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ARTICLE BY: BARBARA SCHLEPPI
BARBARA SCHLEPPI • Membership: #470361
I did my 25 hrs mainly trail riding on my property.
I mostly used POCO BLUE FLAME (Buffy) A2-2151 to get her
back into shape after having a foal.
Although all the horses tag along trail riding,
so LETHAL WIZARD Q-50261 was
always involved as well; as were POCO
BLUE FLAME’S foal, ONE HAYSI
MOON, and the pregnant broodmare,
PIALLA STARDUST RETURN Q-47259. We always
trail ride with full entourage, no matter which horse is
the ridden one. LOL.
LETHAL WIZARD helped moving our neighbour’s cattle
and I also did some natural trail obstacle training with POCO
BLUE FLAME, side-passing over logs, jogging over raised
logs, jumping the odd fallen tree, circling around small
boulders, backing in between and around two trees etc.
Once the restrictions are lifted, I am hoping to be able to
go back showing with both horses, LETHAL WIZARD in
team penning and arena sorting and POCO BLUE FLAME
in ranch events.
The smashed leg is still giving me grief, but I am thrilled
that I am able to ride again.
Thank you for the wonderful cap and being able to be part
of this lovely program.
BARBARA SCHLEPPI #470361
ARTICLE BY: KATIA SONSINI V PHOTOS BY: KEN ANDERSON EQUINE PHOTOGRAPHY
KATIA SONSINI • Memebership: #482072
Hi, my name is Katia Sonsini, I am 13 years old and my horse Gay Bar War Hero Q-51446
and I thought we should try find the positives in going into lockdown.
This is a brief story on how I achieved my log sheet on 25+ hours, to Beat the Covid Blues.
We decided to work really hard
on our fitness and skills during
isolation, so that when shows
do resume we can do very well.
Mum mentioned the ‘Beat the
Covid Blues’ program where we could record our
riding hours.
That was just the drive we needed to work even harder.
Every day after distance learning I made sure that we
had the time to ride and it sure paid off when we finally
reached our goal of 25 hours. We have both improved in
so many ways and cannot wait to start showing again.
Katia Sonsini - Photo by: Ken Anderson Equine Photography
Thankyou AQHA for offering such a great program
during these hard times. I really enjoyed the extra time
spent with my horse and I’m sure he liked the extra
attention too!
KATIA SONSINI #482072
AQHA ~ JULY/AUGUST ISSUE 2020