Alberta Horse Trials Association

RED DEER GREENHAWK TIPPERARY 3015 EVENTER PRO VEST ORDER

Equestrian Canada has updated their safety standards for the safety vests worn for the cross country phase. They must now be ASTM certified, and denote this certification directly on the vest. As such, many competitors will be having to update their vest for the 2019 season.

Red Deer Greenhawk has generously offered an incredible 25% discount to our membership on the Tipperary Pro Eventing vest, which meets the newly required safety regulations.  This vest regularly retails for $399.00 + GST. After the 25% discount, the price of the vest will be $299.25 + GST.

Please note, this discount is only valid on the 3015 Eventer Pro vest, and only at the Red Deer Greenhawk location. Vests must be pre-ordered by end of day on February 14, 2019. Please visit the store directly for assistance in fitting a vest.

The vests are available in 5 different colors, however there is limited stock we are drawing from, so you must provide your top 3 choices. You MUST be okay with any of the 3 options, however they will attempt to order your first choice before your second and so on.

You must submit the attached form, and payment in full, to have your vest ordered. There will be no refund or exchanges made once you have made your purchase. Please call or visit the Red Deer Greenhawk store to make your payment.

• Colors: Black, Navy, Hunter Green, Royal Blue, Pink

The whole vest will be this color, except black may have yellow piping

Sizes available:

• Youth

• YXXS,YXS, YS, YM, YL, YXL
  • • Adult

• XXS, XS, S, M, L, XL

Tall sizes available in: S, M, L

• Order must be received by February 14th, 2019 by 6:00 PM
  • To confirm your order, payment must be received
  • To make your order please submit your form to Kate Fair at Red Deer Greenhawk
    • Phone: 1-403-340-2231
    • Email: kfair@greenhawk.com
• After February 14th, there will be no changes to your orders. All orders are final sale, and there will be absolutely no exchanges. No late orders will be accepted.
• Vests should arrive at Red Deer Greenhawk between May 1 – 20th
  • You will be contacted once they arrive via email or phone
  • You are responsible for pick up. There will be no ability to ship your vest

Please make sure to thank the generous ladies at Red Deer Greenhawk for their support and organizing this incredible discount for our membership.

AHTA Greenhawk Tipperary Vest Order Form

***Updated February 6th, 2019 – We have just gotten confirmation that both Cochrane Greenhawk and Edmonton Greenhawk will also honor the same offer as outlined above! Please contact each store directly, Cochrane Greenhawk at (403) 932-9066, or email cochrane@greenhawk.com, and Edmonton Greenhawk at (780) 989-8835 , or email edmonton@greenhawk.com.

The Alberta Horse Trials Association would like to congratulate everyone who received a year end award at our annual Awards Banquet on October 27, 2018. Thanks to all riders, family, and friends who attended!

Preliminary Upgrading Awards

Reagan Noyes & Dude Perfect, Matthew Vinden & Tomgar Viscount, Joan Barbour & BC Goewyn, Jada Graham & Cilano, Audrey Van Leeuwen & Tempest TM, Mikayla Hoffman & Eli, Megan Yakiwchuk & Accolayde, Anna Rekrutiak & Lady Antebellum

Old Timer Award – Annette Case

Coach of the Year – Amy West

Top Rider of the Year – Shelby Brost

Outstanding Young Contributor (Sponsored by Haut Construction Ltd.) – Julianne Kemper

President’s Award – Jessica Kerschbaumer

Thoroughbred of the Year (Sponsored by Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Association) – King’s Landing (Samantha Pritchard)

Canadian Sport Horse of the Year (Sponsored by Canadian Sport Horse Association) – Sadenno (Kathleen Weare)

Canadian Warmblood of the Year (Sponsored by Canadian Warmblood Horse Breeder’s Association, Alberta Chapter) – Master Class (Leah Breakey)

Eventing Horse of the Year (Sponsored by Red Deer Greenhawk) – Breakout (Hannah Hazen)

Open Starter
1st Neely Ference, Mambos Crystal Whiz
2nd Mya Hill, Performing Cameo
3rd Shelly Bankhead-Lacoursiere, Absolutely Full of Pine

Regular Pre-Entry
1st Callie Nelson, Dishin’ Out Daddy’s Dollars
2nd Addison Lentz, BF Asenji
3rd Annette Case, Macintosh

Open Pre-Entry
1st Kirsti Dolson, WKM Welldone
2nd Morven Smith, Oops-A-Dazy Cognac
3rd Kevin Kupsch, Casual Conduct

Regular Entry
1st Makayla Gilchrist, Pop Rox
2nd Alexa Hubl, Whiskey Whisper
3rd Morgan Hellekson, Final Coat

Open Entry
1st Nicole Sheldrake, Imagin
2nd Erin Myles, Phoenix
3rd Christine Alward, Maverick

Regular Pre-Training
1st Emily Tobber, FWH Flight of Fancy
2nd Hannah Hazen , Breakout
3rd Sierra MacDonald, About Time Too

Open Pre-Training
1st Amy West, Bronte
2nd Kayla Bushell, Redemption
3rd Amy Puddifant, Cinderella Man

Regular Training
1st Lillian Simpson, Oshi
2nd Carly Moore, Unmissable
3rd Carlie Wells, Alberta Gambler

Open Training
1st Brooklyn Green, College Point Boulevard
2nd Becky Staden, Belleza
3rd Elisha Hill, Literalleigh

Preliminary
1st Mikayla Hoffman, Eli
2nd Jada Graham, Cilano
3rd Alanna Bowie, Oshianne

CIC * or CCI *
1st Leah Breakey, Master Class
2nd Julianne Kemper, Cover Girl
3rd Shelby Brost, Bo Brown

Intermediate and CCI/CIC **
1st Shelby Brost, Crimson
2nd Leah Breakey, Master Class
3rd Jill Thomas, OBOS Darko

Advanced and CCI/CIC ***
1st Shelby Brost, Crimson
2nd Jill Thomas, OBOS Darko
3rd Sandra Donnelly, Belshazzar

TEAM COMPETITIONS

Mind’s Eye Horse Trials
1st Lakelanders
2nd Team Awesome
3rd 4 Girls and Their Geldings

Beaumont Horse Trials
1st Team Lakeland
2nd 3 1/2 Thoroughbreds
3rd Light

Cochrane Horse Trials
1st Extremely Competitive
2nd Light
3rd Fire Me Up

Buster Creek Horse Trials
1st Extreme Winners
2nd Extremely Competitive
3rd Extremely Blue

Devoucoux Alhambra Summer Event
1st Dark Horse Eventers
2nd Alborak #1
3rd 3 Bays and a Grey

South Peace Horse Trials
1st We Showed Up
2nd The Last Minute Ladies
3rd Light

Alhambra Fall Event
1st Lakeland Warriors
2nd Snowy Simpsons
3rd Extremely Competitive

Thanksgiving weekend we welcomed top Canadian eventer Kyle Carter back to Alberta for a 2 day clinic.

Kyle is one of Canada’s most successful riders, representing Canada multiple times at the 2010 World Equestrian Games, 2008 Olympics in Beijing, 2007 Rio de Janeiro Pan American Games, and 1999 Winnipeg Pan American Games. In addition to his personal accomplishments, Kyle is also a highly regarded coach and clinician, and has had great success bringing his students up the levels in eventing. Several of his students have gone on to compete at the 4 star level, and he holds the coaching record for having the most students win gold medals in Eventing at the North American Youth Championships (NAYC).

This clinic was put on and funded by the Alberta Horse Trials Association’s High Performance program, and also by a generous club funding donation from the Alberta Equestrian Federation.The weather was not very cooperative in the weeks leading up to the clinic, so a last minute change had the clinic taking place indoors at the beautiful Extreme Stables near Tees, Alberta.The clinic format was 2 days of jumping, featuring stadium and indoor cross country type exercises. Kyle had set up courses that were both fun and technical, that tested the skills of each horse and rider, and included a wide variety of obstacles such as blocks, barrels, skinnies, and chevrons.

These exercises required accuracy and very organized riding, and Kyle was great about pinpointing what each horse and rider needed to improve and then taking the time to really explain how to do that.

Kyle really took the time for each horse and rider, explaining things multiple ways until they understood, and often taking more time than allotted for each group. You can tell he is very passionate about coaching and eventing in general, and he put in an incredible effort with each group from the very first in the morning, to the last group of the night.

He even took time out of his lunch break to squeeze in some instruction and a little demo of FEI trot up presentation. He also sat on several of the horses in the clinic, in order to feel what was going on and get a better idea of how to help each horse and rider.

Each horse and rider came away with lots of constructive criticism, encouragement and feedback, and were excited to take what they’d learned from Kyle and practice hard over the winter to keep on improving. We look forward to having Kyle back for another clinic in the future!

Again a huge thank you to the Alberta Horse Trials Association, Alberta High Performance, Kathleen Ziegler for organizing, Extreme Stables for hosting, and Alberta Equestrian Federation‘s generous club funding donation.

Consider becoming a member of the Alberta Equestrian Federation! There are many benefits to becoming a member including insurance, discounts, and offers available exclusively to our members! For more information see: https://www.albertaequestrian.com/membership/

We are very lucky in Alberta to not have some of the huge disasters prevalent in other parts of the world. But that doesn’t mean we don’t still get our share of excitement!

Are you prepared in case of flood or fire? Do you have a plan if you have to evacuate quickly? Here are some great resources that horse owners and others will find helpful.

Rural Emergency Plan

Personal Emergency Plan

Be prepared and stay safe!

Written by Brenda Thompson

The 2018 AHTA Young Prospects Program Evaluation is in the books…

On Thursday, August 16th we convened at Alhambra Stables here in Red Deer to hold our 3rd AHTA Young Prospects Program Evaluation. We spent the day looking at beautiful young  horses and exposing those youngsters to the horse show atmosphere leading into the Devoucoux Alhambra Summer Event.

Kylie Strate with her own Supah Cool was hi-point 5 year old and scored a respectable 75.17. Supah Cool is by Supah Blitz (Mecke) and out of Cool All Over (Johannesburg), bred in Arizona.

Courtney Benton with her own MJ Samba was the hi-point 4 year old, with a score of MJ Samba is a CWB mare by Whirlwind II (Harlem) and out of MJ Last Dance bred by MJ Farms, Olds, Ab.

Courtenay Tuxhorn with her own BA Messenger was our hi-score New Prospect with a score of 65.22. BA Messenger is a 6 year old Thoroughbred by Jump Start (AP Indy) and out of Smart Kiss (Smart Strike).

We had the pleasure of meeting Wellington Romance, Laurie Powell’s 3 year old CSH filly by A Fine Romance and out of Laurie’s competition mare Wellington Wren. She was 3 year old hi-point and came out and got to see all the sights. She was a very good baby!

Would like to thank our very knowledgeable and competent evaluators; Caroline Petty, Darci Ecker-Popiel, and Lynda Ramsay.

We have been very fortunate to have wonderful sponsorship for the Young Prospects Program. A big THANK YOU to our sponsors;

Thomas Family

Moore Equine

Country Junction Feeds

Muscle Matters Equine Therapy

Riding Defined – Robert Young

Thank you so much for your continued support for this developing program. Stay tuned for more improvements & added opportunities for the Young Prospects Program in the future…