Noah’s last run in Texas on Super Sunday Finals day.
Although this wasn’t their best run, they tried their hearts out and shy of the couple bobbles that knocked them out of an upper placing they had fun accomplishing their goal of being there.
Final placing was 8th but the growth and lessons learned can not be quantified.
We are so proud of Noah for setting this HUGE goal last year and seeing it all the way through including all the extra care he gave his pony to help her be ready.
And, we are deeply grateful that Cleta was willing to carry him all the way to Texas in spite of Noah’s huge growth spurt this fall.
Big thanks to his coach and mentor Brenda Glowinski and Mule Melissa for supporting and inspiring him to be the horseman he has become.
Thank you to everyone that cheered Noah on and stopped to encourage him and check on him 🙏🏻
Noah’s Friday morning Young Guns run was super smooth and faster than his first run.
We love how connected these too are.
Cleta is a super special pony for sure! She has not batted an eye at any of this new environment!
Thank you to Brenda Glowinski for being a top notch coach that makes it easy for me to release accountability for our boy and his goals to her. She coaches in a way that lifts them both up and teaches Noah valuable life lessons beyond the show ring. He has been learning how to support his pony in this bigger arena by celebrating and appreciating the gifts his pony is giving him.
Mule Melissa continues to inspire him to be excellent in his horsemanship and the meticulous care of his pony by modelling it.
Thank You to both the Alberta Clubs Xtreme Wild Rose Club and Extreme Cowboy Alberta for giving him shows to go to to collect points and receive encouragement to get here.
Noah placed 4th again in this run and is 4th overall going into Finals Sunday in the Young Guns Division.
Thank you to our friends and family for supporting this big adventures he’s on!
Noah’s debut run at the EXCA Worlds in Texas on Thursday morning.
They made a very tidy and conservative run to start their adventure off.
It’s a big arena and the pressure is much higher than anything they have experienced to date.
It’s a big deal to have a vision and stay committed to it for a whole year, making countless sacrifices to get to it.
We were all pleased with their first run in the BIG sandbox and they landed 4th out of 12 this day!
BIG BIG thanks to his coach Brenda Glowinski
for being his primary support in warm up, walk through and creating his plans and intentions.
So much of Noah’s success is from the supportive and empowering coaching he receives from Brenda.
Thank you to Mule Melissa for being his mentor and source of inspiration to go on this journey to get to Worlds.
She has been available to give him pep talks and discuss the mental game of being a competitor.
Thank you to the fellow Race Team members and Alberta competitors for cheering Noah on as well and stopping by to check on how he has been.
The comradery has been amazing!
It’s the last day of Colt Starting School 2024 and the instructors are demonstrating rope handling skill building 😂🤩😂
My camera is probably not doing this mornings light justice but it is a glorious day to be on morning chores.
Fall is in all its splendour right now🤩
I’m glad I paused to take it in🙏🏻
Day 3 of our “So You Wanna Race!?!” Camp starts off with “Noise” obstacles😉
Noise obstacles are part of the sport of Extreme Cowboy Racing AND you can encounter loud noises anywhere!
Crowds, clapping, dogs, tires popping, and many horse peoples least favourite…fireworks.
Through a systematic approach we can help our horses grow in confidence with loud noises so that we all remain safe!
Here the group is responding to fireworks played inside the indoor arena on a speaker.
Impressive don’t you think!?
Day 1 Final preparation for our 5th Annual “So You Wanna Race!?!” camp this morning.
Roland Sawatzky and our son Noah headed out to take some of the heavy obstacles to our outdoor course this morning before the participants arrived🤩
We welcomed 10 participants for camp this morning and have enjoyed the wonderful weather!
Tomorrow is Day 2 of 5 and we do 3 sets of obstacle sessions.
Feel free to come watch!
For contrast….here is Noah our son, running in the Youth division (age 12-17) this past Sunday at an Extreme Cowboy Racing show.
He is 11 years old and has been riding up into this division from Young Guns since he was 7.
His pony Cleta, is 23 years young and she has made him jump the hoops in this fast paced sport to become a handy rider. We are blessed to have this pony in our yard and mentoring Noah.
Along the way to this first win in the Youth division I spent many hours teaching him colt starting from Rolands program on mini-donkeys and ponies.
Brenda GlowinskiBrenda was responsible for teaching him good basic horsemanship and riding skills in many many lessons.
Melissa Glowinski inspired him to keep refining his runs, his roping and his mental game.
(being a world champion in the sport gives her enough leverage to make him do sit ups and push ups when he doesn’t meet his practice goals😂)
Both Brenda and Melissa have taken over his show coaching which has proven very helpful.
Roland keeps an eye out for places he can give Noah tips too and is his inspiration for heading towards bridless riding.
(I noticed Noah riding hands free in a busy warm up pen a few weeks ago😂 he looked a lot like his dad😉)
It’s fun for us to watch Noah develop and winning classes is just bonus land compared to seeing his horsemanship and care of his pony increase to this level.
**This is not his whole run...FB would not let me post the whole 3 min...lol**
Iron Horse Hemp and Flax Horse Chews are the best!!!
Over a year ago, I had to corner these guys to catch them when I first got them.
I tried offering them other things as appreciation for allowing me to halter them but James was NOT impressed with the offerings🙈
Then I switched to the “good stuff” aka IH Hemp and Flax chews and he started to concede that they were worth it. 😂
Thankfully, the chews are soft and can be easily split into smaller portions for theses guys as they are on restricted intake.
Now I can walk up to them in the middle of their pen and scratch on them 🥰
Lots of days they even come meet me!
Thank you Iron Horse Hemp for making amazing treats for my equine friends💗
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How do you keep warm when it’s Brr Ass Cold?!?!
We use Noah’s pogo stick as demonstrated by Melissa Glowinski😆😆😆😆
Stay warm folks!
If you’ve ever been to an Obstacle Clinic here you may have seen the unicorn and know it’s effect on most horses!
Here our Colt Starting School student Randi Hittel is helping Melissa and Jessica Rabbit hone their skills in a creative way using the unicorn and a calf sled to simulate - we think it worked great🤩
