On Sunday Claire attended  Limestone Creek’s opening hunt.  The hunt began with the Parade of Hounds down Main Street in Cazenovia, NY.  The parade was great fun for the riders as well as the spectators! Claire rode Dr. Kiltz’s Geronimo in the first field on the hunt and had a glorious time!  The hounds were fantastic, the horses were wonderful, with great people, and lots of fun gallops and jumps along the way! 

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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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!

Here’s a short video of Geronimo and his pals on a warm summer day galloping toward the camera.

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Breanne, one of the exceptional kids that rides and trains with Skaneateles resident Robert Kiltz’s horse Geronimo at Claire Affleck Training, talks about Geronimo, horse care and shows us how to ride. Thanks Breanne!

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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!”