Shadow Hills Equestrian Center Trainer`s Issue

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Shadow Hills Equestrian Center
Issue 3, January/Feb 2013
Contents
Pg. 2 Classified/Yea
for Me
Pg.3 Johnny
Higginson
Pg. 4. Susan and
Gerry Ann
Pg. 5 Blake and
Jenni
Pg. 6 Hoof beats
trough Time/
Horses from history
CONTEST
Pg. 7 Horse of the
month/events
“When I bestride
him, I soar, I am a
hawk: he trots the
air; the earth sings
when he touches it;
the basest horn of
his hoof is more
musical than the
pipe of Hermes”
Trainer’s Issue
We have a varied group at SHEC- from
Students with their own horses and
dressage to western pleasure, jumping
school horses are available with Johnny,
and vaulting, natural horsemanship, on the
Susan. Blake provides his vaulting
ground training, therapeutic, and more.
horses, Gerry Ann accepts students with
Shakespeare, Henry V
their own horses, Jenni also provides
All trainers at SHEC have a large amount of school horses and privately owned.
experience in their field, all have
To book a lesson, please see the SHEC
competed, ride for pleasure and/or still
show. Some train intuitively, others
website or the contact numbers listed in
technically. All are very knowledgeable.
the newsletter under the trainer’s name.
SHEC 818-352-2166 www.shadowhills-equestriancenter.com
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Classified Bits and Pieces
HORSEMANSHIP CLASSES!!!
Shadow Hills Equestrian Center
FOR SALE: Squirt, 15.1 BlK,
Percheron x gelding. Sacrifice
2500K needs experienced
handler. Call Johnny directly
LEVELS 1 & 2
STARTING Feb. 17th-March 24th
Sundays: 1:00-2:30 & 2:30 -4pm
Cost: $180.00 for full 6 weeks
213-761-0549
FOR SALE: Beautiful Pessoa
16 1/2 English saddle, includes
stirrup leathers -$800
negotiable. I also have a 50in
Sign up for full (at a $60.00 discount)
or drop in at $40.00 per class-first
come, first served. Class size is
limited.
Class breakdown and all other
information available on website
www.shadowhillsequestriancenter.com or call Susan
directly at 805-901-9001.
English girth for sale $40 please
contact Jenna at (818) 217- 5940
Ages 12 & up, special circumstances
may be applied for younger children,
these classes are geared for adults.
Yea for me! ( a place for both small and large achievements that you
want the world to know!)
A very special YEA for the Los Angeles Equestrian Vaulting
Club!!!
Geoffrey Woolson won USEF VAULTER OF THE YEAR and Blake Dahlgren won USEF COACH OF THE YEAR! (2012)
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Johnny Higginson
SHEC Owner, Head Trainer, SHRC Program Director
Disciplines: western pleasure, hunter/jumper, allaround, competitive trail, pleasure, shows, starting
horses, horsemanship, therapeutic. Beginner through
Advanced, children to adults (ages 4 to 100).
Years riding: forever
Favorite horse of all time: “Silver”, 15. 2 grey AQHA
stallion
Positive influences: Jimmy Williams, Clyde Kennedy
Other professions: actor, dancer
Currently accepting all students for group and
private, horsemanship, therapeutic riding, equine
assisted psychotherapy & horses in training
Supplies school horses if needed
Credentials: 40 years experience.
Johnny’s an intuitive riding instructor
with unsurpassed expertise and those
who train with him, are rewarded with
consistent wins.
PATH Cert. Advanced Instructor and
mentor for therapeutic instructors.
Professional trainer/instructor ablebodied multi-disciplines;
accomplishments include AQHA
National Title, AQHA World Title, USC
Equestrian Team trainer, Pacific Coast
Champion, VQHA Champion, PCQHA
Champion. Professional actor and
dancer. Education and affiliations:
American Academy of Dramatic Arts,
PATH, EAGALA, USEF, DASC,
SAG/AFTRA
Contact: book through website
at www.shadowhillsequestriancenter.com
or call office 818-352-2166 /
cell 213-761-0549
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Susan Kelejian- Operations
Gerry Ann Lloyd- upper
Manager, Assist Trainer SHEC
barn SHEC
Disciplines: dressage (Training-4th),
jumping, pleasure, horsemanship,
therapeutic. Beginner through advanced,
children to adults (10 & up). Specializing in
adult “over 40 crowd.”
Discipline: dressage
Years riding: since age 7
Positive influences: Paul- Belasik,
sodales.
Linda Kohanov
Favorite horse of all time: “David”, 16.3
Bay, Off the track Thoroughbred gelding
Positive influences: Franz Rochowansky,
Torrance Watkins, US Pony Club
Other professions: Classical actor, author,
educator, playwright, therapist
Credentials: PATH Cert. Instructor, American
Riding Instructors Association (ARIA) Cert. Instructor
(3 areas), Pony Club level H-A, lecturer in Equine
Assisted Psychotherapy 2011- 2012 USC & Series for
Association of Professional Therapists (2011),
Education: American Academy of Dramatic Arts, BA in
Interdisciplinary Arts Goddard College, Master’s
Social Work USC, Affiliations: DASC, ETI, AHSA, USDF,
Dramatists Guild, Women in Film, Actors Equity
Association, National Association of Social Workers
Supplies school horses if needed
Years Riding: since age 15
Favorite horse of all time: “Prince”,
16.3 Bay Hanoverian Gelding
Other professions: Gerry Ann has
taught women's spiritual weekly
classes and weekend retreats in the
U.S., Canada and New Zealand.
Credentials: Gerry Ann started her
dressage career by studying intensively for
one year with Diana Markmiller, a BHS
certified dressage trainer/instructor.
Following that, Gerry Ann worked for 6 years
as show groom, assistant rider and instructor
for USDF Bronze and Silver Medalist and
qualified rider award recipient, Dane
Lawrence. She has ridden with Dennis Callen,
Jeremy Steinberg, Jean Moyer, Heather
Bender and many more internationally
acclaimed dressage instructors.
Currently accepting students with
their own horses
Currently accepting adult students
Contact: 818-257-3523 or email
Contact: book through SHEC website
[email protected]
www.shadowhills-equstriancenter.com
office: 818-352-2166/ cell 805-901-9001
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Blake Dahlgren
Discipline: Vaulting
Years riding: started at age 2
Favorite horse of all time: “Shakespeare”,
17.1 Dapple Grey Irish Draught import
Positive influences: Coach Devon Maitozo,
my parents, my wife J
Other professions: account sales for CocaCola
Credentials: UCSB Law & Society, Sports
Management, American Vaulting Assoc. Board
Member, 2003 Vaulter of the Year, 2012
Vaulter of the year
Interesting fun facts: Blake was an equestrian
stunt man in a Dos Equis “Most Interesting Man
Commercial”: google search- Dos Equis
Pommel Horse.
This year LAEVC is travelling to Denver for the
National Championships
Currently accepting students of all ages
Supplies his own horses
Contact: [email protected] | call:
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Jenni Purcell
Disciplines: Jenni teaches “relationship
based” horsemanship based on natural
methods, English or western styles
including trail safety. As far as competition
goes, she teaches hunter-jumper and lower
level dressage. Her riders’ education
includes extensive understanding of ground
work and it’s importance as well as horse
behavior and communication. She teaches
all ages and skill levels but particularly
enjoys teaching adults and teens.
Years riding: started at age 8
Favorite horse of all time: “Ravens Wing”
23 yr 16h black QH superhorse
Positive influences Mark Rashid, Linda and
Pat Parelli, Tina Giordano, my students and
horses!
Jenni supplies 4 well trained school horses
who can teach English, Western and
jumping up to cross rails
Jenni also teaches out of her farm in Shadow
hills, at Stonehurst and Orcas public arenas
as well as going to people’s houses.
Currently accepting students of all levels
(818) 618-5274
Contact: www.ravendaisy.com
www.laevc.com
(970) 691-9991
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Hoof Beats through Time: historical tidbits about horses and friends…
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Did you know…. in the mid-sixteenth century, women riding astride
became less acceptable – the idea being that they were too weak, or would
be “damaged”.
Did you know… according to Suetonius, the Roman emperor Caligula’s
horse, Incitatus had a stable of marble, with an ivory manger, purple
blankets and a collar of precious stones. Suetonius wrote also that Caligula
planned to make Incitatus a Consul of the State.
Did you know…the “hipposandal,” a covering made out of leather, like a
modern horse boot was popular in the Roman Empire (Xenophon wrote about it) and the Celts
around the 1st Century CE put metal attached to it.
Making rumors facts: Catherine the Great died of a stroke, not what you might think. Just a nasty
rumor started around the stables for political gain and character defamation. How shocking that
horse people and politicians would spread such falsities!
CONTEST: the first person to get all
answers correct WINS $25.00 gift certificate at
East Valley Feed, plus, having fun in looking
all of them up!
QUESTION: Who rode these horses of history?
1) Bucephalus
7) Figure
2) Trigger
8) Chetak
3) Traveller
9) Aethenoth
4) Jenny Camp
10) Fleeter
5) Comanche
6) Black Bess
Tie breaker: what was their breed (best guess if you
cant find it) and/or color? Take your best shot!
Email :
Susan @ shadowhills-equestriancenter.com
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HORSE OF THE MONTH
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“Diamond in the Rough”
Heather & Allie
Allie was a horse advertised on
Craigslist for “cash or trade,”
something that might make you wonder
what’s wrong with them.. I sure did, but
I called anyway and the answer was, “someone bought her and
couldn't afford her board, so dumped her here with the trainer
and left for good.”
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Here’s what we have in
the works for
Feb/March:
1) All barn
networking daypotluck. Get to know
So first time driving a trailer (and 3 hours one way), I arrived to
pick up this mystery horse. I have to say she looked nothing like
her picture. She was a longhair, scrawny, neglected, run down
creature. I turned to my girlfriend and said, “she has to be a
diamond in the rough.” I took her home…
what everyone does
here! We have event
planners, florists,
media people, graphic
artists, film production,
accountants, fire
eaters, etc., etc.
That was Dec of 2010, and we bonded pretty quickly. A few
months had gone by and training had been in process. I finally
was stepping up onto her back for the first ride, and she looked
back at me and stood there.
We will be compiling a
comprehensive
booklet of business
cards and categories!
After about six weeks, a friend approached me looking for
several different people to shoot for a commercial. I thought
“why not?”
Exact date/time TBA
Well they came out to the barn with a whole crew to shoot me
riding and take a bunch of pics. Let’s remember Allie is green
broke and they are throwing tarps downs and running boom
mics next to her along with huge sun reflectors, etc. I thought,
“Oh boy, this was a bad idea,” but Allie ran towards the tarps
and cameras with no problem, stood square for the pictures and
never freaked.
Shortly after this, my dog I loved more then life itself became ill. I
received a phone call saying the shoot they did was going
international and financially I was going to be able to pay for my
dogs medical! Unfortunately, my dog didn't have a good outcome
but I would have never been able to do what I needed to do if I
hadn't had Allie. I adore Allie and somehow feel she is my horse I
had growing up.
2) Horsemanship
classes: see pg 2
3) Barn play day
Exact date/time TBA
4) Veterans
commercial airingFebruary
I feel like I rescued her and that she rescued me too.
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A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful,
beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. –
Pam Brown
Love your horse with all your heart- me
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Shadow Hills Equestrian Center
10263 La Canada Way
91040
Shadow Hills CA
818-352-2166
www.shadowhills-equestriancenter.com
We are so grateful to all of
our boarders, trainers,
students, volunteers and
staff. Thank you for being
part of our horsey world and
choosing Shadow Hills
Equestrian Center.
Johnny Higginson, Owner
Susan Kelejian, Operations
Manager