Riding Academy bids farewell to coaches Brandon and Kendal

From all of us at the Riding Academy we would like to wish Brandon a big farewell and good luck as he moves on to pursue his career as a chiropractor. He has made a big impression on many of our students, and we will miss him here! We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.

We would also like to wish Kendal lots luck as she heads down south to compete in Florida with 4 horses! Kendal is working hard to qualify her horses for the Pan Am's and we hope to have her back in the spring with lots of ribbons and great stories. (And maybe a tan.)

Christine Curtin will be taking over both of their shifts and as sad as we are to see them go, we feel fortunate to have such a great replacement.

Joker's Hill Jumper Show

Shaken Not Stirred (Seven) and Fast Forward (Robin) both placed well this last weekend at the Joker's Hill Jumper Show with riders Aimee Longhurst and Clare Feldmen both bringing home ribbons.

(above: Clare and Robin, Aimee and Seven)

(below: riders waiting their turns with coach Meagan Melony)

Global News reports from the Riding Academy

Susan Hay of Global News stopped by for a visit last Thursday to talk about fun things to do in the city in the wintertime. Like horseback riding with us!
Meagan, Clare, Axel and Carter all helped out. You can watch the full video here:

- scroll down and click on 'Riding Academy'

http://www.globaltoronto.com/video/index.html

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair!

It's that time of year again! How did it sneak up on us so quickly?

The horses are getting ready for their vacation and very excited about the prospect of having a couple of weeks off!

The riding Academy will be closed from end of day Friday October 29th, until beginning of day Friday November 19th.

The Royal Winter fair will be starting on November the 5th and will run until November the 14th! This is a great opportunity to come down and see what the horse palace looks like when it's full of horses, and busy with visiting riders from all over the world!

For more information and tickets, please visit: http://royalfair.org/

Weekend Closures

Please be advised that the Riding Academy at the Horse Palace will be closed for lessons and assessments the weekend of May 29th and 30th for Doors Open Toronto. You are welcome to come by and meet our horses, and watch demonstration rides by our instructors.
For more information on Doors Open Toronto please visit: http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/culture/doorsopen2010.nsf/BuildingsAll?OpenView

Furthermore, The Riding Academy will also be closed on Saturday June 12th for lessons and assessments for Toronto Horse Day. There will be a number of activities around the building that day, and if you're interested in learning more about horses, this is a fabulous opportunity to meet some professionals in the field.
For more information please visit: http://www.horse.on.ca/news/2010_toronto_horse_day.html

Results!

The Riding Academy at the Horse Palace has recently started running a course to prepare riders for their Ontario Equestrian Federation rider level exams.
Congratulations to Gemma Bell, Stephanie Jamieson, Samantha Townend and Chapelle Jaffe for passing their OEF Rider Level Three exam. Looking forward to level four!

(For more information on the Ontario Equestrian Federation - please visit their website)

Also, this past weekend three of our students went to our first competition of the season! Seven and Aimee Longhurst, Metro and Delaney Miller, and Taiko and Eva Klein, competed in the Entry division at the RCRA Combined Test. They came home with 2nd, 4th and 5th place ribbons, respectively. Well done everyone! A fun day was had by all!

Stay tuned for photos from the event...

Sunnybrook Instructor Derby!!

For more information please visit the Sunnybrook website!