| About us |
Shirley Klassen has owned, bred and trained Arabian horses since
1973. A full time, professional horse trainer, Shirley operates
Ferme Klassique located in St. Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec (near
Montreal), an indoor horse training facility with a capacity for 30
horses. As a trainer, Shirley Klassen has won U.S. and Canadian
National honours in divisions as diverse as halter to show jumping.
Although all breeds of horses are accepted for training at Ferme
Klassique, Arabian horses are the specialty being encouraged to
compete in everything from dressage to barrel racing.
The Arabian Horse Association listed Shirley Klassen on
their list of Recommended Arabian Judges in l987 where she held
the highest possible rating since 1999. Before recently retiring from
judging, Shirley held Senior National Arabian Judges status with
The Canadian Equestrian Federation (now Equine Canada) since
l982 and General Performance Division status since l992.
Shirley gives instructional training and Judging clinics and
performs appraisals and evaluations on horses for legal, insurance
and estate purposes.
Shirley Klassen is a past Vice President of The Canadian Arabian
Horse Registry and Region l8 of International Arabian Horse
Association. She has served on the Board of Directors of The
Arabian Horse Association of Eastern Canada and is past Vice
President of The Quebec Arabian Horse Association.
As a breeder of Arabian horses, Shirley Klassen has bred U.S. and
Canadian National Top Ten winners in the halter division and was
the breeder and trainer of Canada's first National Show Horse Top
Ten winner. Shirley has owned many Arabian horses, two of whom
are stallions who have produced U.S. National Champions.
In l989, Shirley Klassen was voted Horse Person of the Year by the
membership of The Arabian Horse Association of Eastern Canada.
1973. A full time, professional horse trainer, Shirley operates
Ferme Klassique located in St. Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec (near
Montreal), an indoor horse training facility with a capacity for 30
horses. As a trainer, Shirley Klassen has won U.S. and Canadian
National honours in divisions as diverse as halter to show jumping.
Although all breeds of horses are accepted for training at Ferme
Klassique, Arabian horses are the specialty being encouraged to
compete in everything from dressage to barrel racing.
The Arabian Horse Association listed Shirley Klassen on
their list of Recommended Arabian Judges in l987 where she held
the highest possible rating since 1999. Before recently retiring from
judging, Shirley held Senior National Arabian Judges status with
The Canadian Equestrian Federation (now Equine Canada) since
l982 and General Performance Division status since l992.
Shirley gives instructional training and Judging clinics and
performs appraisals and evaluations on horses for legal, insurance
and estate purposes.
Shirley Klassen is a past Vice President of The Canadian Arabian
Horse Registry and Region l8 of International Arabian Horse
Association. She has served on the Board of Directors of The
Arabian Horse Association of Eastern Canada and is past Vice
President of The Quebec Arabian Horse Association.
As a breeder of Arabian horses, Shirley Klassen has bred U.S. and
Canadian National Top Ten winners in the halter division and was
the breeder and trainer of Canada's first National Show Horse Top
Ten winner. Shirley has owned many Arabian horses, two of whom
are stallions who have produced U.S. National Champions.
In l989, Shirley Klassen was voted Horse Person of the Year by the
membership of The Arabian Horse Association of Eastern Canada.
Robert Painchaud's first job as a young teenager was feeding
horses and cleaning stalls before going to school. His passion for
horses is just as great thirty-five years later. His education with
horses started out as trial and error as with most folks but when he
started competing in barrel racing he realised that he needed
further education. For 4 years Robert took lessons in a close
contact English saddle and learned to jump which strengthened his
seat. He participated in numerous barrel racing clinics and bought
and sold several prospective barrel racing horses but the results
were still not what he hoped for. Everything turned around in 1997
when Robert, the barrel horse racer met Shirley Klassen, the
pleasure horse trainer. Shirley had never ridden a barrel horse, but
she'd ridden and judged reining, jumpers and equitation and she
had a lot to say about balancing and guiding the horse. The rest is
history.
Since that time Robert has won a showcase full of silver
Championship belt buckles including twice winning the
Championship buckle at the prestigious Festival Equestre de
Valleyfield!
horses and cleaning stalls before going to school. His passion for
horses is just as great thirty-five years later. His education with
horses started out as trial and error as with most folks but when he
started competing in barrel racing he realised that he needed
further education. For 4 years Robert took lessons in a close
contact English saddle and learned to jump which strengthened his
seat. He participated in numerous barrel racing clinics and bought
and sold several prospective barrel racing horses but the results
were still not what he hoped for. Everything turned around in 1997
when Robert, the barrel horse racer met Shirley Klassen, the
pleasure horse trainer. Shirley had never ridden a barrel horse, but
she'd ridden and judged reining, jumpers and equitation and she
had a lot to say about balancing and guiding the horse. The rest is
history.
Since that time Robert has won a showcase full of silver
Championship belt buckles including twice winning the
Championship buckle at the prestigious Festival Equestre de
Valleyfield!
| Please allow some time for the video to download depending on the speed of your Internet connection. |
| Double-click on video in motion to enlarge to Full Screen |
| We invite you to watch the small video clip (below) of Robert and DELTA GREAT DEE (winner of 2D barrels AREWL 2004).... ENJOY!! |
| Click on images to enlarge |
 |
 |
 |
sous /
revenez plus tard....
revenez plus tard....
