WHERE ARE THEY NOW

We are happy to report on the progress of our wonderful CanAm Sport Horses and what they are doing now. Please e mail us with your story of your CanAm Sport Horse. Here are a few.

CanAm Sport Horse Update

 








 

CanAm Sport Horses Impressive in Manitoba Young Horse Championships at

2011 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair

 Congratulations to two CanAm Sport Horses, Skye III and Geo, who turned in notable efforts in the 2011 Manitoba Young Horse Championships, Four and Five Year Old Divisions, at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair held at the Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba.  As a bonus, each picked up $500.00 in cash awards for being the CanAm Sport Horse high point earner in the Young Horse Championship divisions.  They were also the high point Canadian-bred Sport Horse (CSHA) in their respective divisions, receiving breeder plaques for this distinction.

The Young Horse Championships are designed to showcase young Manitoba-bred horses. Competition consists of four classes: conformation, hunter, jumper and dressage. Points are awarded for each class and the horse accumulating the most points is declared Champion.

This was the first year at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair that CanAm Sport Horses were eligible to win $500.00 for accumulating the most points in each division of the Young Horse Championships.  The awards were sponsored by the North American Equine Ranching Information Council (NAERIC) as a way to promote and reward NAERIC registered sport horses, also known as CanAm Sport Horses, when competing in these highly regarded classes.

 Skye was Reserve Champion in the Young Horse Competition Four-Year-Old Division, including a second placing in three classes, the Pre-children’s & Adult Amateur Hunter Over Fences Stake, winning a $75.00 prize; Young Horse Hunter Suitability Four-Year-Old Class, and Young Horse Jumper Suitability Four-Year-Old Class.   Geo was Reserve Champion in the Young Horse Show Hack Class for Five-Year-Olds.

 Four-year-old CanAm Sport Horse Skye is by the Hanoverian stallion Samual and out of the Thoroughbred-Percheron crossbred mare, Lenore. She was bred by Ravine Ranch Sport Horses, Deb & Doug King and Sons, Lenore, Manitoba.  Skye is a sale graduate of the 2007 CanAm Sport Horse Sale and Futurity held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky, and is owned by Cynthia Kulczycki of Dugald, Manitoba.  Skye also won the $3,500 CanAm Sport Horse Futurity in which all sale weanlings were eligible to compete. 

 Geo is a five-year-old CanAm Sport Horse sired by registered Hanoverian stallion Gringo and is out of a registered appendix Quarter Horse mare, Map Easy Delight.  He is owned by Samantha Harland of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, and is another home bred of Ravine Ranch Sport Horses.

 In addition to their cash prize winnings, Skye and Geo both are also eligible to win award money through the NAERIC Advantage® an incentive program that rewards horses bred by NAERIC member ranchers when they compete successfully at approved events.

 More than 48,000 horses are registered with NAERIC so far and are eligible to earn NAERIC Advantage ® rewards. NAERIC horse owners, participating in NAERIC approved events, have received over $2,900,000.00 since 1998. Does your horse qualify for NAERIC Advantage ® money? Search for NAERIC registered horses and find out more about the NAERIC Advantage® on the NAERIC web site at www.naeric.org.

 

CanAm Sport Horse Doc

Enjoys Multiple Championship Season

Doc, a seven-year-old CanAm Sport Horse owned by Kathy Schneider, California, has won multiple Championships on the California circuit.  The 17.2 hand ¾ Thoroughbred – ¼ Percheron is sired by the registered Thoroughbred stallion Hopkins Forest.

Doc started off his winning 2008 season at Rancho Murieta, CA, with a Reserve Championship in the 2’9” jumper division.  He followed that up with a Level I Jumper Championship at the Golden Gate Horse Show, Sacramento in May.  In June at the Pebble Beech Classic I, Doc was Champion Pre Adult Amateur Jumper and Reserve Champion Low Adult Amateur Jumper.  Doc most recently won another Level 1 Championship at the Pickwick Fall Classic in Elk Creek, CA, in September.

Ms. Schneider, very pleased with Doc’s efforts, said, “What can I say?  CanAm Sport Horses make excellent amateur mounts because of their temperament while they don’t sacrifice athletic ability.”

 

CanAm Sport Horse Kalan

Kalan, a four-year-old CanAm Sport Horse, has been a model of consistency in his recent show record.  2008 accomplishments include:

  • Milner Downs Summer Classic II, British Columbia – Second place every class; Reserve Champion Baby Green Hunter
  • Evergreen Classic (AA Rated), Carnation, Washington – Ribbons in every class over fences; Four and Five-Year-Old-Hunter
  • British Columbia Sport Horse Fall Show – Top ribbons in Young Horse and Junior Rider Divisions; Hunter Under Saddle and English Pleasure
  • BCHJA Championships, British Columbia – Ribbons in every class; Baby Green Hunter and Young Hunter Stake

Kalan is sired by the registered Thoroughbred stallion Expect Greatness and out of a cross-bred Percheron mare.  Bred by Cancade Farms, Kennedy, Saskatchewan, Kalan is currently owned by Pat DuMont, Aldergrove, British Columbia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CanAm Sport Horse Super Seven Wins

2008 Manitoba Young Horse Championship

October 2008 -- Four-year-old CanAm Sport Horse Super Seven, owned by Dorsch Farms and ridden by Don Dorsch, won the four-year-old division of the Manitoba Young Horse Championships held during the 2008 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. Super Seven, bred by Ravine Ranch Sport Horses, was sired by Samual, a registered Hanoverian, and is out of Hurry Hussy, a registered Thoroughbred.

The Young Horse Championships are designed to showcase young Manitoba-bred horses. Competition consists of four classes: conformation, hunter, jumper and dressage. Points are awarded for each class and the horse accumulating the most points is declared Champion.

In addition to the cash prize awards for each class, Super Seven, registered with NAERIC, collected additional money from the NAERIC Advantage® rewards program. For more information about NAERIC and the NAERIC Advantage, please visit www.naeric.org.

Super Seven’s List of 2008 Accomplishments:

  • 2008 Manitoba-bred Four-Year-Old Grand Champion Warmblood - Royal Manitoba Winter Fair (A-rated show)
  • 2008 2'9" Hunter Grand Champion - Royal Manitoba Winter Fair (A-rated show)
  • 2008 Open Low Hunter Grand Champion - Heart of the Continent Show (A-rated show)
  • 2008 2'9" Hunter Reserve Grand Champion- Heart of the Continent Show (A-rated show)
  • 2008 Hunter Classic Champion- Heart of the Continent Show (A-rated show)
  • 2008 2'9" Hunter Grand Champion - Summer Fair – Brandon, Manitoba
  • 2008 Open Low Hunter Grand Champion- Summer Fair – Brandon, Manitoba

 

CanAm Sport Horse Sashay

 
 

Owned by Janene Gerling and presented by Hans Gerling, the CanAm Sport Horse filly Sashay (“Saphire”) won the two-year-old division of the Future Event Horse classes with a score of 76.2.  Sashay was bred by Ravine Ranch Sport Horses, owned and operated by Doug and Deb King, Lenore, Manitoba, Canada.  She is sired by the Hanoverian stallion Samual by Simply SM, both successful competition stallions, and is out of Nina by Novalis.

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She won the 2007 USA Future Event Horse Champion (2 yr. old filly division). The final Future Event Horse Competition took place at Morven Park Leesburg, Virginia last fall. She now stands 16.3 hands.

Sashay scored an 8 for conformation and stands 16.2 hands.  Future event horses are judged on conformation and must allow for it to stand up to a career that will consist of training, competition and performance at the upper levels of the sport of eventing.

 

Back-to-Back Wins for CanAm Sport Horse

Cancade’s Saskatchewan

 

CHAMPION YEARLING
GRAND CHAMPION BEST YOUNG HORSE
first time shown at the
Midstates Summerfest
June 13-17, 2007

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CHAMPION YEARLING
GRAND CHAMPION BEST YOUNG HORSE
Midstates Summer Horse Show
June 20-24, 2007

(July, 2007 --Louisville, KY)  A yearling CanAm Sport Horse with the unlikely name Cancade’s Saskatchewan dominated the hunter breeding classes at the Midstates Horse Shows in Mason City, Iowa.  At the Midstates Summerfest, June 13 – 17, 2007, her first time shown, she won the yearling class and went on to be named Best Young Horse.  Then, at the Midstates Summer Horse Show, June 20 – 24, 2007 she did it again! 

Hunter breeding classes are for yearlings, two and three- year-olds.  They are to walk and jog and are judged on conformation, way of moving, quality, substance, soundness and suitability to become hunters. 

Cancade’s Saskatchewan,  aka “Sassy” is owned by Melissa Mihalevich Whippoorwill Ridge Farm, Kirksville, Missouri,  and bred by, as her name implies, Cancade Farms, Lloyd and Melanie Cancade, Kennedy, Saskatchewan, Canada.   She is a yearling gray filly standing 15.2 (and growing) sired by the  Cancade’s Thoroughbred stallion,  Proven Jade. 

Melissa says, “For a yearling she is absolutely correct and growing up perfect.  She is very intelligent and her world revolves around pleasing me.”  Melissa, a breeder of Warmbloods and Thoroughbreds for 25 years, purchased Sassy at public auction.  She has been a professional horse trainer for 37 years and is former World Cup Grand Prix rider coached by the legendary Jimmy Williams.

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Sassy  wins Best Young Horse at St. Louis Festival II, July 11 – 15, 2007, St Louis, Missouri. 

About CanAm Sport Horses 

CanAm Sport Horses® is a program of the North American Equine Ranching Information Council (NAERIC).   CanAm Sport Horses®, blending  quality with affordable prices, are produced by crossing predominantly draft-cross mares with Thoroughbred stallions that meet the needs of sport horse enthusiasts from the show ring, to the hunt field, even recreational riding.  With their exceptional disposition, durability, athleticism, versatility and color, CanAm Sport Horse® may be registered with both NAERIC and the Performance Horse Registry.   Visit www.canamsporthorses.com for complete information.

CanAm Sport Horse, M-S Reddy Fox, Qualifies for

 Young Event Horse Series Championship

  

CanAm Sport Horse, M-S Reddy Fox,  is the first four-year-old in the United States to qualify for the USEA/Spalding Lab Championships to be held in conjunction with the Wellpride American Eventing Championships, September 13-16, 2007, at the Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois.

 

M-S Reddy Fox, a.k.a., Foxy, was the only four-year-old to break the 70 percent mark, which is the score necessary (two total) to qualify for the Series championships, in winning the Waredeca Horse Trials on June 1, 2007/

 

Owned by Rosemarie Merle-Smith of Virginia Field Hunters in Trevilians, Virginia, and ridden by daughter Nicolette, Foxy stood out with his unique snowflake Appaloosa blanket coloring.  Merle-Smith purchased Foxy on a trip to Saskatchewan when he was a weanling.

 

The flashy gelding shows promise as both a foxhunter and eventer. "Foxy is a very laid back gelding with superior manners,” says Merle-Smith. “He has just enough "spook" that he jumps very carefully. I really can't fault him. He hacks out quietly by himself but doesn't mind crowds either when he has foxhunted. He has only been ridden by family members and never by a “professional.”

 

Young Event Horse classes are designed toward education and preparation in a progressive manner. Youngsters are asked to complete three sections: Conformation and Type; Dressage; Jumping/Suitability and Potential. The ultimate goal of the Young Event Horse Series is to choose the youngster that possesses the talent and mind set, and who with proper training, will excel in the uppermost levels of the eventing world.

 

A Great Show Season for Ms. Moneypenny

 

November 15, 2005 – Talented show jumper and CanAm Sport Horse Ms. Moneypenny, has enjoyed much success throughout the 2005 show season.  Sired by CanAm Sport Horse sire Expect Greatness, Ms. Moneypenny is owned by Bill and Diane Nunn, operators of Sky Rock Farm, Hamel, Minnesota, and is ridden by Diane.

 

Ms. Moneypenny’s 2005 show results include: Reserve Champion Level 5 Jumper, Midstate Spring Show; Champion Level 5 Jumper, MHJA Show; Champion Level 6 Jumper, Midstates Summerfest; Champion Level 6 Jumper, Midstates Summer Show; and Reserve Champion Level 6 Jumper, Alpine Animal Humane Society Show.  She also placed 2nd in the Heart of the Continent Grand Prix, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

 

Thoroughbred sire Expect Greatness is an own son of the great Raise A Native and grandson of Native Dancer, a popular hunter, dressage and eventing bloodline.  He stands at Cancade Farms, Kennedy, Saskatchewan, Canada and sired 15 CanAm Sport Horse foals in 2005.

 

Expect Greatness is also the sire of Dynex—Preliminary Three-Day Event Champion of Canada in 1999, and named to the Canadian Eventing Team in 2000.

 

 

Three 2005 First Level Championships for Victoria’s Secret
 

October 20, 2005 --Victoria’s Secret (a.k.a. Vicky), owned by Margaret Curtis of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, won three First Level Championships in 2005.  The six-year-old 3/4 Thoroughbred - 1/4 Clydesdale CanAm Sport Horse was born Regent's Minny, sired by the Thoroughbred stallion Southern Regent. The dark bay mare "has opened a whole new side to riding," says Margaret.  "My previous horse turned out to be physically limited for what I needed to compete in dressage."

 

Victoria's Secret also placed at both the 2004 and 2005 Alberta Provincial Dressage Championships. Vicky is currently schooling Second Level for the 2006 competition season. Margaret adds that Vicky jumps a little as well, demonstrating the versatility of the CanAm Sport Horse.
 

 

Artworks Wins Pre-Adult Equitation Championship at Langley, B.C.
Summer Festival 


(October 1, 2005) CanAm Sport Horse Artworks, owned by Pat DuMont of Aldergrove, British Columbia, Canada, carried his rider Kristin Hunsberger to the Pre-Adult Equitation Championship at the Summer Festival, held at the Thunderbird Show Park, Langley, British Columbia, from August 24-28, 2005.

 During the summer of 2000, Pat flew to Alberta to look at “Art” after having considerable success with a filly by the same sire named Celtic Dream.  As a three-year-old in 2000, Celtic Dream had won the Hunter Filly Class at the B.C. Breeders Classic. In 2004, Celtic Dream was Reserve Champion Level 1 Jumper at the Thunderbird Show Park.

Artworks, now a five-year-old, was also Reserve Champion Pre-Adult Hunter at The West Coast Classic in June 2005 and Reserve Champion Pre-Adult Equitation at Thunderbird Show Park Spring Classic in May 2005.