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Another busy week filled with lessons and our cohosted IEA show with TallyHo down in Plantation is a wrap! Congratulations to the American Heritage High School Team for earning the Reserve Championship title and to the Middle School team for coming in third. Thank you to all clients and parents for all of their support and help with packing, setup, and cleanup at the shows, we couldn’t do it without you! Congratulations as well to all riders who earned top honors at the ESP Awards Banquet this year, I can’t believe how much our riders have improved over the past year! Please check the calendar below for upcoming banquet and holiday party information, and please be sure to notify us of your winter break schedules ASAP. Schedules for the week after the Christmas Holiday will be sent BEFORE the holiday closure, so if you want your accommodations met we need to know ahead of time.
SFHJA YEAR END AWARDS: will be on SATURDAY, December 16th at 6:30 PM at the Wanderer’s Club, please come and support all of our riders who are being recognized for their outstanding performances in 2016. Dinner tickets can be purchased ta the door.
OUR PBRA Holiday party will be held on Saturday, December 17th at 6:30 PM at Whitehorse, all members of the PBRA community and their families are welcome. Price is $25/adult and $15/child including food, drinks as well as a cash bar. We ask that if you attend you bring a small wrapped item for a “white elephant” gift exchange for the kids, $20 maximum.
Attached is this week’s schedule. Please let me know if you cannot make your scheduled time ASAP so we may do our best to accommodate a different time, we need to be informed of any scheduling conflicts in advance. As a reminder, we do have a 24-hour cancellation policy on all lessons, with makeups performed as available,
Congratulations to the following PBRA riders for a job well done at the Tallyho IEA show in Plantation this weekend:
Gianna Garofalo rode her way to a 4th place finish in both her JV Novice over fences and flat classes, contributing her points to the the High School Reserve Championship title and Individually qualifying for Regionals on the Flat. Keegan Stanton rode her way to 4th in Future Novice over fences, just one point shy from regional qualification, and will hopefully qualify at the next show! Francesca Moore also continued to gain experience in the Future Intermediate ring as she pursues qualification for Regionals.
Congratulations to the following riders who earned top honors at the ESP Year End Awards:
Children’s Hunter:
5th Let’s Dance & Kelly Jones/Hailey Farber
Low Children’s Hunter:
CH: Let’s Dance & Kelly Jones/Hailey Farber/Tabitha Webster/Keegan Staton/ Gianna Garofalo
RES: Rushin’ & Casey Mangini
3rd: Rather Clever & Staci Rosner/Francesca Moore
5th: Cruise & Gianna Garofalo
Short Stirrup Hunter:
CH: Winchester & Myca Harris
RES: Sandro Reuben & Myca Harris
3rd: Under the Sea & PBRA/Abby Eidelman
4th: Rosmel’s Blue Jazz & PBRA/Abby Eidelman
4th: Silvershine & Hannah Glanzberg
6th: Child’s Play Almost a Valentine & PBRA/Scarlett Siskind
Cross Rails Hunter/Equitation:
CH: Silvershine & Hannah Glanzberg
RES: Child’s Play Almost a Valentine & Scarlett Siskind
Walk – Trot:
RES: Sweet Potato Pie & Sydney Schumacher
5th: Clovercroft’s O’Malley & Victoria Cabezudo
12-14 Equitation:
3rd: Francesca Moore
4th: Gianna Garofalo
Short Stirrup Equitation:
CH: Myca Harris
RES: Abby Eidelman
3rd: Hannah Glanzberg
4th: Scarlett Siskind
5th: Amelie Bertrand de Balanda
PBRA CALENDAR OF SHOWS & EVENTS:
Friday December 16th – SFHJA AWARDS DINNER @ The Wanderers Club 6:30 PM
December 16th – 18th ESP Holiday Festival II
Abby, Hannah, Amelie, Myca, Casey, Sydney, Abbey M., Kendall
Saturday, December 17th – PBRA ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY @ Whitehorse 6:30 PM
December 28th – January 1st – ESP New Years Show
January 6th – 8th IEA Wall Street
Tentative WEF Schedule:
January 11th WEF 1
January 25th WEF 3
February 1st WEF 4
February 15th WEF 6
February 22nd WEF 7
WEF 9
WEF 10
WEF 12
Please let me know ASAP if you wish to be added to our roster. Braiding will resume at the SFHJA Charity Show and continue through Spring. For ‘A’ shows Manes: $55 -Julie Smith is our braider and expects payment by the Saturday of the horse show. Credit cards are preferred, Checks are ok. Any Braiding cash must be left in our box! Also – anyone showing during season needs to go out and purchase an ace bandage for their horse’s tail wrap in order to preserve the wonderful braiding done by Julie!
