JK's Dancing Lena

Since I am so bad at updating the blog here is some updated info on our yearling we had last spring out of DT Shine Fiona and Boonwhite Dancer.  Joey as we all know him is a red roan stallion that we just can not wait to get in the show pen.  He has the conformation to go any direction we want him to!!  He will start in training with Shaun Tree after being broke by us next winter.  We are hoping he will excel in cutting, but if not we will start him on barrels and head him in the futurity direction in each discipline.

Barrel Racing Schedule.

April
14th south jordan
20th spanish fork
26th-28th heber city

May
6 south jordan
11 farmington
18 south jordan
21 south jordan

June
1 south jordan
15th bluffdale
21-23 south jordan
29 heber

july
1 west jordan
10 heber city
14 spanish fork
20 south jordan

August
17 south jordan
19th west jordan
28th south jordan

september
7 south jordan
10 south jordan
13-15 south jordan
21 south jordan
26-29 heber city
Man we have a busy year!!!!

hunter/jumper show schedule.

May-

12th lynleigh farms jumper show
17th-19th lynleigh farms hunter show

June-
5th-9th alta hills show at the polo fields.
15-16th rose ranch jumper show
20-23rd rose ranch hunter show
26-30th UHJA annual show equestrian park
31-august 4th alta hills polo field show

August
10-11 rose ranch jumper show
15-18 rose ranch hunter show
24-promontory jumper show

September
6-8th lynleigh farms hunter show
14-15th lynleigh farms jumper show

October
12 rose ranch jumper show
17-20 medal finals equestrian park

I would like to go to colorado in july.  possibly the 2nd week if my clients want to go and to tucson in the fall.  Let me know if you are interested.

Updates on Parker!!

Parker is doing amazing in barrels and is now a money earning barrel horse!!  We have been racing heavily and placing in the 2000$ rider division consistently.  I am so excited to see were the year will take us.  We have many races that we are planning on going to and are aiming for the saddle at the end of the year.  Here are some of the updated pictures from our races.

The show season is well under way!!

Today we had the first show of the season at the Rose Ranch Jump Start show.  Vivian and Katy took Cowboy and Pumpkin and showed in the open hunter/jumper classes.  It was such a nice relaxed atmosphere that was perfect to start the show year. Katy showed cowboy in the 2'0, 2'3, 2'6 classes and was a superstar!!!! She came out with a fifth in the 2'9 class. Cowboy is such a great horse for people to learn the ropes on for showing and Katy really has excelled this past winter riding him!! Its so fun to see them make so much progress.
Vivian showed Pumpkin in the 2'3,2'6 and 2'9 and also cowboy in the 2'9.  Viv tries so hard to be perfect and nerves got in our way in her first class, but made steady improvement and ended on such a good note!!! She is such a dedicated rider and gives riding her all!!!! I couldn't ask for a better student to be able to teach and help me in the barn! Vivian has trained pumpkin from the ground up and I am so excited to see how this year will go with them showing in the pony jumpers, who knows maybe she will do the child/adult jumpers :)  Viv came home with a 4th in the 2'6, and a 3rd on pumpkin and a 4th on cowboy in the 2'9.
We have a very exciting year coming up and can't wait to see how they both continue to make progress on their horses!!!

FOR SALE-COLBY

Colby is a fantastic youth or small adult horse.  He is a been there done that gelding.  Colby was trained in reining and has fantastic extensions, collections, roll backs, lead changes, and slidding stops.  He also is patterened for barrels and rates fantastic.  Has the potential to be a good 2D horse.  Colby loves to work and never acts sour towards anything I ask him.. We have had Colby in training for the past 4 months and I hate to see him go, but he will make some one very happy.  He needs to go to a home that will ride him consistantly and do 4h or youth/high school rodeos on.  He trailers, ties, clips, stands for farrier, etc.  I have yet to find a vice in him.  Call or text with any questions
SOLD TO GENTRY MORGAN UTAH!!!

Legacy Jackpot!

This past Sunday was the Legacy Jackpot.  We took both Parker and Cisco to run in the timed only race.  In barrels there is a section for new horses that is a timed only so you can just go get your horses comfortable in the arena and around the pattern without paying the money to run in the Jackpot.  Cisco was alittle on the wild side so I just worked him really hard and got him used to sitting next the to chutes and arena while horses are running.  I probably overfaced him alittle bit, as he just got off the trailer from being shipped home from Shaun's at 9:00 the night before and then putting him on another trailer the next morning to a new place.  With that all being said he handled it like a two year old should.  Parker was a champ!!! Our first timed only we went in a cantered to the barrel stopped and trotted around it and then cantered off.  Our last timed run I let him canter the whole pattern.  I could feel him hungry for more and wanting to run faster.  We couldnt have been more proud of him and know we finally found a job he really loves!! We are running in our first jackpot this Saturday, its the UBRA winter series last run.  We are excited to start the spring series and see how we run against all the other horses.