Our 2012 Show Season will be dedicated to the memory of Nancy J. Knutson.  So far our show schedule started in March with the MAHA Spring Fling Show.  Innishfael Farm will be sponsoring classes at several different shows this year in Nancy's honor.  We will be showing with Clearwater Equestrian for this season and are looking forward to several fun shows in Region X, as well as a few open shows later in the Summer.

March 23-25, 2012

Innishfael Dragon and Sheila entered three classes at the Spring Fling and continue to improve!  Dragon has been in training with Corey James of Clearwater Equestrian Center over the winter and he is doing wonderfully.  We did not place in our first class of 19 horses or our second of 12 horses, but Dragon took his leads and was very well-behaved.  Our third class we did place and gained points towards our goal of Regionals.  Goal accomplished!  Dragon also went into the open classes with Corey riding and they got two third places. 

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September 17-18, 2011

Innishfael Dragon and Sheila waded into the 'big pond' of Class A Arabian horse showing.  We were not quite ready, but you have to start somewhere!  We did not place well as Dragon was having headset issues, but he never took a wrong lead in any of his three classes and Sheila did not fall off, so it was a complete success from our view.  Onwards and upwards from here!  We did garner quite a few compliments, and when Dragon is 'on', he sure can turn heads.   These indoor photos are not as nice as we had hoped, but next year there will be better ones, I promise.

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June 5, 2011

Innishfael Dragon and Sheila attended the RB Riders Open Horse Show.  Although we were the only Pleasure Type horse on the grounds, we did very well for our first show of the year!  Dragon placed second out of seven in the Colored Horse Halter class and we garnered a fifth out of nine in the Colored Horse Western Pleasure class.  For a first time competing in the riding ring together, it was great!

           

 

    

 

       

May 2010

Innishfael Dragon returned to the Minnesota Pinto ring at the Spring Fling and came out with another Reserve Championship at Halter.  We also participated in a very large Overo Color class and garnered enough points with our placings to be included in MN Pinto year end placings.  We were very pleased to do this in just one show.

 

November 2009  

Innishfael Dragon is 100% again and taking a few months off.  We will be sending him to be finished in the bridle sometime this winter and then have lots of plans for our 2010 show season!

August 2009

Innishfael Dragon is currently on the injured list.  He damaged his rear leg and while he is sound on the leg, we are resting him for probably the rest of the 2009 show season.  Dragon is simply too precious to us to push just for points. However, we are very proud to announce that this month, the Pinto Horse Association of America has awarded Innishfael Dragon TWO Register of Merit Awards - one for Open Halter and one for Overo Color. 

June 2009

 We are very proud to show you our WORLD CHAMPIONS, pinned at 2009 Pinto World Show!

Here is Innishfael Dragon and I  in his Championship photo, showing his World Championship and three Reserve World Championships

      

Here he is being shown by yours truly during the Amatuer Stallion/Gelding Halter class, and another photo of me tearfully (joyfully!) accepting our World Championship Award...

  

Under saddle with our trainer, Corey James, riding him to a Reserve World Championship in Junior Horse Western Pleasure

and Dragon's son, Innishfael Maximus, in his World Championship photo, shown by our darling daughter, Dialaura

And Dialaura and Max showing in their class, along with a photo of Dia accepting Maximus' World Championship

   We have also added an entire page for our 2009 Pinto World Show results.  Please check the subpage at the top left corner of this page and see all the results and some random photos!  We did GREAT and I am still pinching myself over our thrilling show.

 

May 25, 2009

Minnesota Pinto Spring Fling  - here is the link to the Youtube video taken of Dragon in his classes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr3ZNB4yXqs

Due to schedule and transport issues, we did not show Innishfael Dragon and Innishfael Maximus in halter this weekend.  Instead we opted to have Dragon show under saddle in Junior Horse Western Pleasure and Ideal Pinto Western.  Dragon injured both hind legs with several surface cuts during the Saturday evening haul and although he was sound, it was not pretty.  We took him into the ring for experience and did not expect anything but for him to get used to riding classes.

Here are two shots of the warm-up ring just prior to his classes.  There must have been upwards of 25 horses in the warm-up and Dragon made me proud, taking it all in stride.

In the junior horse class, Dragon was placed FIRST under four of the six judges, and second from the other two!   In Ideal Pinto Western, he showed against seasoned western pleasure horses and was used by three judges with an astounding first, third and sixth places.   We are thrilled with his performance and placings and wanted to share some photos with you.