Rising stars dressage show prize
Dressage horse painting portrait tells the beautiful story of a young girl and her horse
October 3, 2003 two little fillies, 4 months old, were shipped from Saskatchewan on a cattle truck to BC. They were PMU foals purchased from a slaughter house for human consumption. Rescued from certain death they were introduced to Courtney on October 23 at a transition farm. They were heading to a home of an elderly couple who took pity on them. Huge eyes so full of fright, malnourished, skin rashes and numerous ailments, these two spindly babies were terrified to approach anything human. Courtney at three years old posed no immediate danger and would sit in the center of the stall with a flake of hay. Soon the babies were eating from her and she was able to start to touch them. The start of a wonderful journey. Moving onto a new home Beauty and her sister flourished. Life was good, square meals, loving attention, summer days rolling down the sawdust pile looking for mischief. Winter brought balls of fur, snow trenches with their muzzles, warming cold hands on their hot breaths. But they grew very fast. Beauty had spirit and excitement and they needed a larger home.
They went off to the island where Beauty was immediately removed from her sister; she went crazy and had a huge emotional breakdown which would take years for her to recover from. Almost instantly Beauty became very difficult and dangerous. An accident in her stall bars sent her to her new owner’s private home where she broke out and had an accident with a vehicle. Leaving her with a severe road rash and even more untrusting. She was renamed Nightmare and later on Shady Lady. Having no other choices she was placed back up for sale, the original owner Betty repurchased her and gave her to Courtney and her mother. She came home with a nasty mean strike, resulting in many bumps and bruises, lots of tears and even a broken arm for Courtney. Through perseverance and patience Courtney has managed to win back Beauty’s love.
Four years or so ago Courtney and Beauty came to love dressage. The mare’s natural abilities and will to try has started a wonderful road of success. For 2014 Courtney and Beauty have won several schooling shows and as well Championship titles for Touch of Class, Regionals, and Reserve at Heritage Finals, overall gold at Rising Stars and not to mention four gold medals at the BC summer games. Beauty sent Courtney off to Quebec for the inter provincials where Courtney brought home 2 silver medals for BC and received the 2014 Junior Athlete of the Year award.. Several Championships for 2015 at second level, Courtney and Beauty are climbing the ranks. Another Rising Star victory ended these 2015 season in style. They are working on third level/FEI this year with Rochelle Kilberg as coach to continue their rise to success. Trying hard to qualify for the North American's on their road to achievement.
Becoming the Overall Gold Champion at Rising Stars last two years was such a wonderful experience. The competition is packed with high level riders and horses. I never thought that I would be the overall winner and was surprised and overcome with emotion. Such a fantastic show run by dedicated staff and volunteers. A big thank you to everyone especially my talented coach Rochelle Kilberg and my awesome partner Beauty.
More about Rising Stars Dressage Show
Rising Stars Youth Dressage's mission is "to provide young riders, 21 and under, the opportunity to participate in a dressage competition that is exclusively their own, in an environment that provides a fair playing field for junior riders of different age groups wherein each will compete against his/her peer group at all levels of skill, from beginners to advanced."
To learn more visit their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rising-Stars-Youth-Dressage-Show
October 3, 2003 two little fillies, 4 months old, were shipped from Saskatchewan on a cattle truck to BC. They were PMU foals purchased from a slaughter house for human consumption. Rescued from certain death they were introduced to Courtney on October 23 at a transition farm. They were heading to a home of an elderly couple who took pity on them. Huge eyes so full of fright, malnourished, skin rashes and numerous ailments, these two spindly babies were terrified to approach anything human. Courtney at three years old posed no immediate danger and would sit in the center of the stall with a flake of hay. Soon the babies were eating from her and she was able to start to touch them. The start of a wonderful journey. Moving onto a new home Beauty and her sister flourished. Life was good, square meals, loving attention, summer days rolling down the sawdust pile looking for mischief. Winter brought balls of fur, snow trenches with their muzzles, warming cold hands on their hot breaths. But they grew very fast. Beauty had spirit and excitement and they needed a larger home.
They went off to the island where Beauty was immediately removed from her sister; she went crazy and had a huge emotional breakdown which would take years for her to recover from. Almost instantly Beauty became very difficult and dangerous. An accident in her stall bars sent her to her new owner’s private home where she broke out and had an accident with a vehicle. Leaving her with a severe road rash and even more untrusting. She was renamed Nightmare and later on Shady Lady. Having no other choices she was placed back up for sale, the original owner Betty repurchased her and gave her to Courtney and her mother. She came home with a nasty mean strike, resulting in many bumps and bruises, lots of tears and even a broken arm for Courtney. Through perseverance and patience Courtney has managed to win back Beauty’s love.
Four years or so ago Courtney and Beauty came to love dressage. The mare’s natural abilities and will to try has started a wonderful road of success. For 2014 Courtney and Beauty have won several schooling shows and as well Championship titles for Touch of Class, Regionals, and Reserve at Heritage Finals, overall gold at Rising Stars and not to mention four gold medals at the BC summer games. Beauty sent Courtney off to Quebec for the inter provincials where Courtney brought home 2 silver medals for BC and received the 2014 Junior Athlete of the Year award.. Several Championships for 2015 at second level, Courtney and Beauty are climbing the ranks. Another Rising Star victory ended these 2015 season in style. They are working on third level/FEI this year with Rochelle Kilberg as coach to continue their rise to success. Trying hard to qualify for the North American's on their road to achievement.
Becoming the Overall Gold Champion at Rising Stars last two years was such a wonderful experience. The competition is packed with high level riders and horses. I never thought that I would be the overall winner and was surprised and overcome with emotion. Such a fantastic show run by dedicated staff and volunteers. A big thank you to everyone especially my talented coach Rochelle Kilberg and my awesome partner Beauty.
More about Rising Stars Dressage Show
Rising Stars Youth Dressage's mission is "to provide young riders, 21 and under, the opportunity to participate in a dressage competition that is exclusively their own, in an environment that provides a fair playing field for junior riders of different age groups wherein each will compete against his/her peer group at all levels of skill, from beginners to advanced."
To learn more visit their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rising-Stars-Youth-Dressage-Show
