COUNTRY VIEW
EQUESTRIAN CENTER
Our Lesson Staff:
Brandi Widmer is the Office Manager and a Teacher at Country View Equestrian Center. She earned her USDF Silver medal this year and is now working towards her USDF gold medal with a horse she has trained herself. Her horse is half Arabian and is named Sunny. She regularly takes lessons from instructors from all over the country. She currently shows Sunny on the Class A Arabian circuit as well as the open dressage circuit. Brandi has a degree in Equine Management from Ellsworth Community College. While a Ellsworth she showed on the Intercollegiate Show Team in jumping, Hunter Under Saddle, and Western. She was also on the judging team that they took to Quarter Horse World.
Brandi attended the Region II Arabian Sport Horse Dressage Show and was awarded the Region II Prix St. George Champion with a score of 62.3%. She was also the Region II Show Hack Champion and earned a top 5 in Half Arabian Sport Horse Under Saddle.Brandi has years of experience teaching all ages and skill levels. She is a very patient person and loves to meet new people and their horses.
Crimson Pulver is the Senior Trainer and a Teacher at Country View Equestrian Center. She currently has her USDF Rider Achievement awards in 1st and 2nd levels. This year her goal is to achiever her USDF bronze medal on her half Arabian, Le Meistro. Le Meistro is a horse that she has had for four years. She currently shows Le Meistro in the Class A Arabian Circuit and the open dressage circuit. She has done all of his dressage training herself. She also takes lessons with a many different instructors as she can. She has years of experience, starting with her 4-H career where she did all her own training and produced a horse that is still going strong in the open show circuit.
Staff Awards
Arabian Horse Show - 2009
At the 2009 Arabian Sport Horse Nationals, Crimson, Sheila, and Brandi competed with their half-arabians, Meistro, Emmagination, and Sunny, respectively. Crimson was awarded a National Top 10 in Third Level Dressage. Out of 36 horses, Crimson & Meistro placed 6th. Sheila and Emmagination competed in Training Level Dressage where they tied for 10th place. They also competed in Sport Horse Under Saddle, where they made it into the finals, but unfortunately only placed on one judges card. Brandi and Sunny also competed in Sport Horse Under Saddle, where they made it into the final round and placed 4th overall out of 58 horses.
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Arabian Horse Show - 2008
Sheila Fry brought home a top five in Training Level Amateur to Ride at the Arabian Horse Show Region 10. Brandi Widmer, riding Sonny took champion in Half Arabian Show Hack, reserve champion in Prix St George, and top five in both 4th Level Dressage and Sport Horse Under Saddle Half Arabian.
Photo - Brandi Widmer
MONROE TIMES
Monroe women Crimson Pulver and Sheila Fry recently attended the Arabian Sport Horse Nationals in Lexington, Va., from Sept. 26 to 30.
Crimson Pulver
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Pulver, with her horse Le Meistro, earned a top-10 placement
in the Open Second Level Dressage class. Her score of 64.6 percent was enough
to place her third in the class of 14. Fry rode her horse Emagination to a
top-10 finish in the Sport Horse Under
Saddle Amateur to Ride class. After qualifying in the first round, being selected
in the semifinals and riding in the finals, Fry and Emagination placed fourth
in the class of 73 horses.
Sheila Fry
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The Arabian Sport Horse Nationals show includes dressage, hunter, jumper,
carriage driving, sport horse in-hand and under saddle classes. Pulver and
Fry qualified for the national show by placing in the top five at the Regional
Championship earlier this
year.