| 2008 Santa Cruz County Fair
results are in. R.O.A.R.S. riders took home buckles
in 3 of the four age groups! Whoot whooooo! Way
to go riders! We need more parents and granparents
taking photos and sending them in (hint, hint, hint).
Parents - send those lesson photos to Tammy so we can get
them on the website! There are also tons more pictures
under "Camps" of the kids riding .. and of course on
Facebook.
"Like" us on Facebook: Royal Oaks Arena, Ranch and Stables.
Facebook is so much easier to update than the webpage so a
lot of the pictures are on Facebook.
Pictures from CGA Convention
2009
Students doing miscellaneous
volunteer
work in the communtiy.
Campout at the ranch
summer
2010.
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Zack, Sierra, Sami and Tammy in
April at the 2011 CGA District 1 show. |
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Haley and Lollipop. April
2011. Lolli loves her little girls, and they love her! |
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Nina on Tinkerbell. Nina
is doing GREAT riding with Judy. She is at the ranch
all the time longing, riding and spending a lot of time with
the horses. |
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Our four year old student,
Louisa. She is a doll and really keeps us all on our
toes! She is very quick witted and always happy! |
 
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Julaine and Lolli October 2010 |
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These kids know how to get their
way .... |
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Group of kids at one of our 2010
Summer Horse Camps. |
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Group of the ROARS Riders at CGA
State Finals 2010.
We brought home a Hurry Scurry Match Race Champion, a few
High Point Saddle Champions and several reserve champions
(clippers, sturrips and buckles). Congratulations
riders! Awesome job! |
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Mount family was Tuff E'nuff for
Pink at the CGA State Finals 2010. |
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Reed on Spanky and Tom on Star
at the August 2010 CGA District 9 show. Both boys
brought home buckles from the show. Great job boys! |
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Caitlyn and Kiniki on the right. I keep
trying to get pics of Caitlyn off of our facebook page to
put on this one, but they are all bitmap pics. grrrrr.
Caitlyn and Kiniki are doing awesome together. More to
come on these two! |
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Kassidy and her horse, Slash jumping at
the ranch during camp. Slash is her gymkhana horse but
they do a very nice job jumping too so sometimes she puts
her english gear on him and goes after those jumps!
The picture on the right is Kass on Pokey. She had a
blast riding Pokey at camp. |
 
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Demelza "Chilly" and
Gracie with thier High-Point Award
CGA District 1 Show and then High Point at the Santa Cruz
County Fair 2009 for the second year in a row! Whoo
hoooo! The third pic is of her and Gracie at a Gold
Coast Barrel race. |
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Chilly and her new horse,
Bucky. Bucky is a 4 year old and has REALLY filled out
now. He is going to be HUGE like Tobo and Ace. Hope
you are ready for that power Chilly! Watch out for
this pair in a few years .... |
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Sami "Small Fry" and
Lollipop at their first show. |
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Sami on Rusty on the left
LOVE this picture. Sami jumping on one of our lesson
ponies, Stormy on the right. Sami LOVES Stormy!
Sami meeting Kizzy's baby Mighty Mouse for the 1st time,
they gave each other a mutual kiss! |
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Tori won this buckle on her mom's baby horse
cowboy and then gave it to her mom. Tori has many
accomplishments and runs in the AAA+ and AAA division and is
currently bringing up her new horse Puzzle.
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Tori's new horse, Puzzle.
This kid canNOT stop smiling when she is riding this horse!
Tori has retired Rusty to her mom and then little sister,
Sami, so that he can help them gain their "A's" and she has
started over training her baby, Puzzle. |
 
Tobo teaching Tori had to use some advanced
riding techniques. He has brought many kids from
intermediate to advanced by making them ride him right.
He is an awesome horse and definitely Ma-ma's boy! |
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Julaine and
Lollipop. Julaine is ready for shows now so ya all
will be seeing her at the shows real soon! Julaine
rides Lollipop and our pony, Star. |
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This is Carla on
our pony Star. Carla rides most of our lesson horses
and ponies now and just rode in her first CGA show in
August. Carla rode Lollipop in the show and won the
High Point buckle in FC 10 and under. That was Lolli's
2nd consecutive year winning the same buckle for a little
girl. Good girl, Lolli! |
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Sierra on Jesse.
Sierra has her own horse, Stormy, but loved riding Jesse at
camp so most of our pics are of her on Jesse. Jesse is
my reining mare .. that also does jumps (apparently!). |
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Trish takes most
of her lessons on Tobo, but was caught sneaking a ride on
Dinger this time! Trish and her Australian Shepherds
compete in dog trials and she wants to go to the next level
with them which means she had to learn to ride a horse.
Trish has been taking lessons and will soon be ready to do
the dog trials with her awesome dog Duke. We want to
watch! Way to go Trish - we know you will make us
proud! |
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Jordan almost
always rides Lollipop but I don't have a photo of her on
Lolli so I put this one up of her on Clyde. This is the only
time she rode Clyde. Jordan loves to ride horses or
just be with horses. She never misses a lesson is
always on time (or early) and is happy to help out with
feeding and blanketing. Her goal is to ride and maybe
someday have a horse of her own. |
Jordan and Lolli |
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This is Shay on
Clyde. Shay loves horses and wants to have a horse of
her own. She's already planned the whole deal out.
She told her mom and friends that she is taking lessons,
getting a horse, and boarding it at Royal Oaks. This is my
kind of kid! |
Mia and Clyde with their new airbrushed
outfit. Clyde is adorable in lime green and pink (you
are too Mia!). |
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Mia has the
busiest social calendar of any little girl I know! I
constantly tell her parents that I am glad they have to
drive her around - I could never do it! Mia is
allowing us to use her pony, Clyde in our lesson program.
She also continues to ride Clyde and takes weekly lessons
with us. Mia is always happy and a joy to be around.
We hope to see Mia and Clyde competing in some shows this
season! |
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Mia on her
sister's horse, Ace. Mia did an awesome job riding him
and is just about ready to get a high powered horse of her
own. The picture on the left is AWESOME. LOVE
IT! |
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Taylor and
her winnings with "Daddy's Amigo". Taylor is
so much like me (Tammy) when I was young ... no matter how
many hours spent on or with our horses, it's NEVER ENOUGH!
When Taylor is at the ranch, she will keep riding horses
until there are no more horses to ride.
Taylor has done and awesome job training Amigo for gymkhana.
They are becoming quite a team and have even pulled some AAA
times! She is also running barrels on him and has won
MONEY at the barrel races! |
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Taylor and Doc
at the beach on Taylor's birthday. Doc is recovering
from an injury and he is doing very well. Taylor has
done a great job with his rehabilitation. She has more
patience than most adults. I am very proud of her for
following the doctors orders to a "T" where Doc is
concerned. |
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Taylor and her new horse Ace. They are
doing AWESOME ... running AAA and AAA+ times in CGA and even
ran a smokin' 17.89 in jackpot barrels at the 2009 Santa
Cruz County Fair - took home the 1st place check and
the money! |
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Tobo says
there's no age requirement for lessons. He's a big
horse but he is very gentle with the little ones! |
Students - send in your photos for the website!
