2017 Miniature Horse World April E-Magazine | Page 6

Emily Hilderbrand and 2 Mini 4 Feet Lily Fae
Emily Hilderbrand and 2 Mini 4 Feet Lily Fae, aka
Chloe, has shown exceptional skills as a therapy
horse. Emily has been gaining Mini Hours with
her horses in several ways. She is in a 4-H club that uses
Miniature horses exclusively. As a club they practice weekly
on Halter, Showmanship, Halter Obstacle, and Hunter. They
also visit the local nursing home every year and bring the
Minis along for the residents to interact with.
Emily and Chloe always try to improve their skills and they like to try new things too. Emily is happiest when she
can help someone else improve their performance as well. She has loaned a club member one of her horses to show
when her friend’s horse was under the weather. Emily, and all the other children, are great at cheering each other on
to do their best.
Auburn Oaks Fanci Encore and Jayne Arrowood
Auburn Oaks Fanci Encore, aka. Emmy and Jayne have
had a great time participating in the AMHA Mini Hours
Program. They have spent time together doing things like
trail driving, various clinics, fun days and two Horse Driving Trials-
which are events that include dressage, cones, and a marathon.
These two day driving trials were an especially challenging
learning experience for both Emmy and Jayne.
Their plans for the future include doing more driving
demonstrations for youth, lots of trail drives, competing in more
driving trial events and trying their hand at obstacle driving.
Jayne counts herself lucky to have found a little horse as special
as Emmy. She and Jayne have built their relationship on trust and
love and it shows in everything they set out to accomplish.
Ann Olujic and
Shades of Blues
Robin
Robin and Ann have been
partners for almost 9 years and
have become quite a team.  Ann
loves working with Robin as the
mare is incredibly sweet, quiet,
eager to learn and incredibly
smart!  She is quick to learn
something new, making it much
more fun to keep teaching her
additional skills.  She takes it all
in stride and never gets mad,
antsy or upset about anything,
just doing what she asked. (It
helps that she knows there are
lots of treats and hugs when lessons are done). 
Ann and Robin spend a majority of their time driving and have
recently started taking driven dressage lessons.  Robin has really
taken to this training, even amazing the trainer at how quickly
she learns.  In addition, this team spends extra time working on
showmanship and halter obstacle training – other skills that just
add to the repertoire of this sweet, unflappable mare.
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I’m So Sexy Almost Evil of
Lilaclane and Carolyn Menzer
I’m so Sexy Almost Evil of Lilaclane has
taught Carolyn a lot about showing in
halter classes. They attended just some
fun shows this year. The mares beauty and
spirit come shining through and she is a
pleasure to work with and show.