Jack Frost Jubilee Horse Show Series Concludes a Very Successful Show Series! The final show of the 2016-2017 Jack Frost Jubilee Winter Fun Show Series was held at Crescendo Training Centre, LLC in Ephrata, PA on March 12th, 2017. The series raised over $150 for not for profit Greystone Therapeutic Riding Center of Leola, PA.  The series offered many different disciplines including: Dressage and Western Dressage, Showmanship, Western Horsemanship and Pleasure, Ranch Horse Pleasure, Hunter Over Fences, English Equitation and Pleasure, Games and Gymkhana. The series included one show per month, November through March. This was the largest show series ever held at Crescendo Training Centre, LLC. Many of the shows had so many entries that we ran 2 ½ hours worth of dressage rides on Saturday afternoon to accommodate all the exhibitors. March’s show sported a total of 266 entries with 44 horses, 49 riders, 58 dressage rides, 71 hunter over fences entries, 52 Gymkhana/game rides and a total of 85 regular class entries.   Sponsors/advertisers that made the series possible are: Radene Gordon-Beck, Ephrata Agway, Sarah DuClos Dressage, Law Office of Tamara Hogan, Long’s Chiropractic, Chesapeake Enterprises, Linda Manwiller and Hess Mills, A Purina Dealer. Next Season’s Series will begin in November of 2017.   Thanks to the following volunteers for making the show run well: Terry Grogan, Ginny Myers, Beth Dinich, Brooke Keeney, Natalie Zeamer, Tracy Stroscein, Nancy Longenbach, Judy Rutt, Lesli Binford and Rebecca Richard. Thanks to our Judges: Darcy Miller, Amanda Krall, Ange Bean, Alexis Clelan Liskey and Katie Weagley.   Fabulous Series End prizes were awarded to the riders as shown in the Final High Point Standings: Dressage: Champion: Levi Smartchic+/ & Teresa Grogan of Ephrata, PA with 133 points, Reserve: EAF Kidmann+/ & Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA with 116 points, 3rd: Dark Prankster+++// & Radene Gordon-Beck of Mohnton, PA with 89 pts,  Walk/Trot/Jog: Champion: Big Stars Design & Dustin Bowles of Sunbury, PA. Reserve: Wild Roses & Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA with 228 points., 3rd: Im A Showtime Dude & Valerie Purretta, Birdsboro, PA with 123 points. Over Fences: Champion: My Quest & Jess Confer of Birdsboro, PA with 200 points, Reserve: Morrigan’s Power & Morgan DiGiosia of Reading, PA with 131 points with 210 points, 3rd: Copper Creek & Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA with 122 points. Leadline: Champion: Napoleon Dynamite & Emily Robinson of Reading, PA with 30 points, Reserve: Royal Chaos & Ben Gruber of Reading, PA with 25 points English: Champion: EAF Kidmann+/ & Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA with 119 points, Reserve: Crescendos Allego & Kylie Hodge with 111 points, 3rd: Naaquinos San Peppy & Grace Miller of Lititz, PA with 96 points.  Western: Champion: EAF Kidmann+/ & Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA with 186 points, Reserve: Levi Smartchic+/ & Teresa Grogan with 177 points, 3rd: Naaquinos San Peppy & Ginny Myers of Enola, PA with 72 points. Gymkhana/Games: Champion: Hammer & Rachel Gagliardi with 180 points, Reserve: EAF Kidmann+ & Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA with 165 points, Reserve: Copper Creek & Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA with 80 points. Overall: Champion: EAF Kidmann+ & Brooke Keeney with 531 points, Reserve: Copper Creek & Megan Vance with 350 points, 3rd: Wild Roses & Megan Vance with 327 points, High Score Average Dressage: Champion: Landsdowne & Rebecca Danko with an average of 67.031%. Reserve Champion: WR Rogue & Samuel Sedgley of New Freedom, PA with an average of 66.328. High Score Average Western Dressage: Champion: Levi Smartchic+/ & Teresa Grogan with an average of 75.359, Reserve Champion: EAF Kidmann+// & Brooke Keeney with an average of 73.094. ...read more

The next show of the Jack Frost Jubilee Fun Show Series brought to you by Crescendo Training Centre of Ephrata, PA is in the final planning stages! Shows were held on November 20 and December 11, 2016. To date, over $30 in raffle tickets have been sold to benefit Greystone Manor Therapeutic Riding Center in Leola, PA.   Our Sponsors that make this series possible are: Gold Sponsor; The Barnes and Beck Financial Consulting Group of Wells Fargo Advisors,Silver Sponsors: Ephrata Agway and Tamara Hogan Attorney at Law,Bronze Sponsor:    Other advertisers and sponsorsinclude Hess Mills,  Chesapeake Enterprises and Long’s Chiropractic.   November’s show featured a large turnout along with the nasty weather.  Forty four horses were shown by Fifty one riders.  There were a total of seventy one Dressage rides scheduled and sixty one Hunter Over Fences rounds and sixty one gymkhana goes.  Amanda Krall of Lebanon, PA was the judge for the dressage and Alexis Clelan-Liskey of Newmanstown, PA judged the main ring and Hunter Over Fences Division.  They both did a great job and we heard many positive comments about their judging throughout the day.  December’s show featured a large show on a colder day.   Forty three horses were exhibited by forty-five riders.  There were a total of sixty four dressage rides, seventy two Hunter Over Fences rounds and fifty one Gymkhana goes. The show was judged by Katie Weagley of Cochranville, PA for main ring and dressage, Kriss Phelps judged the Hunter Over Fences division and the show featured double points.    The January 22nd show will be adjudicated by Katie Weagley.  The show will offer a variety of classes, including:  Showmanship, Western Horsemanship & Pleasure, Ranch Horse Pleasure, Over Fences, Dressage (including Western Dressage and Musical Freestyle), English Equitation, Walk-Trot division (both English and Western), Gymkhana (Barrel Racing and other speed classes), and Games for all ages.   The final two shows of the series are scheduled for February12 and March 12, 2017 and will feature Darcy Miller of Cochranville, PA and Alexis Liskey of Newmanstown, PA , respectively as the judges.  The March 12 show will be the Championship show and will feature double points also!   Winners at the shows will earn points towards the fabulous Series-end awards to be awarded at the final show of the series on March 12, 2017.  Series end awards will be awarded at the March show to those winners who are present.  Anyone earning an award that is not at the March show will not receive their award.  Instead, the award will be given to the next highest point winner who is present.  These fabulous awards will be awarded to third place in each division.  Sarah Duclos Dressage is sponsoring special awards for the high score winners in the Dressage and Western Dressage Divisions.      High Point Standings for Jack Frost Jubilee Open Show Series as of 12/16/16:Leadline:Champion: Emily Robinson—Napolean Dynamite--6 points, Reserve: Ben Gruber—Royal Chaos--5 pointsTraditional Dressage:Champion: O’Riley Rocket—Wendy Bowles of Lewistown, PA--66 points, Reserve:  Dark Prankster++///--Radene Gordon-Beck of Mohnton, PA—45 points, 3:  Copper Creek— Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA--35 points. Western Dressage:Champion:  EAF Kidmann+/--Elizabeth Dinich of Hamburg, PA—48 points, Reserve:  EAF Kidmann+/--Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA—47 points, 3:  Levi Smartchic+/--Teresa Grogan of Ephrata, PA—45 points. Western:Champion: Levi Smartchic+/--Teresa Grogan of Ephrata, PA--83 points, Reserve: Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA—EAF Kidmann+/--82 points, 3rd: Rock On Catie—Tara Blom of Sunbury, PA--40 points.Over Fences:My Quest—Jess Confer of Birdsboro, PA--78 points, Reserve: Rock On Catie—Tara Blom of Sunbury, PA --82 points, 3rd: O’Riley Rocket—Wendy Bowles of Lewistown, PA --69 points.English: Champion: O’Riley Rocket—Wendy Bowles of Lewistown, PA --51 points, Reserve: Copper Creek—Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA--48 points, tie for 3rd: Rock on Catie—Tara Blom of Sunbury, PA and Naaquinos San Peppy+--Gracie Miller of Lititz, PA--38 points.Walk-trot/jog:Champion: Wild Roses— Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA --156 points, Reserve: Big Stars Design—Dustin Bowles of Lewistown, PA--102 points, 3rd: Im A Showtime Dude—Valerie Purretta--50 pointsGymkhana:Champion: EAF Kidmann+/--Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA--74 points, Reserve: Rock On Catie—Tara Blom--66 points, 3rd: Rachel Gagliardi of Willow Street, PA--Hammer-61 points.Overall:Champion: Rock On Catie—Tara Blom of Sunbury, PA --221 points, Reserve: Wild Roses-- Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA --204 points, 3rd: Copper Creek-- Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA —202 points.   Classes will be held indoors at 288 S. Fairmount Road, Ephrata, PA 17522.  The jumping classes will be help outdoors, weather permitting, and if so, then the games and gymkhana will be held simultaneously in the indoor to shorten the day for all!  For more information on the show or sponsorships, please contact Show Manager, Kriss Phelps at 717-475-3047 or email: CrescendoTraining@gmail.com ...read more

The next show of the Jack Frost Jubilee Fun Show Series brought to you by Crescendo Training Centre of Ephrata, PA is in the final planning stages! Shows were held on November 20 and December 11, 2016. To date, over $30 in raffle tickets have been sold to benefit Greystone Manor Therapeutic Riding Center in Leola, PA.   Our Sponsors that make this series possible are: Gold Sponsor; The Barnes and Beck Financial Consulting Group of Wells Fargo Advisors,Silver Sponsors: Ephrata Agway and Tamara Hogan Attorney at Law,Bronze Sponsor:    Other advertisers and sponsorsinclude Hess Mills,  Chesapeake Enterprises and Long’s Chiropractic.   November’s show featured a large turnout along with the nasty weather.  Forty four horses were shown by Fifty one riders.  There were a total of seventy one Dressage rides scheduled and sixty one Hunter Over Fences rounds and sixty one gymkhana goes.  Amanda Krall of Lebanon, PA was the judge for the dressage and Alexis Clelan-Liskey of Newmanstown, PA judged the main ring and Hunter Over Fences Division.  They both did a great job and we heard many positive comments about their judging throughout the day.  December’s show featured a large show on a colder day.   Forty three horses were exhibited by forty-five riders.  There were a total of sixty four dressage rides, seventy two Hunter Over Fences rounds and fifty one Gymkhana goes. The show was judged by Katie Weagley of Cochranville, PA for main ring and dressage, Kriss Phelps judged the Hunter Over Fences division and the show featured double points.    The January 22nd show will be adjudicated by Katie Weagley.  The show will offer a variety of classes, including:  Showmanship, Western Horsemanship & Pleasure, Ranch Horse Pleasure, Over Fences, Dressage (including Western Dressage and Musical Freestyle), English Equitation, Walk-Trot division (both English and Western), Gymkhana (Barrel Racing and other speed classes), and Games for all ages.   The final two shows of the series are scheduled for February12 and March 12, 2017 and will feature Darcy Miller of Cochranville, PA and Alexis Liskey of Newmanstown, PA , respectively as the judges.  The March 12 show will be the Championship show and will feature double points also!   Winners at the shows will earn points towards the fabulous Series-end awards to be awarded at the final show of the series on March 12, 2017.  Series end awards will be awarded at the March show to those winners who are present.  Anyone earning an award that is not at the March show will not receive their award.  Instead, the award will be given to the next highest point winner who is present.  These fabulous awards will be awarded to third place in each division.  Sarah Duclos Dressage is sponsoring special awards for the high score winners in the Dressage and Western Dressage Divisions.      High Point Standings for Jack Frost Jubilee Open Show Series as of 12/16/16:Leadline:Champion: Emily Robinson—Napolean Dynamite--6 points, Reserve: Ben Gruber—Royal Chaos--5 pointsTraditional Dressage:Champion: O’Riley Rocket—Wendy Bowles of Lewistown, PA--66 points, Reserve:  Dark Prankster++///--Radene Gordon-Beck of Mohnton, PA—45 points, 3:  Copper Creek— Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA--35 points. Western Dressage:Champion:  EAF Kidmann+/--Elizabeth Dinich of Hamburg, PA—48 points, Reserve:  EAF Kidmann+/--Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA—47 points, 3:  Levi Smartchic+/--Teresa Grogan of Ephrata, PA—45 points. Western:Champion: Levi Smartchic+/--Teresa Grogan of Ephrata, PA--83 points, Reserve: Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA—EAF Kidmann+/--82 points, 3rd: Rock On Catie—Tara Blom of Sunbury, PA--40 points.Over Fences:My Quest—Jess Confer of Birdsboro, PA--78 points, Reserve: Rock On Catie—Tara Blom of Sunbury, PA --82 points, 3rd: O’Riley Rocket—Wendy Bowles of Lewistown, PA --69 points.English: Champion: O’Riley Rocket—Wendy Bowles of Lewistown, PA --51 points, Reserve: Copper Creek—Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA--48 points, tie for 3rd: Rock on Catie—Tara Blom of Sunbury, PA and Naaquinos San Peppy+--Gracie Miller of Lititz, PA--38 points.Walk-trot/jog:Champion: Wild Roses— Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA --156 points, Reserve: Big Stars Design—Dustin Bowles of Lewistown, PA--102 points, 3rd: Im A Showtime Dude—Valerie Purretta--50 pointsGymkhana:Champion: EAF Kidmann+/--Brooke Keeney of Airville, PA--74 points, Reserve: Rock On Catie—Tara Blom--66 points, 3rd: Rachel Gagliardi of Willow Street, PA--Hammer-61 points.Overall:Champion: Rock On Catie—Tara Blom of Sunbury, PA --221 points, Reserve: Wild Roses-- Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA --204 points, 3rd: Copper Creek-- Megan Vance of Sinking Spring, PA —202 points.   Classes will be held indoors at 288 S. Fairmount Road, Ephrata, PA 17522.  The jumping classes will be help outdoors, weather permitting, and if so, then the games and gymkhana will be held simultaneously in the indoor to shorten the day for all!  For more information on the show or sponsorships, please contact Show Manager, Kriss Phelps at 717-475-3047 or email: CrescendoTraining@gmail.com ...read more