• Pony rides, courtesy of Tracy R-Cs darling pony Henny Penny (rockers was taking a much deserved event off, and Buddy's founder has been bothering him, so he was on the 'injured list' and unable to assist us with pony rides)
• Light horse rides, courtesy of Kaluf's Lads & Buster!

• Draft rides! courtesy of CWER Graduate Majesty and CWER permanent resident Tessa!

• Speakers! This year we worked with a more intense schedule, having something starting every half hour of the entire event. This new format was VERY popular and had folks staying from speaker to demo and back throughout the day. 
• A special thank you to Dr King and Gary Herzog (Prairielands Feed) for coming down just to be speakers for us!
• DEMOS! (photos below)
• Be SURE to check out the photo below of RealTime Investment (Buster!) going all out on a speed run!
• AnnMarie and Factor did a training demo on communicating without rein contact.
• Tracy Giese borrowed Majesty from Steve K long enough to provide a great ground driving demo.
• Tory and Sandy did a superb round pen training demo, showing how we allow a horse to learn to jump without the burden of a rider.
• Mike Cross did a farrier demo, trimming permanent resident Sandy for the crowd, while explaining the basic care of horse's hooves.
• Andrew K. did a roundpen training demonstration with wild mustang, Sonny. Be sure to read Sonny's page for more details on Andrew's training work with this adorable boy!

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• MEET THE HORSES! This year we really strove to have detailed information posted about every horse on the farm, along with some interesting and fun facts about horse ownership, rescue, and more.
• AND MORE!

RAFFLES! 

• this fantastic Full-Size quilt by a world famous quilter, won by Rhonda Brown of Danville IL! , 

• a beautiful finished fleece won by Sue Stone of Champaign! 

  

• This gorgeous horseshoe based artwork BUTTERFLY, by Pam Nelson!

• A custom pencil sketch, 8x10, full body, of your favorite animal - can be expanded, as this one was, to include the owner! By artist Stacy Martin, Yellow Wolf Farm & Studio (This raffle was accidentally not drawn, so it will be a part of our next raffle!)

• A fabulous hand made basket, with horse theme and horse-themed items inside, won by Christina B!!

GENERAL RAFFLE ITEMS:

• some great horse jewelery, won by Shannan Meehan of Chicago!

• 2 autographed copies of Betty's wonderful book, won by Pam Nelson and Sandy R

• A beautiful fabric for wall hanging,

• a great horse poster, ready to frame

• A fantastic book called the Encyclopedia of Horse Breeds & Care, won by Dana of Champaign.

• A real WWII post card of a horse infirmary during wartime, won by super volunteer Karen Kaluf!

• and more!

Feel Free to visit prior open house pages: OPEN HOUSE 2004 and 2005!