Minutes of Riding Council Meeting 11/27/12

Riding Council met last night. Equestrian Director Peggy McElveen had fun with door prizes and the meeting was well attended. Brittany Powell sent out the following report.

Saturday is our IDA show. Horse holders will be there for the entire division and there are four divisions.
**Keep an eye out for the list coming out sometime this week.

BARN CLEAN-UP--> Come out at sometime on Thursday or Friday and see Lindsey or a Barn Manager and they will tell you what to do.
Make sure to sign off after you have completed something.

Sunday is a head to head between Freshmen and Sophomore riders. Matt will give out more details on that.

FUNDRAISING
Rent-A-Rider in groups of two or three.
Possibly will pair up and upperclassman and an underclassman to work together.
Silent Auction where professors and students can bid on you.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you are a Freshman or Sophomore that wants to do fundraising in the future let Shiloh and Tara know they need your help!!!!

Good Luck Final Grams!
-50 Cents per gram.
-Selling on Wednesday and they start going out on Monday.

RANK TESTING
-Sign up on board for Hunter Seat Riders.
-Request your horse
-Written can be taken Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week.
-Presentation due Friday.
If you have any questions refer to Moodle.
**Western talk with Carla, Dressage talk with Jackie.

Thursday at 7:30 of next week is the riding Holiday Party/ Ugly Sweater Party.

December 7th (Friday) is the Equestrian Stress Buster, like a Showing Under the Stars. An email will come out about it.

This is the last full week of lessons for everyone.

Winter Weather Will Not Stop Us!

The cold wet winter weather is not slowing us down! Kelsi left yesterday with seven horses and various students to head to Raleigh for the RMI Hunter Jumper Show. Students will be going to the show working around their class schedule as much as possible. This weekend Carla and the western IHSA team will be competing in Sanford Saturday and Sunday. They are helping out by bringing horses, so Matt will be going with Carla on Saturday and Pebbles on Sunday to drive the 15 passenger van and horse trailer. At home we have a general open  house which includes several families interested in the equestrian program. We are all busy and hoping the weather gives us a break over the weekend!

Oh yes! Last night our facebook page hit 5,000 “likes” quiet a milestone! We celebrated by awarding the 5,000 person with an SAU saddle pad. Next milestone is 10,000, help us out by spreading the word!

Great Weekend at Triangle Farms Horse Show

Report by Show Team Coach Kelsi Peterson.

The Triangle Farms 'C' show this weekend went really well! All the students rode very well against some of North Carolina's top horses and riders. I think it was a wonderful learning experience for all, and each student was rewarded for their efforts with great ribbons in competitive company. We took 6 horses to the show and 7 students: Kayla McBath, Catherine McDowell, Alexandra Fullerton, Keli Van Den Heuvel, Anastasia MacNaught, Kirsten Farley, and Rachaell Dockery.


Kirsten Farley was champion in two divisions, the Carolina Hunter and the Pre-child/adult Hunter, which had 25 competitors. She earned 3 first place ribbons, and many other top ribbons on St. Andrews' horse "Indigo Night".

Anastatsia MacNaught was reserve champion in the Carolina Hunter aboard St. Andrews' "Eastern Shore", and she and Rachaell (riding St. Andrews' "Dilkara") both earned top ribbons in the Pre-child/adult Hunter with 25-30 entries both days.

Keli aboard St. Andrews' "Onyx" and Kayla riding her own horse "Chancellor" both received excellent ribbons in the Adult Hunter with close to 30 competitors.

Catherine aboard her own "Ladies Man" received several ribbons in the Junior/Amateur Hunter in good company.

Alexandra rode St. Andrews' "Onyx" in the NCHJA Adult Medal Finals on Saturday night. She had one bobble in the course through a challenging rollback turn, but rode beautifully otherwise and came out of the ring with a big smile on her face, shining her consistently positive attitude. Qualifying for the Medal Finals takes a lot of work throughout the year, and Alexandra put a lot of effort into her riding to qualify and prepare for the class.

I look forward to continuing my work with the students in the equestrian program and helping them progress in their riding and overall horse knowledge, whether it's for pleasure or so they can be prepared when they graduate and go into the industry to find work.