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November 1, 2008: Mason Dixon PFHA banquet and youth Fun Night at Fieldstone Meadows

November 2, 2008: Mason-Dixon PFHA Youth Horsemanship Clinic

November 15th, 2008: RO-NO Open House and Horse Sale

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* Mason-Dixon PFHA 2008 gelding raffle. Click here for a flyer and form. You can call, write (RO-NO Ranch 352 Hemlock Rd. Waymart, PA 18472) , or email RO-NO for more information or to participate. Please make checks out to Mason-Dixon PFHA.

* RO-NO Ranch has many quality horses offered for sale. We are celebrating the one year anniversary of our Indoor Arena by hosting an Open House and Horse Sale. There will be approximately 20 horses for sale, both gaited and non-gaited breeds, show and trail. Please come on out to see if one would suit your needs. You're welcome to bring your own saddle to check for fit, helmets will be required for any riders under 18.The event is November 15th from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Bubba's Tack will be set up with all your equine tack and equipment needs available for sale. We'll have cider and donuts! Keep checking back to get a listing of the horses for sale. Raffle tickets will be available ($5 each or 5 for $20) for a chance to win a young Paso Fino Gelding sired by RO-NO Ranch’s Caballos Top Gun. ( Drawing to be pulled in June ’09) If you’ve never ridden a Paso Fino, please come on out and give one a try! Come and help us celebrate! Click here for a flyer!

* RO-NO Ranch riders are reflecting on a great 2008 show season. Rachel Fitzmorris and Monty reached their year-long goal of competing at 3'6" at the Dalton Horse Show in September. Rachel would like to thank Nola and also trainers Liz and Trudy Race at Over The Hill Farm for their help and support. Monty is now going to do some Fall jumper shows. Olivia Counterman and Nick won too many Long Stirrup Championships to list this year. They are now competing in the Beginner Hunter division. Jenna Franklin's three year old Mercury won his first blue ribbon at the Wayne County Benefit Horseshow October 5th. Jenna also won Reserve Champion Long Stirrup with Nola's Appaloosa gelding Rusty. Amy Johns competed her 'one-eyed wonder' Ittybit at several local shows and impressed everyone with his progress.

* RO-NO had another good year at the PFHA Grand National Championship Show in Perry, GA. Nola took Calif de Color Sin Par and Ann Bastian's Performance Gelding. Both horses came home with ribbons!

*YouTube video of Calif de Color Sin Par. Jess Brosko jumping Calif at the Dessin Animal Shelter Benefit Horse Show.


* Additional YouTube links:

Olivia and Nick doing the teeter-totter and jumping bareback http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkzOMK1LnyY

More Calif and Jess
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qYynIFyHBAE

* Hunter Keill was born on July 9, 2008 at 2:30 in the morning. He was 7 pounds 5 oz. and 19 1/4 inches long. He is pictured here with mom and his brother, Robbie. Mom and baby are doing well and mom is back to work with the horses!

* RO-NO Ranch riders gave their green horses a great outing at the LA Quarter Horse Farm NPHA horse show Sunday, July 7th. Rachel was impressed with our young medium pony Paris. She behaved impeccably and won a third place in her first hunter class. Maribelle MacAlpin's grand-daughter Jessica got the chance to show Roseanne Ashley's Thoroughbred Sam and made him look wonderful. Jenna Franklin showed her three year old Mercury who behaved perfectly all day. She also showed her mother's gelding Copy. This amazing Appaloosa is 20 years young. He jumped in the show ring for the first time in 10 years!!! Nicole Bartell was all smiles after showing Kanani in three classes and improving each time. Olivia Counterman continued her winning streak with Nick by winning Champion Beginner Hunter Rider. Finally we enjoyed watching our friend Helen Fisher win Reserve Champion Starting Humter with her young mare Ce-Ce in her second show ever! She looked like a champion in the making. Well done everyone!

* Happy Birthday Robbie! Here he is riding his new mount, Valiente. Congratulations and best of luck.

* The Spectacular Show at Lexington Virginia was a fun and successful show for all of us at RO-NO Ranch. We had seven horses there, and everyone did very well. Calif de Color Sin Par competed in three Specialty Classes. While Trail is still a new class for Calif, he competed and placed well on both days. Versatility and Western Pleasure both offered some top competition but Calif came through, winning both classes on both days. All in all Calif came out of the weekends show as the High Point Specialty Horse. Many thanks to Jessica Brosko who rode Calif in the Versatility Classes for Nola. For those of you who don’t yet know, Nola is expecting a baby boy soon. (July 8)

Dr. Ann Bastian’s Performance Gelding PJ is well on the road to recovery. He was recently diagnosed with severe ulcers and gastritis and we are slowly bringing him back into top form. He competed and placed well at this weekends show, and we look forward to having him and Calif compete again at this years Paso Fino Nationals in September. The rest of the RO-NO crew had a fabulous show. Allison Brosko, Rorie Peirson, Robbie Haupert-Keill and Jessica Brosko all competed in our Youth Classes and came home smiling!

One reason for the happy homecoming was the arrival of ‘Gavin de Amadeus’. Gavin is a lovely bay and white Pinto Paso Fino colt. His dam Devon is owned by Rorie and Tracy Peirson and his sire is RO’NO’s own Caballo’s Top Gun. Gavin arrived early in the morning on June 16, so he shares a birthday with Robbie. Happy Birthday to both of you! We will post pics of Tracy and Rorie’s new foal soon.

Thank you to all who volunteered at the Spectacular Show to help with the Mason Dixon Youth Program. Once again we had the Youth classes monitored and our meeting on Friday night had 9 Youth members in attendance. Dr. Ann Bastian spoke about Parasite Control and PFHA President Robin Ratliff gave a talk to the group, emphasizing that we all need to take good care of our horses, and in return they will work their best for us.

*On May 25, 2008 Rachel, Nola and several students attended a NPHA Spring Show at Lake Equestrian Center in Lake Ariel PA. We had a very successful and fun day, and the weather was beautiful. Rachel set the tone for the day by taking Reserve Champion on sale horse Irrepressible, (Sam) in Starting Hunter. Sam is owned by Rosanne Ashley.

Olivia Counterman took her lovely QH Nick into Model Hunter and came out with a second place, and then she followed that up by taking the Championship in the Walk/Jog Division. Also having a very successful run in the Walk/Jog division was Nicole Mazzotta on her young TB Kanani Lio. This was the 5 year old horse’s first show and he handled it like a pro- as did Nicole. Good job to both of you!

The largest division of the show was the Long Stirrup, with 17 in the class! Both Olivia Counterman and Jenna Franklin were in this division, and they ended up ruling the class! Olivia and Nick took two seconds and a fourth and came out Reserve Champion. Jenna and Rusty took it all, with first place across the board in all four classes of the division! Boy, did we hold our breath each time the placings were called. Jenna knew that she had to work harder and harder in each class and she sure followed through. Congratulations to both of you, you worked very hard, had great attitudes and we’ve so very proud of you. I must say a special congrats to Rachel as well, as she has worked hard with these girls and their horses all winter and spring. Keep it up, all of you.

* The crew at RO-NO Ranch started their spring Paso Fino Show Season off with a bang! Many thanks to the whole gang that participated in and helped out at the Mason Dixon May Day Show at the Diamond 7 in Dillsburg, PA.

Rorie Peirson and her dun gelding Gallo de Reina Sin Par entered and placed well in Country Pleasure, Pleasure Junior, Pleasure Geldings and A/O Pleasure Geldings. Gallo and Rorie are a great team and it shows! Jessica Brosko ( Granddaughter of Maribelle MacAlpin) showed RO-NO Ranch’s Performance Stallion Caballo’s Top Gun in A/O Performance Stallions and Performance Junior, handily taking home the blues. She also rode 3 year old Macadoo’s Tatiana in A/O Schooling Fillies and Macadoo’s Tornado in A/O Pleasure Geldings. Macadoo’s Tornado was also shown in Pleasure Sub Junior by Alison Brosko. Alison brought home her first Blue Ribbon on Sunday, winning the Sub Junior Class. Congratulations all!!!

Dr. Ann Bastian’s Performance Gelding PJ gave a fine performance this weekend, winning the Performance Championship in both the A/O and Open Divisions. New Paso Fino owner Rosanne Ashley’s 5 year old mare Katarina was shown by Robbie Haupert-Keill in Pleasure Sub Junior on Saturday, where he proudly took the Blue for our client on this classy little mare.

Calif de Color Sin Par and Nola Haupert-Keill had a very successful weekend, taking home the Blues in Western Pleasure, Versatility and Trail. Look for Calif at the Mason Dixon Spectacular Show at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington Virginia in June, where he will once again enter in these Specialty Classes.

Thanks again to all who helped this weekend. Sandy Baluta, Maribelle MacAlpin, Dr. Ann & Joe, Lori, Sheri Becker and everyone else. Thanks also to those who pitched in and gave their time to help the Mason Dixon Youth Riders. Our Youth Program at Dillsburg was a huge success. Our meeting after Saturday’s show had 13 youth in attendance, and 8 of these were able to join in for the mounted games afterwards. While all the games were a hit, the vigorous game of Horse Soccer was definitely the evening's highlight.

* Mason Dixon Youth Program Planned for Mason Dixon Spectacular Show in Lexington Virginia. The Mason Dixon Paso Fino Youth Chair Nola Haupert-Keill has a program planned for our Youth members for the Mason Dixon Spectacular Show in Lexington Virginia. With help from some volunteers, Nola plans to have each Youth Class monitored on Friday with a goal of giving our Youth members some pointers for future classes. Those monitoring the classes will take notes on individual Youth riders. These notes will be discussed at a group Youth meeting on Friday evening following the last class of the day. Preceding this discussion will be a brief talk given by Dr. Ann Bastian concerning parasite control in our equines. After the meeting, we will have an hour of Fun & Games on Horseback! ( Youth members are asked to attend the meeting in order to participate in the game time.) ( There are 4 Show 1 Youth classes on Saturday. We will have these classes monitored, and any Youth participating in them is asked to contact Nola Haupert-Keill after Show 1 if they would like to see the notes taken about their classes.)

The volunteers who monitor classes will be provided with a notebook, pen and a list of the entries in the classes that are assigned to them. We will all be busy with our own horses at the show, but please consider donating some time for our Youth. The program run at the Mason Dixon May Day Show in Dillsburg PA was very successful, and we look forward to working with our Youth members at Lexington. Any Youth member wishing to participate and any volunteer able to monitor a Youth class are asked to contact Nola prior to the show.

Contact Nola Haupert-Keill on her cell at 570-937-4978 or by email at rono@socantel.net

* For anyone who has not gotten to see a Paso Fino at work, please feel free to stop and see us at the shows, or stop in to the Ranch. We love showing people our Pasos and will even invite you to try one out!

For more information, contact us today:
phone: 1.570.937.4978
email: info@ro-noranch.com

352 Hemlock Rd
Waymart, PA 18472