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12.09.09 - 2009 Austria Futurity, Vienna
This was our last show of the year and what a great show for us!
JG and The Smart Spark rode to win the first go-round of the 3 Year Old Futurity with a 216,5. They then had once again a very nice ride in the Limited Open Finals and finished Co-Champions. They rode again in the Open Finals to claim 4th Place.
Also a great highlight was Saturday Night's Bronze Trophy class. Jonathan was Open Trophy Champion on Julie Quinot's Sheza Straight Shooter. With many of Europe's top Open horses entered, JG knew it was all or nothing and rode the mare to her absolute best. The pair scored 225. Sheza Straight Shooter was trained at Francois Gauthier's and sold to France last year.
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12.09.09 - 2009 NRHA Germany Futurity, Kreuth
JG and The Smart Spark late entered the newly added Limited Open division of the 3 Year Old Futurity to place 5th in the Finals with a very nice ride. The Smart Spark is bred bu Kurty Hausler and currently owned by Luisa and Klaus Zieglmeier. Our next stop, The Austrian Futurity in Vienna.
12.09.09 - 2009 Italian Maturity, Manerbio
JG and Mia Reinman win Intermediate Open. This was JG's last run on this great stallion. We wish the best to come for him and owner Claudia Haselsteiner.
20.08.09 - 2009 AQHA European Championship, Kreuth
JG and Reinman; AQHA EM Junior Snafflebit Open Bronze Medalist
After a 3rd place finish in the first go, Jonathan and Claudia Haselsteiner's Mia Reinman secured a place in the Snafflebit Open Junior Reining and cruised through a safe a clean second go. The finals run was an exhilarating experience for all as the ran a superb pattern. A mishap in the second rollback has cost the pair precious points but still were crowned 2009 AQHA EM Bronze Medalist.
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Watch the Finals run
We are very proud of our dear friends Brigitte Muller and Ingrid Ernst who were also at the top of their game. Briggy and Ross were Showmanship Select Amateur Silver Medalist and Western Horsemanship Select Amateur Silver Medalist. What a week!! And Ingrid and Secolina finished 5th in the Finals of the Reining Amateur Select. This first show for the pair was a blooming experience!!
26.07.09 - Portenlang VWB Show
A big congratulations to our friends Briggi & Herr Muller on their flawless 3 consecutive 1st places in Trail and Horsemanship and to HP Staffa and Maxell, Amateur Champions!!
15.07.09 - Bavarian Summer Show
I have to first congratulate Carina Petschl on her second and two time first place in the Youth. Great showing. Thumbs up to Luisa Zieglmeier and her Reserve Championship also in the Youth. This is how it's done!
Hats off to Thomas Aschenbrenner and Nimble Star who rode great in their first Non-Pro Trophy. A wrong lead departure made it impossible for the pair to place but nevertheless executed a near flawless pattern.
Jonathan was Novice Horse Open Reserve Champion with Nimble Star and VWB Open Champion with Zieglmeier's Dry Little Leo. Top three in both Senior Reinings with Sheza Straight Shooter and Junior Reining Reserve Champion and 4th Place on Hausler's Magic Sugar Chic.
15.04.09 - Bavarian Spring Classic
Pretty good start for Magic Sugar Chic owned by Kurt Hausler. This was the 4 year old's first time out and she was great. Easy to prepare and so honest to show. She was Reserve Champion and two time placed 3rd in the Junior Reining. Also a good first experience for Secolina Copy bred by KR Prevedel from Italy and owned by Ingrid Ernst. She placed 6th in the Junior Reining.
The Non-Pro's and Youths we're also successful. Richard and Alexi Hagl dominated the Amateur and Youth classes along with Hans Reiter and Princess Style Ebony placing 6th in the 46 entry Amateur class. Thomas Aschenbrenner and Nimble Star placed in every show with consistant penalty free runs. Great first experience for both. After a schooling ride in the VWB Open ridden by Jonathan placing 4th, Pretty Coffee Olena gave her best to Andi Eder placing 4th in the competitive Rookie class. Beppi Eder guided As Smart As A Buck brilliantly through the Novice Youth class earning 4th place. Carina Petschl and Mr Bar Bo Reina earned 3rd place in all four shows with consistant runs in the Youth divison. Nevertheless and a finally ending 5 spin spree, Luisa Zieglmeier and Dry Little Leo rode their best pattern yet earning 4th place in the strongest of the Youth classes just behind Alexi Hagl placing 2nd. Great Job to All.
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15.03.09 - Slide Away, Kreuth
Among much schooling, some succesful showing took place. It started with Hans Reiter scoring a nice 71 with Princess and claiming the Reserve Champion title of Saturday's Rookie.
Saturday was also good for Jonathan and RS Excalibur Olena owned by Daniel and Karl Zinsler. They were Intermediate Open Champion with a 73.5. Sunday's Open Trophy was also succesful. Jonathan rode Morton Soby's Smokin Tari Too to a 73 for Reserve Champion.
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Youth guys were also at the top of the game. Daniel Zinsler and JP Caramel Twist were 14-18 Reserve Champion and Andy and Beppy Eder guided their horses like pros to the placings!!
25.02.09 - Fappani Clinic
Jonathan participated in the clinic riding a 4 year old and a 3 year old. The inputs were very good and it was easy to see were and how our horses can be stepped up.
02.11.08 - Austria Futurity, Vienna
Very nice weather, great food and nice organisation was crowned by back to back success as Janina Gauthier placed second in the first go-round and fought to claim the Non-Pro Futurity Reserve Champion with JG Reining Horses's Don Juan De Marco
The first go round of the Limited Open Futurity was won by Jonathan and Claudia Haselsteiner's Mia Reinman and 3rd place was Thompson and Kilndt's Watt A Jacs Son.
Jonathan and Watt A Jacs Son returned strong in the finals with a 217 and claim the Futurity's Reserve Champion title. With also great effort, Mia Reinman claims 3rd place.
And last but not the least, Jonathan and Nimble Star were Open Trophy Reserve Champion and Novice Horse Open Reserve Champion.
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24.10.08 - NRHA of France Futurity, Mooslargue
Despite bad weather and bad food, Mooslargue was a good first show for our 3 year olds. Janina Gauthier and Don Juan De Marco placed 3rd in the Limited Non-Pro with a very nice and clean ride.
Jonathan and Watt A Jacs Son, owned by Marianne Thompson and Team Klindt scored a 142.5 and placed 4th in the Limited Open Futurity and 5th in the Open Futurity. Topsail Steppi, owned by Anja and Dieter Wolf placed 5th and 6th respectively.
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04.09.08 - AMERICANA, Augsburg
It was a great start for us. Jonathan was high score of the Maturity 1st Go-Round (218) with Nimble Star and a Finalist in the 3 Year Old Futurity with Claudia Haselsteiner's Mia Reinman. So Far So good.
After and even better performance in the 1st Go-Round of the Trophy, the pair got a very disapointing No-Score due to a barely noticeable half twist in the curb chain. That really sucks..
But what goes down must come back up and Nimble and Jonathan gave it all in the Open Maturity Finals to Claim the Championship Titel, Buckle and Trophy Saddle with a sizzling 224.
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18.08.08 - Just Slide 2, Danemark
Following a 2 day clinic at the show location, Just Slide's $7000 Added Open Trophy was quite a show. After unfortunately drawing 1st, Nimble and Jonathan had to give it all out to get a score that would hold up for twenty some entries that would follow. It did until Swedish Wheeling Eldorado and Peter Lhundberg's very nice ride beat it. Good Ride though!
I am also very proud of all my guys who attended the clinic. Thanks for the trust you put in my judgement and great job!
08.08.08 - Austrian Paint Championship
A fairly nice place to show but not so fair to me. Saturday's Jackpot Open class was won by I Am A Fancy Dreamer and Jonathan but unfortunately unrecognized. The pair would have had to participated in Friday's Trail to combine score and then get placed. But that's ok, it was the plan.
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What wasn't the plan was in Sunday's Austrian Championship class, in which Fancy and Jonathan were Reserve Champion of, only rewarded both Austrian rider and horse. In Jonathan's case, only Fancy was Austrian. So no Silver Medal, not even an announcement after standing 2 hours in a very boring Ribbon Presentation.
13.07.08 - Bavarian Summer Classic 2008
Despite bad weather, the athmosphere in our barn was continually sunny. Hats off to Carina Petschl and Reiny and Andy and Coffee, Novice Youth Co-Champions.
Following this, Jonathan tried out two 3 Year Old Futurity mare Topsail Steppi, owned by Anja and Dieter Wolf in Sunday's Junior Reining Open and placed 3nd with a 142 and was Reserve Champion with Richard Hagl's Smart Beauty Lena with a 143.5. Despite and very rough ground, they tried hard and showed confidence in the show pen.
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In the middle of it all, Nimble Star, owned by Claudia Haselsteiner was once again a pleasure to have around. A win in the Senior and two Reserve Champion in the Senior Reining Open and Novice Horse Open while getting ready for the Trophy Class was very motivating.
They started pattern 2 with a nice set of circle but a precious 1 point penalty which only served them to kick it up a knotch for the rest of the pattern, and they did. Plus ones and halfs in Turns, stops a left circle led to a 148 and a 3rd Trophy win for them.
13.05.08 - Bayerischen Meisterschaften 2008
A very sunny 7 days in Kreuth with many horses to school and ride around. The show horses did very well too. Jonathan was Open Senior Reining Champion and Open Lawson Trophy Champion with Nimble Star owned by Claudia Haselsteiner. Jonathan and Chic May Dance, owned by Christl and Kurty Hausler, won monday's Open Junior Reining.
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Also congratulations to Carina Petschl and Reiny on their first performance and a Reserve Champion in the Novice Youth. Also to Richard Hagl and Jacs Little Sheeny, Limited Non-Pro Champion, Rookie Reserve Champion and Non-Pro Lawson Trophy Reserve Champion.
03.05.08 - Week News Update
Jonathan and Kristl & Kurt Hausler's Chic May Dance demonstrated Reining at the Pferd International in Munich. The mare showed off very gracefully in every maneuver despite the size and footing of the presentation area.
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A nice and sunny day here at the Vaterstetten Trail and Reining Open Show. Jonathan and Claudia Haselsteiner's Nimble Star won the Open Class. Congratulations the everyone.
07.03.08 - Bavarian Spring Classic
For starters, hats off to Hans Reiter and Princess on his Rookie Reserve Champion with his first score of 70. Congratulations also to Marget Hillebrand, 3rd place with a 69.5. Last but not the least, Great job to Luisa and Cowboy on you two 6th places among many, your first two times in the show pen ever.
Jonathan was 3rd place in the Novice Horse Open with Boggies Lil Crackerjac and Senior Reining Open Co Champion and Reserve Champion aboard JP Caramel Twist.
Congratulations to Uli and Hot Smokin Chex, Open Trophy Champion
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07.03.08 - Clinics
We are welcoming Matt Mills here in Vaterstetten this coming week-end of March 13-15th on a 3 day clinic. We are looking forward to working with him.
April 19-20th, Francois Gauthier is coming also to Vaterstetten to give a clinic. We sure look forward to this as well.
07.02.08 - Recent News
The move to our new facility is working out very well. The horses seems to like it over there and that's pretty much what matters the most. Our show season will start in march, we look forward to seeing everyone. We invite everyone to come and visit us and wish you all a great 2008 season.
05.01.08 - JG Reining Horses Relocates!
It is with great pleasure that we announce our relocation to Gabi & Richard Hagl's Reitsportanlage in Vatterstetten.
To be effective February 1st, we look forward to another succesfull year and look forward to making new friends and new buisness. We thank Richard & Gabi for welcoming us and hope to bring extra professionalism, horsemanship and fun to this great place.
I want to thank personnally Kati and Andy Schneider for giving me great help and opprtunities in getting started. You have played a a role in my career as it officially started on your Hilltop Ranch. A nice and warm place my and my horses will miss. I wish you guys a great well deserved retirement.
15.12.07 - J & J Wedding, Mohr Resort, Lermoos, Austria
Latest Hit! J & J Wedding
What a great time!
Thanks to all our guests for being part of the fabulous day and to our hosts who did awesome on all counts, Tina and Klaus and the Mohr Resort.
What a great time!
Thanks to all our guests for being part of the fabulous day and to our hosts who did awesome on all counts, Tina and Klaus and the Mohr Resort.
15.08.07 - Sultan San Badger
Congratulations to Sannee Klindt on your recent SUCCESS!! with Sultan San Badger. Now a resident of Danemark, Sultan was purchased from JG Reining Horses about 1 month ago.
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02.08.07 - Rein-O-Mania, Kreuth
Jonathan and Lil Ruf Cody, owned by Rolf and Monica Reinschmidt, score 221.5 to tie for 1st place in Sunday's Open Bronze Trophy. The pair also made a test run in saturday's Intermediate Open scoring a 217.5 earning 1st Place. "Lil Ruf Cody is definetly one of bravest, most honest and willing stallion I've ever ridden." says Jonathan
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This brings me to announce that Jonathan will be travelling with Lil Ruf Cody and Nimble Star to Mallorca's Western Festival in September. Very much looking forward to going and thanks the the owners of these great horses for giving me this opportunity.
I also want to congratulate Bernard Fonck on winning the Open Futurity and Cira Baeck on winning both the Non-Pro Futurity and the Derby. You guys kicked ass!
26.05.07 - FEI European Championship
Jonathan and Nimble Star, owned by Claudia Haselsteiner, score a 219.5 for 4th place in Saturday's Open Trophy earning fourth place.
Congratulations to Team Germany (Nico Hormann, Stefan Breug, Emanuel Earnst, Oliver Stein, Grisha Ludwig) on their Gold Medal. Great Work!
26.07.07 - Bavarian Summer Classic
After winning the Novice Horse Open, both Senior Reining classes and earning a Register Of Merit(ROM) aboard Nimble Star owned by Claudia Hasselsteiner, The pair went on to win the Open Bronze Trophy with a sizzling 148. The shouts and cheers from the audiance was very motivating and we thank everyone for their support.
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A Reserve place in the Junior Reining aboard Kristel and Kurty Hausler's Chic May Dance followed a win of the Vatterstetten Junior Reining class.
Cattabar Jac, owned by Klaus Hufnagl, was a pleasure to have around. His first horse show, the 4 year old placed 4th in the Junior Reining scoring a 71.5. Looking foward to showing him again.
26.05.07 - Bavarian Classic Follow Up
Quite a fun and sucessful show for us and our customers. The first class we showed in was the Senior Reining Open on friday. Jonathan was Champion and Reserve Champion aboard Jac Bar Lewis owned by Thomas Reidmeyer. The 13 year old gelding showed great. Jonathan then showed the Junior Reining Open on saturday and was Champion and Reserve Champion on Chic May Dance owned by Kristel and Kurty Hausler and Hickory Moonshine owned by Ron and Vanessa Stienen. Jonathan show Hickory again in the Bronze Throphy. He showed very good but was off pattern and was given a score of 0. %^$%# Happens... The last class of the week-end was The 2nd Junior Reining Open. Jonathan was Reserve Champion aboard What A Genuine Pep owned by Thomas Voggentaller and 3rd on Chic May Dance. Viel Dank to all the owners for giving us the opportunity to train and show these very nice horses.
10.05.07 - Just a few recent news
We got some very nice horses that came in recently and we look foward to working with them. We thank the owners for trusting us into training your horses. We are taking a few horses to the AQHA / NRHA Show in Kreuth at the end of the month. Most of them are on our web site available for sale and are riding very well. You should come and see them or visit us at the show. Hopefully they wiil be sold before tthat which would spare me the stress... Kidding..
15.04.07 - Bavarian Spring Classic, Kreuth
It was a short but very fun and exciting trip this past week-end. Jonathan was Reserve Champion and 4th in the Senior Reining Open on Sunday aboard Jack Bar Lewis, a 13 yaer old gelding owned by Thomas Riedmeier. Jonathan enjoyed showing him and we thank Thomas for letting us show him.
Also congratulation to Volker Schmit on his great ride in the NRHA Open and to Martin Steck for a great job with Shotgunner. He looked better than ever.
06.04.07 - Easter Show, Kreuth Follow Up 2
First we want to congratulate Nico Hormann on his CRI win aboard Big Time Rooster. Great job!
Earlier today, Jonathan was SBH Reserve Champion with Chic May Dance. We have a lot of faith in this mare and we thank Christl and Curty Hausler for giving us the opportunity to train and show this talented daughter of Puro Chic.
04.04.07 - Easter Show, Kreuth Follow Up
Good start as Jonathan and Peppys Whiskey Sprat won the Jackpot Open. Jonathan says the horse warmed-up great and showed great. It is fun to show a willing, talented and well-prepared horse. Many thanks to Thomas for letting us show him.
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29.03.07 - Easter Show, Kreuth
We will be heading to Kreuth on sunday evening with 4 horses. We mostly plan to test and feel the horses in the Jackpot Open Class and the SBH Open. The horses shown by Jonathan are as follow:
Paddys Whiskey Sprat: Owned by Thomas Voggenthaler
Sultan San Badger: Owned by Janina Toelle
Chic May Dance: Owned by Kurt & Christl Hausler
Hickory Moonshine Owned by Ron & Vanessa Stienen
25.03.07 - Clinic at Enja Libor
First I really want to thank everyone at Enja Libor Quarter Horses for state-of-the-art hospitality. The great installations, great horses and most important great people made my job a lot easier. It was a pleasure to work with all of them.
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26.02.07 - Clinics in March
Jonathan is out for two clinics in March. The first one is the second week-end of March, Saturday and Sunday, 10th and 11th at Enja Lieor Quarter Horses.
The following week-end Jonathan flys to Denmark for an evaluation of the country's team for the next European Championship. Really looking foward to working with them.
25.02.07 - Web Site is up!
Our web site is up and running in English Version. We hope you enjoy it and visit us frequently. Look out for the Deutsch Version currently in progress.
