Building Complete!

We are thrilled that construction of our indoor arena and barn is complete! Students, boarders, Tara & Derek are enjoying the new facility. Our dream project is now reality. Stop by anytime.

Howdy from Cloud 9 Ranch 2013-5 October 17, 2013 Box 20232 Steinbach, MB R5G1R7 Ph 204-346-9809 tara@cloud9ranch.ca

Open House a Success!

September 28th we served about 300 guests for dinner and many others came just to see the facility. Thank you Kathy Nykorak and Pioneer Catering for donating the baked beans and coleslaw that was served with pulled pork and baked potatoes.

Michelle Peters made this beau-tiful and delicious cake for us.

Quinton Blair kept us dancing all night. and the massage chairs were “life chang-ing.” It was a real fun night with friends and fam-ily!

Thank you Sponsors

RED RIBBON $750

Landmark Feeds

Wizer Buildings

Reimer Overhead Doors

BLUE RIBBON $500

Connie’s Equine Services

Masterfeeds

Fairway Ford

EMF Animal Nutrition

WHITE RIBBON $250

TNM Promotions

BAM Bio Agri Mix

Southeastern Farm Equipment

South-east Vet Clinic

Friesen Hauling

YELLOW RIBBON $150

Miguel Lambert Farrier

Chabot Implements

Yvette Reimer

Lumber Zone

Diamond Construction

Eric Feilberg

One Insurance Group

GREEN RIBBON $100

PKBW Group—Chartered Accountants

HyLife

K.K. Penner Tire

Eva from Germany

We were blessed to have Eva from Germany live with us for the month of September. She was looking for a Canadian horse place to improve her English lan-guage and a mutual friend thought we would be suitable. Eva was a huge asset! She spent a lot of time painting and varnish-ing and doing chores. We took her to a few shows in which she competed in. This was her first time riding western and first time showing.

She also golfed, fished, tubed, drove a boat and ate poutine for the first time!

She loved to eat Derek’s fried pickerel. We hope she’ll come back to visit us.

Open Farm Day

On Sunday September 15th we opened our facility to the pub-lic as part of MB Agriculture’s Open Farm Day. Students rode from 2-6 pm while about 150 visitors toured the facility and asked questions. We look for-ward to hosting again next year! Check us out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR71e6pQhMY or search Cloud 9 Ranch

Fall Lessons

We’ve completed week 5 of 10 in our fall riding session. Nearly 50 students bless us weekly with their enthusiasm, smiles, laughter, eagerness to ride and respect for the horses!

I, Tara, broke some ribs on Monday and so Alyssa Kibsey, my assistant instructor, has been covering for me and will continue to do so until I am able to teach again. I hope it is next week but may not be all groups right away. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Swimming

The extreme heat of summer gave us an excuse to go swim-ming again this year in our dug out. Always a blast!

Boarding Available

Boarding available on a monthly basis, prices effective immediately. Plus GST. Indoor boarders guaran-teed one locker per horse. Lockers included in outdoor board depend-ing on availability. Boarders receive unlimited use of the indoor arena, except during lesson times which are posted in the barn.

Introductory Pricing

Outdoor board/group turnout $275

Above for horse in lessons here $250

Outdoor board/private turnout $350

Indoor 10x12/group turnout $425

Indoor 10x12/private turnout $450

Indoor 12x12/group turnout $460

Indoor 12x12/private turnout $495

Training—outdoor turnout $700

Training-indoor stall $850

Horses entering premises for boarding must have been de-wormed in last 6 months and must be UTD with vaccinations. Proof may be required.

Every person riding a horse on our property MUST sign a waiver. They are on the clipboard in the classroom. Every person under 18 MUST wear an approved helmet.

When not being used, the indoor arena is available to ride in by out-side horses for $10 per ride. Please confirm with Tara or with calendar that arena is available.

Do not mix outside horses with the Cloud 9 herd and do not use our buckets or feeders in order to keep the spread of disease to a minimum. Horses with a runny nose or coughing are to refrain from entering our premises.

Southern Tour Shows

Cloud 9 Ranch hosted Day 1 of the Southern Tour inaugural horse show on August 31st. We had 82 horse/rider combinations. Classes offered ranged from Hal-ter to Jumping, Trail and Barrel Racing. Several students and cli-ents of Cloud 9 Ranch exhibited and made us proud.

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Upcoming Events

October 25-26 MB 50/50 Futurity –Alanna showing Stomp

November 1-2 ND 50/50 Futurity - Scott showing Lexi for Tara

November 8-12 CHA Instructor Certification Clinic by Tara in San-ford

November 9 CWHA AGM and Awards Banquet

Winter Riding Lessons

Winter Riding Lessons begin Feb-ruary 17th for 8 weeks. Sign up by January 15th. Earlier is better!

Specify 1. Age 2. Riding Level 3. Which days work for you (no Sun-days) 4. How early you can get to the lesson 5. Group, semi or private lessons 6. Preference with whom you wish to ride with.

Prices remain the same at Group $40/2 hr lesson, Semi Private $50/1 hr, Private $40/30 minutes, $50/45 minutes and $60/hr. Plus GST.

Winkler Fair

On August 9-10th Eva, Alanna, Tasha, Sahya and myself showed 6 horses at Winkler Fair. Lexi was Reserve Grand Champion Halter Horse and won a blanket. This was Sahya’s last show here before mov-ing to Alberta. Once there is a place prepared for horses, Freedom will join them.

Testimonials Please

Thank you to those who have sent theirs in already. I would

really appreciate more testimoni-als to include on our website. Many new clients find me on

line so testimonials would help to instill confidence in what we have to offer. Please send your testimonials to me. If you met

someone on the street and they asked where they should take

lessons or have a horse trained, why would you tell them to

come to us? Include your name if you would like it included.

Include what activities you have been involved with at Cloud 9 Ranch i.e. lessons, shows, vault-ing, training, etc., age and for

how long.

I really appreciate your support.

Leasing

Some of our horses are now available for Lease on a monthly basis for $150 + gst. This entitles you to spend 3—2 hour sessions with the horse a week. We cover all expenses. Jackson, Arnie, Blair and Sonny are available. A maximum of 2 leases per horse at one time and a schedule will be made to prevent over lapping.

Pictures Please!

We really appreciate you sharing photos that you take during Cloud 9 Ranch activities so that we can post them on our website or at least have them as memo-ries for our selves. Thank You!

Show Results

August 31-September 2nd Tara showed Lexi (Chipped N Rich) on the Southern Tour to win the Champion 2 Year Old Superhorse Blanket donated by Stone Creek Western Shop.

September 7-8th Tara showed Raj

(Skip That Invitation) at the AQHA show and MRCHBA Fu-turity in Brandon to win his Futu-rity Halter class and 3rd in Lunge Line. Lexi was 3rd in her Western Pleasure Futurity Class.

October 12-14th Tara and Alanna showed Stomp (SQ Blue Ring) and Lexi at the AQHA show in Brandon. This was Alanna’s 1st QH show and Stomp’s 1st indoor show and 1st time doing show-manship and English. The pair learned a lot and are becoming a team with hard work! Stomp earned his 1st .5 AQHA Halter pt.

CWHA Year End Awards

Celebrate with us November 9th at Cooks Creek Hall. The Loewen and Lamoureux families as well as Alanna, Kathy, Olivia and Tara will be receiving awards. AGM at 5:00, Cocktails 6:30 and Turkey dinner at 7:00 with awards to fol-low. Contact Tara for tickets $20 Adults, $10 6-10 yrs, under 5 Free.

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Attention Boarders &

Students!!!!!

With our new facility and the extra traffic, please do your part to keep our yard clean and functional. Re-member to leave the yard the way you found it. Pick manure, leave doors as you found them (all doors into barn need to be closed to keep heat in), replace tack in my tack-room, pick up garbage outside, close gates securely, etc. My tack-room will be locked when I am not using it SO purchase whatever sup-plies you need as you will no longer be able to borrow them. I suggest boarders lock their tack lockers. Please inform me which locker number is yours.

New Horse Owners

Congratulations to the Lamoureux family on their purchase of Jack, renamed Zack. He is a 19 year old AQHA Sorrel Show Gelding that is super slow and will help Kiera, Quinn and Linda in the show ring next year.

The Giesbrecht family now own two horses, Maverick and Zarra for Priscilla and TJ and all their friends to enjoy. Maverick is an 18 yr old AQHA gelding for barrel racing and jumping while Zarra is a 15 yr old Appaloosa Mare that was shown but is for pleasure riding.

We were pleased to be able to help find these quiet, broke, gentle horses for these families! We are always willing to help others find the right horse for them.

Day Camp

August 19-23rd we held Day Camp here. Georgia Jowett as-sisted Tara as campers rode bare-back, swam in dugout, painted horses, made treats, rode speed events and trail, vaulted and

much more. Their musical ride performance brought Tara tears.

Congrats Derek

Derek has had a great first year in the cutting pen on Ellie (Nurse Ellard) often scoring 70+ and winning a few classes. So proud of you!