New Sales Horse: Ladylovesdiamonds!

NAME: Ladylovesdiamonds

AKA: Jewels

DOB: 2006

SEX: Mare

COLOUR: Bay

HEIGHT: 15.2 hh

BREED: Thoroughbred

OWNER: Great Road Farm

Jewels is a coming 6 year old 15.2h TB mare who is currently located in Aiken, SC where she has been in training at Boyd Martin's facility for the winter. Jewels is blessed with nice gaits and a scopey jump. She is super quiet and easy on the flat and extremely careful and straight forward over fences.

Finishing on her dressage score at Novice this season Jewels shows extreme potential for the future. She is great to handle on the ground and sweet as can be. Jewels is a must see if you are looking for an eventing prospect ready to move up the levels.

Contact Sara Gumbiner for more information!

Photos from Team Training Session

Photographer Laurie Fix sent us a link to her online gallery of photos from last week's US Eventing Team training session at Ilene Boorman's Bridle Creek Farm in Aiken.

Please follow this link to see the photos. You can contact Laurie at Laurieannfix@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing prints.

Lowcountry Dressage Part II

We had a good last day at Lowcountry Dressage:

• Kymmy and Markie did their first Developing Horse test and won the class with 65%.
• I showed Rembrandt in his first fourth level and he did great. We finished second on 66.5%.
• Duvent was a real star today. I was so happy with him. He dud a great test in fourth level test 3 and we won with 73.4%!!!

Silva

Lowcountry Dressage

We had great results at the first day of the Lowcountry Dressage show on Johns Island, SC. I rode Rosa , Duvent, and Rembrandt yesterday. Duvent did a nice test in fourth level test 2 and we finished second with 66.4%. Rembrandt did his best test so far!! We did 3rd level test 3 and he was fabulous and we won with 70.7%! Rosa Cha moved up to fourth level and was wonderful as usual and she kept her record clean. We won with 70%. So far Rosa has won every class she has showed in in 2012!

Today I am showing Duvent in fourth level again and Rembrandt in his very first fourth level!

-Silva

Congratulations Cynthia Pordon

Hidden Promise Sold!
Congratulations to Cynthia Pordon on her new and
wonderful horse Promise!
We wish her all the best and we are thrilled that
Promise will have such a great new home!

A Visit from Devoucoux

We were very honored that Jean-Michelle Devoucoux made the trip from France to visit us here in Aiken. Jean-Michelle is the founder and owner of the Devoucoux saddle company from Biarritz, France and is the backbone of the company that provide the world's finest saddles. Jean-Michelle not only is the manufacturer of Devoucoux saddles, but used to be a top event rider in France back in his day so he a special passion deep down inside for eventing.

Jean-Michelle spent the day specially fitting a couple of saddles to some of the four-star horses, including Neville Bardos. Neville's back muscles have changed with all the dressage work he has been doing, and Jean-Michelle made a few minor adjustments to make sure that Neville is able to jump and move with freedom and comfort.
Jean-Michelle also gave us all a demonstration on how to correctly fit a Devoucoux five point breastplate. Even though there are a lot of imitations on the market, Jean-Michelle was the inventor of the five point breastplate, which in my opinion is the only product out there that can keep saddles from slipping and sliding without cranking up the girth super tight.
Anyone in the Aiken or Ocala area who is interested in any of the Devoucoux saddles or tack should get in touch with Devoucoux's champion sales rep, Eric Leyssalle, 571-233-6606.

Anyone outside this region, get in touch with the US manager, David Attal, 201-522-5586.

To check out the entire range of Devoucoux products, visit www.us.devoucoux.com.

Thursday Schedule for Bettina Hoy Clinic

Thursday Bettina Clinic

7:30 Jan
8:15 Jan
9:00 Boyd - Nev
9:45 Boyd - Otis
10:30 Alison
11:15 Kevin

12:00 LUNCH

12:45 Boyd - Thomas
1:30 Boyd - Remi
2:15 Emily
3:00 Erin

3:45 FINISH