Maddie Kanda Training

07/11/2024

Maddie Kanda Training ride times for this weekend at the Washington County Fairgrounds!

06/18/2024

This is something to strive for in your journey:

06/17/2024

Our first recognized Working Equitation show is in the books! We started off the weekend strong with a 67.5% in our dressage test and a 69% in our Ease of Handling Round! On day 2, we improved our confidence in the dressage test and earned a 72.1% with a comment that we have the skills for L7 (highest level). We greatly improved our Ease of Handling but unfortunately a rider error on my part with my second side pass pole got us disqualified. We had a lovely speed round each day and ended with working cattle, which we’ve done exactly once before this weekend 🤣

Speed round ⬇️

06/04/2024

Mayflower recap!

Jaantje (owned by Kris Robinson) and I danced through four harmonious First level tests for scores of 69.8%, 72.5%, 72.7%, and 73.3%! JJ has tremendous talent that has taken awhile to develop and I am excited to see what she can do the rest of the season!

Mister Maximus (owned by Maggie Bourassa) and I developed a great deal of confidence and fluidity in our Training level tests for scores of 65.6%, 66.4%, 69.2%, and 73.4%! Max is getting a hang of this whole dressage thing!!

06/02/2024

First day of the show season is finished! Jaantje put down two solid tests showing much improvement from last year, earning a 72.7% and 73.3%! Mister Maximus worked on building his confidence and maintaining relaxation throughout his test, which earned him a 65.7% and 66.4%!

05/12/2024

Thank you to all the horse and rider teams that came out to dabble in some Working Equitation today!

05/11/2024

Set up and ready for a fun day in the sun! ☀️

03/06/2024

Double slalom on a gorgeous day! ☀️

02/18/2024

Cross training with Working Equitation! I have the majority of WE obstacles and can bring them to barns for lessons! PM me for details!

01/27/2024

CSDEA Awards!!

Mister Maximus (owned by Maggie Bourassa)
🏅Third place open Training level
🏅Fourth Place Small Horse Dressage

B-Squared
🏅Fourth Open FEI (Grand Prix)
🏅Sixth Pony Cup Dressage

Onto the 2024 show season! 💪

01/27/2024

Congratulations to Maddie Kanda and her 21 year old grade pony
B-Squared (who also helped her earn her gold medal!) on their Grand Prix Open Reserve Champion year-end award!

Pony Power!

11/02/2023

Photo credit to Carmel Huppert

10/31/2023

Ease of handling course

10/31/2023

Our 2023 show season came to a chilly but fun end at Mon Cheval Training Center’s schooling show!

Chelsea Hernandez rode her young horse Keeper in his first ever show and worked on building his confidence in a different place with lots of activity! They won their adult division in the walk/trot equitation and successfully completely their first dressage test together!

Billy Bob and I got to try our hand at working equitation and earned a 79% in our level 5 dressage test and a 67% in the ease of handling course!

Thank you to Sandra Fromm for helping us all day at the show!

09/08/2023

Come see us at the Washington County Fair this weekend!

08/31/2023

Northern Lights Dressage Show Recap🌟

B-Squared and I earned our last GP score for our Gold Medal with a 61.957%!

Mister Maximus laid down some beautiful tests at Training Level earning him up to a 71.4% in Training 3!

Primadonna experienced a much busier show environment with a flea market and a dog show happening at the same time! Lots of learning moments for this young lady!

Onward to CSDEA Festival and Championships in a week and a half!

Photo credit: Huppert Photography

08/23/2023

08/22/2023

JJ having fun outside of the arena! This girl can easily go from a gallop to a loose rein walk in just a snaffle. Check her out on Dream Horse ⬇️⬇️

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08/12/2023

🌟Jaantje Video 🌟

This beautiful girl is available!

2006 16.1H Registered Irish Sport Horse Mare

Otter Creek Scores:

69.8% and 66.2% at First 2
64.4% and 64.0% at First 3

Priced in the mid-low 1️⃣🥕,🥕🥕🥕
Somerset, WI

Morgan Chapman Media

08/11/2023

08/05/2023

Sorensen Park Show Highlights‼️

Primadonna (Owned by Caitlin Anderson and is also FOR SALE!!) learned tons about being a show horse for her first outing! So much fun to watch her mature as the weekend went on and feeling it “click” in the tests!
⭐️ 70.3% in Intro B
⭐️ 73.7% in Intro C

B-Squared and I rode the Grand Prix this weekend for a 61.1% and a 59.4% earning one of our two Grand Prix scores needed for our USDF Gold Medal! 🎉

Also congrats to the rest of our Smart Start Stable friends this weekend getting some of their own personal bests in tests ranging from First level to the PSG!

08/04/2023

Caitlin Andersen’s young Oldenburg mare, Primadonna (“Lottie”) at her first horse show, showing intro level and learned all about this dressage show business! Getting ridden twice in one day sure is a lot of work!

07/30/2023

Mister Maximus - Training 1 (70.129%)

Max is a 10 year old Quarter Horse who has had 90 days of dressage training and prior to coming to me had been doing some western dressage and pleasure riding! He clearly is enjoying his new job!

07/30/2023

Day 2 of Otter Creek Dressage was a super Day for the ponies! Max turned on the charm in his training level tests and earned two 70% including five 8’s and a 9 in his training level 2 test! Jaantje danced her way to a 69.8% and 64.4% in First level!

07/28/2023

Day 1 of Otter Creek Farm Dressage is a wrap!

Max had a very solid first rides as a dressage horse, earning a 67.3% and a 64.4% in training level!

JJ also put down two confident first level tests, for a score of 66.2% and 64%, earning her first place in both classes!

07/14/2023

FOR SALE‼️

Short video of Jaantje in a lesson with Anne Cizadlo! Come see her at Otter Creek Dressage Fest (July 28-29).

07/04/2023

⭐️FOR SALE ⭐️

Jaantje (“JJ”) 2006 16.1H Registered Irish Sport Horse Mare

JJ is a sweet, sensible mare who is currently schooling second/third level and has been started on flying changes. JJ has excellent ground manners and has had professional training all her life. At 17 years old, she requires very little maintenance and has many years left to teach a rider the ropes of dressage! JJ is best suited for an intermediate rider working with a trainer.

Priced in the mid-low 1️⃣🥕,🥕🥕🥕
Somerset, WI

06/15/2023

There’s tons of stuff to do with babies even though you can’t ride them yet! Yearling Syver has no fear when seeing the balloons for the first time! Positive exposure to “scary things” creates confident horses!

06/15/2023

Happy Birthday Syver! Officially one year old! 🎉