As far as we know, The Nose (Cruiser) has qualified for the Young
Jumper Championship Regionals at The Hampton Classic (Lonk
Island, NY) just before Labor Day.

The good news is that is a Very Big Deal; the bad news is we will
have to drive the length of Long Island. <Aaargh

My sister check with the YJC people - there was a mixup on his
registration so he did not appear in the database but they had
cashed the check - and the Person In Charge said he was
definitely in.

He will need to get into the top 15 after his first two classes
(Level 5 - 4'0"-4'3") in Jumper 2. If he makes it, he will have
a day off and then jump in the Grand Prix ring which is grass
and has natural obstacles like banks and ditches.

One nice thing is that the course designer (Conrad Homfeld)
is designing the courses the second week in Vermont. So we
will have a sense of the track he will set for Five Year Old
Jumpers as he will also be designing the courses at the Hampton
Classic. So that is good.

We have two international level course designers at Vermont
(Jamie Oliver  and Homfeld) and then Homfeld at the Hampton
Classic.

This is good. They test the training as well as ability.

The Nose saw his last jump before Vermont on Sunday. He
will be doing all flatwork until he arrives in Vermont.

Cruiser (The Nose) has been nothing less than a delight since
we imported him. He had a handful of rides before Donal looked
at him; he has answered every question happily.

He's a damned fine horse.

Salute Cruiser!

Sue
svleop... at (no spam) earthlink.net

As far as we know, The Nose (Cruiser) has qualified for the Young
Jumper Championship Regionals at The Hampton Classic (Lonk
Island, NY) just before Labor Day.

(snip)
One nice thing is that the course designer (Conrad Homfeld)
is designing the courses the second week in Vermont. So we
will have a sense of the track he will set for Five Year Old
Jumpers as he will also be designing the courses at the Hampton
Classic. So that is good.

We have two international level course designers at Vermont
(Jamie Oliver and Homfeld) and then Homfeld at the Hampton
Classic.

This is good. They test the training as well as ability.

The Nose saw his last jump before Vermont on Sunday. He
will be doing all flatwork until he arrives in Vermont.

Cruiser (The Nose) has been nothing less than a delight since
we imported him. He had a handful of rides before Donal looked
at him; he has answered every question happily.

He's a damned fine horse.

As far as we know, The Nose (Cruiser) has qualified for the Young
Jumper Championship Regionals at The Hampton Classic (Lonk
Island, NY) just before Labor Day.

The good news is that is a Very Big Deal; the bad news is we will
have to drive the length of Long Island. <Aaargh

This is good. They test the training as well as ability.

Cruiser (The Nose) has been nothing less than a delight since
we imported him. He had a handful of rides before Donal looked
at him; he has answered every question happily.

He's a damned fine horse.

Salute Cruiser!

He's a damned fine horse.

Salute Cruiser!

On Jul 23, 12:34 am, Dawn J-L <tjone... at (no spam) together.net> wrote:



On Jul 22, 8:55 pm, svleop... at (no spam) earthlink.net (Sue Leopold) wrote:

As far as we know, The Nose (Cruiser) has qualified for the Young
Jumper Championship Regionals at The Hampton Classic (Lonk
Island, NY) just before Labor Day.

Kudos to Cruiser!!!!

(snip)
One nice thing is that the course designer (Conrad Homfeld)
is designing the courses the second week in Vermont. So we
will have a sense of the track he will set for Five Year Old
Jumpers as he will also be designing the courses at the Hampton
Classic. So that is good.

We have two international level course designers at Vermont
(Jamie Oliver  and Homfeld) and then Homfeld at the Hampton
Classic.

This is good. They test the training as well as ability.

The Nose saw his last jump before Vermont on Sunday. He
will be doing all flatwork until he arrives in Vermont.

We are hoping to drive down to see him jump if we can make the
arrangements. Do you have a class schedule?

 Prizelist is at

http://vermonthorseshows.com/pdf/08VSFPrizeList.pdf

Off the top of my head for each week (we will be there weeks 4
and 5)

Cruiser has his Young Jumper class late on Thursday.
Then he has Level 5s on Friday and Saturday first thing in the am.

Choccie has the high/low hunter class early on Wednesday and Thursday.
His A/A classes with Nina are mid to late afternoon on Friday and
Saturday.

If you guys or Madeline or anyone else in the area wants to meet up
for
a rec.eq get-together, email me and we can try to get together. My
address is not munged.



The horses here are also ready for visitors, so let us know if you
think you can make it for a visit. :-)

This is something Nina and I definitely want to do. I have shown her
your photos of her Arabs and she just says, everytime, "Damn, I do
like a good Arab horse." We'll try to coordinate schedules.



Cruiser (The Nose) has been nothing less than a delight since
we imported him. He had a handful of rides before Donal looked
at him; he has answered every question happily.

He's a damned fine horse.

Absolutely!!!!!

He's The Nose!

Sue
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Congrats Cruiser!!

Macho says...

Look, Da NOse...this is BIG for the two legged slaves. to make sure
we all get good treats...do yer best. We know you do this jump thing
rill good. My slaves put a little saddle like yers on me tonight...it
was too tight and i didn't like it. i like my big saddle with the
horn thingy on it.

betsey <twoxo... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

Congrats Cruiser!!

Macho says...

Look, Da NOse...this is BIG for the two legged slaves.  to make sure
we all get good treats...do yer best.  We know you do this jump thing
rill good.  My slaves put a little saddle like yers on me tonight...it
was too tight and i didn't like it.  i like my big saddle with the
horn thingy on it.

Dere My Friend Macho,

My cuzzin Choccie was once palllymino like you. Bur
the he greyed out.

Me, I am just a Plain Bay.

I am hoping if I do Good I will get more treetz.

My slave says that for QHs - they have big shoulders
and sometimes they need a different English saddle
to be comfortatble.

I have never worn a big saddle with a horn thingy.
I bet I would be comfortable Western, my slaves and
my Irish Trayner say I have smooth gates.

Your friend,

The Nose

On Jul 23, 7:16 am, Dr Corinne B Leek <cl... at (no spam) ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:55:43 -0400, svleop... at (no spam) earthlink.net (Sue

Leopold) wrote:
As far as we know, The Nose (Cruiser) has qualified for the Young
Jumper Championship Regionals at The Hampton Classic (Lonk
Island, NY) just before Labor Day.

Hallelujah!
Some Good News on rec.eq for a change!
Congrats to The Nose!
You should be so proud.

I am. He's a fine horse; he has scope and heart and he
likes his job. I wish I could describe his look when he
locks onto a jump. It is just totally "Yeah! I can do this."

He has changed from a gawky baby a scant year ago to this
absolute tiger on course. I can hang out with him beside
the ring, playing The Nose Game and admonishing him that
No, you should NOT eat the ring fence. After warmups he
is all business.

I don't want to sound anthromoporphic, but it's really
great when your horse likes his job!

Sue
svleop... at (no spam) earthlink.net





Corinne & Crazy Canuck Crew, sending the celebratory Fizz...

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betsey <twoxo... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:
On Jul 23, 9:42 pm, svleop... at (no spam) earthlink.net (Sue Leopold) wrote:
betsey <twoxo... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

Congrats Cruiser!!

Macho says...

Look, Da NOse...this is BIG for the two legged slaves.  to make sure
we all get good treats...do yer best.  We know you do this jump thing
rill good.  My slaves put a little saddle like yers on me tonight....it
was too tight and i didn't like it.  i like my big saddle with the
horn thingy on it.

Dere My Friend Macho,

My cuzzin Choccie was once palllymino like you. Bur
the he greyed out.

Me, I am just a Plain Bay.

I am hoping if I do Good I will get more treetz.

My slave says that for QHs - they have big shoulders
and sometimes they need a different English saddle
to be comfortatble.

I have never worn a big saddle with a horn thingy.
I bet I would be comfortable Western, my slaves and
my Irish Trayner say I have smooth gates.

Your friend,

The Nose

Hey...Nose!

i think i'm gettin' out of the hunter thinky.  my kid can't get the
boots that the big fat slave baut.  and she says no money for such
thinks.  i might be in the clere!  but the big slave said today "sue
would like you Mach--you go gut on the buckle"...but iwasn't on the
buckle, i was on the ground!

My slave Sue like horses who are good to there humans but
do not baby them. But make you ride the rite way. She says
lots of stock horses like you are like this. Because you think
for yourself.

I no that she is a big fan of you Mach.  And Mocha too.

The man slave says Bays are the PRETTIEST horse color out there.  He
likes them big bays, and that you know how to JUMPE over thinks makes
it even better.  He would gift you lots and lots of treats. rilly!

I think my slaves like that we do not show much dirt. Wen
you have Choccie to clene up I guess that is a good thing.

Yesterday wen I was out I rollded in the dirt. I do not role
much, but Choccie told me it would be gute to do so. So
I did. Wen my slave Nina came out ware I was she said
"Cruiser! You rolled!" I was very proud of myself. But then
the Nice Vet Lady who took care of my foot when I stepped
on the nail put sharp pointy things in my neck.

So now I am a little worried. If I roll in the dirt will I get
sharp pointy things in my neck?

I like the vet human. And she says I am very good for
the pointy things. My slaves say, I am silly; it is not
for rolling, it is for keeping you from getting sik. And
if you get sik you might not want to ete.

That would be very bad because I love to ete. I love it
even more than jumping. But not as much as treetz.

But treetz are eting too. So I guess that counts.



next time you come to NJ, we can make the slave bring a saddle with
the horn think.  you can try it!  we can take pictures of your Donal
slave riding you!  then we can laugh at him!

My cuzzin sez that wen he was at the old place, Donal wuld
come up and ride him and other horses. Two of the horses,
their owner rode Western so he would ride in her saddle.
Only thing was my cuzzin thinks it was a lady saddle and
it wuz too small for Irish Trayner, who sed it was killing
him.

The other thing was, that lady liked lots of bling. One time
my slave Sue brought her one horse out and she had
bling bit and bridal with horse hair tassels on her horse.
Donal does not like bling so he looked a little sick.

The best though, my cuzzin sez, is wen the barn owner's
son who did jimkana brought all his tack out for Donal
to see. It was all matching lime green. Which is wat
Donal's face looked like wen he saw it.

Yer frend,

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On Jul 23, 9:42 pm, svleop... at (no spam) earthlink.net (Sue Leopold) wrote:
betsey <twoxo... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

Congrats Cruiser!!

Macho says...

Look, Da NOse...this is BIG for the two legged slaves.  to make sure
we all get good treats...do yer best.  We know you do this jump thing
rill good.  My slaves put a little saddle like yers on me tonight...it
was too tight and i didn't like it.  i like my big saddle with the
horn thingy on it.

Dere My Friend Macho,

My cuzzin Choccie was once palllymino like you. Bur
the he greyed out.

Me, I am just a Plain Bay.

I am hoping if I do Good I will get more treetz.

My slave says that for QHs - they have big shoulders
and sometimes they need a different English saddle
to be comfortatble.

I have never worn a big saddle with a horn thingy.
I bet I would be comfortable Western, my slaves and
my Irish Trayner say I have smooth gates.

Your friend,

The Nose

Hey...Nose!

i think i'm gettin' out of the hunter thinky. my kid can't get the
boots that the big fat slave baut. and she says no money for such
thinks. i might be in the clere! but the big slave said today "sue
would like you Mach--you go gut on the buckle"...but iwasn't on the
buckle, i was on the ground!

I can't understand what's so great about jumping. I think I finally

The man slave says Bays are the PRETTIEST horse color out there. He
likes them big bays, and that you know how to JUMPE over thinks makes
it even better. He would gift you lots and lots of treats. rilly!

next time you come to NJ, we can make the slave bring a saddle with
the horn think. you can try it! we can take pictures of your Donal
slave riding you! then we can laugh at him!

Me and you and Choccie have to go raid a feed room!

Hey, I want to go too! My tummy hurt yesterday and the man who gives me

Mach

On Jul 23, 9:42 pm, svleop... at (no spam) earthlink.net (Sue Leopold) wrote:
betsey <twoxo... at (no spam) aol.com> wrote:

Congrats Cruiser!!

Macho says...

Look, Da NOse...this is BIG for the two legged slaves. to make sure
we all get good treats...do yer best. We know you do this jump thing
rill good. My slaves put a little saddle like yers on me tonight...it
was too tight and i didn't like it. i like my big saddle with the
horn thingy on it.

Dere My Friend Macho,

My cuzzin Choccie was once palllymino like you. Bur
the he greyed out.

Me, I am just a Plain Bay.

I am hoping if I do Good I will get more treetz.

My slave says that for QHs - they have big shoulders
and sometimes they need a different English saddle
to be comfortatble.

I have never worn a big saddle with a horn thingy.
I bet I would be comfortable Western, my slaves and
my Irish Trayner say I have smooth gates.

Your friend,

The Nose

Hey...Nose!

i think i'm gettin' out of the hunter thinky. my kid can't get the
boots that the big fat slave baut. and she says no money for such
thinks. i might be in the clere! but the big slave said today "sue
would like you Mach--you go gut on the buckle"...but iwasn't on the
buckle, i was on the ground!

The man slave says Bays are the PRETTIEST horse color out there. He
likes them big bays, and that you know how to JUMPE over thinks makes
it even better. He would gift you lots and lots of treats. rilly!

next time you come to NJ, we can make the slave bring a saddle with
the horn think. you can try it! we can take pictures of your Donal
slave riding you! then we can laugh at him!

Hi Nose-

The kid is here now, she says she made me go gut today, but we all
know it's me! she thinks she's kool caus we do skippy thinks--we
lopey one way on da circle, then go make another circle thinky, and i
skippy in the middle and we go. she thinks she gets me to do it. i
know i'm gonna do it. she's along for da ride!

the kid likes more bling than tha fat slave. but, no lime green on
leather stuff, just silver things that shiney. the kid likes purple
stuff...do you know how much the other yeloow horses laff at me cause
i get stuck wearing purple sheets? and boots? they laff and laff.

here's the think..you will not get pointy thinks in your neck if you
roll. that was a mean trick they played. did you get treats??????
tell cruiser that you should both roll every day. if you do it near
the water tub outside, you kin get gut and muddy. that makes the
slaves say words my mummy said to NEVER say!

oh...the clumsy thinks with the big floppy ears and go "maaaaaaaaaaa
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" like to ete tails.