JM Quarter Horses

09/01/2024

Big day of trail and English today with some great rides and results!

Jodi & Toad finished 8th in the Trail Invitational. An unfortunate break over an obstacle kept us out of the top. Thanks Clare for letting me show him!

Victoria and Levi had a great day with solid performances and top placings in all their classes!

Jess & Maverick rocked their trail to top placings.

Diane and Theo had a solid trail pattern and also were in the top 5

Sunday we have Showmanship, Western Riding, Pleasure and Horsemanship to finish off a great show!

Good luck 🍀

08/31/2024

Friday (Day 3) of the OQHA Finale was a day of halter and ranch.

Max & Gracie had a win and lots of 2nds in their ranch classes picking up AQHA points.

Next up is the Trail Invitational first thing Saturday morning. Jodi & Toad are excited to show this new special event!

Trail and English classes as well.

Good luck everyone! 🍀

08/30/2024

Day 2 of the OQHA Finale…Jess and Diane had some good go’s in trail with a 1/3 for Diane & Theo and 4/5 for Jess & Maverick 👏

Victoria & Levi were 2nd in their Hunter Under Saddle. 👌

Warm up for Ranch classes tomorrow and some fun on the course! We also got to cheer on friends in the Provincial Championship Equitation as they executed a really world level pattern. Great job everyone 🙌

Tomorrow is halter and the Ranch classes and we look forward to the Provincial Championship Showmanship!

08/29/2024

First day of competition at the Ontario Quarter Horse Finale show! Our highlight was Jess placing 5th in the Provincial Horsemanship 🙌

Diane and Theo were 1 & 2 in level 1 Amateur walk jog horsemanship

And Diane piloted Levi to double 4ths in a large Level 1 Amateur walk jog pleasure

Max and Gracie showed to 2nds in the Ranch Trail and top 5 in Ramch Rail

A great start to the last AQHA show of the season! 🙌

Toad is enjoying hanging out until his special classes and really thought watching ranch was fun!

Tomorrow is trail and English events.

Good night 😴

08/12/2024

Home from a great show put on by Mid Western Horseman’s Society at Reach!

Today was another successful one with not only top placings but lots of good rides and more time in the saddle building confidence and connections with our horses.

Shout out to

Callie Harron & Tinsel Doll on putting it out there and doing the games classes! Bringing home ribbons and prize money their first time out. 👏

Michelle Harron & Champ trying the Horsemanship for the first time as well as Ranch Riding. Lots of great moments in each with a few homework pieces to work on! 🙌

Gord Timmerman trusted his young horse out with me at her first weekend show and we came away with 2 & 3 in Jr Pleasure and placings in halter. A big learning weekend for Missy and she has a bright future ahead! 😎

Erica Murray & Beau won the Equitation both days and they’ve worked very hard to connect in English as it’s new to them both. Such a fancy pair! They also had top placings in Ranch Riding 🤩

Jessica Mosley Cairncross & Maverick were 1st or 2nd in all their classes bringing home some nice 💰
These 2 have really got a special connection and still more goals to accomplish. 👏

Maxene Murray & Gracie didn’t make it out today but rocked their classes yesterday with 1sts in Ranch Riding & Ranch trail and top placing in Ranch Rail. Putting more pieces together each time out 🧩…an exciting future!

Duke debuted in halter today with a 1st in geldings. Still lots to work on for our riding classes but was exciting to get a 2nd placing $ for the CQHA Ranch Riding. 👌

Thanks to Lindsey Harris and Laura Todd for their help with keeping us ready to go!

Thanks to MWHS volunteers for all the hard work that goes into putting on these shows - it’s appreciated! 👏

08/11/2024

Good day in Clinton at the MWHS show! Today was a day with lots of learning, growth, placings and personal bests!

In addition to the white board pic Erica and Beau were 7th in horsemanship (out of 20+) and we heard their names called but need to get the specifics still!

Started the day before sunrise and ended after - ready for a good sleep! 😴

We do it all again tomorrow 🍀

07/24/2024

What a day! Took Duke & Champ for a tour and met up with friends at CM Performance Paints.

Ranch Riding ✔️
Ranch Trail ✔️
Cows ✔️
Trail ride through wheat fields ✔️

Great day spent doing what we love 🤠

07/02/2024

Home from a fun and succesful SUMMERAMA!

We can’t say enough about how excellent the footing, stalls and rings were Essa Agriplex - Home of the Barrie Fair! Thank you to Area 3 Quarter Horse Promotional Club for your hard work putting this show together - it was a great show and there’s so much potential for the future! 🙌

Highlights for us:

Clare Roman & In Front Of The Line
(aka Toad 🐸)

⭐️ RESERVE HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 AMATEUR

⭐️ Circuit Champion Level 1 Amateur Horsemanship

⭐️ HIGH POINT LEVEL 1 OPEN HORSE

Jodi & HoneyDukes

🤩 Circuit Champion Ranch Riding

Thanks to Diane and Jess for being our pit crew! Was also great to see some old friends at the show - Allyson Nicol, Hannah, Chris & Margo Buijs - miss you all!

07/02/2024

Congrats to Clare Roman & In Front of The Line 🤩👏🐸

07/02/2024

Bridle-less trail with In Front Of The Line (Toad). Missed a downward transition to jog but otherwise he was fantastic! So much fun! The group of competitors who participated showed just how much talent there is in Ontario. Thanks Area 3 Quarter Horse Promotional Club for this fun event 🙌

07/02/2024

Canada Day at Summerama 🇨🇦

Today was a great day - the sun was shining and perfect horse show weather!

TOAD 🐸
Trail
Level 1 Open 2/4 with Jodi
Level 1 Amateur 2/7 with Clare

Western Riding
Level 1 Open 1/4 with Jodi
Level 1 Am 2/3 with Clare

Horsemanship (Clare) ⭐️
Level 1 Amateur Circuit Champion

Bridle-less trail - so fun and Toad was a rock star! 🤩

DUKE 😎

Ranch Riding with Jodi
Level 1 Open Circuit Champion ⭐️

A great day!

07/01/2024

Summerama Day 2 - 🥶 and wild wind made for fresher ponies and wind burnt faces!

We had a good day with Clare & Toad placing 2nd in Lev 1 Am Showmanship.

And last classes of the day - Jodi & Duke winning the Open Ranch Riding earning some AQHA points.

Jess came for a visit and the pic shows how everyone was dressed 😜

Tomorrow is Canada Day and a big day of all western classes and some fun special events as well. 🇨🇦

06/30/2024

Jodi & Toad - you can see the pen we did western riding in - so big! Awesome!

06/30/2024

Summerama - Day one was a good day showing at the Area 3 Quarter Horse Promotional Club Summerama 2024! A bit of a delayed start with rain but once we got underway everything ran smoothly! The rings are amazing here in Essa. Awesome footing and so many places to ride!

Jodi & Toad were 3/4 in Level 1 trail and 2/2 in Level 1 Western riding.

Clare & Toad were 1/2 in Level 1 Amateur trail, top placings in western riding and horsemanship.

A great day! 🙌🤠🐸🐴

06/10/2024

MWHS @ Reach - day 2 show wrap up

Mother Nature kept teasing us into thinking we could be outside but we only got a few classes done before more rain sent us in. Entries stayed strong though with 25 in Horsemanship, 18 in Ranch Riding and 14 in trail to end the day.

We had a great show but I wasn’t able to keep up with all the placings. So here’s some highlights:

Jess & Maverick - top 5 in Showmanship & Horsemanship

Erica & Beau - top 5 in Hunter Under Saddle & Equitation

Irene & Sassy - 5th in Novice horsemanship bringing home some prize money at their first show !

Lydia & Levi joined in the fun today with an 8th in Horsemanship (25 showed) and top 10 in Ranch rail & riding

Max & Delta - top placing in Ranch riding and ‘city’ trail

Max & Gracie - Top placing in Reining and Ranch riding.

Lindsey & Lilly - 6th in Novice Horsemanship at their first show. Big smiles for how far they have come!

Michelle & Champ - had some stellar moments in Ranch riding today but a bobble kept them out of the placings. I think they are “hooked” and we will see more of this team in the future with some new classes next show!

Jodi & Duke finished 5th in Ranch Riding and 2nd in ‘city’ trail (no ranch trail today). Lots of learning and lots of homework!

Always nice to catch up with friends at the Mid West shows. Thank you to the team behind the scenes who organize and run these shows. Very grateful for your hard work and dedication to keeping horse showing affordable, fun and thriving!

06/09/2024

MWHS show at REACH - day 1

What a great day of showing! Started at 8:30 am and went till 9 pm. Lots of classes had 20+ in them. Such an amazing turnout!

Big congrats to Jessica & Maverick and Maxene & Gracie on their wins today. Jodi had a 3rd in “city trail” and 2nd in Ranch Trail. Fun to show both types today! Erica was top 5 in her classes too! As was Max with Delta. 👏

Michelle, Irene & Lindsey all conquered their nerves and entered the show ring for the first time today! All 3 came away with goals accomplished and smiles. Very proud of them!

Thanks to Laurie for her awesome help today - sure is nice having you around!

Hope to see the rain stop so we can show outside again tomorrow. Luckily we do have the big indoor here if things need to be in.

Sleepy horses and riders…good night 😴

05/23/2024

💥 Congratulations Victoria & Levi 👏

Trophy Thursday 🏆, bringing you the highlights of our recent Area 2 Quarter Horse Promotional Club, Spring Kick off show held at the beautiful Ancaster Fairground Facility.

This Thirsday we bring to you the Amateur W/T All Around - Victoria Salt and Only Too Slow. Congratulations Victoria! 🎉

05/22/2024

In Front Of The Line - owned by Clare Roman

Level 1 Open Trail & Western Riding Circuit Champion at Area 2 Spring Kick Off

Thanks to Area 2 and Mary White of Loan Oak Equine Photography for the great circuit award!

05/12/2024

AREA 2 SPRING KICK OFF

We had a great Kick Off to the Ontario QH season and appreciate the hard work that goes in to putting these shows on - thank you Area 2 Promotional Club!

💥Congratulations💥

⭐️ Victoria Salt & Only Too Slow
High Point Level 1 WT Amateur
Circuit Champion Equitation

Great rides and excited to see Levi’s future as an all around horse! So nice to see Joy (Victoria’s Mom) come to the show for Mothers Day too! 💐

🐸 Clare Roman & In Front Of The Line
Circuit Champion Select Showmanship
Circuit Champion with Jodi Level 1 Trail
Circuit Champion with Jodi Level 1 Western Riding

Lots of great progress and learning for this team - who would ever have bet on Toad getting a SHOWMANSHIP circuit award?! 👏

☘️Jessica Mosley-Cairncross & Good To Be Irish
Win & 2nd in Level 1 Open Trail
Top 5 in Amateur Trail and Horsemanship and Western Riding

A strong season debut with good homework to step up for the next show - well done! 🙌

🩵 Diane Cellini & Its Good To Be Luved
2/2 Amateur Ranch Riding
Top 10 in Level 1 Amateur Trail & Western Riding
6/7 Level 1 Open Western Riding with Jodi

Theo and Diane worked hard this winter and pushed the patterns for ranch riding (doesn’t always work out - but you gotta take risks). Really proud of the progress and willingness to advance and look forward to Summerama! 💪🏻

📣Shout out to Sherry Newbigging and Mr Good Scotch for their top placings and show ring success. Looking forward to seeing this team grow and develop. 🤠

Always fun helping these riders who really are DIY Amateurs. I only get to work with them once a month (at best) so their success is a testament to their hard work and dedication. ROCK STARS and true horsewomen! 🤩

04/08/2024

A fun weekend of learning and trying new things! Was fantastic to get a group together for our show prep clinic day at CM Performance Paints. Thanks Maxene Murray for hosting and to all the participants and spectators. Looking forward to testing some new skills at the horse shows this summer. 🤠🐴

(Sorry it won’t let me tag everyone…)

03/30/2024

A fun day!

01/04/2024

❤️⬇️🐴

12/13/2023

Happy National Day of the Horse! 🐴🐎😍

11/24/2023

Harris work saddle - very lightly ridden in. Reach out to Diane if you’re interested…Christmas is coming! 🎄🎅🏼🎁

11/07/2023

Well this sure is a cool story!!! 👏

10/31/2023

This is the reality of horse training...preparing the horse for it's future is key. Developing riders into thinking, feeling horseman is the goal to make the relationship connection seamless for both horse and rider. And it's a never ending learning curve! Enjoy the journey...

Trainers don’t ride your (the clients) horse the same as they do their own…

In fact they can’t.

And if they do… they’re doing the horse and you as the client a disservice.

The best thing a professional can do is prepare that horse for the life, the rider, the environment they are going home to.

So if you want your horse to have a more ideal experience in training- there’s a simple answer- show up and get better. The better you get, the more ideally a trainer can ethically train your horse.

And the ethical matter here is getting the horse prepared for their journey ahead.

Early in my professional career this was one of the hardest pills to swallow.

I started and continued on this journey with horses to be the best horseman I could be and that meant riding the horse to the best of my ability.

But that did the horse and client a disservice early on.

Horses went home with a bit too much life and sensitivity for the owners capability.

A mentor called me and gave me strategic feedback as he was seeing this horses returning home. They were solid in the skills but a touch too much. We talked it over.

I wrestled for 18months with the idea of riding and working with my training horses in less than ideal ways for the sake of them being better for their owners. Dulling down their potential and ability so the human could be successful.

In my mind at the time- clients were paying me to do MY best and to give their horse the best experience possible. Fact is clients pay for us to do our best in getting the horse ready for them.

One of the greatest things I believe we can strive for in life is to be our best everyday. However, when riding horses for clients we are in a role where we have to decide to patch over that potential in a horse because it’d be too much for the owner, and that was extremely difficult for me.

My answer at the time was simply the owner needed to get better.

No doubt naive.

Over time I came to the realization that I could offer the horse the best feel I possibly could early on in their training - planting that seed of what could be - and then gradually prepare them for the less than ideal realities of life ahead. With that approach it’d then be possible for the human to tap back into that lightness and feel the horse possesses and experienced early in their training should they get to a point in their journey where they were ready for it.

At the end of the day as professionals the best thing we can do for the horses we are blessed to work with is prepare them for the life ahead.

For owners wanting their horse to have the most ideal training experience possible to suit their horse, the journey becomes improving your self just as a professional does on behalf of their own horses.

There will always be a need for trainers because the world is full of owners over-faced with too much horse.

I just hope we can all improve ourselves for the sake of our horses and inspire a few others to do the same along their journey. With that the lives of many horses will be much better.

-Colton Woods

10/30/2023

Love this!

(𝑩𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅)

- When my instructor repeats to me: ′′Straighten your shoulders and open your chest!” He’s not just teaching me how to stand up. He's teaching me that in life we should always walk straight and face problems head on.

- When my instructor asks me to lower my legs and keep them close to the horse, he teaches me that in life we do not allow distractions and that little is enough to deviate from his path.

- When my instructor tells me "Too much hand, don't hang on to the reins! "He teaches me to give and not to take, with the greatest respect of others.

- When he yells and repeats endlessly: "Look forward in the direction you want to go!” He teaches me the importance of setting goals and never losing sight of them to achieve them.

- When I ask to move up or do more and my instructor says I'm not ready, he teaches me that in life you must always respect your rhythm and never skip the steps.

- When I fall and get back up, I learn that there are always setbacks, times when we back up, but the important thing is to get up more determined than before.

- If I hold my breath during a ride and he jokingly tells me "breathe! You are purple!” I understand that you have to let your emotions flow in order to get rid of them.

- When at the end of the course I am happy with the work done and my instructor says to me′ ′Well done, thank your teacher′′ I know he is not referring to himself but to my horse.

- Now you, you who are watching a rider pass in the saddle, keep saying that riding is not a sport because it is the horse that does everything. I agree. Horse riding is not a sport. It is a life lesson.

10/29/2023

Awesome!!! 🇨🇦🥇

10/28/2023

Eventing at the Pan Am games…that’s a scary jump 🙈🦞

It's cross-country day at the Pan Am Games! Mike Winter will be the trailblazer for Canada; start times here: https://online.equipe.com/startlists/888398
You can watch at https://www.clipmyhorse.tv/en_EU/fei-tv
Safe trips for all today! (crosscountryapp.com photo)

08/29/2023

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