulyman on
Jelly Tot, 7th Kristen on Hello Sailor, 8th
Mia on Trot Along, 9th Isabella on Valasqaz
Class 3 Accumulator
Please take note of our times for the
upcoming holidays:
1st Jay on Toby, 2nd Shannon on
Confidential Agent, 3rd Sandra on Sahara,
4th Gaby on Pebbles, 5th Danna on
Tinkerbell, 6th Cameron on WOA, 7th Gaby
on Pebbles, 8th Danna on Tinkerbell, 9th
Ava on Bon Aqua, 10th Ava on Bon Aqua,
11th Sarah on Toby, 12th Lara on King Lear
Sarah & Kibo in Performance Riding and
placed 3rd.
Cameron rode War of Attrition in 80cm
jumping.
Samatha & Ice Man placed 4th in In-Hand
Utility.
Jay on Toby placed 1st in 70cm jumping
and 2nd in Equitation.
Caitlin rode Ardella in Novice dressage.
Zoya & Allegra placed 4th and 2nd in 80cm
jumping and 2nd in Working Hunter.
Liam on Conjo placed 3rd in Working
Riding.
Isabella on Spirit placed 6th & 3rd in 70cm
jumping and 4th & 5th in Prelim dressage.
Isabella & Kammi were 7th in Prelim
dressage and 1st & 2nd in 70cm jumping.
Thomas rode Conjo in 70cm jumping.
Gaby on Pebbles were 4th in Equitation
and 3rd & 4th in 70cm jumping.
Jeremie & Conjo were 2nd in Utility.
Jade on Galaxy was 4th & 4th in dressage
and 3rd in Prix Caprilli. Jade also rode Toy
Town.
Shannon rode Confidential Agent in 80cm
jumping and placed 4th.
Jenna rode Buckberry.
Class 4 Speed Accumulator with Joker
Samantha rode You Sexy Thing.
1st Jacqui on Totem, 2nd Shannon on
Confidential Agent, 3rd Saskia on Cross
My Heart, 4th Shannon on Confidential
Agent, 5th Zoya on Allegra, 6th Jay on
Toby, 7th Jenna on Buckberry, 8th Saskia
on Cross My Heart, 9th Courtney on
Golden Preach, 10th Paige on Woody, 11th
Paige on Woody, 12th Cameron on WOA,
13th Isabella on Kammi, 14th Samantha on
You Sexy Thing
Kristin rode Hello Sailor in 60cm jumping.
Sygil rode Reggie and placed 7th in
Performance Riding and 8th in Prelim
dressage.
Embeth rode Lily.
Courtney rode Golden Preach in 80cm
jumping and placed 1st and 4th.
Paige rode Woody in 80cm and placed
2nd.
Class 5 Speed & Precision
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1st Nico on Tinkerbell, 2nd Zoya on Allegra,
3rd Paige on Woody, 4th Jacqui on Totem,
5th Saskia on Cross My Heart
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KPC JUMPING
Nickaela placed 1st in 1m on Gold Leader.
Raine rode Legacy in 1m and placed 3rd
& 4th.
FOURWAYS JUMPING
Saskia placed 1st on Cross My Heart in
80cm.
FOURWAYS DRESSAGE
Tammy rode Lunar in Elementary.
CANTERBROOKE DRESSAGE
In Novice, Natalie placed 2nd and 3rd on
Dollar’s Power as well as 3rd and 4th on
Ferdinand.
CAKES/PIZZA
Jeremie, Hui, Sumeyra, Jenna
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to Andrew, Courtney,
Thomas, Cherie, Stephanie, Maxine and
Wendy.
ACHIEVER OF THE MONTH
Ava is our achiever this month for
winning a class at the Phaeton Park
show and winning 3 classes at Interschools.
4 wins in one month; two for jumping,
one for equitation and another for
showing - excellent achievement Ava!
PARENT OF THE MONTH
Dustine’s moments inspired us to
do something different this month we are awarding her Mother of the
Month for March!
HAPPY EASTER!
BLONDES OF THE MONTH
Well, where does one start? March at the yard has not been without a dull
moment! Some are real blonde moments and others only minor ones but we
thought we’d mention them all this month :)
Dustine, leads the way with her two moments. Firstly, she entered her very
normal daughter into the Special Needs classes at Inter-schools (luckily this was
discovered before the event and corrected in time!). Secondly, Natalie cancelled
her lessons one Thursday as she had to attend a wedding. Natalie sent Dustine
a message to remind her that Gaby would not be having a lesson with Natalie but
Samantha would still have her lesson with Mariska. So Dustine arranged for her
driver to fetch Samantha from school and drop her off at stables. Then it rained
and rained. Samantha couldn’t have her lesson anyway so waited at stables in
the pouring rain to be picked up. Almost 3 hours later, shortly after 5pm, Vee
sees Samantha was still loitering around stables and phoned Dustine. She had
completely forgotten her daughter needed to be picked up!
Jade & Brad had a joint moment. Early one Saturday morning, Natalie comes
out with her box of tea, coffee & treats to setup and sees Jade hanging around
Stormtracker’s stable. A short while later, Natalie sees Jade still there, doing
nothing. So she asked Jade if she’d asked the groom to tack up for her, had he
forgotten? So Jade had to explain that Brad had earlier that week taken the tack
home for a good cleaning and oiling. Brad brought back the saddle before Jade’s
Saturday lesson but left the bridle at home. Jade was waiting for Brad to get out
of bed and bring the bridle so she could ride. And after all of this, neither of them
had actually cleaned their tack!
Then Jade had another moment (Brad not involved this time). Mariska decided to
join Jade’s lesson, bareback for a bit of fun. Mariska was soon flying over 1.20m
on Cisco without a saddle and Jade said “Wow! Can’t believe you are doing all
that without stirrups!” Natalie and Mariska had to point out that Mariska wasn’t
riding without stirrups, she was riding without a saddle.
Next on the list is Hui. At Inter-schools he was delighted to hear the announcement
that Jay had placed 2nd in Equitation. He started jumping up and down, clapping
his hands. He ran straight over to Jay’s pony, Toby. Hui started patting him, even
congratulating him in Chinese. Then he realised, it wasn’t Toby! It was some
other child’s appaloosa from another yard. So, Phaeton Parkers continue to
attract strange looks from grooms from other yards, two months in a row now...
Sandra had two moments this month. For some reason she packed her handbag
away into the tack box outside Sahara’s stable. She rides and goes home. The
next morning, Lucky comes up to Vee with Sandra’s handbag in hand. He had
just found it in the box. Vee phoned Sandra to tell her and only then did Sandra
realised her bag was gone! For her second moment, Sandra had arranged with
Natalie to change Sahara’s schooling days so she could ride on Tuesdays.
Sandra arrives at the yard the next Tuesday in her normal, casual clothes. No
riding gear. When Natalie queried this, Sandra remembered she was meant to
be riding!
Claudia was convinced her horse was sick, so she took his temperature. She went
straight to Vee and said her horse’s temperature was 34,2. She was adamant the
reading was correct. Thinking this was a bit odd, Vee phoned the vet who agreed
it was impossible, the horse should be almost dead at that temperatur. So Vee
went to take the temperature herself. It was a perfect 37,5.
Lastly, Maxine had a party for which her dad, Andrew, had organised pony rides
for with Vee. Muzi took the pony through to the party and Andrew brought the tack
along. Next thing, Vee saw Dominique hunting around for her bridle, couldn’t find
it anywhere. Andrew had taken the wrong bridle.
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PHAETON PARK | PROP V. LAROS | 083 377 0502 | www.phaetonparkstables.co.za
Edited By Lene L Barrett | 076 991 2008 | [email protected]