Good luck Team USA for show jumping at Burghley tomorrow!! You all looked awesome on cross-country! All the best for the trot-up and show jumping. Go get 'em!!
Boyd and Silva
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Good Luck US Riders in Show Jumping at Burghley
Good luck Team USA for show jumping at Burghley tomorrow!! You all looked awesome on cross-country! All the best for the trot-up and show jumping. Go get 'em!!
Boyd and Silva
Friday, August 31, 2012
Good Luck USA at Burghley!
Congrats to the American contingent doing so well at Burghley 2012, especially Sinead and Alison who are standing first and second after dressage. Wishing everyone who is having a crack at the big Burghley cross-country tomorrow
all the best! Alison, Will, Erin, Sinead, Kristy and Kate: Kick on and Hold on!
-Boyd and Silva
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
BOYD CLINIC AT CS&W FARM SEPT. 15TH - 16TH!
Boyd Martin Clinic
at
CS&W Farm
September 15 and 16, 2012
Clinic with an Olympian
Boyd is a 4 star eventing competitor. He was shortlisted for the Australian Olympic team on two horses, Yin Yang Yo and Neville Bardos. Since becoming a US citizen, Boyd has had great success competitively. He was named Rider of the year by the Chronicle of the Horse in 2011. He was talented enough to have not 1 but 3 horses on the selection list for the Olympics. On the chosen mount, Otis Barbotiere, Boyd had a successful outing in dressage and cross country for his first Olympics representing the US. To find out more about Boyd go to www.boydandsilvamartin.com.
Boyd Martin is one of the best clinician I have ridden with in a long time. People who ride with him feel they and their horses were challenged mentally and physically without being over faced. Your confidence reaches a new level. He demonstrates imagination in the exercises he teaches. He explains techniques for both stadium and cross country clearly and logically. My horses excelled during the class and I have used many suggestions afterwards. You don’t want to miss riding in this clinic!
I am honored to be hosting Boyd at my farm after his debut at the Olympics. He does not do clinics very often, so come join in a fabulous learning experience!
Fees:
Group rate - $175.00 per day
Saturday - Flatwork/Gymnastics
Sunday - Cross Country
Our XC includes Water/Ditches/Banks/Sunken Road Complex
Levels BN-Prelim
Registration must be received with payments in full prior to clinic to reserve your spot. Any questions call Claudia Winter @ 518-537-4417 / 914-466-9162 or email cswfarms@valstar.net
web: cswfarms.net
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Champagne Eventing in Michigan
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| Crackerjack at the Jog |
The city of Kalamazoo, MI turned out a
sensational weekend of exciting eventing action at Richland Park.
We made the trip with a few of the up and coming young horses who are starting
to compete at the more serious end of the scale. I think it's well worth the
long travel time to get to Richland as their cross-country courses offer good
galloping courses that resemble three-day event tracks.
Our two younger prelim horses, Partyboy and New Cadet, showed great
improvement in the dressage and cross-country but also showed their
inexperience with a couple of rattly showjumpng rounds.
A new horse In training for me, Master Frisky, showed class in the
intermediate division, coming second. Frisky is in training with us while we
prepare him for sale and he looks to be a very, very classy horse.
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| Crackerjack Showing Them How it's Done |
Crackers was in devastating form this weekend, showing brilliance in
all three phases against a quality field. The wild man of our team won the
division wire to wire.
In the three star class, Caitlin rode Hoku and I rode Trading Aces, who
put in credible performances and started to show promising signs of being very
competitive at Fair Hill this year.
Hats off must go to the organizers who literally irrigated every inch
of Richland Park, ensuring the place looked like a golf course during a tough
Midwestern drought. Even with harsh farming conditions, we all enjoyed some of America's best
corn on the cob at the BBQ on Saturday night.
-Boyd
Results were:
Preliminary Horse A
Paryboy, owned by Fernanda Kellogg and Nick Myers, 7th
Preliminary Horse B
New Cadet, owned by Anne Hennessey, 6th
Open Intermediate B
Master Frisky, owned by Charlotte Hogg, 2nd
CIC 2*
Crackerjack, owned by Lucy Boynton and Colin Davidson, 1st
CIC 3*
Trading Aces, owned by The Trading Aces Syndicate, 8th
Catch a Star, owned by Brad Johnson and ridden by Caitlin Silliman,
11th