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01 March 2010 www.zulucowboy.co.uk was launched today, our new online shop for western tack. For Professional's Choice products, Forever Living Products and our own ZC items, visit us today and subscribe to be in our prize draw to be in with a chance to win a pair of Professional's Choice Competition Splint Boots. The site will grow and develop, adding new items all the time. If you have any feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us with your ideas and suggestions. This is a very new venture for us that we hope to make very user friendly for everyone. Shane will be offering trainer tips on a weekly basis, why he uses each product etc. We also have Andrea Fappani DVDs for sale, there are a very few so get in quick to avoid disappointment. We would be grateful for your support. Happy Shopping!!! 20 February 2010 Shane attended the Andrea Fappani Clinic in Germany this month. He left the UK 25 January 2010 to spend some time with Ilan Rosenberg, he took Jo Wilde's Freckles Dun Chic (Saar) with him. The first clinic started on Tuesday 9 February to Thursday 11 February and the second clinic started Friday 12 February to Sunday 14 February. Shane was fortunate enough to watch the first 3 days and he took part in the second clinic. A fantastic opportunity, that couldn't have been missed. Vix and Sammi joined Shane for the weekend. The weather was unbelievably cold, there was a lot of snow, but thanks to the outdoor heaters, it was bearable. Sammi was fortunate enough to be able to meet and spend time with Ilan and Niki Roshenberg's daughter Zoher which meant that she didn't have to sit through the entire clinic. A huge thank you to Ilan and Niki for the time that Shane and Saar have spent out in Germany and for giving Shane the opportunity to spend as much time as he did with Andrea, who was a great clinician and a really nice person. We are soon to hold our clinic on Sunday 28 February. Until we get the five day weather forecast, I can't be sure that this clinic will be going ahead, but all fingers are crossed! We will be arranging more clinics, dates of which will be released soon. 27 January 2010 Goodness me, where has January gone? We made it through the ice and the snow, just and I think we are coming out the other end!! I am now planning clinic dates, the show season is rapidly approaching, it is time to get prepared! Please see our clinics page for details. We are very much at the mercy of the weather as usual but I will be arranging the dates in the hope that all should be well! 30 December 2009 HAPPY CHRISTMAS!!!! Apologies for the delay! I don't have an excuse! We have been holding some mini clinics at Moreton Morrell lately that have been going really well. We held one today, it was quiet, being mid week and not everyone is on holiday! But it went very well. We have another one arranged for Sunday morning. If you would like more information on our clinics, please do not hesitate to contact us. The show season starts soon, can you believe it. Lets get New Year out the way first I hear you say! But it will come upon us very quickly. 30 and 31 January 2010, BR Show/Clinic at Bodiam. 13 and 14 February 2010, AQHA Special Event, Bodiam. 27 and 28 February 2010, BR Show/Clinic, Bodiam. 13 and 14 March 2010, AQHA Special Event, Bodiam. 27 March 2010, AQHA-UK AGM. 27 and 28 March 2010, BR Show/Clinic, Bodiam. More dates will be published soon. Book your lessons and look out for clinic dates in order for you to prepare for this rapidly up and coming season! British Reining will be holding a Spring Ball on Saturday 10 April 2010. Look on the BR website for more details. We now have a horse to give lessons on. Sons Royal Chic is a 13 year old gelding who has been shown by both Shane and more recently by Vix. He is a good safe ride who we are happy to share with anyone, from beginners to more advanced riders. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us. I hope you all have a great New Year. Please look out for our clinic dates, we hope to be also arranging for Ilan Rosenberg and other clinicians to come over. Best wishes for 2010!! 10 December 2009 We have one more clinic taking place on Sunday 13 December at Moreton Morrell, our last MM Clinic was very successful and well attended, it was great to see so many people on such a cold day! Moreton Morrell is a great venue and we will be holding small clinics there over the Christmas period. Keep an eye out for dates if you would like to join us. 22 November 2009 We have now updated our Horses for Sale page with some great horses that have recently become available. Vix has now started a new venture, selling Aloe Vera products that are very well known for being a great supplement and healing aid for horses and humans. I have launched a new website www.equinealoe.co.uk . If you would like to know more, please do not hesitate to contact me. We are also distributors for Professionals Choice Products. In addition to this, we are working closely with someone to make our own rug racks, saddle racks, saddle blanket and boot dryers, these items are available to anyone who would like them, a website will be available soon at zulucowboy.co.uk . Again, for more information, please do not hesitate to contact me at vix@equinealoe.co.uk 19 October 2009 Usually things slow down after the season but not this year. We have a number of two year olds in for starting which is fantastic. We have Ron and Ruth O'Reilly with us now, who have a number of horses for sale that Shane will be working on over the winter. Clinics dates are coming in thick and fast. We have 2 of our own clinics planned for 29 November and 13 December to be held at Moreton Morrell in the indoor arena. Dawn Emmerson plans to hold a clinic once a month with Shane in Northamptonshire and Amanda Moore is holding a clinic in the New Forest area 15 November. It is great that you are all keeping your horses going through the winter. For details of these clinics, either go to our clinics page or contact us. 29 September 2009 What a month!!! For the second year in a row Shane Borland and SES Smart Star are British Reining Year end High Point Open Reining Champions. They have had a fantastic year consistently scoring well at all the shows. Although Smart's year started late due to breeding, Shane has prepared her really well and has competed very consistently from start to finish. September has been busy, we started with the East Coast Quarter Horse Circuit Championship Show at Bodiam. Followed by the British Reining Championships, at Sovereign Quarter Horses and finally the AQHA-UK Breed Show also at Sovereign Quarter Horses. See our results page for full results from all of these shows. The season has now come to an end in the UK. Our aim is to now obtain our Riding Establishment Licence to be able to give lessons on our own horse and to also arrange some clinics through the winter. Please keep an eye on our clinics page for these dates and venues. When we were playing polocrosse, it was customary to thank our horses at the end of the tournaments, they work so hard and without them, we wouldn't be able to do this. Three cheers for the horses, hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray, hip hip hooray. May they have a well earned rest!!!! 13 September 2009 August was quiet with no AQHA or BR Shows. WES Championships took place at the end of August with Henrietta Campbell and Best Chex Yet representing BQH. The beginning of September saw Shane and Vix attending the East Coast Circuit Championship Show held at Bodiam. Shane finished the weekend with a fantastic run in the BR Open Reining on SES Smart Star and AQHA Senior Reining, resulting with the East Coast Circuit Champion 2009 Senior Reining Award. (ECQHC Results coming soon) 03 August 2009 Shane Borland took part in the CRI World Equestrian Games and FEI Masters Qualifier on Wednesday 22 July 09, which took place at The Garden of England Show, Bodiam, UK, representing South Africa. Partnering Shane was SES Smart Star, owned by Sheena Parfitt. Shane and Smart took part in the first ever FEI World Reining Championships in Manerbio, Italy in 2008. They have successfully achieved their first qualification for WEG 2010. This is the start of the qualification process, he hopes to attend a second CRI in Germany later in the year. They also competed in the British Reining Open classes achieving a second place and a win on the final day. 20 July 2009 A big thank you to Henrietta for updating our Results Page, I think it was just an excuse for her to brag about her own fantastic results. 15 July 2009 We have been busy showing recently, with Henrietta Campbell being her usual successful self with both Dewstow Major Tom and Best Chex Yet. Our next outing is The Garden of England Show starting Wednesday 22 July 09 with the CRI. Shane has been out and about giving lessons and clinics, he continues to be very popular as all these clinics are very well supported. We will be holding a clinic here soon but aware of peoples pockets and the shows that have been taking place, I have not wanted to organise too much. Hopefully August we will be able to put something on. Watch this space. 17 June 2009 Wow, what a weekend! Thank you very much to Ilan Rosenberg for travelling to BQH to shout at us all!!! The weather was fantastic and the atmosphere and company even better. We held a very successful clinic with Ilan this weekend attended by a number of different people, both spectating and taking part. Ilan really put us all through our paces and dragged the best out of everyone. Thank you to everyone who supported us and thank you Ilan for coming.
28 May 2009 We hosted some students from the University of Illinois yesterday. Unfortunately the great British weather was not too kind to us but Shane was able to give them a small demonstration on Ebby. They were in the UK touring round to various places having been to Moreton Morrell before us and going onto Ascot Park Polo Club and various other places after us, going home on the 2 June. I would like to thank them for their visit and I wish them luck for their remaining tour.
26 May 2009 We attended the ECQHC Show this weekend at Bodiam. Shane, Vix, Annalisa and Mary took part in the reining (see results page soon). Both Mary and Annalisa entered their first Rookie class, both doing a great job and really enjoying themselves. Well done to you both. We are holding a clinic on Saturday, the weather forecast is due to be good and we have a new people booked in to join us. See our clinics page for details. Spectators are more than welcome. We are holding a clinic with Ilan Rosenberg on 13 & 14 June. Ilan held a clinic with us last year in conjunction with Mendip Stud and it was a great success. We very much look forward to having Ilan and Niki with us. 07 May 2009 Our show season has kicked off to a great start. The British Reining Spring Show held at Sovereign Quarter Horses was a great success for us. See our Results page for full BQH results. Our clinics have been another great success with everyone leaving wanting to come back next time! That is always a good sign! Our next clinic will be held on Saturday 30 May, go to our Clinics page for full details. 24 March 2009 We are holding clinics at Borland Quarter Horses, please go to our clinics page for details. But keep an eye out for more dates. 26 February 2009 Our clinic on 14 March, to be held at the Unicorn Trust in Stow on the Wold is now full to participants but spectators are more than welcome. Don't miss this opportunity to come and spend some time with Shane Borland 2008 British Reining Open High Point Champion 2008 AQHA-UK Open Reining Champion 2008 AQHA-UK High Point Champion 2008 AQHA-UK Senior Reining Horse Championship 14 January 2009 We will be holding a British Reining supported Clinic on Saturday 14 March 2009 at the Unicorn Trust in Stow on the Wold. Please go to our clinics page for details. Can you believe the first show of the year starts in a couple of weeks? We will publish the show dates in due course. BR held their first UKCC Level 3 Final Assessment at the weekend. With huge thanks to Jonathon Vine Hall and his wife for the use of their beautiful guest house and arena. Pauline Brimson did a fantastic job to organise it all and the participants were great, very co-operative and very patient. We didn't know what was expected and everyone really pulled together to support one another and the assessors, who were just as in the dark. It was a great achievement. This was a pilot course run by British Reining, supported by the BEF. Congratulations go to: Mary Larcom, Pauline Bimson, Lee Rutter, David Deptford, Shane Borland, Jeannie March, Susie Anderson and Janet Burwood. They have completed the final assessment, they just need to finish off their portfolios now. 29 November 2008 Some of you have heard that we are due to move to Newmarket, due to circumstances out of our control, this venture has now fallen through but we are currently looking for alternative locations. 18 November 2008 We are holding a clinic on Saturday 13 December 2008 at the Sports Horse Centre, Ryton on Dunsmore, Coventry. Open to everyone of all levels. This clinic has been supported by British Reining. If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact us. 25 October 2008 A first for Borland Quarter Horses, on Monday 20th, we hosted our first Pony Club for a demonstration. With thanks to Anna Baxter of Mill House Riding School based in Leicestershire, she organised for her Pony Club group of kids to come to us for the day to watch and learn a bit about western riding. Shane explained all the tack and gear that we use and then demonstrated his moves on Missie and Chic. As far as I am aware, they enjoyed themselves, I didn't hear too much complaining so I think it went well! I would like to thank Anna and Jay for organising the event and we would certainly welcome any other Pony Club groups for any other Western demonstrations. 20 October 2008 This season has been a great one. With special thanks to Paul and Sheena Parfitt for keeping their new mare with us for Shane to compete SES Smart Star. It was a slow start while Shane and Smart got to know one another. They attended the 2 CRI events held at Bodiam this summer where they qualified for the FEI World Reining Championships in Manerbio, Italy and the FEI World Reining Masters Finals in Oklahoma City, USA, to represent South Africa. The WRC took place in mid September, we had fantastic support from a number of people and companies (see our links page) and we could not have done it without any of them. The Masters Finals will be taking place in December. We returned from Italy only to go straight onto the British Reining Championships, this was a tough ask for the little mare and Shane went into the final day of the show leading the BR Open. Unfortunately, things didn't go to plan on the night but Shane won the British Reining High Point Championship 2008. This was a great achievement for the two of them in their first year. Vix and Chic finished their 2008 season on a good note, achieving 3rd in the BR Green as Grass High Point, John Harman and Rio taking second in the BR Green as Grass High Point. From here, we then went straight into the AQHA UK Breed Show where Shane and Smart had qualified for the AQHA Open Reining. It was a fantastic end to the year, Shane won the AQHA UK Open Reining with an amazing score of 73.5. It really did finish off our year in great style. Please go to our results page for a full round up of the years results, although please bear with me while I get them all on there! 5 October 2008 After some time being away due to not having the required software to update the site, my husband fell out with the machine, we are now back on track and have so much to tell you! Keep watching this space for our news and we now have a results page where I will try and post everyones results from the season. 18 August 2008 Thank you to everyone who attended our BR Saddlers Sponsored Green as Grass/Rookie Reining Clinic. The rain held off just long enough for us to get 2 full days. Shane almost lost his voice and everyone was worked quite hard but I hope it was of benefit to all who attended. I would like to thank British Reining and the sponsorship from The Worshipful Company of Saddlers, it made it easier for the clinic to take place as costs to the participants were kept low. We would very much like to hold these clinics again in future and hope that we can get more people involved.
29 July 2008 Shane has qualified to take part in the World Reining Championships in Manerbio, Italy 13 - 14 September 2008. He qualified this weekend at The Garden of England show on SES Smart Star, owned by Sheena Parfitt. Other results from the show will be posted soon, but it was a great show that gave us all the opportunity to watch some of the Europeans show us how it is done. 16 July 2008 It has been some time since my last news posting, where has the time gone. We have attended a number of shows lately and everyone has been very successful. A results page will be available soon detailing our successes! Our next outting is to The Garden of England Show at Bodiam on Wednesday 23 to Monday 28 July. This will include 2 CRIs that Shane will be competing in, in order to try and qualify for the World Reining Championships in Italy and The World Reining Masters Finals in Oklahoma, USA. 26 May 2008 On 20 and 21 May, The Mendip Stud organised for Ilan Rosenberg to come to BQH to give a clinic. There were about 8 of us who took part and we all worked extremely hard, it was fantastic. I think Annalisa and Jimmy were pushed to their limits, this was evident when Annalisa eventually turned to Ilan and said ENOUGH!!!!! It was a great couple of days. Last weekend was the East Coast Quarter Horse Circuit Show held at SQH. Shane took SES Smart Star and Lenas Diamond Rio for the reining on the Friday. It was Shane and Rio's first outing together but both got on very well in the end! Shane and SES Smart Star were placed second in the All Ages Reining and the BR Open and first in the BR Limited and BR Intermediate Open Classes. Henrietta and Tommi attended their first AQHA Show, although I think it was a slow start they finished very well. Paul and Jane Carley also attended the show with Lil Blip of Blosser. Garden of England is taking place this coming weekend Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June. 13 May 2008 It has been a month since my last posting. I apologise for this, we have had 2 shows, the WES Area 9 held at SQH and QH2000 also held at SQH. Both shows being very successful. We were represented with 9 horses at QH2000, a great achievement for us and thank you to all our clients and supporters. Congratulations to John Harman and Lenas Diamond Rio on taking part in their first reining classes. John and Rio finished the weekend with a 3rd in the BR Green as Grass, well done John, onward and upwards! Our stud work has also now gotten under way. Checking was collected from last week and his first mare was Pendle Poppett owned by Ruth O'Reilly. His first baby has now foaled, out of Reminics Julie, a fantastic looking filly. 14 April 2008 The first British Reining Show of the year was held last weekend (12 & 13 April 2008) at Sovereign Quarter Horses in March, Cambridgeshire. Borland Quarter Horses was extremely well represented, taking 7 horses of varying levels. Congratulations to Annalisa Wallace for taking part in her first reining event, it may not have gone to plan but you have to start somewhere! Jo Wilde and Jays Award also went but did not enter any classes, but Jay was fantastic. Sons Sweet Chic and Jemma Davies were also there, again not taking part but Alfie was also fantastic and went extremely well. Vix and Sons Royal Chic entered the Green As Grass, scoring 67.5 and coming second and the Rookie, unfortunately scoring 0 due to not being able to count the spins!!! Mary Stephen's Shiney Par T Girl competed with Shane in the Snaffle Bit Reining, performing a fantastic pattern but unfortunately scoring 0 through no fault of their own. Sarah Nock's Skeet N Quik was also shown by Shane in the Snaffle Bit reining, Skeet also performed really well but also scored 0. Shane has not had a lot of time with these two 4 year olds and this show was used to get to know them, it has set a great bench mark for the rest of the year. Sheena Atkinson's Ses Smart Star was also entered, Sheena showed her on Saturday, also unfortunately scoring 0, Sheena can't count either!!! Shane then competed Smart on Sunday in the Open reining, having not had Smart for long, he experimented a little to find out where the buttons where, scoring a 68.5 in the Intermediate and Limited Open, this placed them 3rd in both. They were then given the opportunity to show again in the final class of the day the Open Reining, they scored a 71 winning the class. All parties were very happy with the results of the weekend and it is a great base for the rest of the year. Well done to everyone and a big thank you to British Reining and the Deptfords for a great show. 22 March 2008 We are now taking nominations for Checking for 2008. This is a fantastic stallion with great bloodlines and a brilliant temperament. His first crop of foals will be on the ground this coming season. We look forward to them. Checking is now AQHA Incentive Fund & German SSP Registered. Congratulations to Sheena Atkinson Parfitt on the purchase of her new mare SES Smart Star. A fantastic mare who will really take Sheena far. Congratulations to Annalisa Wallace on the purchase of Missin Silk Socks (Jimmy). This is Annalisa's first horse and we wish her all the luck for 2008. Congratulations to John Harman on the purchase of Lenas Diamond Rio (Rio). A fantastic little paint gelding who was placed 3rd at the European Paint Championships 2007. Congratulations to Sarah Nock on the purchase of Skeet N Quik. A lovely looking palamino gelding. These really are some great horse rider combinations who are really going to excel this year and keep the Rookie classes very competitive. 28 February 2008 Shane is getting really booked up for clinics for 2008 and at the moment we will not be able to arrange any more away clinics. However, when he is at home, he is very much available for giving lessons. 06 January 2008 Welcome to 2008, good luck and best wishes to everyone for the following season. |
