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Living Water Equine Services - April 2013

NEWSLETTERWelcome baby Easter!

Piney Woods Horse

Show Association2013 SHOW DATES

April 27, May 18, June 8, July 27,

August 24, September 7, October 12

All shows held at the Marshall City

Arena in Marshall, TX.

http://pineywoodshorseshow.com/

Want to join the Show Team?Living Water Equine Services would like to participate in the Piney Woo

Horse Show Association series. If you would like to join the show team

and work with Amanda U. Ronan and Amanda Kravitz in special Thursd

night lessons starting at 5:30pm please let Joy know! Lessons will inclu

Western and English disciplines. Bible study will be before the lesson,

please arrive early!

Rejoice in hope, be patient in

tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Romans 12:12

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Amanda competing dressage at Holly Hill Farm

Equestrian Center on Aggie.

Meet Amanda U. Ronan

Amanda Uechi Ronan began

riding competitively in her local 4-H

program and with the American

Quarter Horse Association when she

was eight years old. Her first trainer,

D.C. Higgins of Chaparral, New

Mexico, instilled the idea that a horse

thoughtfully trained by a consistent

rider that was both tact and tough

could excel in any discipline, western

or english. She continued her

training as a teenager under the

guidance of Susan Bruner of

Odessa, Texas, focusing on Trail

class, a western event which tests

the maneuverability of the horse

through an obstacle course.

Amanda and her Quarter Horse, Tes

Bit of Class aka Aggie, finished in

9th place out of over 300 competitors

at the Texas State 4-H Horse Show

in Trail in 2000. After completing a

working student position with Howell

Quarter Horses in Lubbock and

briefly toying with the idea of playing

polo for the Texas Tech Universityteam, Amanda moved to east Texas

where she was still in search of

something new in the horse world.

She met Terri Adams, trainer

and owner of Seahorse Sporthorses

located in Jacksonville, in 2005.

Amanda competing Gump at a GHCTASchooling Horse Trial at Pine Hill.

Terri introduced her to Eventing,also

known as horse trials, a sport that

originates from the cavalry and tests

horse and rider in dressage, cross

country and stadium jumping.

Amanda had the privilege of being a

working student for Ms. Adams from

2005 through 2007, riding everything

from young horses to seasonedcampaigners. Amanda took a hiatus

from riding when she and her

husband, Josh, were blessed with

their daughter in 2008.

Not out of the saddle for long,

in 2010 she and Aggie began riding

with the Longacre Hunt Club of

northwest Houston, although

truthfully she has yet to see a single

fox. Amanda picked up her firstOTTB, Off-the-track Thoroughbred,

in January of 2011 when she found

Gump listed for free on Craigslist.

A short five months later, the pair

were successfully competing in

GHCTA horse trials. Also in 2011,

Amanda fulfilled a six-month working

student position at Oaklawn Stab

of Lufkin, owned by Karen Gay,

where she was introduced to the

Hunter disciplines. She acquired

second OTTB, Lizard, in May 20

She and Lizard participated in a

Jerilyn Caldwell 3* Parelli

professional clinic last fall and

Amanda has since incorporated

some of what she learned into all

three of her personal horses train

programs.

Amanda currently trains w

Terri Adams, for jumping, and Mim

Burch, of Blue Moon Farm located

Elkhart, for dressage. Her long-te

goals include competing in Event

at the Preliminary level and

completing the USEA Instructors

Certification Program.

Amanda will be volunteerin

at Living Water Equine Services t

prepare the Show Team for

competition, specifically in English

disciplines.

Amanda schooling Lizard at RKE Equestrian

Center.

Look for Amanda at Living Water Thursday evenings or feel free to

contact her via Facebook or emai

[email protected].

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Meet Amanda KravitzAmanda K. grew up in

Michigan and began riding at the age

of 12. The early days were spent at

a hunter jumper barn with a very

strict Irish trainer. She rode hunter

jumper to the A circuit level until she

discovered eventing. As she worked

through the levels, she was able to

experience the thrills of riding all over

this nation and overseas with the

help of incredible horses.

Amanda retired from the sport

four years ago after a serious riding

accident. She now is a safety

queen and is coming back to her

roots of enjoying riding for FUN! You

can always find Amanda at her newly

acquired facility, Hillside Equestrian

Center, located on West 103 here in

Lufkin.

She raises Zweibrucker

horses (warmbloods) and has a

collection of rescue horses that are

learning how great humans can be.

Amanda K. will be volunteering

at Living Water Equine Services on

Thursday evenings.

HORSE BOWL TRIVIA!

1) The female parent in horses is

referred to as the ______________

and the male parent is the ________.

2) How many teeth does a mare

have?

3) How many teeth does a stallion or

gelding have?

4) Name four natural aids used to

control the horse.

5) Name the three parts that

compose the bridle.

Look for the answers in

next months newsletter!

PRAYER REQUESTSThis section will be dedicated to prayer requests

received throughout the month.

Amanda U. Ronan prays that her

horse, Gump, will recover from a

badly injured hoof. Amanda also

prays for guidance in teaching at

Living Water Equine Services as well

as the safety of her students and

their horses during lessons and

shows.

Psalm 107:28-30

Then they cried out to the Lord in their

trouble, and he brought them out of their

distress. He stilled the storm to a whisper

the waves of the seawere hushed. They

were glad when it grew calm, and he guided

them to their desired haven.

PATTERN of the MONTH

Showmanship at Halter

1. At cone execute 360* turn.

2. Walk from cone to a position in

front of Judge.

3. Set up, hesitate and trot straigh

away.

4. Trot two corners and stop.

5. Execute 270* turn to the right.

6. Trot halfway to the Judge.

7. Walk halfway to the Judge.

8. Stop and set up for inspection.

9. After inspection, turn 90* to the

right.

10. Back two horse lengths.

11. Walk or jog to exit.

This pattern will be practiced an

discussed at Show Team lesson

throughout the month.


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