Claire Affleck Training is honored to be hosting the launch party of Dr.Robert Kiltz’s CNY Fertility Kids Club! On Saturday October 4th, Dr. Kiltz’s patients and their families are invited out to the barn to meet and greet Geronimo, play games, and enjoy a fall afternoon at the farm! We are very excited about this big event and are really looking forward to it!
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Viewing tag: Claire Affleck On Sunday we attended the last horse show in the Classic Series at Heritage Stables right here in Skaneateles, NY. Lily rode Dr.Robert Kiltz’s horse, Geronimo, in Leadline and came away with 7th place! Heather schooled Silent Heart but showed Ransom in Walk Trot and earned three 7th place ribbons! Breanne also showed Ransom and got a 5th, 7th, and 8th in Maiden Walk Trot. Nice show ladies!
Lily and Geronimo!
Pat and Lucky, Lynn with Dr.Robert Kiltz’s Geronimo, and Claire with Chance On Saturday we attended the Limestone Creek Hunt Club Hunter Pace in Cazenovia, NY. Pat, Lynn, and Claire rode as a team. Chris rode Shadow and Jeff rode Mason as another team. We had so much fun riding the 10 mile pace! The views were great, with nice walks in the woods as well as beautiful fields with places to gallop and jump. Thank you LCH for hosting such a lovely event!
Wed Aug 27th- Took us 8 hours to get to Leta and Shawn’s barn in Culpeper, VA. Luckily we had no travel problems. As soon as we arrived in VA, however, it started raining. Apparently this rain is from Hurricane Faye. Ugh! Lucia traveled great and came off the trailer with no problems. We let her rest a while then I rode her at Leta’s…in the rain! Leta rode a young horse, too, and Pat took a lesson with Shawn. Lucia schooled great and Shawn remarked that Pat’s riding had greatly improved from the last time he saw him ride in the spring. I’m getting excited about showing Lucia under saddle tomorrow! Thurs Aug 28- Still raining! Got up to meet the braider at 5:30am. Lucia looks lovely. Got to the show around 9am and they were just starting (they were suppose to start at 8am ) because they had to try to drain some of the water out of the arena. The ring was like a swimming pool! They also cancled the Three Year Old Hunter division because they didn’t have enough entries so I entered the Baby Green under saddle instead. There were about 20 horses in the class and Lucia went in like a trooper and gave me one of the best rides I’ve ever had on her… in the rain, in the mud, around all the jumps, in and out of all the horses, and in a ring we hadn’t schooled in! We ended up 4th! I was so proud of her! Then we did the Young Hunter under saddle. There were less horses in this class, but much stiffer competition. Some of the top hunter riders and horses in the country were in this class and we ended up 6th! Again, I was so proud of her! Fri Aug 29- Finally stopped raining mid morning so Shawn was able to help me get Lucia started over fences! She was brillant! She has a nice jump and plenty of step. I can’t wait until next year when I can show her over fences. Sat Aug 30- What an amazing day we had! The day started early at 4am with the braider. We arrived at the show around 9am. Lucia’s first class was the 3 year old TB Filly in hand class and she came in 3rd! She looked beautiful, behaved perfectly, and moved perfectly! She was so good in fact, that Shawn wanted someone to show her in the Amateur handler class and since Pat was the only amateur we had…he was it! He quickly threw on Shawn’s sport coat, shirt, tie, and borrowed a pair of khaki’s while I entered him in the class. Shawn gave Pat a quick lesson in how to show a horse in hand and in they went! Pat did an amazing job and was against the top amateurs in the country! He came in 7th place! Later in the afternoon it was time for the Sallie B. Wheeler Hunter Breeding Championships for the East Coast. Lucia was in the 3 year old Filly class (open to both TBs and non TBs) and she came in 3rd! We were totally estatic!
I am so proud of Lucia and exteremly excited for things to come. I have a lot to work on with her to get us to the next step and I am competely inspired and energized to do that. Next year promises to be an even bigger year for this talented filly! On Sunday, Pat took Suki to the Corner Haven Farm horse show to compete her in the jumpers. Pat put in 3 clear rounds, and came away with Reserve Grand Champion!
Jeff, Pat, and Chris coming through a meadow with LCH member Laura Hand On Saturday, Chris, Jeff, and Pat attended the LCH trail ride in Otisco. They had a gorgeous morning with great views of the lake, and enjoyed delicious chicken BBQ afterwards!
Our lovely new stall curtains! We started the week by taking Heather, Elise, Breanne, and Pat to the Coliseum Classic Horse Show at the NYS Fairgrounds in Syracuse. Pat rode Suki in the Schooling and Baby Green hunters on Tuesday and put in some excellent rounds! Suki jumped everything beautifully! Breanne showed Ransom in Maiden Walk Trot. She had three flawless classes and got ribbons in each one. Elise also competed on Ransom in Walk Trot and got a 3rd in Equitation as well as ribbons in under saddle, pleasure, and both cross rail classes! Heather showed Dr.Kiltz’s horse, Geronimo, in Walk Trot. What a beautiful team that was! This pair also came home with ribbons in each class. I was so proud of all of the competitors for not only showing off their excellent riding skills but for being such great sportsman! Nice job everyone!
What a fanastic ride we had at the De Ruyter Hunter Pace! Chris, Pat, Amelia (aka “Rick’s niece” Congratulations to Iamlucia on being invited by the USEF to compete at the East Coast Hunter Breeding Championships Labor Day weekend at the Warrenton Horse Show in Warrenton, VA. Last year as a 2 year old Lucia competed there and came in 8th place in the East Coast Championships. We are so excited and proud that we were invited to compete her this year as a 3 year old. We’ll keep you posted on results! Keri, who first joined us this spring through the Freedom Recreation Services riding program, has now started taking lessons on a regular basis. Her first day at the barn she was nervous and only wanted to ride the smallest horse we had, Rannita. Now she rides Geronimo (our biggest horse at 17hh!) for her lessons. We are so proud of what Keri has accomplished. She has written us an essay about riding and I’d like to share it with all of you…Enjoy! “At first, before I got the hang of riding Geronimo I was afraid to get on him. But when I got on him I wasn’t afraid to get on him. Also after getting on him he made me happy and also he made me feel brave. When I have lessons and when they are over I can’t wait until the next lesson. And so when they are over I give him a treat to eat to tell him he did a good job. Now we are at the end. Here’s how much I really enjoy Geronimo…he’s a funny horse and he is a lovable horse. I really love him!” |
