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We are so thrilled that the Rosinsky family has purchased a horse and
will join our show family.
When
Samantha was 11 yrs old she suffered a
stroke and had 2 & 1/2 years of rehabilitation teaching herself to learn to walk
again. Samantha started riding about 3
years ago with Laci Meisenheimer here
at PPA. When Samantha wanted to ride
English, Laci wasn‟t sure, but Samantha
was very determined! Carin and Dave
CARIN
DAVE
SAMANTHA
SYDNEY
started by leasing an old show horse
here named Captain, and they said if she
was dedicated enough they would get her a horse. Sam‟s passion for horses brought her to the
barn almost every day. She was able to go into the pasture halter and tack her own horse by
herself using mostly her left hand. It is a miracle that she rides horses!
When they decided they wanted to get a horse, I knew it must be one that is very kind
and had been there done that! This is specially true if she wanted to show. After contacting
several trainers Sue Shea said she might have one that would work. Sue and I go back to when
she lived and trained with her Dad in Minnesota. Her
Dad and my Dad were good friends. Sue had an 11 year
old Arabian gelding named EVG Sierra and they called
him „Sam‟. It must have been meant to be. Sam and
Sam! They were planning to show him at the Scottsdale
show by leasing him to two youth riders. After Sam rode
him a few times, they decided to purchase him. The next
problem was getting him home!
We could have waited until after the Scottsdale
show around the first of March when everyone was coming back this way, but Samantha didn‟t want to wait. This
time of year not too many horse haulers are headed north
but I finally found a person to bring him from Scottsdale
to Kansas City, so Keith and I drove down to pick him
It is a great honor that Chrisup.
tian Svennes is up for the Youth Hunt
Seat Rider of the Year. We will be
„Sam‟ arrived safe and sound Friday January 20th
attending the APHA banquet in
to
a
welcoming
party of family!! Now Sam and Sam
Scottsdale on February 26th to see if
start their long time relationship here at PPA in hopes of
he wins!! His horse Color of Flam
LK took 3 National Champions this
competition not too far off. Congratulations!
past year. Christian will compete this
year in the Adult division.
FEBRUARY 17-26
Scottsdale All Arabian, Scottsdale, AZ
SEPTEMBER 8 or 15? PPA ACADEMY
MARCH 23-25
MAHA Spring Show, Winona, MN
SEPTEMBER 17-18
Arabian Celebration, Louisville, KY
APRIL 14 PPA ACADEMY
OCTOBER 19-27
US NATIONALS, TULSA, OK
APRIL 21,22
SD Spring Shows I & II, Sioux Falls, SD
NOVEMBER 3 HORSEY HALLOWEEN
MAY 4-6
Sahara Sands, St. Paul, MN
OPEN SHOWS
MAY 11-13
Great Plains Classic, Lincoln, NE (6,8)
June 17 Windy Hills Siouxland
JUNE 13-17
Region 10 Pre Show & Championships
St. Paul, MN
Double Judges Jean Hommel & Pat Derrick
605-351-3058
JUNE 21-24
Region 6 Pre Show & Championships
Lincoln NE
JULY 20-28
Youth Nationals Albuquerque, NM
Judge Jim Bahr ----- 605-594 6744
June 24 Madison SESDHSA
July 8 Windy Hills SESDHSA
Judge Eric Kobernusz -------- 605-351-3058
July 28 Madison
Desperados
Judge Karen Olson --------- 605-480-5011
August 5 Windy Hills Windy Riders
Judge Joe Rowe ------ 605-334-1648
AUGUST 13-18
Canadian Nationals, Brandon MB
SEPTEMBER 1-3
Iowa Gold Star, Des Moines, IA
Email: [email protected]
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P AGE 3
STUDENT EVALUATIONS...
dents who have been taking lessons for 1 year or if you
are interested in showing at a more competitive level and
wish to purchase a horse, please talk to Deb.
If you are satisfied with lessons, we are glad you
are here. If you wish to purchase a horse, please use us to
help you find the right one.
Our first show is the MAHA Spring show in
Winona MN. Be sure to come see the local show at the
Fairgrounds in April.
We continue to challenge our students with
new horses as their expertise grows, and offer two in
house Academy Shows each year so they can show
their family their skills.
In an effort to make excellent horseman out of
our students here at PPA Deb is offering to the Academy students an opportunity to take a private lesson to
evaluate individual abilities. Deb will be setting up
times this summer. If this is something you are interested in let your instructor or Deb know. The first
evaluation will be free in hopes to improve the learning
process of both student and instructor.
Recently a questionnaire was sent out to all
the students so we can have some feed back on our
program. We offer leasing of our lesson horses to stu-
Whinston—one of our lesson horses
ACADEMY NEWS… SPRING SHOW APRIL 14TH!
All lesson students will be preparing for our Spring
Academy show in April.
New students include Zoe Sullivan, and
Amy Shoeneman with Patty. We are still looking for
a horse for Megan and Jenna Schoeneman to show
locally and at open shows.
Laci started new student Maklia Whitten
who has been riding on and off for five years and is an
experienced rider. Alexis Pliska is new to riding but
has the urge to ride and in her free time loves to study
anything about horses and she can name multiple parts
of the horse and tack already on her first lesson
Denise is excited this year because she will
be showing her horse Awbree Side Saddle and
Hunter Pleasure. He daughter Hayley is taking the
year off to play soccer. She has a new student
.
DEB STARTED NEW STUDENTS;
Besides Samantha Rosinsky buying a show horse and
Samantha joining Deb‟s students, Deb took on two young
girls from Iowa. Chenoa, and Cheyenne Vande Stouwe
These girls have their own horses in Iowa tbut hey felt a
need to have some formal lessons and maybe they will
want to show too?
MONDAY NIGHT IS LADIES NIGHT
We have started a night for Mom’s to ride and socialize at PPA. Deb will be teaching the basics of riding.
Get in some stretching and maybe have a glass of
wine. Get in shape and help understand what your
students are doing. If you are interested space is limited so let Deb know and maybe we can have two
classes. Regular lesson fees apply
P AGE 4
D E C E M B E R 1 1, 2 0 1 1
A U T H O R / A D M I NI S T R A T O R : U S E F C O M M U N I C AT I O N S DE P A R T M E N T
Kelsey Kimbler on Cody Canuck and Mary Kathryn Clark on DA Al Capone walking in.
Photo courtesy Kelly Kimbler.
Kelsey was Deb‟s student and learned to ride here at PPA
The photo with Deb is of her horse Diamond Lakota, that she
shared with her sister Kirsten. Kirsten too was AHA Youth of the
Year. „Kota‟ was Canadian National Champion in Sport Horse
Under Saddle with Deb and that same year Kelsey was Canadian
National Champion in Walk Trot Hunter Pleasure.
“It is so exciting to have one of my students become such a horsewoman ….it makes me so proud!”
Lexington, KY - The U.S. finished fourth among 19 teams Saturday in Abu Dhabi, UAE, at the FEI Junior and Young
Rider World Endurance Championship despite an uphill battle that included an injured horse at the first inspection.
"What an exhilarating team effort and realistically an unexpected result - but privately hoped for," said Chef d'Equipe
Emmett Ross.
Unexpected, in part, because Natalie Muzzio's horse Khalil Asam was not able to ship, resulting in the loss of Team
member Steven Hay. Then, at the first inspection on Friday, Kyle Gibbon's horse, Misu Koran, owned by Stephen Rojek,
presented with a sore shoulder and was not able to start. There are five vet checks throughout the race to check the horse's
soundness and metabolic capacity in order to be allowed to continue.
The three remaining Team members - 16-year-old Kelsey Russell (Willison, FL) on Gold Raven, 17-year-old Mary Kathryn Clark (Eatonton, GA) aboard Cheryl Van Deusen's DA Al Capone, and 18-year-old Kelsey Kimbler (Aberdeen, SD)
on Kirsten Kimbler's Cody Canuck - would all need to finish the course to post a team score and rank as a team
(aggregate total time of three riders score as a team).
All three U.S. Young Riders did just that, with Russell and Valerie Kanavy's Gold Raven, a 10-year-old Arabian mare,
finishing sixth individually in 5 hours, 37 minutes.
"Before the race I reminded our youngsters that they had never raced as fast as they were going to be asked to, or
under so much pressure," Ross said.
The 120km race was represented by 76 riders between the ages of 14-21 from 29 countries. The course included
deep sand for 12km out of the first 33km on the first loop - a concern for the U.S. Team, Ross said, "because of
the lack of experience of our riders in sand."
"But everyone here - riders, mentors, families, crew, and staff were positive throughout," Ross said. "As Chef I
had to try to have the riders understand that their task had many levels of responsibility for the team to accomplish a respectable team result - finish well with each horse giving it's all."
Ross said that result did not materialize until the last loop. "And actually not until the last portion of the last
loop," he said. "The USA team result started with a 13th-place position for the first loop, and each loop improving two to three positions. I felt that our only chance to even finish a team well was to stick to a very closely
monitored effort. Several of us who had worked here often saw how many strong looking and leading visiting
horses simply crash on latter loops. We adopted the monitored plan and changed the goal for the horse/ rider
combination after each loop."
Kimbler and Clark were separated after the first loop by about 10 minutes, but starting with the third loop,
Kimbler and Cody Canuck, a 14-year-old Arabian gelding, caught up to Clark and DA Al Capone, a 16-year-old
Arabian gelding.
"They essentially rode together the rest of way
with Al and MK providing some last-loop energy to Cody and Kelsey who were tiring somewhat," Ross said. "In fact, these two team
members and their wonderful horses did each
loop slightly faster than the previous, as
planned, except for the third loop which virtually knocked all horses down somewhat off
their previous pace or closing pace."
The U.S. Team horses are doing well and will
head home on Tuesday.
"It is a remarkable accomplishment for the
Young Riders," said Vonita Bowers, director of
endurance and reining at the United States
Equestrian Federation, which for the first time
sent a full team and support staff to Championship. "Many thanks to Emmett Ross, (Team Vet) Dr. Dwight Hooton, and all of the Young Riders crew and supporters."
ENDS
Please visit:
http://www.eef.ae/index.php?loading=endurancechampionship&default=1 for more information about the competition.
P E RFORM ANCE P LUS N E WS
READY SET FIRE—2007 HA
gelding out of Ali Fire. Ready to
show in Hunter Pleasure Jr.
Horse. Needs an experienced
rider. Barn name is „TRIGGER‟
P AGE 6
FOOLS AFIRE—2008 HA gelding
out of Ali Fire(Baske Afire) Exciting
English
horse!!
Size/Motion/
Disposition… Go to You Tube and see
him under saddle!! He is outside growing up for now and his barn name is
„FREDDY‟
YOUNG HORSES NOT PICTURED
BUT NEED TO SELL ARE:
BEAU’S BABY DOLL—2007 Bay
Arabian Mare well started under saddle.
Very smooth to ride and is an excellent
Western pleasure prospect. If not sold
will join our lesson program.
MMONA LISA—2006 chestnut filly
out of Macarma by HF Masterpeace
(Bey Shah/Etiw/Sambor) breeding.
Typey BS pretty mare with size. She is
being ridden by a few lesson students
but needs an experienced rider. Western
or reining, lots of energy. She is living
outside and her barn name is „DAISY‟
A LATTE STYLE—2008 HA Filly
bay (AQ Elijahbay Beau x Café Latte)
Smaller filly but very correct and pretty.
Her dam was 3 time National Champion
Hunter Pleasure. BS Will be started under saddle this summer.
WYATT EARP—2009 palomino HA
colt Very quiet disposition and athletic
abilities. Doing very well under saddle,
very quiet, an excellent western horse.