Valhalla Equestrian & Christine Carlsen
16845 Jane St L0H IG0 King City, ON, Canada

We had a great final week at Angelstone tournaments! With Nicole Roach taking the win in the junior/am 1.30/1.40 speed! Christine and Shenick double clear and 6th in the U25 finals. ... And very proud of our young mare stepping up and jumping clear in all her classes and finishing second in the 6 year old final! Thank you Angelstone Tournaments for running a great series this summer.

Congratulations to Kathleen from Findaway Equestrian Services on your purchase of our homebred Lumos VA (aka Luke). We’ll miss seeing this handsome boy in the barn, but it feels good sending him off to his new family that already loves him so much. We wish you all the luck in the world together! Thank you Toni Hickox for your help in putting this partnership together.

We’re back in a big way at Angelstone Tournaments! Congratulations to Nicole Roach and Castlefield Cassie for winning today’s 1.20m Jr/Am jumper class. Also to Christine and Shenick for a respectable round in today’s Grand Prix - just one unlucky rail and two time faults over a demanding and tight track!

Our first foal of 2020 is here! Goldy Hof Ter Zeedycke brought a beautiful little filly by Cristo into the world last night. Red is apparently an excellent first time mama and this little lady is happy and healthy. ... She needs a name that stars with P!

Counting down the days until this is all over and we can get back to moments like this!

Thanks for the lovely shot of Mochiniquie Ben Radvanyi Photography!

We’re coming home! Amidst the COVID19 crisis, packing up and coming home to wait it out was the only sensible choice. Thank you so much to our entire team in Florida for the extra long days as we packed up and got ready to go home in a hurry. Also extra special thanks to Don Ball and Bob Jones for getting down here so quickly to take the team home. ... Stay safe, stay home and wash your hands!

We would like to offer our condolences to Katie Kraft, Lee Kruger and everyone at Caledonia Stables on the passing of Corofelio. Fresh as he was known was graciously loaned to us so Christine would not be without an equitation horse. With Fresh, Christine won the OHJA Medal Final, the Junior Medal Final and the Flat/Gymnastics phase of the CET Regional Medal Final. We were so grateful to be a chapter of this wonderful horse’s career. May he Rest In Peace

Let’s pretend we’re back in Canada for a second ok? Congratulations to Nicole Roach & our own Castlefield Cassie who were second in the Modified Adult Amateur Classic at WEF We’re so glad to have these girls down with us for the second half of the circuit.

Thank you Starting Gate Communications for the awesome photo of Christine & Shenick from today’s CSIOY Nation’s Cup Event at Palm Beach Masters! We are so proud of how Nicky stepped up and tried his hardest in the gruelling heat and humidity. Even though today wasn’t quite our day, Team Canada still finished on the podium with a bronze medal Thank you to Equestrian Canada and Dayton Gorsline for the opportunity to compete in this team format. We also appreciate all th...e effort from the Jacobs’ Family and the entire team at Deeridge Farms for putting on a terrific tournament at a world class facility. Extra special thank you to all the parents, grooms and coaches working behind the scenes. Especially Team Millar for all your guidance and coaching, and our own Omar Jurado who will stop at nothing to make sure Nicky is as ready as he can be for the ring. Best of luck to everyone competing in the CSIO-Y EnviroEquine Grand Prix tomorrow! Nicky will be enjoying a much deserved day off in the paddock with lots and lots of treats!

Thank you Mackenzie Clark for the lovely photos of Christine and Shenick at the jog for this week’s EnviroEquine Nation’s Cup. While this isn’t Christine’s first time representing Canada in international competition, it is Nicky’s first time. Best of luck! We know you will do us and Canada proud

Amazing start to our busy week at WEF & Palm Beach Masters. Christine & Monchiniquie were 7th in the High Amateur Owner class today. Amazing riding as per usual from Christine.