… Samuelle and Havoc weren't able to properly train/jump for about a month due to weather in Indy this winter with no suitable indoor arena, prior to the clinic, so we decided we might as well maximize the haul to Florida and add a « training show » up front the USHJA Gold Star Clinic at WEC Ocala… An opportunity to practice their distances and strides in bigger arenas and longer courses. At home they can only open the gallop up to about 5 open strides as opposed to 10 to 20 open strides in WEC's grand arenas before a jump!
They ended up doing amazing together at the clinic and learned so much!
Check out Samuelle & Malacrianza's final 1.10m course at the Gold Star Clinic with trainer Nicki Shanianian-Simpson.
First time in Ocala, Florida for both Samuelle & Malacrianza! It wasn't as warm as we imagined Florida to be (with record freezing temperatures,) but the experience sure was worth the haul! Qualifying as a wild card for the clinic was a true gift of growth to the team.
Samuelle (14y/o) & Malacrianza (OTTB) venture out to WEC Ocala for the first time having qualified for USHJA’s Gold Star Clinic 🌟 as a wild card! Samuelle has spent their whole first season teaching him additional gears to his previous "one speed motor"! That and all the other new buttons needed for the jumper ring! He LOVES his new job! He is so eager to being able to jump these jumps with his beloved human…
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Samuelle W Leerkamp