Blog - Chesna Klimek

Pippin and Endo the Blind Coloring Pages!

Written by Chesna on July 19, 2016 · 2 Comments

My talented, supportive friend Emily Dieleman, a Haflinger fan/rider and artist of Striking Chestnut Studio, created two fantastic coloring pages of Pippin and Endo the Blind for BreyerFest! We will have free printed copies of the coloring pages available at the WE United booth Friday, July 22 through Sunday, July 24 […]

Pip and Endo Enjoy Utah en Route to BreyerFest

Written by Chesna on July 17, 2016 · Leave a Comment

After listening to a night of Meghan Trainor live in concert at the Idaho Horse Park, Pip and Endo were pretty happy to arrive at Misti’s beautiful and peaceful home in Erda, Utah on their journey to BreyerFest! What a beautiful end to day #2 of our trip! Many thanks […]

Help Pip and Endo the Blind get to Kentucky!

Written by Chesna on May 13, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Endo the Blind horse and Haflinger pony Pippin

This July Pippin and I will be traveling with our friends Morgan and Endo the Blind to BreyerFest Carnival in Lexington, Kentucky. Morgan is renting a trailer so we can drive the horses from the Pacific Northwest across the country with the help of her boyfriend, and after the show […]

Pip to Showcase Working Equitation at BreyerFest Carnival in Kentucky!

Written by Chesna on May 1, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Pippin and I have been invited to participate in daily demonstrations of Working Equitation at BreyerFest Carnival at the Kentucky Horse Park, July 22-24. We are excited to highlight the growing sport of Working Equitation to a national audience and also to represent Haflinger horses at BreyerFest! I’ve dreamed of riding […]

The Late, Great Arron: A Haflinger for the Ages

Written by Chesna on January 19, 2016 · 7 Comments

Above: Arron, age 32. His last summer at Nayborly Farms. Yesterday, our accomplished friend Arron was put down after a short bout with colic. Arron would have celebrated his 33rd Birthday this April. So, in honor of all this little horse was, I want to share with you about Arron and all […]

Horse Inspiration: New Friends Morgan Wagner and Endo the Blind Horse

Written by Chesna on November 10, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Every so often you see and a horse and rider that raise the bar on what you think is possible. This year Pip and I got to meet two inspiring new friends on our roadtrip to the Haras Cup in Magnolia, Texas, Endo the Blind and Morgan Wagner. These two […]

Rainbows and Camals: Headed Home from Haras Cup

Written by Chesna on November 2, 2015 · Leave a Comment

What a show; what a trip! After all that rain in Texas we had some mud and flooding to contend with in order to leave. Would we be able to get out of the showgrounds?!? Thanks to 4-wheel drive and Julie’s expert driving skills, we got the empty horse trailer onto […]

Pip Wins Intermediate Working Equitation National Championship

Written by Chesna on October 30, 2015 · Leave a Comment

When we pulled in to Haras Cup in Magnolia, TX (and promptly got our truck stuck), I saw the magnificent Lusitanos and Andalusians with their picture-perfect Portugese riders executing flawless working equitation maneuvers (see right)… I felt a little bit like the unqualified pony girl sneaking in the back door at […]

Will It Ever Stop Raining at Haras Cup 2015?!

Written by Chesna on October 28, 2015 · Leave a Comment

If you’re from the Seattle area then at least once you’ve been the butt of jokes about “Bringing the rain with you” when you travel out of area. In my case, this seemed well-deserved. The weekend of Haras Cup saw many inches of nonstop rain in Magnolia, TX as well […]

Horse Roadtrip! On Our Way to the Haras Cup

Written by Chesna on October 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment

A few months ago I had no idea that I would leave my friends and family behind, take two weeks off work, and travel 2,700 miles one way from Tenino, Washington to Magnolia, Texas with relative strangers and my pony, Pippin, to compete in the Haras Cup Working Equitation National […]