We have announced the 2012 CSI Futurity winner !!!!  Congrats to Melissa and *Dances in Cahoots (Mo Jo)  on a job well done! Melissa will be receiving a custom embroidered Director's Chair (for horse shows) and a check for her effort. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!

USDF All Breeds Awards announced!

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE !!!!! 
For the First time in the history of CSI, there were 4 USDF All Breeds awarded. Winners are:
 Melissa Harlinski riding *Dances in Cahoots, TL.. median score of 67.600....

.First Level results were 1st place- Stefanie Rossetti- riding Mighty Quinn- median score 64.516..and close behind in 2nd place was Jenny Feuquay- riding Spar Larka- median score 64.138 ..

Last , but certainly not least is winner Lynda McNeely-riding Spar Trek at 4th Level...with a median score of 61.375 ...........CONGRATS GALS...a job well done!

A CSI promo video

http://youtu.be/ZTnX9FvEycs

This video has been a labor of love!  Love for CSI, the horses and our exceptional membership. Many members donated photos to this video. Some of our breeders provided information for the breeders section. In the makings for nearly a year, I have finally uploaded the video to YouTube where it can literally be shared with the world!  

Watch our video and send the link to all your friends to watch too!
thanks CSI members and their wonderful curly horses. 

Teddy Bear Farms 2012 Combined Driving Event

 Teddy Bear Farms in Mead, WA was our CDE debut. It is all about learning and learn we did!

 Legacy loves the cones course,  but her whip (driver) was too timid and we had major time faults.

We are so better prepared now for future CDE's. I suspect they will all be learning experiences. Legacy showed off her kind disposition and her ability to handle a whole lot of showing stresses with the grace of a true curly!  We came home from the CDE ready to prepare for next years event....thank you Legacy!

Northwest May Classic

DCC Traveler (my trusty stallion) and I had a very exciting weekend in May. We competed in our first recognized event of the year at Northwest in the Novice division. This time we competed in the Open division.

We did it, we finished and we placed 8th and in the ribbons and prizes. It was probably the best ride I have ever had on Traveler but competition was a lot more fierce in the Open division.

Traveler had a fantastic dressage score!! Dressage is really hard for us, so that was thrilling. And Traveler jumped every jump, didn't hesitate at a single fence.

The ramp on cross-country

Crossing the finish line! 

 Stadium - tuck those knees....

Dressage 

 More stadium....

And over the schoolhouse in the last loop of the cross-country course.

It was exhilarating, exhausting and really, really successful. 

I can hardly wait for the next event!

Until then... Liz and Traveler 

Pacific Northwest Driven Dressage Festival

 On June 2nd my mare "Legacy" and I competed in the PNWDF held at Olivia Farms in Ford, WA

 We drove our first Driven Dressage tests and learned volumes, it was a great experience.

 On June 3rd, we took a lesson from our PNWDF judge.  The judge was an awesome instructor.

Again, we learned volumes, had a blast and we are on our way to preparing for our next competition.

Driving fun!

In Mid May Legacy and I participated in a CDE playday. We drove the trails to practice for the marathon, we did our dressage test and the cones course. Teddy Bear Farms of Mead, WA were our hosts for the weekend. Legacy and I have competitions planned for June, so this CDE playday was a great experience for us. We learned priceless information on how to plan the marathon course timing, and how to plan out obstacle patterns..a superb weekend!