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Otter Creek Facility and Show News The CIC 1* and 2* is tentatively on the calendar for next spring. Thanks to a few hard working supporters we hope to have enough funding to keep us going one more year. If you can help us with this effort just give us a call! 715-658-1602 or email org@ottercreekfarm.com Otter Creek Fall Fest October 3-4, 2009. Last show of the season and nothing but rain! Well it could have been worse. We did ride all tests in the indoor on Saturday, Intro through I1. In the eventing Nancy riding Winter Solstice rode a fun freestyle to music by Ella Fitzgerald and Julie riding Stewart performed a costumed musical freestyle to the Pirates of the Caribbean, while the audience enjoyed some wine and cheese. Sunday turned out nice and we were all happy to ride outside. The footing was great and the sun did come out. Horses seemed a lot happier to be outside as well. Hope to see some of you back next year! September 25-27, 2009
Otter Creek Horse Trial, it was dry for a month and started to rain the
night before dressage. No need to water the dressage rings! No one complained knowing
that the cross country footing would be that much nicer with some moisture. We
were pleased to have a small group of Future Event Horses competing at the show.
The winner was a filly by Updyce (Dutch) out of a Swedish Warmblood mare owned
by Lisbeth Bengtsson.
September 2-6, 2009. Once again the sun was shining every day on the 4th annual Hunter Jumper show "Otter Creek Classic". Charles Throckmorton did a great job designing the hunter rounds in the two competition rings. Everyone was pleased with the new expanded hunter ring as well as the enlargement of the warm up pad next to the large ring. The extra decorations around the in gates etc. made the rings look stunning. We were happy to have had just enough rain to make everything fresh and green. Andy Barone designed the show jumping courses and did a great job. The first ever Dog Challenge was well attended by many not so well trained dogs, and very well trained owners. The trainer party on Saturday sported some challenging games, good food and dancing by the bon fire. Mark started a new dancing tradition by bringing the biggest cross country fence, a picnic table to the pavilion for some brave dancers to dance on. Yes, we all had a chance to show our moves! For more fun pictures check out our show photographer pictures at xpress foto.com below are some of our pictures.
Fall show season at OCF started with the Mid West Pony Cup August 21-23. The date was a lot earlier than before, no school to worry about! The kids showed in eventing, hunter jumper, and dressage. But one of the big highlights is the costume class. This year was no exception, just take a look at some of the costumes.
We are so sorry for the sudden loss of Uni, he was a true cross country machine and loved every minute of it. He will be sadly missed by everyone who knew him. Our thoughts go out to Lisa Fergusson and Mike. July 28th Arena improvements have been made to enlarge both the ring located by the pine trees as well as the larger arena with the stone retaining wall. The pine tree arena has a new retaining wall on one side and is wide enough to set up fun courses for the OC Classics. During the OC Fall Fest this ring will be used as a warm up ring. The large ring can now hold two full size dressage arenas witch will be set up during the Dressage Shows. The warm up pad next to that ring is much larger with the same lime stone footing.
John Holling Clinic June 20-21
JDRP Clinic at Otter Creek with Holly Hepp June 27-28, 2009 The group of Junior riders gathered in the water complex for some one on one instruction given by the on farm trainer REX. Horses were all in agreement that the weekend was a success! John Pierro showing of his bare back riding skills was one of several parents who came with their own horses.
May 22-24 Otter Creek Horse Trial and CIC 1-2*. This year the sun was shining, what a perfect weekend! Please check out the many pictures at Xpress Foto The courses designed by John Williams proved to be fun not only to ride but to spectate. Hundreds of people lined up to watch the CIC riders compete. John's courses had just enough challenges and galloping lanes to produce many successful rides. Several new cross country fences where introduced at all levels as well as changes made to the track. Congratulations to our local rider Kendell Torrel on her 2nd place finish at her first CIC*. Jordynn Sahagian on Nestor and Hannah Ross on Fantasia made the CIC ** very exciting coming in to show jumping with exactly the same score of 60.1 after dressage and cross country. Hannah dropped one rail in stadium forcing Jordynn to produce a clear round, Nestor was up to the challenge and jumped clear. Congratulations to both Jordynn 1st place and Hannah 2nd place. The CIC 1* was won by Lexi Scovil on Sky Show with a final score of 67.3. It is with great sadness that we have decided NOT to host the CIC 1-2* next spring. The cost of producing this event is prohibitive. May 9-10 May Flower I and II. The show was small this year, we do hope to continue this venue next year and hope to see a few more dressage riders compete. Fran Dearing "S" and Dorita Kozak "S" gave out some very nice scores during the two days. Congratulations to Deanna Landwehr riding Quarts 5 on her I-I ride scoring a 70.526% and to Jenny Warner on her first Fourth level test 1 ride on Ymer with a score of 60.698%! We were pleased to see so many qualifying scores during the two shows. Thank you to volunteers who helped with scribing and ring stewarding. We can't do this without you!
April 25-26 Dressage Schooling Show. Thank you Wim Foekema for judging the show and to all the participants who came to show what they had been working on all winter. This Schooling Show might be one of the oldest still running shows in the area.
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Mid West Pony Cup Had some fantastic kids competing this year! Pictured above left to right is Tyler Zuzek competing in the lead line class and Kristine Burgess all dressed up in the costume class. This show is for young people 21 years old and under and offers classes in games, costume, eventing, hunter/jumper, and dressage. It's a great way for the kids to learn the ropes, and just having fun with friends and horses. This show is truly a team effort bringing parents, friends and show staff together. Congratulations to the Winning Eventing Team "Hot to Trot" Ann Osterbauer riding Chocolate, Emilie Juelian riding Frosty and Morgan Campbell riding Cody Go. To Results
Otter Creek Fall HT Hosted the area IV Championships BN-P. Congratulations to the Best Team "Prelim Wanabees" Lexi Scovil and Sky Show, Tracie Sathoff and Get It In Gear, Meg Scott and La-De-Da, Lexi Scovil and Laugh Out Loud with a total score of 98.3. The annual Viking Challenge award was given to Lauren Olson riding Flash O Dust in Beginner Novice, Charlee Marinovich riding Rapport in Novice, Meg Scott riding La-De-Da at Training and Kendal Torrel riding Badlands Echo at Preliminary.
Otter Creek Classic The new Hunter Derby was a big success with +20 horses showing! Congratulation to Derby winner Tracy Grandstrand riding Isaura owned by Stepahanie K. Aanenson. The Jumper Derby Level 1 winner was the amazing pony One Trick Pony rider Ingrid Rich The Level 2 Jumper Derby winner was Kathryn Ott on Sarafina. For more results go to Results.
New Stabling Completed! The new stalls have now been in use for one season, we have received nothing but complements on how comfortable it is for the horses. During the very hot August dressage show fans were not in use thanks to the open and well ventilated space.
Congratulations!
CIC 1-2** winners at the first OCF CIC competition May 2008: Crissy Hollnagel on Harlan's Flight rode to victory at the first OCF CIC 2* (Photo on left ) and Callie Judy on Irish Odyssey were proud winners of the CIC 1* Thank you so much to Agstar Financial Services for sponsoring the CIC divisions. pictures by Xpress Foto |
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