Sterling Graburn
Flair Strips
Posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 3:36 pm.
December 8, 2009
Quite unexpectedly, I have been offered and accepted the position of head trainer at the Gayla Training Center in Georgetown, KY. I start Jan 1st. I will still be taking in horses for training, as well as teaching and doing clinics, but I will be doing it in KY.
Wendy has just done another small show with the team, with great success! She had a 58 in dressage, best advanced score of the show! Things are really going well for her. While she was away at that show, I went to IN to pickup her new dressage/cones carriage. It is a Hansmeier, and we are proud to be new dealers for them.
Also, after conversation that took about two years to complete, we are also dealers for Driving Essentials and their line of carriages, including Glinkowski and Bellcrown USA. Wendy will stay in FL until the after the southern shows are done.
- Sterling Graburn, December 8, 2009
Flair Nasal Strips
Posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 3:33 pm.
One selection trial down for Wendy – the next one is coming up next weekend in Ocala, at the Live Oak Stud. Wendy reports that the horses are going well, and she is getting more mentally prepared as well. Go Team Wysiwyg!
Life in Kentucky is good, despite the lack of Wendy! The weather seems to have finally broken, and it’s nice to get to drive outside of the indoor arena again! I have gotten to present the pony team at two different occasions. We here at Gayla Driving Center hosted and open house, sort of a “meet the new head trainer” gig. I rode one of the client’s horses, drove a pair, long lined one, drove the four ponies, and then drove an advanced single. Everyone had a great time, with tons of help from friends and clients. I think everyone went home with a better idea of what my abilities are and what they can expect from all of us here at Gayla.
Last Friday, we took the ponies to the Kentucky Horse Park to participate in an event produced by the University of KY College of Agriculture, Equine Initiative program. In short, it was a program designed to introduce various youth groups to the equestrian disciplines that will be competing in the World Equestrian Games this fall. We were the ones chosen to represent driving! Thanks to Janeene Jennings, I can show you pictures and video of our demo. I was very proud of the ponies. There were over 5,000 people registered to attend, and the ponies have not been working as a team very long. In fact, one of the leaders has been in the team OR a pair less than a dozen times I would guess.
http://www.ca.uky.edu/Ky2010EquineYouthFestival/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urvbZsHnhHs Intro and dressage phase
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riBORwMx4zM marathon and cones phases
More exciting news: Phoenix Performance Products, Tipperary Equestrian division products is joining Flair Equine Nasal Strips as our sponsor, so look for Team Wysiwyg and myself sporting our new Tipperary gear in the near future! Thanks for all of your support and have a great 2010! www.flairstrips.com
- Sterling Graburn, March 22, 2010
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Posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 3:31 pm.
Last weekend, Wendy competed at the Southern Pines CDE. While her marathon was not as good as she would have liked, her dressage was good and she did qualify all four horses, while she also won the cones in the FEI four-in-hands! www.flairstrips.com
- Sterling Graburn, April 14, 2010
Product Sponsers-Equine Flair Nasal Strips
Posted on Thursday, August 5th, 2010 at 3:28 pm.
I am blaming it on the Labyrinthitis, but I neglected to mention that Phoenix Performance Products, makers of the Tipperary body protectors and helmets, are joining us as product sponsors! They are in the mail, and they are looking mighty spiffy! www.flairstrips.com
- Sterling Graburn, April 15, 2010
