10/ SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 2021 THE RIDER
Pro and Non-Pro Reiner Article Series Insiders Guide: Steel City Slide - What A Show!
J&J Reining Inc, Jen Jonas and Sharon Jones
about our lack of ability to travel outside our province to go to other reining horse shows. We both love the thrill of a horse show and collectively, we have been to quite a few across Canada, in the US and even the UK. A crazy thought popped into our heads. “Why don’t we put on our own show?” That crazy thought grew into J&J Rein-
Back in August 2020, we were frustrated
much over the following few days – it was ex- hilarating, exciting, challenging, and reward- ing!
stood inside the fairgrounds full of anticipa- tion for the next few days, all our months of planning and preparation was coming to fruition. It’s fair to say neither of us slept that
We did not know what to expect of the
ing Inc and our first horse show, the Steel City Slide, became a reality. 12 months later, August 25, 2021, we
without the incredible support of our sponsors (
jjreining.ca/sponsors). We had incredible volunteers in the show pen, the show office and around the grounds, many of whom we now feel are part of the J&J Reining Inc team. And of course, it wouldn’t be a show without the awesome athletes – the horses – and their
show and we didn’t ever articulate our expec- tations to each other – yet we were both blown away by the incredible response and reaction to our show. This show would not have been possible
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www.lindsaygriceridingcoach.com 2021 Judges Committee
Secretary: Kit Bartle Kelly Lehman
Melanie Gray Shari Irwin
(519) 372-2527 (519) 440-5941 (519) 807-2660 (519) 732-0263
email:
melaniegraylifecoach@gmail.com email:
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Website:
www.whao.org Celebrating 69 Years! 2021 Sr. Judges
Cally Jo Fritz 21 Taylor Blvd., Elliot Lake, ON P5A 3H5 H: (226) 289-8563, C: (519) 280-8169 Email:
callygene@gmail.com
Melanie Gray 49 White Road, Lakeville, NB E7K 1Y2 (519) 372-2527,
melaniegraylifecoach@gmail.com
Shari Irwin 166 Gleasons Corner Road, Castleton, ON K0K 1M0. (905) 349-1092, Cell (905) 440-5941
shari_irwin@hotmail.com
Jamie Kuhl 899 10th St. W., Owen Sound, ON N4K 3S3 H: (226) 909-1447. C: (647) 290-6093 jamie@archlines .ca
Kelly Lehman 895893 Oxford Rd. 3,, Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0 C: (519) 807-2660. E:
maddavery@gmail.com
Anne Marinacci 65 Swayze Court, Smithville, ON L0R 2A0 905-957-5619
Janet McClure 14156 Ten Mile Road, R.R. #3, Ilderton, ON N0M 2A0 (519) 666-2482
janetmcclure1@gmail.com
janetmcclure1@gmail.com
Tom Saul 574 Valentina St., Petrolia, ON N0N 1R0 (519) 882-0958
tbsaul@outlook.com
Kris Simpson 711 Middletown Rd., RR #2, Waterdown, ON L8B 1P7 (519) 831-7922
richlandshowhorses@gmail.com
Don Stauffer 9626 Wellington Rd. 14, P.O. Box 16, Conn, ON N0G 1N0 (226) 258-9206, Cell (519) 604-8864
thestauffers48@gmail.com
Robyn Storey 6-120 Dudhope Ave., Cambridge, ON N1R 4T7 (519) 620-9015, Cell: (519) 841-3934,
gatorrocks@hotmail.com
Brenda Thompson 284 Whitmore Dr., Waterloo, ON N2K 2N5 (519) 884-4050, Cell (519) 577-7320
bmctearnen@yahoo.ca
Mike Tucker 1581 Maple St. N., R.R. #4, Fenwick, ON L0S 1C0 (905) 892-5610, Cell (905) 984-1581
m.tucker@hotmail.ca
Jr. Judges
Dave Black 36 Woodhouse Ave., Port Dover, ON N0A 1G0 C: 905 921 0359 Email:
diamondbquarterhorses@gmail.com
Lorie Duff 7651 County Rd. 10, Vankleek Hill, ON K0B 1R0 H; 613 867-0776, C: 613 867 0776 Email:
dufflorie@yahoo.com
Erin Fawcett 9 Strong Court, Brantford, ON N3R 7Y4 C: (519) 754-3526, H: (519) 753-0757 Email:
efawcett78@hotmail.com
Erin O’Drowsky 253 James St. N., St. Mary’s, ON N4X 1A5 H: (519) 284-0684, C: (226) 377-0244 Email:
eodrowsk@gmail.com
Inactive Judges John Ward
both were totally exhausted, in a good way. A good night’s sleep and on Monday, we started planning for 2022… watch this space!
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learning – if you’re not learning you’re not growing. Image credits to Dallas Jane and Melissa Glidden
Jonas Performance Horses (Pro) and Sharon Jones of Be A Better You (Non-Pro). Together, they are J&J Reining Inc. Both Jen and Sharon are believers in continual
Pro and Non-Pro articles written by Jen Jonas of
100 horses at the fairgrounds, 246 class entries, and over $18,000 paid out in prize money. After the show ended on the Sunday night, we
tries, plenty of whoopin’ and a hollerin! After the Derby we had a sponsored pizza party, and evening entertain- ment supplied by the awesome band, Detour, who took requests and they witnessed a bunch of reiners having a lot of fun! For our first show the stats aren’t too bad: almost
a sponsored breakfast, and had their choice of classes to compete in, with two full slates of NRHA and ORHA classes. The highlight for the excitement was Saturday which featured a Derby for horses aged be- tween 4 and 7. It was a real crowd pleaser with 18 en-
full day of paid warm-ups, which the riders really ap- preciated. Each warm-up was 7 minutes – the horse and rider teams got familiar with the footing in the arena, testing out each manoeuvre in turn; spins, slides, stops, lead changes, circles. The next three days the riders began their day with
competitors – the riders. Thursday August 26 kicked the show off with a
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