Well folks, I usually update the owners of the horses I have in work via a phone call, or an email...I am faced with a new dilemma: Neville Bardos now has 7 different owners. I decided to syndicate my WEG horse from last year into 10 shares and I have sold 7 of them, so there are still three to go.
The new owners for Neville thus far are:
Ron & Densey Juvonen, PA
April, Chuck & McKenzie Whitlock, KY
Gloria & Craig Callen, NY
Stephen Blauner, NY
Nancy & David Hathaway, NY
Bonnie Stedt, NY
Tim & Cheryl Holekamp, FL
I thought instead of doing a boring email on what I have been doing with him, I would put a bit of footage of Nev training in Unionville, PA for his new owners to watch. It suits me great...no need to worry about correct spelling or grammar on a long email...
Enjoy my very unrehearsed introduction and dodgy filming from working student extraordinaire, Randall Pearve....
Boyd
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Jump School at Mary Hazzard's Farm
Yesterday my crew and I decided to take our young horses and sales horses for some jump training off the farm. My good friend and world champion from 1978 Mary Hazzard has a beautiful jumping course set up in her indoor arena just miles down the road.
We took 9 horses in total, including some of the horses I’ll be eventing for the first time in Aiken. I also took some of the sales horses to give them some more experience jumping away from the farm.
My two working students/assistant riders Caitlin Silliman and Lillian Heard took their new up and coming horses. Both these girls have been riding with me for a while now and slowly but surely they are looking like Olympic caliber riders. Both have horses that are on track for contention for the London Olympics and it’s a great feeling yelling and screaming at these girls as I try to improve their riding everyday.
Below is a video of just a couple of the horses that we gave a jump yesterday at Mary’s beautiful farm.
-Boyd
We took 9 horses in total, including some of the horses I’ll be eventing for the first time in Aiken. I also took some of the sales horses to give them some more experience jumping away from the farm.
My two working students/assistant riders Caitlin Silliman and Lillian Heard took their new up and coming horses. Both these girls have been riding with me for a while now and slowly but surely they are looking like Olympic caliber riders. Both have horses that are on track for contention for the London Olympics and it’s a great feeling yelling and screaming at these girls as I try to improve their riding everyday.
Below is a video of just a couple of the horses that we gave a jump yesterday at Mary’s beautiful farm.
-Boyd
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Schatzi W Sold to Nancy Calhoun of North Carolina
I am both happy and sad to announce that I sold Schatzi W today.I bred "Robyn" back in Australia in the year 2000. Her mother was named "Batwoman", so naturally her first daughter was "Robyn". She has been a great horse for me over the last decade. I bred her, broke her in and then trained and competed her to the advanced level in Australia and here in the States .
In the end Robyn was not quite sound and tough enough for a big-time four-star horse. The sad part was that this mare's heart is so big she would try to do anything; she would never give up or stop at anything, even if it was a bit too much for her. To be honest, I thought it was not fair to ask her to do something that she was not up to. In the end, I believe it was best to place her in a situation where she would get treated like a princess and still have a job to do every day to keep her active.
I am very happy and very lucky that Nancy Calhoun of North Carolina has purchased Robyn. Nancy is aiming at third level dressage and maybe some low level eventing. I believe Nancy is a kind person and a good horsewoman who will give Robyn a great life. This mare has plenty left in the tank, as she is only 11 years old, so I look forward to following their success.
Boyd
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