Sunset Ride

The autum sun is setting sooner every day. Our 5:15 pm departure gave us a beautiful sunset ride. 2 Hawaiian owls or Pueo's (pu-EH-oh)were soaring and diving among the old pineapple fields. The wind was nippy and the horses walking fast. A great hour in the saddle! As you can see Dolly got to tag along for the exercise

John Lassetter Clinic Oct 19-24, 2011

Come to Kalae Farm Hannoverians for a week of riding and fun!
Arena Figures: Double loop down the long side, 6 shallow loops down the center line. Head to wall leg yield, cavaletti in a fan shape. 10 meter box. 20 meter circle with satellite 10 meter circles. 20 meter circle in the center with 10 meter circle on the center line to the outside. Spiral in and leg yield out. Cavaletti to canter and back to trot at the cavaletti. Reinback. Short diagonal w/leg yield and canter. The list goes on and on.

Birthday ride

Had a call from the Sheraton Hotel for a guest who wanted a dressage lesson. Patty arrived with her husband who was treating her for her birthday. What a treat to ride the #1 horse Kalae. Her own horse, a Oldenberg has been lame for the last year. She wants to work on her hand position and seat position as she has not been able to ride much. She did great riding a strange horse. "She is so smooth and sensitive"
Kalae even gave her a flying change. A big smile and birthday wishes for Patty!

Dillingham Ranch, Oahu

A beautiful day on the North shore of Oahu. Reef walking in the morning. A swim in the refreshing ocean. It makes me smile. And then down to the ranch to watch Stefanie ride Valentjn. It is always fun watching horses. Valentjn was sure we were there to socialize ( we were Ha) and cheer him on!

Iao Valley

Iao Valley and stream is always a great place to visit. Close to Wailuku and Kahului it is hard to believe in a few moments you are hiking beside a stream and then up a trail back into the valley. The steep valley walls and great views are awesome. Ferns, guava trees, Kukui trees, ginger. Two streams converge into one. Local kids are swimming and playing in the cold mountain water. Just before the iao park is a cultureal park which is a great place to have lunch.

Maui Polo

Jessica and Elroy flying down the field, Peter and Velvet eye on the ball, Jessica and Elroy.
I have not gone to Polo for years and years. In mid May while John Lassetter was here teaching we had a break during our lunch so headed over to the polo field to watch clinic participants Jessica and Peter play polo. soon we were cheering "Go Peter! Go Jessica as she scored 4 out of 5 points. How exciting. The "indoor field"
is a beautiful "Up country" Maui location. Surrounded by Jacaranda trees and Haleakala Ranch pasture land it is a relaxing location to spend a Sunday afternoon.

May thunderstorm and showers

The ear splitting overhead crack and thunder rattled my windows and made me jump. On the second roar from the heavens, I scurried in from the weight bench where I had been working out mesmerized by the dark ominous clouds roiling overhead. I watched a jagged fork of lightning strike the pineapple fields behind a barn just across the way. This "God bowling in the heavens" lasted for nearly 3 hours. It rained moderately. I had called one student but could not get hold of another scheduled for 5pm. Sure enough just before 5 here she comes. A big smile, eager to ride "We always ride in the rain in Switzerland".
Miraculously as soon as she mounted the rain stopped and so did the thunder and lightning. The footing was perfect with the amount of rain it had just received! Dunja rode "Divine Intervention" well! Divine also demonstrated her love for jumping. After the lesson we took off her tack in the arena and set up her 2 foot jump. She gallops over, spins and comes back over the jump... for a treat of course!