Arizona Sliders Reining Team - Western IEA Team

Next show coming up on April 11, 2021. This will be a double show and we have the following riders showing:
Kaci Rodriguez - Varsity Open
Olivia Felderhoff - Varsity Int
Aubree Leyva - Varsity Int
Tyson Gillette - JV Beginner
Eve Stadjuhar - Future Beginner
Hailey Price - Future Beginner

We are looking forward to completing our qualifications for regionals!

Pictured below is Ali Diegel who has done a phenomenal job starting our Beginner riders!

Care level...For leaders, the last sentence is the most important

Good read!

‘Let your child have a bad ride.
I know you want to protect them from the hardships of this world.
I know you want to give them success and good experiences.
I know you don't want to see them get hurt. To see them fall. To see them fail.
But, hear me out, let your child have a bad ride.

Let them cry the tears of frustration.
Let them shake the sand out from the inside of their riding pants.
Let them face the fear building inside of them.
Let them step back on again.

Yes, let your child have a bad ride.
Let them hate the horse that challenges them.
Let them learn what fight and passion and ambition mean.
Let them realize that when they refuse to quit the horse will take the time to listen.

Grant them the joy of realizing that they are connecting with another living being.
Grant them the joy of realizing that they, although they are small, can be powerful.
Grant them the joy of seeing their hard work pay off, through the days of tears can come a love unspeakable.

Yes, let your child have a bad ride.
Afterall, life will grant us plenty of them.’
By Sarah Crouse

Congratulations Ginia!

AzQHA awarded $10,000 in scholarship funds through an interview process on the last day of the Arizona Fall Championship. Thirty AzQHA Youth member scholarship applicants were asked a variety of questions about their current equine pursuits and their future ambitions. A panel of three judges interviewed the youth and were then tasked with selecting 10 of these exceptional students for awards of $1,000 each.

This year’s scholarship winners are:
Emily Jernigan
Alexis Tretschok
Bianca Juravlea
Erica Severson
Gabby Venezia
Bailey Schmidt
Morgan Farrell
Annika Kimery
Ginina McFarland
Quinn Eisenfeld

IEA Western National Finals is only 5 days away! Even if you can't make it to Oklahoma this year, you can still cheer on your friends and teammates with this year’s IEA Western Finals LIVE STREAM proudly sponsored by USEF. Watch from anywhere by following the instructions below:
1. Follow this link to set up a FREE USEF Fan Member account (if you already have a USEF account: log in and follow the live stream link attached to step 3)
https://members.usef.org/join-renew/fan-application…
1. Use PROMO CODE: ieawestern19
2. Once you have set up your account follow this link and log in to watch the live stream: https://www.usef.org/network/coverage/2019ieanationals/
3. Cheer on your IEA riders!

Here we go!

Team Horsemanship patterns for Regionals

Individual horsemanship patterns for Regionals

PATTERNS FOR SHOW A ON SUNDAY

Okay Team! We need a few more local horses for our show this weekend.... use your connections!

Friends, Supporters and Team Families:
We are hosting our next IEA show on January 20th.

We need the following:
1. More horses........we need to get a few more horses from local trainers to use at the show. If these horses are for sale we can have it announced and provide contact info to trainer.

2. Volunteers - we need an announcer, awards person, ring steward and horsemaster.

3. Horse handlers/riders - we need lots of these.

Please PM me or text me at 480-510-5365 to sign up.

Our team has been practicing hard! Our next show is January 20th here at Chaparosa Ranch.

Elizabeth Dawe good point earning ride yesterday!

Olivia Felderhoff & Kaylee Naylor strong point earning rides yesterday!

Kaci Rodriguez....1st place JV Novice Horsemanship!

Way to go Lauren Blumer...your first show with us and 1st place in horsemanship.

Congratulations Ben Balow...qualified for regional finals in reining in just 3 shows!

November Lessons!

The Arizona Sliders had our first IEA Show of the year yesterday, this is our 4th year having a team and we have a wonderful mix of new riders AND riders that have been here since the beginning.
I'm not sure that everyone realized how tough this competition can be......these kids get on horses that they don't know and don't get to warm up, then they head into the arena trying rise to the top of the class and earn their way to our National Finals at the NRHA Derby.
I'm so proud of Ben Balow and Kaylee Lynn Naylor yesterday, both of them drew horses in horsemanship that were not easy to get around and they both handled their horses with respect and they both appreciated the opportunity to step up their game. These two riders have both won national championships for our team in the past and I love how they have no sense of entitlement. Second year team member, Morgan Farrell was a rockstar yesterday, winning the JV Beginner Horsemanship. Morgan is getting more competitive with every ride! Kaci Rodriguez showed for our team for the first time yesterday and I couldn't be happier with how she handled herself, bringing home a 3rd in JV Novice Horsemanship.
In the middle school division, we welcomed back Olivia Britt Felderhoff to the team. Olivia Hartman showed off how much her riding and mental game has improved over the last year! We had first timer Aubree Karlee Leyva in the Future Novice Division and she looked great showing in both the Reining and Horsemanship. And last but not least, we welcomed Tyson Shannon TristonShannon Hilliker Gillette to our team and he did great bringing home a 3rd place in the Future Beginner Division.
The Arizona Sliders are hosting the next show on November 18th, if any of you have horses that you would be willing to lend us for the horse show it really helps these kids to ride new horses and not over use our current stock. Please PM me if you have something! This is the biggest challenge in putting on a horse show and we are extremely thankful to all of those folks that allow their horses to be used at the shows. We are especially thankful to those that donated horses to the Arizona Equestrian Team show yesterday hosted by Jessica Tozer Bein.

UPDATES:
September Lessons & Shows:
9/18 at 5:30pm
9/19 at 5:30pm
9/24 Fall Championship IEA Scholarship Show
9/29 at 5:30pm
9/30 First Show of the Season!
Message me to confirm lessons & shows you can attend!

UPDATES:
September Lessons & Shows:
9/18 at 5:30pm
9/19 at 5:30pm
9/24 Fall Championship IEA Scholarship Show
9/29 at 5:30pm
9/30 First Show of the Season!
Boost Post

Our newest team members, welcome Aubree and Tyson!
We need to spread the word and get our team filled, we have openings on both the High School and MIddle School teams!

Lesson Schedule for August & September:
8/5 at 9am
8/8 at 5:30pm
8/14 at 5:30pm
8/21 at 5:30pm
8/29 at 5;30pm

9/4 at 9:30am
9/18 at 5:30pm
9/26 at 5:30pm
9/29 at 5:30pm

9/30 First Show of the Season!

Saturday August 5th at 9am.
IEA Lesson
Be there!