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SHOW NEWS August 2011
Canadian
Nationals in Red Deer
8-24-2011
Canadian Nationals Results
2011 Canadian National
Champion in Open 2 yr old
Stallions with Aaron Hall
2011 Canadian National Champion
in Amateur 2 and under Stallions
2011 Unanimous Open
Yearling Mare
May 16th 2011
We are DISPERSING OF ALL OUR
PAINTS..... ALL priced under
$1500 ~ no REASONABLE offer
refused!!!
Dec 30th 2010
Not quite sure where to start
this…ESSAY!!
Ok, first to bring things up to
date I guess.
July was a pretty busy month
around here with getting the
halter horses fit up and ready
for Canadian Nationals. Miss
Sara Plourde spent the better
part of the summer out here
learning how to fit up the
halter horses as well as getting
some miles on some of the green
broke horses. I’m sure that by
the end of the summer, if she
thought her folks wouldn’t have
noticed Layne in her bedroom, he
would have gone home with her.
LOL July saw a close to breeding
season, and mares being sorted
back into their appropriate
pastures. Mare with foals that
were not bred back, were sent
out on to the alfalfa field.
Lookin N Touchin (Alley) was
still being treated for
pneumonia, and although not out
of the woods, she was beginning
to improve slowly by the end of
the month. Shes Lookin To Score
(Susie) and Girls Gone Solo
(Solo) were brought in and
weaned the end of July, as Susie
was to begin getting fit on, and
Solo had a cut on her hind leg
that needed to be doctored.
August was full of excitement,
anticipation, and HUGE
disappointment as well. The day
before we were to leave for
Canadian National, the girl we
had made arrangements with
months in advance to “ranch sit”
cancelled at 11 o’clock at night
with no real explanation!!
Needless to say, on such short
notice there was no way to make
other arrangements. Since plans
had been in place for Jenni and
Jason to take that week off to
visit with Jason’s Family that
was up from Oklahoma and
Missouri – there was NO way I
was pulling them home!! So,
although we made it closer to
Nationals this year then last,
we still didn’t make it!
Needless to say, the “friend”
short list just got shorter. We
(Shaunna, Sara and Myself) did
manage to have a few riding
lessons out here at the ranch
with Cal Jackson. I know that we
all enjoyed the lessons, and I
personally learned A LOT!! There
were a great many things that I
had been taught that were
completely bass ackwards to the
way things are done now. I know
that I am very thankful to Cal
for showing me the mistakes of
my past instructor, and I look
forward to many more lessons
from Cal in the New Year!!
September
saw us make the SQHA show in
Moose Jaw. Picka Layne Fella
(Layne), and Lookin Forsum Touch
(Woody) both had a really great
showing for their first time off
the ranch! Layne stood well, and
I received some really positive
comments/feedback from the
judges. Woody was first under
both judges in both his classes,
and although he placed we need a
little more work away from home
so that he pays a little more
attention to me then his
surroundings. All in all it was
a good showing for the boys, and
I couldn’t have been happier!!
Miss Susie unfortunately didn’t
make her show debut due to her
mommy (me) getting a bit carried
away with the clippers!! Lol
There was no way that I was
giving her a body cut that was
the closeness required for
surgery 2 days before the
show!!! OOPS!!! Hindsight being
20/20 I should have taken her,
as Susie would have done well.
We came home from the show on
Monday to find the house filled
with black toxic smoke, and
Jenni/Jason and Atli hanging out
in the barn. Apparently the hot
water heater had caught on fire
filling the entire house with
toxic smoke/fumes! I’m very
thankful that they were home
when it happened, and that
thanks to Jason’s quick
thinking, the fire was kept to
the laundry room!! Everyone is
safe and sound, and we still
have a house to live in!! lol
Unfortunately due to the
surprise fire we had to purchase
a new hot water heater, and a
new washing machine on the 15th
of September which completely
drained the bank account of the
extra funds saved up to go to
the Region Two Experience in
Rapid City, SD. Then, as if
enough things hadn’t hindered
us, the alternator decided to
die in the 2007 F350 leaving me
stranded just outside of Moose
Jaw! I called Kyla on her cell,
and she cut her last class REAL
short to drive the hour and a
half from Assiniboia to Moose
Jaw to come rescue her mommy
from Moose Jaw Ford!! Thanks
Kiddo!
October….yes, the month of
October started off the way that
September ended!! October 4th –
Trevor and Jason were gone on a
trip to Portal, ND to meet and
pilot a semi from there to
Regina when Trevor gets a call
from the Regina RCMP just after
9 am letting him know that they
have recovered his 2007
F350….strange, since Moose Jaw
Ford is open at 7 am, and no one
from there has called!! Needless
to say, the truck was indeed
stolen; Trevor was the one to
call Moose Jaw Ford to let them
know what had happened to the
truck!! Nice!! Anyways, we
FINALLY got the truck back the
18th of December, and as we
speak are still fighting with
Moose Jaw Ford and their
Insurance in regards to the
truck. I must say, that I
personally am EXTREMELY
disappointed in the management
at Moose Jaw Ford and how they
have chosen to handle (or lack
there of) this entire situation!
Ford Canada should be appalled
by the way this dealership
conducts business!! Anyways,
enough of the rant. October also
saw Not Yella But Mella in the
barn due to a kick from another
mare that lacerated her vulva
clear through! The vet was
called, pictures were taken and
emailed, only to find out what I
had suspected – Short of Vaginal
reconstructive surgery (which
there are no guarantees and
costly) there was nothing much
we could do, other then Pen G,
and the same care that we had
given Score Me A Cowboy (Agnes)
the year before. Best case, she
would be in the barn until
January or February… Needless to
say, she is all healed up,
things look fantastic, and she
was kicked back out to the
pasture (a different one this
time ) the beginning of
December.
November was
snow filled, cold, and “normal”
for this part of the country at
this time of the year!! Lol I
took a couple of trips in the
pilot truck out to BC for
Trevor. I did wake up a couple
of mornings on a mountain which
was pretty cool! Alley is back
in the barn, as I noticed that
she was a little “off” in the
way she was travelling out in
the pasture. So I brought her in
and within 24 hrs she blew out
an abscess in her front foot.
Although fuzzy and recovering
nicely from having had
pneumonia, she is this winter
the way that Harley (Barlnks
Connection) was last year –
Easier to count the places where
there is still hair cover on her
then all the bite marks lol
(it’s not that bad, she was just
getting beat up a bit more then
I would have liked to see in the
pasture). She is putting weight
back on, her foot is healed up
fantastic, and she is back to
being the spoiled barn brat that
we are all use to!!
December was
a month of more mechanical
difficulties, and finishing
things long forgotten for me.
The Bobcat Toolcat blew a tire
the beginning of the month (who
new a new one of those itty
bitty tires was $400!!), then a
week after getting that dealt
with, one of the pins on the H
plate that attaches the arm to
the multitude of attachments
snapped while we were pushing
snow!! (Again, who would have
thought that a solid pin 1 ¼
inches around and 8 inches long
would be worth $160!!!) Never
mind the H plate that is all
bent to crap from the weight of
the snow filled bucket falling–
that baby is just under $1000!!
OUCH OUCH OUCH!!!! Thank
goodness for Kyla’s boyfriend
Kyle! Kyle has been putting
bales in for us every 4-5 days
with the tractor (which neither
Jason nor I know how to
operate….yet)!! Jason has been
handling the barn solo this last
month as I have been in the
house reorganizing, sorting,
chucking, washing and painting!!
Painting that has been left
unfinished since we moved in
here the fall of 2005….not sure,
but I’m thinking it was time!!
Kyle who is not afraid of doing
electrical work hung my dining
room fixture that was a
Christmas gift in 2005!!! I must
say that I do feel a great sense
of accomplishment and
completeness with all the
painting and other work being
done. Christmas has come and
gone for another year, leaving
us all 20 lbs heavier, and
cabbage rolled out!!
We have also
made the decision to drastically
cut back on our number’s so that
we are able to enjoy and promote
those horses we do keep. There
is very little enjoyment in
looking after 60 head even with
Jason being my saving grace in
the barn. Neither one of us has
enough time to dedicate to each
individual horse the way it
should be. Therefore, keep an
eye on the Facebook Page for
Zavaduk Quarter Horses, and on
the FOR SALE PAGE on the
website… there will be prices
listed on those that we would
like to get moved ASAP, and all
those prices are negotiable!!
These are NOT CULLS, and if it
were financially feasible, there
are very few that would be for
sale. These horses were
purchased/kept back with a
breeding plan in mind, and the
geldings were to be shown.
Unfortunately time, and a tough
decision in regards to the route
we want to take our breeding
program has left us no choice
but to thin numbers so that
there is time to concentrate on
those that will best suit the
new direction of our breeding
program. As much as we
personally love the idea of
spending time showing Western
Pleasure and Reining horses, I
have come to the realization
that I am most comfortable, and
confident in an English Saddle,
and keep in mind, I’m not
getting any younger either! That
being said, there is no sense
keeping good horses around that
we’re just not going to ride or
show (especially if they are
more geared to western/all
around events). The other horses
on the website, that there is
NOT a “for sale” label on are
also for sale, either for a
realistic price, a good home, or
a combination of both. If you
see something of interest to you
feel free to drop us an email,
you never know the kind of day I
may be having, and EVERYTHING on
the place may be for sale
including the dog!!!
As the year comes to a close,
and I sit here typing this out,
reflecting on everything that
has taken place in 2010, I must
say it has been one HELL of a
year!! It has been a year of
making some FANTASTIC new
friends and family (and you gals
know who you are!!!), doing away
with some “friends and family”
that were negative and toxic
people!! It has been a year of
hardships that have made me
realize that I AM CAPABLE AND
CAN ATTAIN MY GOALS WITHOUT
CERTAIN PEOPLE IN MY LIFE
(contrary to what some have been
telling me for years!). It has
been a year of personal growth,
confidence, revelations and
thankfulness!! There are a great
many things that I would have
traded the outcome of 2 or 3
years ago, but I can honestly
say that this year, although a
rather tough year to “chew on”,
I wouldn’t change a dang
thing!!! Next year has some
pretty positive and incredible
goals set for us here at ZQH
Ranch. Although some of them may
seem trivial to others, there
are some pretty simple yet MAJOR
goals and aspirations set forth
for us to achieve! We are truly
working as a team with the WHOLE
interests of everyone at the
ranch in mind, and that makes
for a pretty exciting year
waiting in the wings!!!
To all our Clients, Friends,
Family, and Friends that are now
Family, May 2011 hold as much
hope, promise and inspiration to
you as it does everyone at
Zavaduk Quarter Horses!
Happy New
Year, God Bless and Hug your
horse!
The entire gang at ZQH Ranch!
December 2, 2010
ZQH is
offering *FREE BREEDINGS to the
first 3 AQHA, APHA & ApHC mares
booked to
SCORE ME A
TOUCHDOWN for 2011.
If you have a mare that has put
foals in the show ring, has
points herself, or the
conformation/bloodlines to put a
FABULOUS foal in your barn,
consider this ONE TIME OFFER to
SCORE ME A
TOUCHDOWN!!
*$200 booking fee due as soon as
you want to save a spot or by
the end of February. The $200
goes towards mare care, 8$/day
dry and 12$/day wet plus gst. We
would like mares to stay the
full 21 days after their first
cycle to be checked back. LFG
and a LCFG if it is an APHA or
ApHC mare and ONLY if the mare
is checked back. A copy of the
clean culture results and a copy
of a current coggins are
required before your mare
arrives on farm.
SCORE ME A
TOUCHDOWN is
nominated to the SK Harvest Gold
Futurity for next year, and we
are open to Nominating him to
any other futurities mare owners
may be interested in.
ZQH Ranch is VERY excited to be
offering a $1000 CASH Incentive
to the first
SCORE ME A
TOUCHDOWN Futurity
winner out of the resulting foal
crop!!!!
June 22nd, 2010
Well, it’s been just over
a month since my last
update, and we have been
kept rather busy! The
weather has been anything
but cooperative this last
month!! Last weekend we
received 6 & ½ inches in 18
hrs, and that only added to
the mess we had going on
from rains prior. Pens are
sloppy and disgusting which
then adds on the added task
of treating horses for
scratches which is annoying
more then anything! Lol We
will however preserver,
because as they say “if you
don’t like the weather, just
wait 10 minutes and it’s
sure to change!” Chad has
been really busy in the
pilot truck following Trevor
and a few other Mullen
drivers around. He just got
back from Utah, and is
leaving again Thursday for a
run from ND to Ft McMurray.
Obviously Trevor is working
like crazy as things have
finally started to pick
up…so I’m sure I won’t be
seeing much of him this
summer. Jason is being kept
busy with the barn chores,
as well as helping get
horses fit for show. Jenni,
ah…poor Jenni….Atli has hit
the “terrible two’s” and is
keeping his mother beyond
busy running after him! Lol
Kyla is staring at the last
3 days of school until
September…and we all know
what that means…FINALS!!!
She’s is stressing out as
she does every year, but I’m
sure she will do just fine,
as she always does!! And
just think..next year is
Grade 12 for her…man I’m
feeling OLD!! LOL
We are all done foaling
for the year, and couldn’t
be more pleased with the
foal crop! Score Me A
Touchdown is proving to be
quite the sire!! He’s
putting is pretty chipmunk
head on everything as well
as his hip and “ho hum”
temperament. Then add in
that he’s batting 100% when
bred to Paint mares - both
solid and colored!! WOO HOO
This is the first breeding
year for Scotch N Chips,
Ohsocool, and A Noble
Tradition. We are both
excited and a little nervous
as we await the 2011 foal by
these stallions, as none of
them are proven. However,
genetically with the crosses
we made we do feel that we
should have some really
great foals on the ground.
Since Scotch N Chips is my
“baby”, I’m really pumped
about next spring. With the
exception of Miss Solis Te
being bred to Ima Bo. Score
Me A Touchdown will be taken
out of pasture on the 28th
of June, and “what will be,
will be” as far as mares
that caught. Weaning will
start the middle of next
month…Let the hollering
begin LOL.
We have made the decision
to put Doc Deluxe down this
fall. This is not something
that any one of us is
looking forward to, nor was
it an easy one to make. Doc
has been a real blessing to
us, although crippled from
early in life, and badly,
badly abused before his last
2 homes, he has been nothing
but a sweet heart in a
grumpy, painful body. As
are winters are extremely
harsh, and the snow deep
(even in the sheltered pens)
we will be putting Doc down
before he has to endure
another one. He will remain
part of our breeding program
thru his 2010 daughter “The
Girls Gone Solo” and his
2009 colt “Dr Jonathan
Pine”.
On a more “up” note, I
have started riding Barlnks
Connection (Harley) and he
is doing very, very well.
He is such a lovey type of
guy that someone is really
going to have a great horse.
He’s only got about 12 rides
on him, but he is taking
everything in stride. NSR
Smooth Lil Zip (Lily) is
home from the barns in Moose
Jaw where she was being
ridden by Shaunna Plourde
and her daughter Sara. Lily
is going great, and really
has a soft mouth/sides. She
is such a sweetie to deal
with! Pick A Layne Fella
(Layne), Lookin Forsum Touch
(Woody), and Don’t Touch My
Barbie (Barbie) are all in
the barn being fit on for
Halter. Barbie will be
headed to the 5 Star
Futurity in Lincoln, NE for
September, and the boys are
being fit on for the August
Canadian Nationals Show in
Red Deer, AB. There are
others that will be broke to
ride over the next month,
and we will keep you updated
on that.
We also purchased two
yearling geldings from Liz
Hickling of Aspenwest Paint
Horses. Bold Remarque
(Remington) is a grey overo
that has HUS written all
over him!! He is to be my
project for the fall and
next spring, while the other
gelding Xpress O
(Starbucks), who is a bay
tobiano is our daughter
Kyla’s project. Kyla is
hoping to do Trail in hand
this fall with him, and have
him riding for the WP
classes in the late spring.
Well, as I said in the
beginning of this “essay” we
have been quite a busy crew!
Take Care & Enjoy your
Summer!!
Shannon & the Crew |
