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Jun 29, 2008

Pot Luck and Ride at TreeTops Ranch

This is a PeruvianPasoFun Members ride

Photos and Story

2008 SUMMER SPECTACULAR GAITED SHOW

Albany Fair Grounds.

VIDEO
PHOTOS

Friday everyone started showing up to settle the horses into their stalls and the riders at their campsites and motel rooms. Walkers, Paso Finos. Mountain Horses, and of course our Peruvian horses. How exciting! The weather was perfect, staying in the 70’s all the time. The show got started at 6pm and lasted till around 11:30 that night.

Saturday, was all day. Aficionados arrived off and on all day. Tim Hooker, Connie’s brother with a friend to watch the show and hear the tribute to Connie. Maxine’s friends Charlotte and her friends, Jack and his family, Joyce and Jim Hart and of course, Don came and took pictures and video.

We had 11 Peruvian riders. Three of them Jr’s.

The Barrida was lead by Marissa, everyone in the audience enjoyed watching and clapping hands.

Congratulations to Dr. Henry Curry and his horse, La Valentina who won 5 classes and the Peruvian Championship, receiving the huge Texas size salad bowl donated by PeruvianPasoFun.

Sunday afternoon had a lot of fun classes, open to all, such as Costume Class, Simon Says, Egg Stomp, etc.

We wish to thank all those that donated to NAPHA to get the Peruvians points, the riders for showing up and the Aficionados. We know with the gas prices the way they are, everyone is beginning to cut back on there choices of activities they are getting involved in.

We also wish to thank the Tennessee Walkers for opening up their show once again to an all gaited show and inviting us to play with them at this FUN EVENT.

Doris Loeffler
May We Always Have,
PeruvianPasoFun
 

BROTHER’S OR BUST

May 31st we all spent packing, and getting the dogs to friends and kennels. None of us slept much that night with the excitement of our drive and plans on riding the range at Sunrise Valley Ranch.

Don and I got up around 5am, fed the horses and then ate our breakfast and got our last minute things done. At 6am I started making the calls to be sure everyone was up. Sure enough, everyone was up, some already on the road.

Irene arrived around 7:30am from Salem. We her put all her stuff in our truck and put wraps on the horses’ legs and into the trailer. We then met Mavis from Scottsburg, at the Vintage Inn, Cottage Grove. Irene switched trucks and off we went to the Sears parking in Springfield lot to meet others. Marsha and Bob, and Linda and her Bob. Linda’s horse, Murphy and Linda’s backpack were transferred to Mavis’ truck and trailer. Since Bob and Marsha knew where we were going, they led the way. We stopped at Sisters to fill up with diesel and had lunch, giving the horses a break.

It took us about 4 ½ hrs. to drive to the ranch, just like Susan (the owner had said). When we arrived, Maureen, from John Day had already arrived. We put all eight horses into their wonderful outside paddocks, fed them and went up to the bunkhouse to settle in for our new adventure.

Our hosts, Susan and Larry and their two adult children Matt and Becky’s two wonderful children, Wyatt and Jayden, were all there to great us with open arms. Each day Becky cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner for the 8 of us. After breakfast, we would ride out on scenic wonderful rides, take long walks, or beautiful drives.

We played backgammon, Mexican train, or card games. We brought magazines to read and the second night we heard old time poetry from Pierri Jones.

The food was outstanding, the hospitality was absolutely the best. Do we want to do it again? YOU BET AND WE WILL!

We wish to thank the Fildes family for giving all of us such an outstanding time. How many of us can say that we brought our own horses to ride and had a wonderful bunkhouse to sleep in and great food and terrific friends to share it all with?

Photo by Maureen

Video

Apr 12, 2008
Peruvian Paso Fun Group and the Grants Pass Group
Mildred Knipes Horse Park, Oakland OR
Lunch at Tollys in Oakland after the ride

It was a long time planning and two groups of equine enthusiast were involved. Bob and Laurie and their “all gaited ridding group” from Grants Pass and the PeruvianPasofun group.

Irene and Cris came down the evening before and stayed at TreeTops to make it easier to get down to Mildred Kanipes in time to ride out at 10:30 am.

We hit the road with the horses and tack all tucked away in their trailer at 9am. I started calling riders to make sure everyone was on their way. Mavis and Gay arrived early. Dianna and Sue used map search and were still searching the back hills. So we got them back on track. Thank the Lord for cell phones. We arrived in Oakland just as the Grants Pass Gang pulled in. Within 5 min. Dianna and Sue arrived. So off we went. A caravan of 6 or 7 rigs.

The weather was one of those dreamy kinds of days. Clear and sunny, and 84 degrees. Hard to believe just a few days before hand we had rain and in the 50’s. We were the only ones in the park when we started our ride.

We had about 16 riders. Peruvians, Walkers, Paso Finos and mixes.

For some reason, we seemed to split off into three groups, then all one group and then three again. The pastures were greener then I had ever seen them. We did have some slippery areas and one horse slipped down on its butt, he got up and was fine. We went through a lot of forest with trees down from this winter. Then came across cows. All the horses did very well. Barbara and Laurie took wonderful pictures.

After an 8 mile ride, Don and I decided we had to get back so we could have lunch and be at the Luau in time at my mother’s place. Irene and Cris had to get back to Salem and Marilyn wanted to ride to the rigs with us.

As we were putting the horses back Mavis and her group arrived. Yes they too wanted to go to Tolly’s. Just as we pulled out of the park, Bob and Laurie’s group arrived. So 14 of us met at Tolly’s for a fabulous lunch, loads of talking and laughing. I am sure we sent the other diners out of their sooner then they had planned.

It was so nice meeting the Grants Pass group. We all had such a wonderful time, we plan on getting together again this summer.

Doris
 

Photo Show HERE
(Photos by Barbara and Laurie. Show produced by Bob)
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WOW! What a show, you don't want to miss this!

Dec 20, 2007

The word went out! Christmas Lunch at Tolly's.  Carol and Dick and Marsha and Bob met us in Cottage Grove and then we drove down to Oakland. It wasn't long before Laurie and Bob from Grants Pass joined us. We all admired the beautiful Christmas Decorations at Tolly's and then it was time for talk, talk, talk and eat, eat, eat. 

Nov. 3, 2007

NW Peruvian Club Meeting.

I drove up to Salem to meet Irene and then she drove the rest of the way to Shelton, WA to the Little Creek Casino for the annual meeting of the Northwest Peruvian Club meeting. It was great seeing everyone.

To see pictures click HERE 

Nov. 9-11, 2007

Annual NW Mountain Trail Championship
Majors Arena, Eugene, OR

Horses and riders came from CA and WA to this event. It made it hard to find a parking spot. Majors has remolded and enlarged the eating and dining area.  The food was great.  We had  lots of vendors to see. People and dogs were milling around. The trails were well designed and realistic for trail horses to go through. They had a huge Teepee, the horses had to ride around and a large waterfall that they had to walk under. One poor gal had her horse walk right through the waterfall without blinking an eye. Of course, both rider and horse got drenched.

Suzanne and Eco coming down from the Teepee and through the water .

photo by Don Buechler 

Monday Oct. 22, 2007
PeruvianPasoFun Club Ride

At last, the rains finally decided to stop. The weatherman said from Monday - Friday no rain. This was our chance to make the mad dash to Ellijah Bristow Park for a ride. I sent out the word, Ellijah or Bust! As we drove up, we saw Mavis talking to Marsha and Bob. It wasn’t much longer before Dianna and Grinnell drove in. The sun was warm, the ground dry. Don and I saddled up and 7 of us took off. No one else was at the Horse parking lot. Too bad, they missed all our beautiful Peruvians doing the Paso Lano, through out the park, over bridges, past bubbling rivers, dry rivers, and through the golden leaves of autumn. What a perfect day. We split up in two groups. One going to the dam, the other group riding the forest and meadows.

When we all returned to our rigs and unsaddled our horses, it was decided we should go to the GateHouse Pizza in Pleasant Hills for our finale. As usual, we hated the day to end.

May We Always Have
PeruvianPasoFun
 

Oct 7th, 2007
OET Day Ride
Mildred Kanipe Memorial Ranch, Oakland, OR

Do we go or not? That was the question, after so many nights of rain. Then it stopped raining. Of course, then we worried about slippery grounds. One thing about our area, give a few days & nights of no rain, the ground dries up. Sunday at 6am all looked good.  We met Linda and Bob and Suzanne and Don at our usual stop and took off. What a surprise to see that the sheriff posse were having a Poker ride. There must have been 40 plus rigs and horses and people all over. Met Mavis and Gay at the park, they went on the poker ride and the rest of us went on a slower pace ride. The weather was beautiful, in fact most of us were in our short sleeve shirts. The ground was dry in most areas. A perfect day for a ride. When our ride was over, we all went over to Tolly's in old town Oakland, for lunch. What a great day we had.

Click on photos to get a bigger picture.  Photos by Bob LaVelle  

Sep 16, 2007
Winchester Bay Beach Ride
PeruvianPasoFun members and Easy Riders

8am 4 of the Rigs started lining up at the truck stop in Cottage Grove, ready for our annual ride and potluck at the beach. Took off by 8:10am everyone excited about the day.

We met Mavis and Gay at the Market in Scottsburg and continued on down to Winchester Bay to meet up the with rest of the riders. It was overcast, with no wind and all we needed were light jackets. We had a great ride even though the tide came up much sooner then we had ever seen. Next time we will check on the tide reports.

Once again the food and company were fabulous. Thank you Mavis for a fabulous day.    

Click on photos for larger view. Photos by Peruvian Paso Fun Webmaster

Winchester Bay Light House       

The Rigs at Winchester Bay

Marsha, Bob and Palamo

Bob

 
On the Beach 
 

On the Beach 

On the Beach 

Our Pot Luck - After the ride

Sept, 11, 2007
PerucianPasoFun group luncheon


A great time was had by all.
Mavis (up front) to the left of her Dick, Connie, Marsha & Bob, Roseanna, Carol, Doris, Don and Linda.

We wish to welcome Marsha and Bob and Linda and Patrick to our group.

Sept. 1 & 2nd. 2007

Peruvians At  the Oregon State Fair

Mavis and I left Cottage Grove at 9am, we stopped at Irene's' lovely home for a cup of coffee with Irene and her hubby Chris, then took off for the Peruvian Show at the State Fair.

We found our Peruvians stalled together in the same area they were last year.

What a surprise! Andres del Solar was the judge and Coco Fernandez the Peruvian Farrier was at the show.

The NorthWest Peruvian Club had a booth at the Fair that Irene and I helped out at. It really looked good and was well  received by the public.

Marsha and Bob, new members of PeruvianPasoFun, stopped by the booth to say Hi and tell us how much they were enjoying seeing all the beautiful Peruvians.

Annie came by to invite me to the BBQ and Pot luck they were having that night.

It was good seeing Sheri, Vicki, Maxine, Dave, Rich, Mary, German, Ricardo, Tina and so many other Peruvian horse folks.

What a great surprise, when I was taking pictures in the warm up arena, I heard Doris! It was Jennifer with her son Jake, and hubby, Terry from Shoot the Moon Farm (Rocky Mountain Horses). They were standing right in the middle of the Peruvians. Well, Jennifer, for once our Peruvians were a lot bigger then your little pony. They always show the most beautiful Rockies and needless to say, those horses are always much bigger then our horses. 

The show was great with lots of classes for novices, everyone helped with all the tack or anything that was needed.    

 I for one am looking forward to next year at the Fair!!

Thank you,  NorthWest Peruvian Club for a job well done.

Click on thumbs below to get larger view of pictures.

July 27 - 29, 2007
NorthWest Peruvian Horse Club Regional Championship Show
Evergreen State Fairgrounds

This past weekend we had our 26th Annual NW Regional Championship show at
Monroe Washington judged by Senor Juan Manuel Rizo Patron and his wife
Senora Carmen Maria Prado Rey as trail judge. We had a great show with 79
horses entered and fun had by all. On behalf of the board and myself I
would like to thank the judges, everyone who supported our show either via
showing their horses at the show, being a sponsor or the donation of time,
money or items. Without your support, our show would not be possible. I
would like to quickly thank the following people who worked at our show:

Kristen Damazio - Show Chair
Irene Taylor - Show Steward
Brian McLoughlin - Ring Steward & Premium
Bonnie McLoughlin - Gate Steward, Ribbons, trophy and gifts
Diane Bjornson - Trail Class Ring Steward
Paul Rintoul & Debbie Yip - Show Secretary
Sheri Fees - Barn & RV Manager, Webmaster & Novicio High Point Award
Gil & Tereasa Loyd - Hospitality
Tereasa Loyd - Sponsorships, Premium Ranch Promotions & Banners, Auction Items
Verne Albright - Show Announcer
Dana Bridges - Show Vet
Annie Kiesow - Treasurer
Ricardo Barraza & Annie Kiesow - Junior Sponsors and mentors
Doug & DeAnn Long - Junior Pizza Party
Dale & Elaine Gorsegner - Gate, Ribbons and Trail Class Helper
John & Edna Scott - Gate, Ribbons and Trail Class Setup
Dave & Maxine Whitbeck - T-Shirts & Sweatshirts
Dan & Julie McCallister - Versatility Horse Award
Johnston family - Luxury Gelding Award
Steve DeMers - Gait Post Editor & Club Photographer
Alberto Lummis - Wine Party
Rob Sjodin - Auctioneer
John Damazio - BBQ DJ
Steve Ireland - Club Doctor
Joe McCray - For all of the little things you did
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Now on to our results!!

Novicio High Point
MCD Bermejo - Forest Ridge Ranch - Julie McCallister
Versatility High Point
BDS Artistica - Paradise Ranch
Champion Performance Horse
TMR Apolo - Patti & Amy Dybdahl - Patti Dybdahl
Champion & Reserve Amateur Performance Horse
Champion - SRO Marie - Paradise Ranch - Chantelle Sawatzky
Reserve - RSTD Vida de Paijan - Kristin & Randy Eldridge
Champion & Reserve Performance Gelding
Champion - BDS Aromoatico - Paradise Ranch - Shailah Olsen
Reserve - Humo Negro SC - Ryse Family Peruvians - Lyn Ryse
Champion & Reserve Performance Mare
Champion - ACS Sabrina - Paradise Ranch - Ben Sawatzky
Reserve - BDS Artistica - Paradise Ranch - Chantelle Sawatzky
Champion & Reserve Performance Stallion
Champion - BDS Capellan - Paradise Ranch - Chantelle Sawatzky
Reserve - MCD Bermejo - Forest Ridge Ranch - Julie McCallister
Champion & Reserve Luxury Gelding
Champion - Mano Derecha IJB - Del Oeste Peruvian Paso Horses- Janice Sjodin
Reserve - MCD Saleraso - Casa La Victoria - Mark Paulus
Champion & Reserve Breeding Mare
Champion - HdN For de Luna - Casa La Victoria - Pedro Cantaro
Reserve - HdN Primera Dama - Rafter Z Peruvians - Lynn Omohundro
Champion & Reserve Breeding Stallion
Champion - RSTD Acuario - Little Mountain Peruvians - Rick Matheson
Reserve - FM Cochise - Four Mountains Ranch - Mary Folberg
Junior Sportsmanship Award - Kelsie Eldridge
High Point & Reserve Junior 12 and under
High Point - Samantha Zaitsoff
Reserve - Georgann Ireland
High Point & Reserve Junior 13 +
High Point - Marissa Ditunno
Reserve - Sara Zaitsoff
Best Bozal
HdN Cecilia - Hacienda del Noroeste - Pedro Cantaro
Best Gaited
*Caporal - Paradise Ranch - Ben Sawatzky
Champion of Champions Amateur Performance Horse - Diamante del Monte - Circle K Ranch - Marissa Ditunno
Champion of Champions Performance Gelding -BDS Aromantico - Paradise Ranch - Shailah Olsen
Champion of Champions Performance Mare - RSTD Vida de Paijan - Kristin & Randy Eldridge - Kristin Eldridge
Champion of Champions Performance Stallion - BDS Capellan - Paradise Ranch - Chantelle Sawatzky
Champion of Champions Luxury Gelding - Mano Derecha IJB - Del Oeste Peruvia Paso Horses - Janice Sjodin
Champion of Champions Breeding Mare & Laureada!! - RDS Luna Nova+ - Hacienda del Noroeste - Pedro Cantaro
Champion of Champions Breeding Stallion -*Caporal - Paradise Ranch - Ben Sawatzky

Congratulations to all of our Champions!! For those of you who missed the
show this year, I hope you make it up for next year. For those of you who
were at the show, I hope to see you again next year!! Please make sure to
check our website www.nwperuvianhorseclub.com  for full results when they are
available and other events going on within our club.

Kristin Eldridge
NPHC President

July 14 - 15, 2007
Evergreen Gaited Horse Classic Show

Western WA Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA
(Photos Below)
 

A big thanks to Kristen Damazio for posting this

Congratulations to all of the great Peruvian riders at this weekend's Evergreen All Gaited Horse Show. There was a wonderful representation of our breed with TEN Peruvian Paso's at the event.

 Dave Whitbeck, on Escarlata NL, received Best Gaited Horse of Show and had an excellent weekend earning ribbons of every color.

 Julie McCallister brought her beautiful new MCD Stallion Bermejo and earned many first and second place ribbons.

 Dan McCallister showed the other breeds how to do the trail course as he earned first place in that class and many others.

 Sheri Fees and her new horse were amazing and took several first place ribbons and placed well in other classes too.

 John Damazio did well on his Ringstead mare and consistently ribboned in every class and took 3rd place in Best Gaited Horse of Show class.

 Jan Swagerty came out with her gelding Panchito and did an amazing job in her first show earning ribbons in several classes.

 Kathy Haines, always the good sport, had a good weekend too with several ribbons and many good rides in Peruvian and western classes and received 2nd place in Western Pleasure.

 John and I took 2nd place in pairs, which was the highlight of my weekend as I didn't have a repeat of last year's
 success in other classes.

 But, all in all it was a great weekend and as usual the Peruvianswere by far the best horses at the show - although I
 might be a bit biased.

 Great Job everyone!

 Kristen Damazio
 NPHC Show Chair

Photos by Maxine

Jun 16 & 17, 2007

NORTHWEST PERUVIAN CLUB
at the

"Summer Spectacular"
Albany, Oregon
All Gaited Show

12 Peruvians attended this show
(More photos at end of this article)

Show results HERE (27KB PDF File)

Peruvian's do it again. First we went to the Grants Pass Equine Fair, then the Tennessee Walkers opened their show to all the gaited horses.

What a great opportunity and what fun! Mountain horses, Spotted Saddle horses and Peruvians joined together with the Tennessee Walkers to practice for the big shows and to just have fun. Many also received Fosh and UMH/NW points.

In spite of graduations (all the rooms were filled up for Saturday night), gas prices, Father's Day, and a dog show, 12 Peruvians were at this show with 3 juniors, 6 ranches, 6 riders, and 2 handlers.

I had asked that the Peruvian horses be stalled together and this was done.

I drove up from Cottage Grove with Vencedor De Daytona and TTR Shalimar on Friday afternoon. Since Cassie Thomas was Shalimar's Trainer and handler, we were stalled with the Walkers. Mike Sipe and his daughter, Becky came in around 12am from Bend with Regalo DJJR and RLP Lujosa. Dee and Dave Arment brought Dulce Brisa and Esperanza De La Vega. The next day her new Palomino Peruvian, HDE Corazon De Oro Dire came in with her trainer and handler Jessicia Bishop..

Then Ricardo Barraza and Marissa Ditunno arrived with TMR China. Maxine and Dave Whitbeck arrived with Copita de Cognac DJJR, Maya de la Norche, and their junior that they are sponsoring for the Northwest Peruvian club, Allason Fewx brought Copita. Poor Allason was just getting over a bad cough and was quite the trooper.

Don came in on Saturday to take pictures, help out and be the great husband, he is.

Dewey and Chuck Woodland came in to see the show and see Breezy (Dulce Brisa) a horse they once owned. Dewey is the author of "Hoof Beats". They were riders with us for years.

Dianna Jones, a member of PeruvianPasoFun came to watch the show.

Saturday night dinner was fabulous with roast beef, salads, potatoes, veggies and dessert.

PeruvianPasoFun wishes to congratulate Marissa Ditunno for winning the Peruvian High Point award. She and her horse were presented a beautiful Silvertip halter and lead rope, a large floral sash of large white roses and a bouquet of fresh carrots for China.

Sunday the Tennessee Walkers had a drill team and someone said Doris, do you see the Peruvian in the Drill team? Yes, I said, who is she? No one seemed to know and she was gone so fast, I didn't have time to find out.

I would like to thank the Tennessee Walkers for their generous hospitality, their Fun Show and camaraderie we all shared. Also to all the Northwest Peruvian Club members that drove long distances to take part in this show.

May We Always have,
PeruvianPasoFun
Doris Loeffler

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May 19 and 20, 2007
Grants Pass Equine Fair

We did it, and our weekend was long.

Friday at 10am
I met Gina Gardner at the truck stop in Cottage Grove, then we met Mavis Stonebreaker at the Dairy Queen in Southerland. 

The Ovenburgs arrived around 7pm with their horses. They also brought beautiful pictures of their horses to put in our booth. 

The Walkers and Fox Trotters arrived later.

Mavis and I set up the PeruvianPasoFun booth. We had four gaited booths side by side.

Saturday
10-11 
The horses lined up for Gina's horse demo. The Walkers first, Rich and Mary on their stallions, FM Don Joaquin, and FM Cochise were second. Then the Fox Trotters and Icelandic's. 

I must say, Mary and Rich and their horses looked spectacular!

The Stallion Parade was at 12:30. The crowd went wild over FM Don Joaquin and FM Cochise. The yelling and applause was fantastic.

Mary went over with Gina to the small arena for the Gaited demo.

Rich came over to our booth to answer questions and let the folks know that we had our district representative from NAPHA. 

Joyce and Jim Hart one of the original founders of the Northwest Peruvian Horse Club came in the morning to help out at the booth and stayed to help take it down on Sunday.

Sunday kept all of us busy until around 1:00. Then the Tournament of the knights arrived to joust.

We had a lot of CA transplants stop by the booth to introduce themselves and take Northwest Peruvian Club membership flyers, the 2007 Peruvian Horse Directory that Kelly and Charlotte so graciously mailed to me. Also had a lot of "newbies" to the breed that I gave a lot of literature out on what the breed is all about. One gentleman was a cowboy that couldn't work his cattle anymore on a Quarter horse due to his back. He now has a Peruvian that he just loves. 

Doris Loeffler

March 11, 2007

The Call Went Out
Elijah Bristow
or
Bust!

This would be our second outing this Spring! Of course, we had no idea if the weather would turn to rain our be sunny! We just had to take the chance. What a day! It did turn out to be a fabulous day to ride. 74 degrees.

I picked up Lyn and Humo and then drove over to Elijah to meet Linda and Maureen. Lots of OET members had come out to ride, also. It was fun coming upon OET members that we knew. Stopped and talked to Barbara and Ray.

Lynn holding Humo and Daytona

Maureen, Linda and Lynn laughing at the turtles

Some areas of the Lost Creek was dry already and then part of the Middle Fork had too much water running to cross. What a sight to see all those turtles resting on the log.

After our ride we put hay bags and water out for the horses and all sat down under the canopy for our sandwiches and a great talk. 

Sept. 17, 2006
Beach Ride and Pot Luck
At  Winchester Bay OR, and
Mavis' Place

Everyone arrived at 8am at the truck stop in Cottage Grove for a day of fun. Four rigs, four couples, eight horses, all ready for a new adventure.

It took our little caravan another hour to meet Mavis at the grocery store in Scottsburg and another 50 minuets to Winchester Bay.

The weather was perfect, not too hot, no wind and beautiful sky. After 2 1/2 hr. ride we all decided to head over to Remstone Ranch. David and Ashley, and 2 Vince's and Gay where all waiting for us to join them with a great party. The food was outstanding as usual, the company great. What fun! It was hard to leave, but we all had a long drive home.

PHOTOS

Aug 2006
Peruvians at the Oregon State Fair

More Photos HERE>>

June 18th
PERUVIANPASOFUN/EASY RIDERS
POT LUCK AND RIDE

Treetops Ranch
Cottage Grove, OR

The weather was perfect! Overcast and in the 60's. Beautiful fluffy white clouds. Got up early to feed the horses and went back to the house for our breakfast. Received another e-mail saying one more couple had decided to join us. Went back to the stable and started doing some last minute cleaning.  Then all of a sudden the horses started picking up that something was going on.  The only thing that we could do was bring them out into the aisle, crosstie them and start grooming. This way Daytona could watch the road  in his favorite place!!

It didn't take long and Mavis, Starry and Regalo arrived, then Kim and John, Suzanne and Don and Carol and Dianna. I tried to take pictures, but too much was going on, greeting and getting the food, then the saddling up.

We led the way into (Grandpa's Park) 40 acres of old growth firs, with moss covered paths. This path winds around, and over, down and up and then out we popped, one by one. Then up through the west 45. First through the 5 acre parcel under the trees. Then up to the logging roads behind us. By the time we got back to TreeTops everyone was ready for lunch.  Everyone brought wonderful dishes. We all had so much fun, it was hard to say good bye, but it was around 3pm and everyone had long drives to get home.

ride photos HERE>>

2006 Pacific Gaited Show
May 19 - 21

 TTR Shalimar wins 3 blue ribbons and one red

Open Gaited Breed Trail Novice Handler
Open Gaited Breed In-Hand Trail Open
Peruvian Paso Halter 2 & Under Fillies
Open Gaited Breed Halter 2 & Under Fillies
Photos HERE

GRANTS PASS EQUIFAIR
April 8, 2006

For the second year in a row, the word went out for the Lane County, OR gaited groups to migrate to Grants Pass to the Equifair for Gina Gardner's gaited clinic at the EquiFair.

Dr. Curry of Curry Peruvian Ranch offered to represent the Peruvian's. Irene from Salem offered to announce for Dr. Curry and his riders.

4 am, I woke up with a start!! Irene should be getting up now. I can't get back to bed, so I get up 

and start getting ready to meet Irene at the Vintage Inn to head down to the Equifair. 

Irene drove into the parking lot and off we went. We got to Grants Pass at 8:30, so it gave us a chance to meet with Gina, see the booth and greet Dr. Curry and his riders.
Mavis drove down from Scottsburg. It was great seeing the PeruvianPasoFun members, from the Grants Pass area. James and Joyce, Linda, Marilyn and her granddaughter. Bob was sick, so we missed him and his wife Laurie. We are happy to report Bob is doing well, now.

The booths were in a fantastic area. Farrier shoeing competition where across from us. New horse trailers, cars and trucks where parked for everyone to see. 

Cindy Wilson had arranged to have clinics and demos in all the arena's all day long. Drill teams, trick riders, mules, miniature horses and mules, draft horse competitions and Friesians. The gaited horse clubs brought in their best. Peruvians, Tennessee Walkers, Missouri Fox Trotters. Rocky Mountain, a Paso Fino, and Iclandic's.

The gaited clubs and groups had booths side by side. We wish to Thank Gina Gardner as she invited PeruvianPasoFun to share her booth. Most of the Peruvian fliers and booklets where taken by many interested in our breed. It was a long day, but well worth while. 

Cindy has invited us back, next year and we will have 2 days of clinics and demo's. Sooo! see you at Grant's Pass, 2007.

Doris Loeffler

Peruvian Paso Fun Club/Easy Riders Potluck and Ride
Remstone Ranch and Winchester Bay Beach, Oregon
Sep 18, 2005

What a beautiful day we had.  Three rigs met at the truck stop in Cottage Grove and we caravanned down to Bobs Grocery Store in Scottsburg where we met Mavis and picked up her friend Gay, then Mavis took off to pick up another friend.

The rest of us drove down to Winchester Bay and it wasn't long before Mavis and her friend LaDonna  drove in. The weather was perfect, sunny and a little cool.

We rode about 2 1/2 hrs. We had the beach almost to our selves. Just saw a few families. The surf was coming in and we watched a pod of seals watching us. What fun!

Then the party began. We put some of the horses out in the pastures and all the food came out. What a spread of wonderful salads, desserts and ribs. We finally left at 4pm. Great horses, great friends, and great food - What more can one want on a beautiful weekend.    

SEE THE PHOTOS HERE