Everyone had a great show ... and we were very proud!

Congrats to all our Area 3 NYATT and Area 3 youth exhibitors competing down at the prestigious All American Quarter Horse Congress! Congrats to Allyson Nicol and Ladies Secret Design in making the finals in the NYATT Horsemanship! Unfortunately Allyson missed the photo opportunity as she was actually riding her finals class... And congratulations to Emma Storey and Cruzing with Cash placing 8th in the Novice Youth 13 & Under Hunt Seat Equitation! Also congratulations to Alexandra Jackson, a rider from Ontario who made her start in Area 3. Alex showed Fashion Me Blue to a Congress Championship in the Youth 11 & Under Hunter Under Saddle and also for numerous Top Ten placings! Congrats to Just Zip By Me and Alex on being crowned the title of Reserve Congress Champion in the Youth 11 & Under Western Pleasure!

Area 3 Announces it's 2007 CONGRESS NYATT Representatives:
Congratulations & Good Luck at the Congress!!!

Jamie Chamberland
Decadent Detail
SHOWMANSHIP

Jamie shows her 6 year old bay gelding, Decadent Detail (Swish) in All Around events. In 2006, the pair had a great year. For Area 3, they were the Champions in Novice Youth Showmanship, Hunter Under Saddle and Hunt Seat Equitation, as well as Youth 14-18 Showmanship and Hunter Under Saddle. They were Reserve Champions in Youth Geldings 3 & Over and the Reserve High Point Novice Youth team. And to top it off, Jamie and Swish won the Reserve High Point Novice Youth award for Ontario. Jamie is lucky to have a mom who trains and coaches – Pat Chamberland, along with her cousin Kelly Simpson. The 16 year old is a grade 11 student at Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute where her favourite subject is gym. She plans to show until she attends college and hopes to enter the veterinarian technician program.

Kim Larsen
Mellow Kid
REINING

Kim has big horse plans – she wants to win the Quarter Horse Congress or Quarter Horse Worlds in Western Pleasure or Reining!!! and start showing in futurities next year on a futurity horse. The 16 year old also has big career goals – she hopes to go to university for business and law and graduate as a corporate lawyer – good thing her favourite subjects are law and math. The grade 12 student at Thomas A. Steward Secondary School has had a successful show season to date - with the help of trainer Bill Rinzema. At the Eastern Ontario Quarter Horse Association Summer Sizzler her 6 year old, sorrel gelding – Lopin Good Principle (Bernie) was the Circuit Champion in Senior Western Pleasure, Youth 14-18 Hunt Seat Equitation and Youth 14-18 Western Pleasure and Mellow Kid (Mellow), her 9 year old, palomino mare was the Open Reining Circuit Champion at Summerama.

Allyson Nicol
Ladies Secret Design
HORSEMANSHIP &
WESTERN PLEASURE

With the help of coach and trainer, Jodi Mallette – Allyson Nicol has had a very successful last couple of years of showing. Allyson’s horse is Ladies Secret Design (Fancy), a 6 year old chestnut mare. In 2006, she was the Area 3 High Point All Around Novice Youth and was Reserve Champion in Novice Youth Hunt Seat Equitation. This year, having graduated out of Novice (except for Trail), she has had a great season showing in Youth 14-18: Showmanship, Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, Horsemanship and Equitation. Allyson is 17 years old and is in grade 12 at Jean Vanier Catholic High School located in Collingwood. Her favourite subject is English. She plans to attend college when she graduates and although she has no definite plans for an area of study, she is leaning towards law. She does know though that she would like to continue showing!!!!

Elizabeth Willsey
Gone Bar Huntin
HUNTER UNDER SADDLE

You can't miss Elizabeth Willsey in the Novice Youth and Youth 14-18 classes with her striking 5 year old, grey gelding, Gone Bar Huntin (Bart). Bart was purchased for Liz after Summerama 2006 and with the help of Kelly Simpson and Pat Chamberland - from day one the two have been a winning pair. In fact, they placed Top Ten in 13 & Under Hunter Under Saddle at the 2006 Quarter Horse Congress, after only a short few months of working together. Liz is 15 years old and is in Grade 10 at Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute. She spends many hours working on becoming a better rider. Her future plans include going to university and to be successful in a career. She doesn't know exactly what that career will be, but she would like to work somewhere that involves horses or allows her the time and money to ride horses.

Emma Storey
Cruzing With Cash
SHOWMANSHIP

13 year old, Emma is realizing one of her goals this October – showing in Showmanship at the Quarter Horse Congress. AND placing in her strongest class would be an added bonus. Emma’s show partner, a gentle, sorrel, peppermint eating gelding named Cruzing with Cash (Cruz) is her best friend. The pair have won many awards at club shows and are winning their fair share of ribbons on the Area 3 Quarter Horse Circuit this summer in Youth 13 & Under and Novice Youth classes – thanks to the help of coaches Kelly Simpson and Pat Chamberland. Emma is proud to say that her sister, Katie was the Walk/Jog Champion at Summerama 2007 with Cruz. The grade 8 student at Marchmont Public School loves gym, but her best subject is math. Basketball is one of Emma’s favourite hobbies and she knows what she wants to do – play high school basketball, then university basketball, then the Women’s National Basketball Association. She says she will always continue to ride though and hopes to own her own ranch.

Stephanie Willsey
Covered In Stars
HORSEMANSHIP

Stephanie is 14 years and is entering her first year of high school at Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute. Under the guidance of Kelly Simpson and Pat Chamberland, Steph plans to further develop her riding skills. In the future, she hopes to become a vet and later a horse show judge. She shows Covered In Stars (Slippery), a 9 year old, chestnut mare. You will know Steph in the show ring because she always wears a big smile – she loves showing Slippery. Steph and Slippery placed Top Ten at the 2005 Quarter Horse Congress in Novice Youth Hunt Seat Equitation and the pair were also finalists in Youth 11 & Under Hunt Seat Equitation.

Mackenzie Harvey
EBG Certainly
WESTERN PLEASURE &
HUNTER UNDER SADDLE

MacKenzie is an honour roll student at Mentor College and when she graduates in spring 2008, she plans to attend university for animal sciences and business. Her favourite subjects are law and biology. Kenz has had an amazing show career winning MANY AQHA All Around awards with a number of great quarter horses. She has an AQHA Youth Championship with Zip Do It and in 2004 she was the Champion High Point All Around Youth 13 & Under for Ontario and Area 3 showing Biento Pete. Her current show horse is EBG Certainly (Bosco), a 5 year old bay gelding. You couldn’t ask for a better all around horse than Bosco. Under the guidance of Jodi Mallette, the pair compete successfully in Showmanship, Western Pleasure, Hunter Under Saddle, Western Horsemanship, Hunt Seat Equitation and Trail. The highlight of Kenz’s 2007 show season has been her trip to the Region 4 Experience where she placed: 4th in Youth Trail 14-18, 4th in Novice Youth Trail, 5th in Youth Horsemanship 14-18, 6th in Youth Western Pleasure 14-18 and 9th in Youth Hunt Seat Equitation 14-18. Her future horse goals include showing in the U.S. and qualifying for the Youth Worlds