Pinnacle Equestrian

07/12/2024

Time for some TBIRD spam! We had a great 2 weeks at TBIRD competing at both the West Coast Classic and the Western Family horse shows. The learning for all of the Pinnacle group was absolutely fantastic!! ❤️
So proud of everyone that came to compete - the horsemanship & sportsmanship was excellent and the results showed it!👏🏻😁
Big thanks to the whole crew - Lori, Nikki, Sarah, Kristen, Shaylin, and Parrish!
And a big thank you and appreciation for all the supporters both with us and at home that helped make it all happen. We love you all! 🥰
Team Pinnacle competed in the following:
Diaval / Lori - .75m jumpers
Kitty Krissey / Nicole - .75m, then .85m jumpers
Johnathan / Parrish - .75m jumpers
Surreal / Sarah - .85m, then .90m jumpers
Tarzan / Kristen - 1.0m jumpers
Outlander / Kristen - Pre-Adult hunters
Flicka’s Rhenegade / Shaylin - Pre-Adult hunters
Scylla / Jenn - 1.25m jumpers (including the really fun derby!)

06/13/2024

ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE PICCO HORSE SHOW!

July 24-28 Dual sanctioned, WILDROSE | EC GOLD

Deadline July 15. 👇

https://horseshowtime.com/getshowinfo.php?p=10679

https://www.varennaequestrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Varenna-Equestrian-2024-La-Vetta-Series-Picco-Horse-Show-Entry-Form.pdf

📸 Rylee Smolarchuk

06/10/2024

Big shoutout to Southbrook farms and all their organizers and volunteers who put on a fantastic schooling show today.🌟
Congratulations to all our Pinnacle riders on great rides and placings!! 👏🏻😁
Lori/Diaval - 5th - .70m
Parrish/Surreal - .60m Reserve Champion
Diana/Layla - .75m Champion
Tori/Jax-on - .85m Reserve Champion

06/04/2024

Southbrook Spring Show is a GO!

Start times and class schedule will be posted Tuesday night.

Watch for more details to come.

06/03/2024

Thanks so much to all the people that helped make this show a success! Congratulations to All the Pinnacle riders on a very successful horse show! 👏🏻🎉😁

05/27/2024

Brushed off some more of the winter rust with this crew at the Edmonton Classic Horse Show last week! So proud of everyone’s riding! 😁 Congratulations to Joan, Lori, Kristen and Elodie on some great rounds! 👏🏻 👏🏻
& Big happy birthday to my main mount Scylla 🥳 who brought home a 🥈 place in the 1.20m Classic!
Thanks very much to our supporters for coming to help and cheer us on! 🥰
And huge thanks to the whole crew and volunteers that keep this horse show going!!!🙏🏻❤️

05/15/2024

Get those entries in! Entries close on May 19 for our first show of the season here at Varenna Equestrian. Avanti is running May 30- June 2 2024.

https://www.varennaequestrian.com/show-schedule/

📸: Rylee Smolarchuk

05/13/2024

Don't forget! Edmonton Classic Horse Show entries are due in two days on May 15th. Join us for Wildrose and Gold competitions with the opportunity to show on either grass or sand/silica.

Enter at edmontonhunterjumper.com.

04/30/2024

Congratulations to Prairie Star Stables and the Williams family on their purchase of Citizens Game (affectionately known as Zen)! Looking forward to seeing the wonderful partnerships that will be made with this awesome gelding.

04/29/2024

Love this!!

04/29/2024

Great horse to lease in our program! pm for more info!

04/29/2024

Spent the weekend blowing 🌬️ the dust off at the Amberlea Meadows Spring Welcome. Congratulations to the girls on some great rides - especially since we just got outside jumping at home last week! 👏🏻😁

04/28/2024

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Tuesday Tip:
Remember, this horse showing and riding is supposed to be FUN! That's how most of us got started. Smile, enjoy your your horse and what you are learning. It's all a process. Some days you win and some days you learn! I have found that the more you have fun, the more success you make. Being overly critical of yourself or your horse generally works against you. Always find the good in everything first. Whether you are the rider, trainer, sponsor or parent be positive, be supportive. No one tries to do poorly! SO many riders beat themselves up and are critical of themselves. They don't need help at that! Focus on the positive and you will see much more positive results! Try it and see what happens!!!

04/15/2024

Wilsman wants to remind those of you with OTTBs to get your TIPS numbers.

And remember that ALL shows, including todays, count toward year end awardswith The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program .

We keep the results from our shows or ask at show office to help fill out our TIPS form for submission at year end.

04/10/2024

Went down to Ponoka last weekend and had a great start to the show season for these 2 novice horses! Let the outdoor season begin!!

12/15/2023

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The best Buck quote ever !

"Until you can walk, trot, canter AND gallop on a loose rein with direction and purpose collection is a JOKE. It's not collection, it's containment for an insecure rider. Containment and paranoia. It's pulling and holding and you're just calling it collection to sound noble." -Buck.

11/07/2023

We hosted another great EquiBalance clinic this weekend! Some awesome rides and learning all 4 days. Thanks so much to Julie Leiken for all her wonderful insights and to everyone who participated❣️

11/02/2023

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10/16/2023

Great way to end our show season down at Spruce Meadows! Our horses gave us so much heart and we gave them some positive rides. Congratulations to Tori/Teddy posting 3 clear rounds and coming home with a 2nd & 4th in some big classes and tough competition! 👏🏻😁 And a big thanks to Tori for helping and setting for me as well as Lexi for her support and helping us unload late Sunday night! 🙏🏻
Scylla was all heart and also didn’t touch the rails this week!! 🥰🦄🏆(3rd, 6th, & a 5th in the 1.20m classic!)

10/03/2023

The team had a good time at the PES Fall Festival in Ponoka last weekend! Congratulations to all the riders for all the learning and prizes! 💡👏🏻🏆😁
Onto Spruce Meadows next week and then done for 2023! 💃🏼😉

09/25/2023

Our team had so much fun at the Gorsline Legacy Fall Classic yesterday! A couple wins and many top placings & prize money at this great annual show. Congratulations to all who competed yesterday. So glad they were able to put it on! Big thank you to Jen Heaton and Southbrook Farms, and ALL the organizers and volunteers that put together a successful weekend. ❤️😁

09/20/2023

Finished off summer at the Amberlea Harvest horse show. It was a great opportunity for a first show, and for a few riders/horses to move up. Lots of learning and successes! 👏🏻💡🥰Congratulations on the whole Pinnacle team, and a big thank you to all our supporters❣️👏🏻😁

09/13/2023

Probably the last jump school on the grass this year!

09/01/2023

Super proud of the whole group last week at RMSJ III. Tori stepped up into the 1.0m again and also a chance to compete in an “all in one” grand prix (no pressure 😉😊).
Diana, Caelin and I overcame some personal hurdles and put on our game faces to accomplish some great rounds!
Really happy with all out efforts and great team work! 👏🏻🥰
Scylla started out the week with a tight body, but with a little TLC, I was able to get her to be relaxed in the ring and had a 6th place on Thurs in the 1.25m & an 8th place finish in the 1.25m Modified prix on Sunday (stupid last rail! 😆).
Thanks to all the ladies for a great week and our wonderful supporter Lexi (& Ron).

08/29/2023

Dearest Riders,

Please let me remind you of something very important. Horse showing, riding and training are insanely difficult. If you have a crappy ride, a less than stellar show ring result (or if you made your trainer want to pull their hair out today), it just means there's more to learn. The people who had good rides today are not exempt from disappointing rides tomorrow. They also have bad days and, if they're very experienced riders, they've had a whole bunch of bad days.

There will always be someone out there on a more talented horse, someone with a bigger bank account, someone who never struggled to learn to sit the trot...life isn't fair. You probably can't win the lottery or grow 5 more inches of leg. You can, however, wake up every morning and be thankful that you're able to ride horses. Work hard at becoming the best rider you can be with the body and the bank account that you have right now. Work at being the rider your horse wants up there on his back. Your horse's opinion of your riding is more valuable than any judge's opinion could ever be.

07/29/2023

Congratulations to Lori Neyka & Calvin on winning 2 championships today in the .80m open and .80m Jr/Am divisions at the Picco Horse Show hosted at the beautiful Varenna Equestrian! 🏆👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
So glad we could come out to support this new Edmonton venue!

07/26/2023

Congratulations to the whole Pinnacle team for a successful show at the Jump with Hope for Kids with Cancer held at Amberlea Meadows last weekend. 🎉 Big thanks to the whole team and for all our supporters who came out to help and cheer us on, we appreciate you all!!
Diana and Parrish coming home with a championship each. 🥇
Tori and Elodie successfully stepped up to new heights.
Sarah and Kristen got their gallops on!
And Groot learned that we work for a living and had some great jumps!
Scylla was very relaxed and jumped around the 1.20m & 1.25m easily, coming home with a 5th, 6th, & 🥈 in the 1.20m classic.
❤️🔥🐉🦄😁

06/06/2023

So proud of all our riders at Paramount Equestrian’s Jump Into Summer horse show! I felt that everyone came away with some valuable learning and some prizes too! 🤩Thanks everyone and all out supporters of course❣️
Big congratulations to Diana on winning her first championship with Layla! 🥇😁
Our sales horse Kitty Krissey moved up to do the .75m at her second show ever. She handled the ring very well!

05/29/2023

Proud of my whole team last weekend at the annual Edmonton Classic Horse Show!! All our hard work and patience from the long winter paid off! Gold stars for everyone!⭐️
Thanks so much to the EHJA and their crew for all their hard work putting it on! 🥰

05/18/2023