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Welcome to the photography section of Right Lead Equestrian Center (http://www.rightlead.com). Naming convention for our galleries is Year Month Day Farm (or event). All printed material is handled through the professional services of SmugMug. Their service is first rate as evidenced by our many satisfied customers. Please note that all photos are in a 4x6 format and that ordering larger sizes may necessitate cropping the photo. Simply follow the instructions as SmugMug will guide you through the process. All protected photos will have a proof watermark which of course will not be on your ordered photos. If you have any questions please feel free to email Rick at Rick@rightlead.com. Enjoy the memories.

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091104 ChemFriends Expo : The ChemFriends Exposition is held annually in Ascension Parish Louisiana as an effort to raise chemistry and science awareness in the community and the school system. Approximately 1,600 sixth graders from the parish attend the event each year. More details about the event may be found on the website http://www.chemfriends.org. Rick has been co-chair for the event for the last couple of years and takes his camera along to capture a few memories. This gallery is open and free for downloading. Simply mouse over the large picture at the right and choose to download. The event is held over two days and one evening. Wednesday's activities start at picture one and Thursday's at picture 284. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event such a great success and to all the students who were so well behaved. Enjoy the pictures!

091104 ChemFriends Expo

The ChemFriends Exposition is held annually in Ascension Parish Louisi ...

Updated: Nov 06, 2009 12:05am EST

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Updated: Nov 03, 2009 10:04pm EST

091024 CB Video : The Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America (CBHSNA) www.clevelandbay.org recently held a video shoot for an upcoming special on Cleveland Bay Horses. Several society members converged on River Glen Equestrian Park www.river-glen.com in New Market, TN for the shoot. Jon with Horseflicks filmed while the CB owners showed the many versatile uses for CBs. Rick brought his camera to capture the action, resulting in the pictures shown here. Unfortunately Rick didn't get to photograph the fox hunt... missing the 2 foxes spotted by the group (they did get 'em in the video). Big thanks to Bill at River Glen for being such a great host, to Jon and Horseflicks, and to all the CB owners who traveled far and wide to make it to the event. It was great to finally put a name with a face.

091024 CB Video

The Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America (CBHSNA) www.clevelan ...

Updated: Oct 27, 2009 11:32am EST

090919 BREC CC Schooling : Another schooling day at BREC's cross country course.

090919 BREC CC Schooling

Another schooling day at BREC's cross country course.

Updated: Sep 20, 2009 6:24am EST

090905 Sterling Silver Stables : We packed up a couple trailers full of horses and a couple of cars of people from RLEC and invited a few other friends over to Sterling Silver Stables in Lafayette for a cross country schooling day. As you can tell from the photos everyone had a great time... but the day was bittersweet. Jessica who has been with RLEC since she was 10 is now a freshman at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Today she and Lightning moved to their new home at SSS. Thanks to everyone at SSS who really went out of their way to make us feel at home. We know Jessica and Lightning are in good hands.

090905 Sterling Silver Stables

We packed up a couple trailers full of horses and a couple of cars of ...

Updated: Sep 06, 2009 2:50am EST

090717 Breyerfest : Each year Breyer Horses (breyerhorses.com) holds BreyerFest at the Kentucky Hose Park in Lexington. A big part of the activities is horse demonstrations by many different breeds and disciplines. As owners of a rare breed (the Cleveland Bay) we are often asked to do demonstrations for the public to promote the breed, and for several years now we've often made the 13 hour trek from LA to KY to do so at Breyerfest. This year however was different in that our CBs were not able to make the trip, but not to worry as another CB owner came to the rescue. Thanks to Rick and Donna McDowell who brought Gracie for Michelle to ride while Donna rode Maiden. We normally have several more CBs in the demonstration, but unfortunately it was only these two this year. Maiden is a thoroughbred cross and Gracie is a percheron cross. Enjoy the photos.

090717 Breyerfest

Each year Breyer Horses (breyerhorses.com) holds BreyerFest at the Ken ...

Updated: Jul 21, 2009 1:35am EST

090711 RLEC Hunter Jumper : Right Lead Equestrian Center held a schooling hunter jumper show at our farm. Thanks to everyone who came out for the show including our competitors, spectators, and volunteers. We know everyone had a great time and we look forward to holding another show at the farm soon. Stay tuned.

090711 RLEC Hunter Jumper

Right Lead Equestrian Center held a schooling hunter jumper show at ou ...

Updated: Jul 12, 2009 4:28pm EST

090621 Holder Clinic : This was day two of the Becky Holder clinic held at BREC's cross country course put on by Right Lead Equestrian Center which consisted mainly of cross country schooling. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event such a great success, especially to Becky for having the patience of a saint!

090621 Holder Clinic

This was day two of the Becky Holder clinic held at BREC's cross count ...

Updated: Jun 22, 2009 4:39pm EST

090620 Holder Clinic : This was day one from the Becky Holder Clinic at BREC put on by Right Lead Equestrian Center. It was held in the indoor arena which is extremely difficult to photograph. Try as I did, I wasn't happy with the results so I'm offering the entire day's photos free for download. You can still purchase the photos online if you wish but I've enabled all of them so that you can download whatever you want. They are posted at half their RAW size (about 2.5K each) so they should be way large enough for you to print your own photos. Thanks to Becky for putting on such a great clinic and thanks to all of the participants who braved the heat to come out and improve their game. Enjoy the photos.... Rick.

090620 Holder Clinic

This was day one from the Becky Holder Clinic at BREC put on by Right ...

Updated: Jun 22, 2009 12:26am EST

090530 Amen Corners : All the details coming soon, but for now.... enjoy the photos!

090530 Amen Corners

All the details coming soon, but for now.... enjoy the photos!

Updated: May 30, 2009 11:19pm EST

090517 Sacred Heart : The Dressage Schooling Show at Sacred Heart Academy was the place to be today.  We packed up Katie/Journey, Jessica & Rachael/Lightning, Alex/Spirit.  Michelle R, Emily, Libby, and a couple of sets of parents as well.  Rick smoked some chicken and brought some sides and several others pitched in as well (John had his kickin' Caesar salad).  It would have been a bit nicer if mother nature wouldn't have made it 65 degrees with a light rain most of the day, but we all still had a great time and brought home lots of ribbons.  Alex placed 5th intro A and 4th intro B.  Katie placed 1st in BN A and BN B. Rachel placed 1st intro B, 3rd training test 1, and Champion in Intro. Jessica placed 1st training A and in Prix Caprilli #2. Thanks to Emily, Libby, and Michelle R. for coming out to help with the show. Enjoy the photos.

090517 Sacred Heart

The Dressage Schooling Show at Sacred Heart Academy was the place to b ...

Updated: May 19, 2009 12:45am EST

090419 Holly Hill : RLEC packed up Emily/Ally and Katie/Journey and drove up to Benton, LA to Holly Hill. The girls didn't get in the ribbons, but it was a learning experience for both them and their horses. Enjoy the photos.

090419 Holly Hill

RLEC packed up Emily/Ally and Katie/Journey and drove up to Benton, LA ...

Updated: Apr 20, 2009 9:52pm EST

090405 Fleur de Leap : Fleur de Leap Combined Test was held on Sunday April 5 at Lagniappe Farm in Folsom, LA. Thanks to show organizer Elizabeth Cummins and all her helpers for a great event. RLEC planned to bring Katie/Journey and Emily/Ally so Elizabeth asked Rick to take pictures of the entire event. There are over 1,200 photos in all, and if you competed your in here. Rick also has a habit of catching people acting silly, so some of you may be in here as well. The first part of the gallery is Dressage, the lead line classes start on page 42, and jumping starts on page 44. Please note the photos are captured in 4x6 format. Ordering larger size photos may require that you crop the original image. Use SmugMug's help feature if necessary as it will walk you though the process. Enjoy the photos!

090405 Fleur de Leap

Fleur de Leap Combined Test was held on Sunday April 5 at Lagniappe F ...

Updated: Apr 06, 2009 12:03pm EST

090321 BREC Open House : RLEC was asked by BREC to perform demonstrations at it's open house event "Spring Fling and Stick Horse Rodeo". We packed up Katie/Journey, Jessica/Lightning, Emily/Ally, and Michelle/Emma and made the short journey over to BREC. There were many activities for children and adults alike. We managed to capture a few pictures of the "best hat" contest before getting ready for our portion of the event. RLEC did both a jumping and sidesaddle demonstration. It was great fun for the crowd and lots of fun for us as well.

090321 BREC Open House

RLEC was asked by BREC to perform demonstrations at it's open house ev ...

Updated: Mar 22, 2009 10:11pm EST

090308 BREC CC Schooling : The Combined Test scheduled for March 7th at BREC was cancelled due to a low number of entries, however the Cross Country Schooling Day on March 8th went ahead as planned. We packed up several of our riders and horses and made the short trek over to BREC. Several others were out on the course today as well, but Rick followed our group around for these photos.

090308 BREC CC Schooling

The Combined Test scheduled for March 7th at BREC was cancelled due to ...

Updated: Mar 08, 2009 5:38pm EST

090117 BREC River Road Roundup : These pictures are from the second annual River Road Roundup at BREC's Farr Horse Park. Modeled after the Extreme Cowboy races competitors and their horses make their way through an obstacle course of sorts which is timed. Those with the quickest time and least number of errors at the obstacles win. As you can see we had a great turn out this year by a multitude of disciplines. There was even a Jr. division. Emily Embree from Right Lead Equestrian (our farm) took third winning $100, Susan Morris took second ($200) and first ($300) on two different horses. The weather was overcast and a little chilly but there was a great turnout for the event. We have posted over 700 pictures in all. Enjoy!

090117 BREC River Road Roundup

These pictures are from the second annual River Road Roundup at BREC's ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2009 4:11pm EST

081105 ChemFriends Expo : The ChemFriends Exposition is held annually in Ascension Parish Louisiana as an effort to raise chemistry and science awareness in the community and in the school system. All 1.600 sixth graders in the parish are brought through the event each year. Much more can be found on the website www.chemfriends.org. Rick has been co-chair for the event for the last couple of years and takes his camera along for some photos. This gallery is open and free for downloading. Simply mouse over the large picture at the right and choose to download. Enjoy the pictures!

081105 ChemFriends Expo

The ChemFriends Exposition is held annually in Ascension Parish Louisi ...

Updated: Nov 13, 2008 9:19pm EST

081019 Serenity : We packed up Emily/Ally, Jessica/Lightning, Katie/Journey, and Katherine/Spirit and made the trek over to Folsom for the Serenity Dressage Schooling Show. I'll have more details on all the pretty colored ribbons, but in the meantime enjoy the photos.

081019 Serenity

We packed up Emily/Ally, Jessica/Lightning, Katie/Journey, and Katheri ...

Updated: Oct 20, 2008 9:42pm EST

080909 Scarlet Memorial : It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of another of our great equine friends. Seventeen year old Scarlett (owned by the Fenners) started showing neurological signs on 09/06 so we took her to the LSU vet school for care. Unfortunately she did not get better and had to be put down on Wednesday 09/10. The autopsy did not show anything out of the ordinary and the tissue samples so far haven't given too much of a clue. Scarlet shared a special friendship with several of our Right Leaders. Please keep Scarlett's friends and family in your thoughts and prayers.

080909 Scarlet Memorial

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of another of ou ...

Updated: Sep 27, 2008 9:15am EST

080822 Holly Hill Schooling : We packed up Michelle and Emma, Jessica and Lightning, Emily and Ally, and Katie and Journey and traveled up to Holly Hill for some cross country training with Amy Connor. There we met up with Jenny and Leu and had a good time out on the course. Unfortunately Emma was lame and couldn't join in the fun, but fortunately she was better after she got home (figures). Enjoy the pictures.

080822 Holly Hill Schooling

We packed up Michelle and Emma, Jessica and Lightning, Emily and Ally, ...

Updated: Aug 26, 2008 3:22pm EST

080809 Sprite : Hard to believe, but it's been 3 months already. Magnolia Sprite looks like a horse already! I can see we're going to have trouble keeping Michelle off of her back for another 33 months. Michelle's routine of handling her daily is paying off as you can see from the pictures below. Leading, walking over poles, a bath, and posing for pictures. Whew... all that activity is tireing!

080809 Sprite

Hard to believe, but it's been 3 months already. Magnolia Sprite look ...

Updated: Aug 10, 2008 6:17pm EST

080608 Upperville : Day two at Upperville, VA. Sunday was the day for the Cleveland Bay classes. I don't think I've ever seen so much brown at one time in my life. Many people turned out with their CBs and we had a great showing for the breed. There was a purebred in hand class, partbred in hand class, a under saddle class, and a hunter hack class. Here are the results: www.rightlead.com/CBResults.jpg. Don't ask me which horse is which. I was doing pretty good to get the right end of the horse with so many in the arena. Enjoy the photos.

080608 Upperville

Day two at Upperville, VA. Sunday was the day for the Cleveland Bay c ...

Updated: Jun 10, 2008 9:33pm EST

080607 Upperville : Day one at Upperville, VA. Our Cleveland Bay classes didn't start until Sunday so we had time on Saturday to take in a couple of classes and visit all the show shops. Here are a couple of shots from a jumper class and quite a few from the sidesaddle class. Hopefully next time we go I can talk Michelle into entering the sidessadle classes. As you can see by the photos there is some stiff competition, however I think they would place well. Results from the Sidesaddle classes: www.rightlead.com/SidesaddleResults.jpg. Enjoy the photos.

080607 Upperville

Day one at Upperville, VA. Our Cleveland Bay classes didn't start unt ...

Updated: Jun 10, 2008 9:38pm EST

080703 Cue Memorial : This gallery is a memorial to an equine friend who is no longer with us. On July 3rd during the morning feeding Michelle saw that Cue would not come up to eat and appeared unable to move. As she approached him in the field she was horrified to find the problem. Cue had been kicked and suffered a compound fracture to his right front leg just above the knee. The injury appeared to have just occurred and it was obviously non-repairable. Several of our clients and some friends from the past made it out in time for one last goodbye while Cue heartily ate his last meal of grain as he had done for the past 17 years of his life. A heartfelt thanks to Dr. Dennis French and the LSU Vet School students who were extremely professional and sensitive to the human aspect of such a tragic event. Cue Ball (aka Roger, aka Hot Rod) taught many people in the Baton Rouge Area to ride. He was a great lesson horse who made his riders work for everything. That's what a great lesson horse is supposed to do, teach riders. We were blessed to have him as a part of the Right Lead family for the past four years and his absence will be felt for a long time to come. We love you Cue and are going to miss you. None of the pictures below are protected, you can mouse over and download the file. For a full screen view of the photos click on the Slideshow button near the upper right hand corner of the page. We hope some of the captured moments will bring back some good memories.

080703 Cue Memorial

This gallery is a memorial to an equine friend who is no longer with u ...

Updated: Jul 12, 2008 11:38am EST

080531 Sprite : Pictures of Baby at 3 weeks old. She has a name now.. Magnolia Sprite. As you can see from the photos below she is quite photogenic and loves to play.

080531 Sprite

Pictures of Baby at 3 weeks old. She has a name now.. Magnolia Sprite ...

Updated: Jun 01, 2008 1:07am EST

080531 BREC : May Hunter Schooling Show at BREC. Although I shot a few photos in the indoor, it is obvious that the lighting is way too dark to shoot any significant motion. The photos of warmup outside however are a differnt story. We packed up the horses Scarlett, Emma, Journey, and Ally along with their riders: Meg, Rachel, Katie, Emily, and Michelle and made the short trek over to BREC's Farr Horse Park for their May Hunter Schooling Show. Meg/Scarlett won all 3 classes in the Beginner equitation division and earned the championship. Rachel/Scarlett won both the mini-stirrup O/F classes and was second in the U/S class earning her the championship. Katie/Journey took home 3 thirds in the Novice Equitation division. Michelle/Emma won the hunter hack, all 3 Schooling Hunter classes, and the championship. Emily/Ally earned second in the Schooling Hunter U/S, their first outing.

080531 BREC

May Hunter Schooling Show at BREC. Although I shot a few photos in the ...

Updated: Jun 01, 2008 12:21pm EST

080504 Sprite : May 4, 2008 - Happy Birthday Baby Filly! Quite a bit of planning went into bringing another wonderful Cleveland Bay into the world. The sire of this filly is the pure bred Cleveland Bay Stainmore Wolfhound of Ridgemore Farm (www.ridgemore.net) and the dam is our Cleveland Bay Sporthorse Imaten (Emma). The baby was conceived by artificial insemination and then the embryo was transferred into a surrogate mare (the paint horse Flashy in these photos). We knew Flashy was close but we thought we had a few more days. We happened upon our new little bundle of joy when feeding our horses this Sunday morning. Both Flashy and filly are doing just fine. Although we humans missed the actual birth you can see from the photos we weren’t that far behind the big event. We're working on a name for our baby and I'm sure Michelle will entertain suggestions. Speaking of suggestions, I have one... Hit the Slideshow button at the upper right corner of this page, sit back, and enjoy photos of the world’s newest Cleveland Bay sport horse.

080504 Sprite

May 4, 2008 - Happy Birthday Baby Filly! Quite a bit of planning went ...

Updated: Jun 01, 2008 12:10am EST

080510 Sprite : "Mini Emma" (now named Sprite) is 6 days old now. Her teeth are starting to come in and she started eating her first blades of grass today. She is also busy learning to be lead on a lead rope, lift her hooves when asked, respect people space, and running after the vehicles on the road.

080510 Sprite

"Mini Emma" (now named Sprite) is 6 days old now. Her teeth are start ...

Updated: May 10, 2008 11:18pm EST

080412 BREC River Road Roundup : Have you heard of the Extreme Cowboy Races? Well BREC held a River Road Round-Up which is something very similar. We packed up Emily and Cue (AKA Bar-Ba-Q) and Michelle and Emma (AKA I'm-A-10) and made the short trip over. What a blast! Everyone was extremely nice, although we stuck out like sore thumbs in our full Eventing gear. We intended only to take pictures of our folks, but were asked to take pictures of everyone... so here they are. Stay tuned for the next event. Thanks BREC and everyone involved for a really fun time!

080412 BREC River Road Roundup

Have you heard of the Extreme Cowboy Races? Well BREC held a River Ro ...

Updated: Apr 13, 2008 5:38pm EST

080309 Sacred Heart : Meg/Scarlett and Michelle/Emma packed things up and headed over to a Schooling Dressage Show at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, LA. Meg placed first in Intro A and again in Intro B to earn a Champion ribbon in Intro. Michelle placed first in USDA Novice B and again in USDA Training A. The weather was a bit on the nippy side but it was a really nice day for a horse show. Thanks to everyone at ASH for a wonderful show!

080309 Sacred Heart

Meg/Scarlett and Michelle/Emma packed things up and headed over to a S ...

Updated: Mar 09, 2008 11:52pm EST

080301 LSUSVM : For the past several years RLEC has been asked to participate in the Parade of Breeds portion of the LSU Vet School's Open House. Michelle and Emma turned out in Sidesaddle atire, and Jessica and Kodak Moment did some bareback jumping. This exhibition was a small part of a much larger program. Way to go LSU for putting on a class act. We had a great time and the weather was perfect!

080301 LSUSVM

For the past several years RLEC has been asked to participate in the P ...

Updated: Mar 03, 2008 2:19am EST

080224 Serenity : We packed up Jessica and Kodak Moment and Michelle and Emma and traveled over to Folsom for the Serenity Farm Schooling Dressage Show. Michelle/Emma placed first in Training A and second in Novice B. Jessica/Kodak placed First in Novice A, First in Novice B, First in Training Prix Caprilli, and took Reserve Champion USEA Division and Champion Prix Caprilli. Way to go girls!

080224 Serenity

We packed up Jessica and Kodak Moment and Michelle and Emma and travel ...

Updated: Feb 25, 2008 9:53pm EST

080126 BREC : This is BREC's first Horse Trials and first run on their new cross country course. We attempted to take pictures of the Dressage and Show Jumping portion of this show, however , due to the week's worth of rain both venues were forced indoors. Lighting was not photo-friendly, and most horses are not really receptive bright flashes, so we sat out those portions of the show. We did however catch some of the action from cross country. We didn't get everyone but we got quite a few shots. Hope you enjoy. -- Rick

080126 BREC

This is BREC's first Horse Trials and first run on their new cross cou ...

Updated: Jan 28, 2008 6:41am EST

071209 Serenity : Schooling Dressage Show at Serenity Farms in Folsom. Michelle and Emma are the only ones who made it. Everyone else was busy this weekend.

071209 Serenity

Schooling Dressage Show at Serenity Farms in Folsom. Michelle and Emm ...

Updated: Jan 10, 2008 10:37pm EST

071108 RLEC CT : Combined Training at Right Lead Equestrian Center. Thanks to all our competitors, show sponsors, volunteers, staff, etc. who made our first Combined Training Show such a memorable show for everyone. We're already starting to see when we can fit another one in.

071108 RLEC CT

Combined Training at Right Lead Equestrian Center. Thanks to all our ...

Updated: Jan 07, 2008 8:09pm EST

071014 BREC CC : Schooling Day at BREC's Farr Park Horse Activity Center

071014 BREC CC

Schooling Day at BREC's Farr Park Horse Activity Center

Updated: Jan 07, 2008 8:07pm EST

071013 BREC CT : Combined Training Show at BREC's Farr Horse Park. On October 13th we held a Combined Test and on the 14th a Cross Country Schooling Day at BREC Farr Horse Activity Center in Baton Rouge, LA. The weather was perfect, the show was small but well maintained, and everyone had a great outing. We appreciate all the support and help from our competitors, sponsors, volunteers, and BREC. Stay tuned...we're already starting plans for our next show!

071013 BREC CT

Combined Training Show at BREC's Farr Horse Park. On October 13th we ...

Updated: Jan 09, 2008 7:16pm EST

070908 Lagniappe : This weekend was all about Mary Kate and Cue at the September Hunter Jumper Show at Lagniappe Equestrian Center. This was only the second HJ show Mary Kate has gone to.. but she faired very well with 2 fourth places over fences and a sixth on the flat. We wish more RLEC people could have gone as the day was nice and the show was really laid back, but with school starting and the LSU vs. Virginia Tech game up everyone was very busy.

070908 Lagniappe

This weekend was all about Mary Kate and Cue at the September Hunter J ...

Updated: Jan 10, 2008 10:27pm EST

070901 BREC Schooling : Another schooling day out at BREC's Cross Country Course... although this time there was a little bit of a challenge. Jessica is recovering from a broken finger, Michelle had a bad finger sprain just yesterday, and Elizabeth fell during the schooling and broke her wrist. Despite feeling like we were opening an ambulatory ward everyone enjoyed the outing. Rick brought the BBQ Grill along for the ride and treated everyone to some good grilled burgers with all the trimmings.

070901 BREC Schooling

Another schooling day out at BREC's Cross Country Course... although t ...

Updated: Jan 10, 2008 10:24pm EST

070812 Hunters Bluff : Yeah we're brave. 100+ degree heat, no sweat... actually on second thought there was a lot of sweat, but regardless of what mother nature had in store for the weekend we were determined to make the Hunter's Bluff Schooling Dressage show and we did just that. Emily and her mom brought their horse Mandy, and we packed up our lesson horse Cue for Mary Kate and Meg to ride. The pictures tell the rest of the story... all blues and reds. Way to go girls!

070812 Hunters Bluff

Yeah we're brave. 100+ degree heat, no sweat... actually on second th ...

Updated: Jan 12, 2008 8:56am EST

070728 Hunters Bluff : Looking for a way to brush up on our jumping skills we packed up Margo and Romeo and Michelle and Emma and headed over to Hunters Bluff in Covington for a Hunter Jumper Show. Competing in the Low Schooling Jumpers Margo took 2 firsts, a third, and Champion. Michelle took 2 seconds and a third.

070728 Hunters Bluff

Looking for a way to brush up on our jumping skills we packed up Margo ...

Updated: Jan 12, 2008 12:17am EST

070720 BryerFest : Breyer Animal Creations has for the last 18 years hosted BreyerFest at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington Kentucky. This montage of events is an equestrian extravaganza setting for Breyer model collectors to buy, sell, trade, and in some cases afford the opportunity to view the real live star of their favorite collectable. Such was the case this year for Cleveland Bay lovers. Tregoyd Journeyman (Joe) a Cleveland Bay Stallion owned by Anna and Daniel Cohen of Bay Haven Farm, LLC and OldDominion Stud in Roundhill VA was the center of attention in 2006 as his model was unveiled at BreyerFest. Several Cleveland Bay owners rallied to support Joe and traveled to Kentucky for a Cleveland Bay Exhibition. That was last year, however most of us had so much fun, and Breyer wanted the group back for the 07 event so we made the trek. Although it was a 14 hour drive from Baton Rouge, LA Michelle and I only needed an excuse to visit the horse capital of the world and boy was it worth the trip. Each day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we helped promote Cleveland Bays before the crowd in the stadium during the exhibition, and as we walked around the park and let people get up close and touch our wonderful animals. We were joined by several other Cleveland Bay owners with both pure and part bred horses. We made lots of new friends and had a chance to do what we love most.. share a piece of our love for horses with others. Donna McDowell brought Gracie. Dr. Tracie Traver and Tally Mock brought Buffalo Bill Cody and Bensington Bluestone from Ridgemor Farm. Laurel Watson brought Belladonna Leo from Divine Equine Stables and Michelle and I brought Imaten (Emma) from right here at Right Lead Equestrian Center.

070720 BryerFest

Breyer Animal Creations has for the last 18 years hosted BreyerFest at ...

Updated: Jan 12, 2008 8:59am EST

070707 GB Hunter Jumper : Looking for a way to brush up on our jumping skills we packed up Margo and Romeo, Jessica and Lightning, and Mary Kate and Cue and headed over to Serenity Farms for the GB Hunter Jumper Show. We would have brought Emma, however she is dealing both with a recently removed abscess and a puncture wound over her left eye. The weather was not cooperative as rain passed through several times, but the girls had a good time and placed respectably (when they remembered their course).

070707 GB Hunter Jumper

Looking for a way to brush up on our jumping skills we packed up Margo ...

Updated: Jan 12, 2008 12:36pm EST

070616 BREC Schooling : Several years back Michelle and Gretchen Morgan started an effort to develop a Cross Country Course at BREC's Farr Horse Park. Working with Captain Mark Philips on the design and with a grant from the state things were set in motion. The course was completed about a year ago, long after both Gretchen and Michelle left BREC... but the fruit of their planning is finally here. We took every able bodied horse and most of our riders out to the course for schooling today, those who didn't jump took advantage of the wide open spaces and pretty calm temperatures for a leisurely trail ride. The course still has some minor work to be done... but as you can see from the pictures the jumps and layout are very well designed and executed.

070616 BREC Schooling

Several years back Michelle and Gretchen Morgan started an effort to d ...

Updated: Jan 12, 2008 4:37pm EST

070602 Amen Corners : What a great event! For those of you who missed it be sure to look for this show next year. SEDA sponsored a Junior Dressage Show out at Amen Corners. Unfortunately most of our group were out busy with other things, but Margo and Romeo were able to make it out. They placed first in both their Training Tests and their Prix Caprilli to take Champion in Training. Way to go Margo!

070602 Amen Corners

What a great event! For those of you who missed it be sure to look fo ...

Updated: Jan 12, 2008 8:58pm EST

070325 Watershed Schooling : Well spring has officially sprung and what a better way to enjoy a beautiful Sunday than out on a cross country course with a bunch of your crazy friends. Thanks to SEDA and Elizabeth Cummings Right Lead got that chance on March 25th out at Watershed. We grabbed a bunch of girls, loaded up the horses, and had an absolute ball. Don't believe me... just take a look at Cheryl's husband Johnny. If that's not team spirit I don't know what is (you'll know him when you see him).

070325 Watershed Schooling

Well spring has officially sprung and what a better way to enjoy a bea ...

Updated: Apr 08, 2009 10:27pm EST