September 26 2009 Another succesful rating for the OTPC girls! Congratulations on achieving your new rating level(s)! Bailey (D1 &D2), Cami (D2) and Anne (D2). We're all so proud of you!
September 23 2009 So much has happened in the past month! The second weekend of September (and the first week of school!) was the Oregon Region C3 testing. OTPC had a strong presence at the rating, sending 4 candidates out of the total 13. After a long and grueling weekend for both riders and horses, all four OTPC candidates passed! Congratulations to Emma KH (Abby & Pete), Elise (Banker), Emma S (Lizzie) and Rachel (Jasmine). The past year's preps and hard work have obviously paid off!
The following weekend, OTPC sent a team to the Oregon Region Event rally held at Turner. The team was made of all junior OTPCers (minus the wonderful Eva, SM) who were attending their first event rally. After a fun weekend, the team came in 5th overall and 1st in stable management. Congratulations to Gracie (Ginger), Lia (Pippy), Cami (Goldie), Anne (Sabre), as well as our wonderful stable managers Bailey (Jr. SM) and Eva (SM). Great job girls!
This weekend OTPC will hold a D1-D3 rating at Sleepy Hollow.
Emma S. third from left, Paige fourth from left, Rachel second from right.
August 14 2009 First of all, congratulations to Rachel who achieved her HB rating July 30th. Rachel participated in the northwest region's rating with 9 other candidates. Next, this week has been the Pony Club Pacific Coast Champs held at Donida Farms in Auburn Washington. Dressage was held Tuesday- Wednesday. Paige and Emma S represented Oregon as members of the 1st level team, finishing overall in 5th place! Congratulations girls! Emma S also was her champion division in the 1st level musical freestyle with a 71% ! Rachel represented Oregon as a member of the training level team, which came home as the training level champions! Congratulations! Thursday and Friday show jumping takes place, with Paige and Elise representing Oregon in the Horse 1 division. Sunday Gracie will represent Oregon as a member of the JR. D's quiz team. Good luck girls and results will be updated ASAP.
June 19 2009 Its the beginning of summer and the last couple months have been very busy for OTPC. After much hard studying and work, both Paige and Emma S ventured all the way to Ashland for their HB rating in April. Congratulations to Emma S on becoming an HB, and we are very proud of both girls! In June OTPC organized the Dressage Rally at the amazing Devonwood facility. The event ran extremely efficiently and smoothly, and our two teams came home very decorated! OTPC Gold: SM Emma KH, Emma S, Lia KH, Bailey, and Rachel; OTPC Gold came home with ribbons for second place overall, second place horse management, and Emma S, Lia, and Rachel came home with individual champion ribbons in their respective divisions. OTPC Blue: SM Elise, Paige, Eva, Annie, Gracie, and Jr. SM Cami; OTPC Blue came home with 4th overall and Paige and Annie had individual champion ribbons. Also, Congratulations to Paige and Rachel who qualified for West Coast Dressage Championships, and will be representing the Oregon Region along with members Elise and Paige (dressage) and Lia and Gracie (Quiz). Special thanks to Grace D who came home from college to be our chaperone! We love you!
April 6 2009 Springs seems to have finally arrived! With the wonderful weather comes show season, and Oregon Trail is looking forward to sending two teams to the dressage rally held Memorial Day weekend at Devonwood. Good luck OTPC! In overdue news, congratulations to our OTPC who succesfully competed at show jump rally last weekend: Emma S and Sprite, Paige and Paris, Emma KH and Abby, and Elise and Banker, and Rachel (SM). Congratulations also to Paige and Elise who qualified for championships in the Horse 1 division! A few weeks previously OTPC also hosted a wonderful Jessica Heidemann Clinic at Sleepy Hollow Farms. Despite the rain and poor conditions, all of the girls had great rides and each took something important away from the lesson. Thank you Jessica!
January 4 2009 Happy New Year everyone! OTPC is excited that to be hosting a clinic with Jessica Heideman. The clinic will be held at Sleepy Hollow Farms January 31-Feb 1. It will be open to OTPC members as well as boarders at Sleepy Hollow. See you there! Also, congratulations to Rachel on the purchase of her new mare Jasmine, and Gracie E on the purchase of her new mare Ginger!
October 11 2008 OTPC wishes Nicole the best as she searches for her next horse and can't wait until Nicole is able to ride in pony club again. In other news, we have 1 new member, Bailey! At her first meeting, she was able to already complete her first two Jr. Pony Club badges on Boots & Bandages and Stable Management! Anne, Lia, Gracie and Camille were also there and added two badges to their growing pile! Boots and Bandages was taught by Rachel, and Stable Management was taught by Emma S.
September 2008 OTPC has had many riders rate up this past year. Anne and Camille received their D1s, Gracie and Lia received their D2s, and Emma S and Emma KH received their C2s. Congratulations girls! There have also been quite a few new rider and horse pairings! Congratulations to these new cute pairs: Elise and Banker, Emma S and Sprite, Lia and Pippy, Gracie and Ginger, Eva and Whisper.
August 2008 OTPC would like to wish Amy Rufener (C1) and Grace Davis (C3) the best of luck as they leave to attend college. You will be missed dearly by all and we can't wait for you to come home and visit!