River Ridge Farm

🇨🇦2024 Canada’s National Championship Horse Show has been a record show for the River Ridge team. The wins were made even sweeter by sharing them with this amazing group of people that we get to call our barn family❤️
We came to Canada with 5 horses, and are leaving with 7 National Champion rose blankets and 2 Reserve National Champion rose garlands.
Every horse is going home a Reserve or National Champion🌹

Our Saturday show results:
🌹GC Mysterre owned and shown by Donna Young- Top Six in Arabian Hunter Pleasure AAOTR
🌹CB Pl***oy Bunny owned by Jill Lewis and Carli Belouskas and handled by Carli Belouskas- Unanimous Canadian National Champion HA/AA Mare Breeding 2yrs & Over ATH
🌹CF The Great Gatsby owned by Jill Lewis and Carli Belouskas and shown by Joey Canda- Unanimous National Champion HA/AA Country English Pleasure Open

Thank you to all of the amazing people working behind the scenes to make this show so special for everybody; thank you to Murray Popplewell and Tex Kam for putting on an amazing show year after year, thank you to Jill Lewis and Mike Hartman for making sure our horses got to and from the show safely, and last but not least, the biggest thank you to Joey Canda for being our fearless leader and helping us all accomplish our biggest dreams this week❤️

We came, we conquered, and we can’t wait to see you again next year Canada❤️🇨🇦

It would be an understatement to say that the River Ridge team has been kicking butt this week!! In the past 48 hours we have been blessed with two more Canadian National Champion rose blankets and one Reserve Champion garland.
Canada, you are treating us so well❤️

🌹Exxtra Exxtra owned and shown by Leann Kranick- are Unanimous Canadian National Champions in Arabian Mounted Native Costume ATR
🌹CF The Great Gatsby owned and shown by Carli Belouskas- are Canadian National Champions in HA/AA Country English Pleasure AATR
🌹CF The Great Gatsby owned and shown by Carli Belouskas- are Reserve Canadian National Champions in HA/AA Country English Pleasure AAOTR
🌹GC Mysterre owned and shown by Donna Young- had a phenomenal ride in the Arabian Hunter Pleasure Open

Huge thank you from River Ridge Farm goes out to Krainick Dairy (Leann & Mike) Leann gave us a private tour of the dairy so very interesting, history of the dairy to the diet of the cows so much more!! Thank you!

Our barn was blessed with roses today🌹🌹

•Carli Belouskas and WC Galveston earned Top 6 in a deep class of Arabian Hunter Pleasure Select AATR horses
•Carli Belouskas and CF The Great Gatsby won Reserve National Champion in HA Country Pleasure AAOTR
•Gaige Badgley and First Heir EWA won Unanimous National Champion in the Arabian Country English Pleasure JTR
•Joey Canda and Exxtra Exxtra won Unanimous National Champion in Arabian Mounted Native Costume

We cannot wait to see what tomorrow brings❤️

Checking in from Canada’s National Arabian Championship horse show🌹
Our exhibitors have been rocking it in the Centrium arena, taking home 3 Top Six ribbons so far.

•Leann Kranick and Exxtra Exxtra took home a Top Six ribbon in the Arabian Mounted Native Costume Championship
•Meta Diamond and Baba O’Riley placed third overall in the HA Country English Pleasure Select AATR Championship
•Carli Belouskas and CF The Great Gatsby placed third overall in the HA Country English Pleasure AATR Championship

Thank you to the show committee and volunteers for making this show such a wonderful experience and environment for our horses and exhibitors❣️