The Alberta Friesian Horse Association was again part of the fantastic MANE event in Red Deer, Alberta. This horse event shows a wide variety of breeds and horse skills. The Friesian horses stole the show and the 10-person carrousel impressed many spectators. AFHA took the preparation for this year's entry very serious and trained for months. We have a video of the jam-packed Saturday night performance at the Westerner Pavilion in Red Deer.

Every month this past summer season of 2010, AFHA organised trailrides and games for its members. Many participated and many more wished they did, because it was a lot of fun.

This fall was the Keuring (Horse Judging) in Olds. Click here for the results (PDF).

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Afha members participated again in the Calgary Parade.
The same names but a little different than last year.
House of the Friesians had a very sharp entry with carriage pulled by 4 in hand and 5 horses under saddle.
Very nice and they won the First price. CONGRATULATIONS to the Paagman family.
Gull Lake Farm had an entry which showed the variety of the Friesians:
2 horses under saddle with trumpet and a banner which said: “Friesian Horses can do it all” followed by  Nita in the characteristic Friesian Sjees, then 2 dressage Friesians, then a Landauer pulled by a pair, then 2 western ridden horses and then the Hitch wagon western style pulled by two Friesians.
Enjoy the pictures of the parade en thanks to the volunteers who put their time in the AFHA booth for 1 or more days during the Stampede days and some of them showed their Friesians in the small arena as well.

Members of AFHA and some other horse lovers enjoyed the trail rides/drives in May and June this year. Both days were full of sunshine and nice temperatures and happy people.
Wilma Den Oudsten did a very good job in picking two very nice spots. The Red Deer River area was great and at the end of the day we had a good BBQ on a very nice spot along the river.
In June we went to Cooking Lake, East of Edmonton, which was a nice adventure as well. Sometimes the horses had to work a little harder because of some muddy spots. But overall a great day again and the food prepared by Wilma was delicious and her “Hash Browns” are famous now and in the meantime the recipe is distributed all over the world.
Enjoy the pictures and the next trail ride/drive is August 14.

After many practising evenings since January at Gull Lake Farm in Lacombe, 8 members put up a very nice musical ride at The Mane Event in Red Deer.
The Mane Event is a well-known equine education & Trade Fair and visited by thousands horse people from any kind.
Our club was present at the fair with a good visited booth, Thanks to everybody who volunteered their time to help out in the booth.
The Musical ride went very well even though half of the participating horses were young or green when they started practising.
Riders and horses:   Wieke Dykstra with Black Beauty, Kenton Miller with Anneke,  Marita Floyn with Rosita, Annie Muilwijk with Teske, Wilma Den Oudsten with Tjitske, Nick Den Oudsten with Talitha, Nita Floryn with Joltsje, Janneke Poot with Quillen and the Friesian Sjees driven by Wim Floryn accompanied by  Karen Den Oudsten and pulled by Ennik. And last but not least our trainer/coach Colleen did a great job to point everybody in the right direction.
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Video: Saturday Afternoon show

Video: Saturday Night Show

On Friday the 3rd of July was the first day of the Calgary Stampede “The greatest Outdoor show on earth.”  The parade on that first day with more than 700 horses attracts always thousands of people and was live on T.V.
Club members participate already several years with their eye catching Friesians.
This year we had again, 2 beautiful entries. And both won a first price in different categories.

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A wonderful day of fun, friendship and Friesians was held on September 12th, starting and ending with the unsurpassed hospitality of our Presidents, Wim and Nita Floryn, at Gull Lake Farm near Lacombe. Wim and Nita, together with Annie and Kees Muilwijk, planned and organized every detail; from fantastic food, cozy box stalls for the horses, a wonderful trail and even the best weather possible! Sunshine, a cooling breeze…perfect!

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FHANA 25th Anniversary Convention in Reno
October 10, 2009

RENO!!! As the FHANA 25th Anniversary Convention and Horse Show loomed closer and closer, the excitement and the anticipation of such an extra-special, once-in-a-lifetime event caught many of us northern Friesian lovers up in an “I have got to go” frame of mind.

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Inspection day dawned sunny and reasonably warm, in stark contrast to the cold, cloudy, windy day before; the day that most of us moved in to the stables at the Calouri Pavilion in Olds, Alberta. We were again faced with occupied and un-cleaned stalls, due to an event held over the weekend, but we managed to muck out, shuffle around and get settled by early evening.

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