Catelin - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hey everyone, Here's what's going on at CBC Sporthorses for 2008!!!
DMD Don Juan+/(aka DJ or Little Man) is a 1994 Purebred Arabian currently competing at 3rd level dressage with experience in hunters, jumpers, eventing, pleasure classes, in-hand and show hack as well! This year we will be working towards earning the USDF Bronze Medal and the Arabian Third Level Award.
LSA Annastaczia (aka Anni or the cheerleader). Anni is a 2000 purebred Arabian mare with a focus in sport horse in-hand and pony hunters. Annis has moved to West Virginia to continue her education and to continue educating. She will be used by my friend, Jess Howard, as she continues to educate her students. Anni will be missed but visited often!!
Black Ice++++// (Buddy or BooBoo) is a 1996 Arabian/Trakhener who has an extensive show record from National & Res. National Champion in-hand, BLM Champion to numerous Top 10's at the 2007 Sport Horse Nationals just to name a few! This year Buddy will be making another attempt at qualifying for USDF Regional Championships and BLM Championships at First Level Jr/YR and the Musical Freestyles!
Jono (aka Jo or Big JO) is a Larger-than-life 1999 Draft paint cross. This year Jo will be working to qulaify for USDF Regional Championships and BLM Championships at Training Level (again) and First Level with an attempt at the Freestyles as well!!
Choco Dock's Carpe Diem (aka Khakie or KO) is a 1994 Rocky/Kentucky Mountain Horse. After 2 hard years of various ailments, Khakie is back in action and preparing hard for the 2008 show season, his first show will be in April at the Virginia Horse Center!**UPDATE - After Khakie's reoccurring bout with Laminitis he will be taking another break from the show ring. We wish him a quick recovery!**
Classic Imperatix (aka Baby Gia) is the last of the herd and the youngest! Gia is a 2004 Rocky Mountain Horse. Because of her unusually large size for her breed, Gia will be broken Spring 2008 and start her show career with Amy and Jason Stefanic of Classic Farm in Georgetown KY! We can't wait to have her back home to further her showing experience!**A Trip to KY is in the works for this Spring to see how Gia's training is coming along :D**

My Interests

I Love...
My horses, Showing, working with new horses/babies, learning (ie clinics & lessons); When horses aren't involved...hanging out with friends, listening to music and relaxing in the very rare down time :D

Horse Survey
How long have you been riding? started when I was 8
Do you think you are good? I think I'm alright but there's always room for improvement :D
Do you own your own horse? haha yea...3
Whats your fav breed? don't have one...love 'em all
Your Fav marking? Stockings w/ a blaze
Whos your fav horse? mine...and Blu Horse Matine...yum!
What type of saddle do you prefer? my Schleese

This or That.......
Half Chaps or full? Half
breeches or jodpurs? Jeans but I do like my plaid fullseats :D
Tall boots or short? Both
western or english? English
Riding indoor or out? Both
Jumping or Dressage? Jumping for fun, Dressage for Life!
Paints or Appaloosa? both
Riding on Grass or dirt? dirt
Showing or Just for fun? Showing always but it has to be for fun!

Have you ever......
Been bucked? lol alot but never fell *knock on wood*
kicked? umm yea
been on a horse that reared? yep
Did you ever fall off? HAHAHAHAHA of course you're only a good rider if you have!
Did you ever jump? Yep
Did you ever gallop? Yep
did you ever lease a horse? Yep five before we started buying :)
Did you ever run into someone elses horse? umm NO
Did you ever show? I live and to breath to Show!
If you show, do you ever win? lol ....Yeah
Do you think horses are the best animals ever? No doubt!

♥ ♥ ♥

~*Dressage*~
How many horses/ponies do you have? 3...DJ, Buddy, and Anni
Breeds? 2 PB Arabs and an Arab/Trakhener
What region are you in? 1(USDF) and 15(AHA)
Favorite brand of riding clothes? plaid plants
Favorite gloves? my ratty everydays and my Roeckl's for show
What brand of boots do you have? Ariats
What brand of saddle do you have? Schleese, County, Wintec
Brand of trailer? Hawk
Brand of truck? Ford F150 moving to a 350 soon!!!
What famous dressage horse do you want the most? ummm...i'll go with a current and say Blue Hors Matine or Don Schufro, they are YUMMY!!
Who is your "famous" dressage hero? George Williams, Andreas Helgstrad, Lendon Gray, Robert Dover, Stefen Peters, Lisa Wilcox and many more!

Pick & Choose
Bay or chestnut? both
16.2 or 17.2? depends on the horse
Anky or Ulla? Ulla
Salinero or Brentina? neither really
Pikeur or Cavallo? both
Hanoverian or Dutch? Both
Black or Brown Tack? Definitly black

More info
Your Goal for Next Year? Qualify for USDF Regionals and BLM's...last year as a YR gotta go out with a bang!!
Your Trainer/Clinicians? Cindy Hutchison, Linda Zang, Todd Bryant
Some of your dressage friends on MySpace? too many to name :D
What level are you working at? First through fourth

I'd like to meet:

This clip is basically GOD and should be watched by every dressage rider for inspiration!! .. ..

Music:

All types of rock Old stuff (Pat Benatar, Aerosmith, Guns & Roses, Whitesnake, Eagles, Journey.....) Alternative ( FOB, Panic at the Disco, Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance, Jimmy Eat World, Coheed & Cambria just to name a few/the ones currently in my car ) some harder stuff (Creed, Fuel, Godsmack and so on) Also like some rap and pop just to change it up a bit...not really into country anymore but thats ok too!

Movies:

Love Actually is my FAVORITE MOVIE EVER!!! but Life is Beautiful (in original Italian) runs a close second, but love comedies and scaries (even though they make me paranoid and not want to sleep ) they are still fun to watch. Ok now my inner nerd comes out and I must say I did like all of the LOTR's and yes the Harry Potter's too.

Television:

CSI (all 3 of them), Law and Order (however many of them there are now), Desperate Housewives, Las Vegas, House M.D., American Idol, Next and the Real World are my sad addictions and the Hills/Laguna Beach.

Books:

I read alot of different things but my favorites are james patterson books, "the 5 people you meet when u get to heaven", "the davinci code" and any Harry Potter book...yes im a geeky little girl!

Heroes:

For Inspiration...
Robert Dover, George Williams, Andreas Helgstrad, Lisa Wilcox, Steffen Peters, Guenter Siedel, My parents, Cyndy S. and my trainer Cindy!

My Blog

CDCTA Dressage at Morven Park

Well, Saturday was not the best...both boys (Bud and Jo) were total goobers when we first got there causing major problems in both of their first classes. The 2nd round was much better but still not s...
Posted by Catelin on Mon, 05 May 2008 04:50:00 PST

VAHA Sport Horse Show

Well, this weekend was great and we even managed to miss the rain that hit late Sunday! It was exciting to see everyone after winter and the ponies did well in their season opener. There are stil...
Posted by Catelin on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:00:00 PST

First Show of the Season!

So the first show of the season was super! It was a great opener with Jono's first attempts a First Level and trying to qualify for GAIG's at Training Level! Here are the results! VADA/Nova Spring Dr...
Posted by Catelin on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:25:00 PST

Goodbye My Friend

Tonight at 6:00, the decision was made to euthanize an old friend. Pi unfortanely was given a very tough break in life with high risk accidents, abusive owners and an uncooperative body. He had suffer...
Posted by Catelin on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:33:00 PST

Tentative Schedule!

**NEWLY UPDATED** 2008 Competition Schedule April 12-13----------------VADA/Nova Spring Show-----------Jono April 18-20----------------VAHA Sport Horse Show------------Buddy, DJ May 3-4---------------...
Posted by Catelin on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:25:00 PST

2007 USEF Final Standings!

BLACK ICE++++// Region 15 4th - HA First Level Open 2nd - HA Training Level Amateur 3rd - HA First Level Amateur National 7th - HA First Level Open 3rd - HA First Level Amateur Thanks to Mom, ...
Posted by Catelin on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:00:00 PST

2007 VAHA Year End Awards

Alright well show season in over and its awards time....so here's what we got for the 2007 show season!!! ~*LSA ANNASTACZIA*~ Res. Champ - PB Hunter/Jumper ~*BLACK ICE++++// *~ Res. Champ - HA Dressag...
Posted by Catelin on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:32:00 PST

Sport Horse Nationals!!

Alright here are the results from Nationals!!! BLACK ICE++++// Top 10 (3rd) - A/HA/AA First Level ATR of 55 Top 10 (9th) - HA/AA Sport Horse Under Saddle ATR of 73 Top 10 (5th) - HA/AA Sport Horse Gel...
Posted by Catelin on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:12:00 PST

Morven Park Summer Dressage

Well, Jono is going to his first ever GAIG/USDF Region 1 Championships in October for Training Level!! Poor Buddy on the other hand missed his score by 1 point on Saturday and I won't even begin to go...
Posted by Catelin on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:08:00 PST

Regional 15 Champs!

Ok here's the results!!! Buddy Champion - Training Level AATR Top 3 - First Level AATR Top 3 - HA/AA First Level Open Anni Top 5 - PB Hunter Hack Open Top 3 - PB Hunter Hack ATR Bean (Caribean Kruise....
Posted by Catelin on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:48:00 PST