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Welcome to the photography section of Right Lead Equestrian Center http://www.rightlead.com. Naming convention for the galleries is Year Month Day Farm (or event). All printed material is handled through SmugMug. Please note that all photos are in a 4x6 format and ordering may necessitate cropping. Simply follow the instructions as SmugMug will guide you through the process. Protective watermarks will not be on your ordered prints. If you have any questions or would like us to capture your upcoming event please feel free to email Rick at Rick@rightlead.com. Enjoy the memories.

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130518 Competitive Trail Ride : Cajun Comfort Competitive Trail Challenge in Roseland, LA. Have you ever done ring around a live Turkey? We packed up Aryelle/Brownie, Emily/Spirit, Elicia/Apple Jack and headed over to Roseland, LA to Country Lane Bed & Breakfast for this event. More information about upcoming events can be found here: http://www.actha.us. Thanks to Bridget Hayes and all of her wonderful volunteers for hosting this great events! Oh, and congratulations to Aryelle/Brownie who took first place in their division and reserve high point champion for the show. Great job! There was an "official" show photographer there so I only took a few of our ladies and am including them here for free (oh... and there is one nasty spill from someone not in our group). Enjoy!

130518 Competitive Trail Ride

Cajun Comfort Competitive Trail Challenge in Roseland, LA. Have you ...

Updated: May 18, 2013 9:24pm PST

130504 Barr Doctor Wedding : On May 4th Michelle's sister Anne Barr married Muddassir Mujahid in their hometown of Austin, TX. I was not the official photographer for the event so I didn't take a whole bunch of pictures, but in this gallery were the ones I managed to capture. It was an extremely beautiful ceremony and Anne was breathtaking in her wedding gown. Oh... and I managed to capture a few pictures of Michelle not in her breaches and full of horse stuff... WOW!!!. You'll have to excuse the large number of Michelle pics but I knew the event photographer would be capturing a whole lot more of the event than I. Enjoy the photos. They are free to download. Simply click on the one you like on the left hand side and mouse over the larger on on the right. Select the folder with the download arrow and choose a place to save it. Enjoy the memories!

130504 Barr Doctor Wedding

On May 4th Michelle's sister Anne Barr married Muddassir Mujahid in th ...

Updated: May 09, 2013 5:46am PST

130330 Lucky Bunny : RLEC volunteered to help the River Riders Pony Club put on the Lucky Bunny Combined Test and Dressage Schooling Show at BREC Farr Horse Park. Michelle managed the show while Rick announced. Since Rick was announcing mainly from the indoor arena where photography is nearly impossible due to the lighting Rick was not able to take his normal role as show photographer. He was however able to hand his camera over to a good friend who managed to capture a few shots on the show grounds. Oh.. and Rick did manage to get out during a break in dressage to shoot a few people in stadium. Below are the ones we did capture... and we've decided not to charge for them this time so they are free to download. Enjoy! - Rick

130330 Lucky Bunny

RLEC volunteered to help the River Riders Pony Club put on the Lucky B ...

Updated: Mar 31, 2013 7:28pm PST

2012 ChemFriends : The ChemFriends Exposition is held annually in Ascension Parish Louisiana as an effort to raise chemistry and science awareness in the community and the school system. Approximately 1,800 sixth graders from the parish attend the event each year. More details about the event may be found on the website http://www.chemfriends.org. Rick has been co-chair for the event for the last couple of years and takes his camera along to capture a few memories. This gallery is open and free for downloading. Simply mouse over the large picture at the right and choose to download. The event is held over two days and one evening and is in it's 16th year. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event such a great success and to all the students who were so well behaved. The day portion of Wednesday's event pictures are on pages 1-10, Thursday's event pictures are on pages 10-25, and Community Night are from page 25 to the end. Enjoy the pictures!

2012 ChemFriends

The ChemFriends Exposition is held annually in Ascension Parish Louisi ...

Updated: Nov 16, 2012 4:26am PST

121103 HRN Visit : A visit from Right Lead friends Glenn and Jennifer of the Horse Radio Network. Welcome to Louisiana for the weekend!

121103 HRN Visit

A visit from Right Lead friends Glenn and Jennifer of the Horse Radio ...

Updated: Nov 06, 2012 3:37am PST

121027 Holly Hill Horse Trials : Holly Hill Horse Trials in Benton, LA. We packed up Jessica and Lightning and made the trek to Benton. At the show we met up with Ginny Harrison. Jessica and Lightning took first in their Training division even with two rails down in stadium and posted an impressive dressage score of 33.6. Way to go ladies!

121027 Holly Hill Horse Trials

Holly Hill Horse Trials in Benton, LA. We packed up Jessica and Lightn ...

Updated: Oct 31, 2012 4:03pm PST

121006 DSR Pony Club Eventing Rally : Deep South Region Pony Club Eventing Rally and Open Horse Trials at Lagniappe in Covington, LA. We packed up Laura/Emmy, Jessica/Lightning, and brought Kate along for the ride. At the show we met up with Ginny and Elisha. Laura/Emmy were the stars of our group placing first in the 12" Horse Trials. Jessica and Elisha were in first place in Training and Beginner Novice respectively but Jessica missed a cross country jump and Elisha had a run-in with gravity on the cross country course so both were eliminated. Overall though everyone had excellent rides and we're very proud of their accomplishments. Way to go ladies!

121006 DSR Pony Club Eventing Rally

120915 Knollwood Farms : We packed up Jessica/Lightning, Aryelle/Brownie, Laura/Emmy, and Emily/Apple Jack and headed over to Knollwood Farm in Sunset, LA for a schooling show on their derby course. Jessica/Lightning came home with first, Elisha/Crane were second, Aryelle/Brownie third in "high" division, Emily and Applejack third in "low" division, and Laura/Emmy fourth. Enjoy the pictures!

120915 Knollwood Farms

We packed up Jessica/Lightning, Aryelle/Brownie, Laura/Emmy, and Emily ...

Updated: Sep 16, 2012 7:55am PST

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120825 Convent Service Awards

OxyChem Convent's service awards banquet at Ruffino's Resturant. To d ...

Updated: Sep 01, 2012 7:56am PST

120415 Fleur de Leap : Aryelle/Brownie and Laura/Emmy at Fleur de Leap. Also got a few pictures of Michelle schooling Kate. Laura and Emmy took first place in 18" Combined Test and Aryelle and Brownie took second place in Green as Grass Horse Trials. Great job ladies!

120415 Fleur de Leap

Aryelle/Brownie and Laura/Emmy at Fleur de Leap. Also got a few pictu ...

Updated: Apr 18, 2012 8:54pm PST

2011 ChemFriends : The ChemFriends Exposition is held annually in Ascension Parish Louisiana as an effort to raise chemistry and science awareness in the community and the school system. Approximately 1,800 sixth graders from the parish attend the event each year. More details about the event may be found on the website http://www.chemfriends.org. Rick has been co-chair for the event for the last couple of years and takes his camera along to capture a few memories. This gallery is open and free for downloading. Simply mouse over the large picture at the right and choose to download. The event is held over two days and one evening. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event such a great success and to all the students who were so well behaved. The day portion of Wednesday's event are on pages 1-11, Thursday's day portion is on pages 11-26, and Community Night starts on page 26 to the end. Enjoy the pictures!

2011 ChemFriends

The ChemFriends Exposition is held annually in Ascension Parish Louisi ...

Updated: Nov 05, 2011 5:12pm PST

111002 BREC Schooling : Michelle held a Schooling day at BREC's Cross Country Course. Absolutely georgeous weather and everyone had a challanging and very productive day. Congratulations riders Jessica, Laura, Nicole, Elisha, and Emily, not to mention the tag along crew! Hopefully we'll get a chance to do it again sometime soon! Until then enjoy the photos!

111002 BREC Schooling

Michelle held a Schooling day at BREC's Cross Country Course. Absolut ...

Updated: Oct 02, 2011 7:58pm PST

110618 RLEC Dressage Show : Thanks to everyone who made it out to the schooling dressage show at Right Lead Equestrian Center. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves as much as we did. We'll probably hold another one later this year when the weather has cooled down some. Thanks for braving the heat. Enjoy the pictures! For the competitors. I am offering a free picture file for each class that you entered. For instance if you entered two classes you can pick any two pictures from the show. Send me the number of the picture (file names are below the pictures and start with IMG) and I'll email you a copy of the file.   -- Rick            rick@rightlead.com

110618 RLEC Dressage Show

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the schooling dressage show at R ...

Updated: Jun 19, 2011 3:31am PST

110529 Competitve Trail Ride : Thanks to Bridget Hayes and her volunteers for the great show and to KC Annison for the use of her property for this competitive trail ride. Rick took his camera along and got some pretty good photos at the log jump, the ascending bank, and the figure 8/emergency dismount, not to mention a few candids. Don't laugh... the emergency dismount can be harder than it looks, especially when you've been in the saddle for 2 hours.

110529 Competitve Trail Ride

Thanks to Bridget Hayes and her volunteers for the great show and to K ...

Updated: May 30, 2011 6:01am PST

110514 ACTHA Competitive Trail Challange : ACTHA Cajun Comfort Competitive Trail Challenge in Roseland, LA. Wow! What perfect weather, and a perfect event. We packed up Michelle/Emma and Alex/Spirit and headed over to Roseland, LA to Country Lane Bed & Breakfast for the one year anniversary of this CTC. This really is a great outing for you and your horse. More information about upcoming events can be found here: http://www.actha.us. Thanks to Bridget Hayes and all of her wonderful volunteers for hosting these great events!

110514 ACTHA Competitive Trail Challange

ACTHA Cajun Comfort Competitive Trail Challenge in Roseland, LA. Wow! ...

Updated: May 15, 2011 12:14am PST

110507 Sacred Heart : What a great day for a horse show! We packed up Michelle and Emma and traveled over to Grand Coteau, LA for a dressage schooling show. Too bad our students had conflicts because the weather was darn near perfect and the show was one of the most laid back things we've been to in a very long time. Rick's mom rode there and back with us and Michelle's parents made the drive from Shreveport. What better way to celebrate mother's day than a horse show hamburger (ASH has great concessions by the way). A friend of ours, Gayle Duhamel, met us there to help and hang out with us for the day. Michelle and Emma took first in both USEA Training Test A and Test B. Oh, and did I mention she did Test B Sidesaddle? Although I have the shopping card enabled in this gallery the pictures are available for download for free.

110507 Sacred Heart

What a great day for a horse show! We packed up Michelle and Emma and ...

Updated: May 08, 2011 4:55am PST

110409 Singing River : Well it's only been about 3 years since Michelle and Emma have competed at a show together. We packed up Emma and Lightning and made the journey over to Singing River Ranch in Vancleave, MS for a Dressage and Combined Test. Jessica and Lightning took first place in Novice Combined Test with a Dressage score of 34 and a fantastic stadium round. Michelle and Emma took first in both USEA Training Test A with a 67.78 (remember this is USDF scoring) and Test B with a 63.64. Way to to girls!

110409 Singing River

Well it's only been about 3 years since Michelle and Emma have compete ...

Updated: Apr 10, 2011 1:13pm PST

101119 CBHSNA AGM : The Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America held it's annual general membership meeting in Sherveport Louisiana this year. Michelle is on the board of directors of CBHSNA and set up the meeting and events. Rick tagged along and was able to capture some of the horse outings at Holly Hill Farm Equestrian Center. Michelle brought two of her Cleveland Bays as did Gabriel Gordon. Enjoy the pictures!

101119 CBHSNA AGM

The Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America held it's annual gene ...

Updated: Nov 22, 2010 3:25am PST

101030 BREC CC Schooling : I'm not sure who was in charge of the weather today... but WOW. We packed up a few of the horses and several of the ladies and made it out to the BREC cross country course for a schooling day. Based on all the fun we had I'm sure they are still smiling. Great job girls (and Normand)!

101030 BREC CC Schooling

I'm not sure who was in charge of the weather today... but WOW. We pa ...

Updated: Oct 30, 2010 6:35pm PST

WEG Show Jumping : 2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed with Glen the Geek from Horse Radio Network and his wife Jennifer. We watched cross country, stadium jumping, and a few days of the jumper shows. There was way more than we could take in and the event organizers outdid themselves. Michelle's name was drawn to ride a Reining Horse and Rick got to meet a Canadian Horse Ball team. Rick took so many pictures that we've seperated them by topic. This is the largest group... Show Jumping.

WEG Show Jumping

2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed ...

Updated: Oct 10, 2010 11:32am PST

WEG Cross Country : 2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed with Glen from the Horse Radio Network and his wife Jennifer. We watched cross country, stadium jumping, and a few days of the jumper shows. There was way more than we could take in and the event organizers outdid themselves. Michelle's name was drawn to ride a Reining Horse and Rick got to meet a Canadian Horse Ball team. Rick took so many pictures that we've seperated them by topic. Pictures from Cross Country are in this gallery. You may right click on these photos and save a local copy, or if you like you can also purchase them.

WEG Cross Country

2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed ...

Updated: Oct 10, 2010 10:37am PST

WEG Ride A Reiner : 2010 World Equestrian Games. During our visit to WEG Michelle entered a drawing held by the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) to “Ride a Reiner.” While sitting in the main outdoor arena watching show jumping she got the call that she had been selected. NRHA professionals lead three people at a time who were lucky enough to have their names drawn from the over 40,000 entries through some of the normal reining maneuvers. Funny thing was... Michelle had left her paddock boots where we were staying so she had to spend even more than she already had at Bit of Brittan so that even in a western saddle she was in the proper attire.

WEG Ride A Reiner

2010 World Equestrian Games. During our visit to WEG Michelle entered ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2010 6:35pm PST

WEG Misc : 2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed with Glen the Geek from Horse Radio Network and his wife Jennifer. We watched cross country, stadium jumping, and a few days of the jumper shows. There was way more than we could take in and the event organizers outdid themselves. Michelle's name was drawn to ride a Reining Horse and Rick got to meet a Canadian Horse Ball team. Rick took so many pictures that we've seperated them by topic. This group consists of miscellaneous shots taken during the event.

WEG Misc

2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2010 6:34pm PST

WEG Horseball : 2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed with Glen the Geek from Horse Radio Network and his wife Jennifer. We watched cross country, stadium jumping, and a few days of the jumper shows. There was way more than we could take in and the event organizers really outdid themselves. One of the more interesting things we watched was a game of Horseball by a group of people who traveled all the way from Canada. There is a good article here: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/10/04/1463146/its-not-quite-the-wildcats-but.html. And here is quite a bit more: http://www.fihb-horseball.org/. We're really dumbfounded as to why this sport has not taken off in America. What a great time!

WEG Horseball

2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2010 6:34pm PST

WEG Stadium : 2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed with Glen the Geek from Horse Radio Network and his wife Jennifer. We watched cross country, stadium jumping, and a few days of the jumper shows. There was way more than we could take in and the event organizers outdid themselves. Michelle's name was drawn to ride a Reining Horse and Rick got to meet a Canadian Horse Ball team. Rick took so many pictures that we've seperated them by topic. In this gallery are the Stadium pictures from Eventing. You may right click on these photos and save a local copy, or if you like you can also purchase them.

WEG Stadium

2010 World Equestrian Games. Michelle and I traveled to KY and stayed ...

Updated: Oct 09, 2010 6:33pm PST

100926 Global Wildlife Center : The Global Wildlife Center is located in Robert, LA www.globalwildlife.com. We've passed by it for many years on our way to horse shows in the area and have always said we need to go there one day. We finally did it. These pictures are free for you to download. Enjoy the pics from our safari down south.

100926 Global Wildlife Center

The Global Wildlife Center is located in Robert, LA www.globalwildlife ...

Updated: Sep 29, 2010 5:08am PST

100911 Fleur de Leap : Fleur de Leap at Lagniappe in Folsom, LA. Saturday Dressage can be found on pages 1-23. Stadium starts on page 23. Sunday's Cross Country starts on page 30.

100911 Fleur de Leap

Fleur de Leap at Lagniappe in Folsom, LA. Saturday Dressage can be fo ...

Updated: Sep 12, 2010 7:16pm PST

100904 ACTHA Competitive Trail Ride : These are shots from Saturday's event in Zachary. Unfortunately we were not able to make it for the Sunday ride... but I'm sure it was as much fun as today was. Find out more by going to www.actha.us

100904 ACTHA Competitive Trail Ride

These are shots from Saturday's event in Zachary. Unfortunately we we ...

Updated: Sep 05, 2010 4:09am PST

100810 Shakerag Hounds : As part of our trip up to Georgia we were invited to visit Georgia’s oldest hunt Shakerag Hounds www.shakerag.com and ride along as they exercised the hounds. Thanks to Sandra and Jean Carnet for inviting us and to John and Kelly for letting us tag along for the ride.

100810 Shakerag Hounds

As part of our trip up to Georgia we were invited to visit Georgia’s o ...

Updated: Aug 11, 2010 7:57pm PST

100808 Oxer Farm Bergeron Clinic : This is day 2 of the clinic at Oxer Farm in Clermont, Georgia. Thanks again to everyone who came out for the clinic with Michelle Bergeron and thanks to Sandra and Jean Carnet for being such gracious hosts.

100808 Oxer Farm Bergeron Clinic

This is day 2 of the clinic at Oxer Farm in Clermont, Georgia. Thanks ...

Updated: Aug 09, 2010 9:26am PST

100807 Oxer Farm Bergeron Clinic : This is day 1 of the clinic at Oxer Farm in Clermont, Georgia. Thanks to everyone who came out for the clinic with Michelle Bergeron and thanks to Sandra and Jean Carnet for being such gracious hosts.

100807 Oxer Farm Bergeron Clinic

This is day 1 of the clinic at Oxer Farm in Clermont, Georgia. Thanks ...

Updated: Aug 08, 2010 8:50pm PST

100718 New Trailer : Those of you who have been following us may know that we've always owned Sundwoner brand trailers. A few months back we discovered that our 10 year old trailer's frame was rusted to the point that we could no longer use it. Rather than replacing the frame (which Sundowner offered to do at a reasonable price) Michelle decided it was time to bite the bullet and purchase a new trailer. We called the Sundowner factory directly and started negotiations. On the weekend of the 17th (Michelle's birthday is the 18th) we traveled up to Coleman Oklahoma to the Sundowner factory to take delivery. We even got to see the birth place of these fine horse trailers. Thanks to Sundwoner for helping us make the transition. We are looking to many years of great service from our new Sundowner!

100718 New Trailer

Those of you who have been following us may know that we've always own ...

Updated: Jul 18, 2010 8:07pm PST

100613 ACTHA Competitive Trail Ride : Day 2 of the ACTHA Ride. Michelle was one of the judges for this event and Rick brought his camera along to capture the event.

100613 ACTHA Competitive Trail Ride

Day 2 of the ACTHA Ride. Michelle was one of the judges for this even ...

Updated: Jun 14, 2010 4:13am PST

100612 ACTHA Competitive Trail Ride : Day 1 of the ACTHA Ride. Michelle was one of the judges for this event and Rick brought his camera along to capture the event.

100612 ACTHA Competitive Trail Ride

Day 1 of the ACTHA Ride. Michelle was one of the judges for this even ...

Updated: Jun 13, 2010 12:26am PST

100418 RLEC Alex : Michelle was asked to contribute to an article to help competitive trail riders jump over obstacles. As part of the article we were also asked to capture some photographs which might be used for the publication. Fortunately Alex and Spirit were up to the task.

100418 RLEC Alex

Michelle was asked to contribute to an article to help competitive tra ...

Updated: Apr 18, 2010 6:20pm PST

100410 ACTHA CTC : Michelle was invited to help judge the Cajun Comfort Competitive Trail Challenge recognized by the American Competitive Trail Horse Association held at Country Lane Bed & Breakfast located in Roseland, Louisiana. It was an absolutely gorgeous weather day, the facility was wonderful, and the event was tons of fun. Rick brought his camera along and took some pictures.

100410 ACTHA CTC

Michelle was invited to help judge the Cajun Comfort Competitive Trail ...

Updated: Apr 11, 2010 6:17am PST

Trailer Issues : We purchased our first Sundowner trailer many years ago. It was a 2 horse bumper pull and we loved it. In 2001 we decided to upgrade to a larger trailer and came across a very lightly used 2000 model 3 horse slant load goose neck Sundowner valuelite. The valulite line consists of a steel frame and skeleton wrapped in aluminum. The price was right and our experience with Sundowner quality was good, so we made the purchase. Since then we’ve traveled to countless shows. We’ve always sung the praises of our Sundowner trailer. Recently we noticed the junction box which holds the trailer brake wire was hanging down. To our horror when we looked under the trailer we saw major structural damage. These pictures tell the story. Unbeknownst to us failure of the powder coating on the frame is a known issue and Sundowner has repaired many trailers (they carry an 8 year warranty). As you can tell by looking at the external pictures of our trailer it appears to be in great condition. You cannot see what lies beneath until you look under it. If you own any brand of trailer please please check your frame now and often. I’d hate for someone to have a tragic accident due to frame failure. We live in south Lousisiana so salted roads in winter had nothing to do with this rusting. We did contact Sundowner and who offered to replace the frame for parts and labor which was very reasonable. In the end we traded it in (for the frame to be repaired) and purchased a brand new all-allumnium Sundowner. Thanks to the folks at Sundowner who were very helpful in working with us on this issue.

Trailer Issues

We purchased our first Sundowner trailer many years ago. It was a 2 h ...

Updated: Mar 07, 2010 6:45am PST

100206 LSUSVM Open House : For the past several years RLEC has been asked to participate in the Parade of Breeds portion of the LSU Vet School's Open House. Michelle brought 21 month old Sprite to show in hand and Katharine brought Spirit to show under saddle. This exhibition was a small part of a much larger program. The pictures were taken mostly under the school's lameness pavilion and the backlighting was extremely difficult to photograph, especially for the black horses. Please note these pictures will be really dark. Enjoy the memories!

100206 LSUSVM Open House

For the past several years RLEC has been asked to participate in the P ...

Updated: Feb 07, 2010 6:57am PST

100130 LTRA Annual Meeting : Michelle and Meg packed up Spirit and headed over to the LSU Vet School where the Louisiana Therapeutic Riding Association (LTRA) was holding their annual meeting. Michelle and Meg (an able-bodied student) demonstrated techniques for making both the rider and the horse more supple. It was really cold outside so the demonstration was conducted inside. We only snapped a few pictures.. but here they are.

100130 LTRA Annual Meeting

Michelle and Meg packed up Spirit and headed over to the LSU Vet Schoo ...

Updated: Jan 31, 2010 6:49am PST

091024 CB Video : The Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America (CBHSNA) www.clevelandbay.org recently held a video shoot for an upcoming special on Cleveland Bay Horses. Several society members converged on River Glen Equestrian Park www.river-glen.com in New Market, TN for the shoot. Jon with Horseflicks filmed while the CB owners showed the many versatile uses for CBs. Rick brought his camera to capture the action, resulting in the pictures shown here. Unfortunately Rick didn't get to photograph the fox hunt... missing the 2 foxes spotted by the group (they did get 'em in the video). Big thanks to Bill at River Glen for being such a great host, to Jon and Horseflicks, and to all the CB owners who traveled far and wide to make it to the event. It was great to finally put a name with a face.

091024 CB Video

The Cleveland Bay Horse Society of North America (CBHSNA) www.clevelan ...

Updated: Oct 27, 2009 8:32am PST

090919 BREC CC Schooling : Another schooling day at BREC's cross country course.

090919 BREC CC Schooling

Another schooling day at BREC's cross country course.

Updated: Sep 20, 2009 3:24am PST

090905 Sterling Silver Stables : We packed up a couple trailers full of horses and a couple of cars of people from RLEC and invited a few other friends over to Sterling Silver Stables in Lafayette for a cross country schooling day. As you can tell from the photos everyone had a great time... but the day was bittersweet. Jessica who has been with RLEC since she was 10 is now a freshman at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Today she and Lightning moved to their new home at SSS. Thanks to everyone at SSS who really went out of their way to make us feel at home. We know Jessica and Lightning are in good hands.

090905 Sterling Silver Stables

We packed up a couple trailers full of horses and a couple of cars of ...

Updated: Sep 05, 2009 11:50pm PST

090717 Breyerfest : Each year Breyer Horses (breyerhorses.com) holds BreyerFest at the Kentucky Hose Park in Lexington. A big part of the activities is horse demonstrations by many different breeds and disciplines. As owners of a rare breed (the Cleveland Bay) we are often asked to do demonstrations for the public to promote the breed, and for several years now we've often made the 13 hour trek from LA to KY to do so at Breyerfest. This year however was different in that our CBs were not able to make the trip, but not to worry as another CB owner came to the rescue. Thanks to Rick and Donna McDowell who brought Gracie for Michelle to ride while Donna rode Maiden. We normally have several more CBs in the demonstration, but unfortunately it was only these two this year. Maiden is a thoroughbred cross and Gracie is a percheron cross. Enjoy the photos.

090717 Breyerfest

Each year Breyer Horses (breyerhorses.com) holds BreyerFest at the Ken ...

Updated: Jul 20, 2009 10:35pm PST

090711 RLEC Hunter Jumper : Right Lead Equestrian Center held a schooling hunter jumper show at our farm. Thanks to everyone who came out for the show including our competitors, spectators, and volunteers. We know everyone had a great time and we look forward to holding another show at the farm soon. Stay tuned.

090711 RLEC Hunter Jumper

Right Lead Equestrian Center held a schooling hunter jumper show at ou ...

Updated: Jul 12, 2009 1:28pm PST

090621 Holder Clinic : This was day two of the Becky Holder clinic held at BREC's cross country course put on by Right Lead Equestrian Center which consisted mainly of cross country schooling. Thanks to everyone who helped make this event such a great success, especially to Becky for having the patience of a saint!

090621 Holder Clinic

This was day two of the Becky Holder clinic held at BREC's cross count ...

Updated: Jun 22, 2009 1:39pm PST

090620 Holder Clinic : This was day one from the Becky Holder Clinic at BREC put on by Right Lead Equestrian Center. It was held in the indoor arena which is extremely difficult to photograph. Try as I did, I wasn't happy with the results so I'm offering the entire day's photos free for download. You can still purchase the photos online if you wish but I've enabled all of them so that you can download whatever you want. They are posted at half their RAW size (about 2.5K each) so they should be way large enough for you to print your own photos. Thanks to Becky for putting on such a great clinic and thanks to all of the participants who braved the heat to come out and improve their game. Enjoy the photos.... Rick.

090620 Holder Clinic

This was day one from the Becky Holder Clinic at BREC put on by Right ...

Updated: Jun 21, 2009 9:26pm PST

090530 Amen Corners : All the details coming soon, but for now.... enjoy the photos!

090530 Amen Corners

All the details coming soon, but for now.... enjoy the photos!

Updated: May 30, 2009 8:19pm PST

090517 Sacred Heart : The Dressage Schooling Show at Sacred Heart Academy was the place to be today.  We packed up Katie/Journey, Jessica & Rachael/Lightning, Alex/Spirit.  Michelle R, Emily, Libby, and a couple of sets of parents as well.  Rick smoked some chicken and brought some sides and several others pitched in as well (John had his kickin' Caesar salad).  It would have been a bit nicer if mother nature wouldn't have made it 65 degrees with a light rain most of the day, but we all still had a great time and brought home lots of ribbons.  Alex placed 5th intro A and 4th intro B.  Katie placed 1st in BN A and BN B. Rachel placed 1st intro B, 3rd training test 1, and Champion in Intro. Jessica placed 1st training A and in Prix Caprilli #2. Thanks to Emily, Libby, and Michelle R. for coming out to help with the show. Enjoy the photos.

090517 Sacred Heart

The Dressage Schooling Show at Sacred Heart Academy was the place to b ...

Updated: May 18, 2009 9:45pm PST

090419 Holly Hill : RLEC packed up Emily/Ally and Katie/Journey and drove up to Benton, LA to Holly Hill. The girls didn't get in the ribbons, but it was a learning experience for both them and their horses. Enjoy the photos.

090419 Holly Hill

RLEC packed up Emily/Ally and Katie/Journey and drove up to Benton, LA ...

Updated: Apr 20, 2009 6:52pm PST

090405 Fleur de Leap : Fleur de Leap Combined Test was held on Sunday April 5 at Lagniappe Farm in Folsom, LA. Thanks to show organizer Elizabeth Cummins and all her helpers for a great event. RLEC planned to bring Katie/Journey and Emily/Ally so Elizabeth asked Rick to take pictures of the entire event. There are over 1,200 photos in all, and if you competed your in here. Rick also has a habit of catching people acting silly, so some of you may be in here as well. The first part of the gallery is Dressage, the lead line classes start on page 42, and jumping starts on page 44. Please note the photos are captured in 4x6 format. Ordering larger size photos may require that you crop the original image. Use SmugMug's help feature if necessary as it will walk you though the process. Enjoy the photos!

090405 Fleur de Leap

Fleur de Leap Combined Test was held on Sunday April 5 at Lagniappe F ...

Updated: Apr 06, 2009 9:03am PST

090321 BREC Open House : RLEC was asked by BREC to perform demonstrations at it's open house event "Spring Fling and Stick Horse Rodeo". We packed up Katie/Journey, Jessica/Lightning, Emily/Ally, and Michelle/Emma and made the short journey over to BREC. There were many activities for children and adults alike. We managed to capture a few pictures of the "best hat" contest before getting ready for our portion of the event. RLEC did both a jumping and sidesaddle demonstration. It was great fun for the crowd and lots of fun for us as well.

090321 BREC Open House

RLEC was asked by BREC to perform demonstrations at it's open house ev ...

Updated: Mar 22, 2009 7:11pm PST

090308 BREC CC Schooling : The Combined Test scheduled for March 7th at BREC was cancelled due to a low number of entries, however the Cross Country Schooling Day on March 8th went ahead as planned. We packed up several of our riders and horses and made the short trek over to BREC. Several others were out on the course today as well, but Rick followed our group around for these photos.

090308 BREC CC Schooling

The Combined Test scheduled for March 7th at BREC was cancelled due to ...

Updated: Mar 08, 2009 2:38pm PST

090117 BREC River Road Roundup : These pictures are from the second annual River Road Roundup at BREC's Farr Horse Park. Modeled after the Extreme Cowboy races competitors and their horses make their way through an obstacle course of sorts which is timed. Those with the quickest time and least number of errors at the obstacles win. As you can see we had a great turn out this year by a multitude of disciplines. There was even a Jr. division. Emily Embree from Right Lead Equestrian (our farm) took third winning $100, Susan Morris took second ($200) and first ($300) on two different horses. The weather was overcast and a little chilly but there was a great turnout for the event. We have posted over 700 pictures in all. Enjoy!

090117 BREC River Road Roundup

These pictures are from the second annual River Road Roundup at BREC's ...

Updated: Jan 18, 2009 1:11pm PST