Congrats to High Performance Training List Riders

A big congratulations to the riders and horses named to the USEF High Performance Training Lists for Summer and Fall 2013, especially to our students Caitlin Silliman and Erin Sylvester.

Read more: http://eventingnation.com/home/usef-names-2013-high-performance-summerfall-training-lists.html

Thank You Horizon Structures!!

Horizon Structures specializes in prebuilt and modular horse barns, as well as outdoor living structures, sheds, garages and an assortment of farm structures.

Every Horizon Structures horse barn is built-to-order, and the company prides themselves on being able to offer a wide range of customization options to deliver a barn you've always dreamed of at an affordable price.

Owner Dave Zook met Boyd back in 2010 when he was looking to expand Windurra USA and in the process of buying the property on Gibble Rd.

Otis, Neville and Master Frisky in Their Horizon Barn!

Horizon was instrumental in helping Boyd and Silva after the barn fire, helping them locate refurbished barns to quickly relocate their horses to the new property.

Since then Dave and Boyd have forged a friendship and business relationship, where Boyd continues to go back to Horizon for other farm projects, including setting up the outdoor ring, viewing deck and gazebo. Boyd fully stands behind Horizon's products and workmanship and would recommend any friends or clients to contact Horizon for a quote.

Silva In Front of The Horizon Gazebo

Valerie from Rough Coat Photography came out on behalf of Horizon and took this fabulous series of photographs around the barn. Check out the slideshow and Like Horizon Structures on Facebook.

If you're interested in getting a quote on a barn construction project, please email Mike Rinier or call him on their toll free line 888-447-4337.

Today's Waradaca Clinic Postponed!

Today's Waradaca clinic has been postponed to next Tuesday due to the weather.  Hope to see you next week!!!

Schooling Jumper/Training Day at Plantation Field, Wednesday July 10th!

Aspire to This! 

Schooling Jumper/Training Day at Plantation Field, Wednesday July 10th!

 

Come join us Wednesday July 10th for a fun filled afternoon of stadium jumping at Plantation Field's Tapita ring.    

 

1:00 Warm-up Round - Height 2'3" Max. some fences lower

2:00 Beginner Novice Round - Height 2'6"

3:15 Novice Round - Height 2'11"
4:30 Training Round - Height 3'3" (small Liverpool)
5:45 Preliminary Round - Height 3'7"(Plantation Wall & Liverpool)

All courses rider/horse friendly. All times are estimated. We request pre-sign up (click here) so we can plan accurate schedule.

BN thru Preliminary. 4-5 jumps, jump off against time

$25.00 Per Round if signed up in advance (pay the day of competition)

$30.00 Per Round if signed up Day Of

$25.00 Per Additional Round

Sign up online (click here) or the day of. Will be required to sign a waiver (click here) and bring proof of coggins. Bring your own water 

 

Enter from Green Valley Rd from Rt. #82. Be careful narrow road. 

GPG Directions: 338 Green Valley Road, Coatesville, PA 19320. Park at top of the hill.

Email bambiglaccum@prodigy.net with any questions

Fonzy Learns His Changes

It has only been two weeks since Fortissimo B won the Markel/USEF East Coast Selection Trial for 5-year-old horses. After one week of easy riding, we are back to serious training. I like to start teaching my 5-year-olds the flying changes in between competitions. That way they have a basic understanding of what is expected of them, which makes life easier for them the next year when they have to perform changes in the show ring.

I will stop working on the flying changes weeks before the young horse finals. That way the horses will not be confused and start switching leads when they are supposed to counter canter in the 5-year-old test.

Fortissimo is an amazing learner and the flying changes come very easily to him; for such a young horse his changes are amazing! 

Please remember, Fonzy is for sale, and whoever buys him can ride him at the National Championships in at Lamplight Equestrian Center, this August 22-25 in Chicago!

Silva

Schooling Event A Huge Success!

We had our first jumper show at Windurra yesterday and it was a huge success with over a 140 rounds of show jumping from 10am till 7pm last night!

Chris Talley and Chase

Marc Donovan designed a very technical yet flowing course which challenged all the horses and riders immensely.  I think the brilliant factor of the day was the marked improvements of the horses jumping in a new ring on the Attwood Equestrian Surface, over the different styles of fences.

Boyd, who's still on the mend from surgery, was ring master extraordinaire and in charge of the (loud) tunes, so that helped set the stage for some serious fun.  It was a laid back casual day and if any riders had trouble at a fence they could come round & have another go at it.   We made sure everyone had a positive experience and the horses benefited from the schooling and the riders went home with a great experience for an affordable cost.

We had a wonderful assortment of horses and riders, with many local pros riding young horses, and young or less experienced riders in the earlier divisions.  Daniel and his game little bay dartmoor pony were crowd pleasers!

Daniel and his Super Pony!

Voler Bar Nuit, formally bred trained and ridden by Billy Meister and nominated for the Md. Hunt Cup, showed us his impressive jumping ability with Erica Gaertner in the irons!

Facebook Link




Many thanks to all the Linden Gilker, Sara Sadler and all our friends and volunteers who helped make this a great day!  We feel like the event was well received and plan to do another one in a month's time, so keep an eye on our blog and Facebook page for the upcoming announcement!

Check out our entire photo album on our Facebook page.

Photo Credits Lisa Thomas, Mid-Atlantic Equestrian Services

Ride for Life 2013

We had a great weekend at Ride for Life 2013! Kymmy, Gracia and I took seven horses: Trading Aces, Zoran, Benefactor RRS , Di Solitaire , Jones, Hayden and Colin. I am very happy with every single one of the horses. Everybody tried so hard and performed great.

I have been working with Oscar (Trading Aces) again since his vacation after Rolex. Since Boyd is still recovering from his ankle surgery , I took over the reins again for "Dressage Boot Camp".

Oscar has been improving so much over the last month. My goal is to make him as schooled and solid in the dressage as possible for next year. I showed him in third level on Saturday and Sunday. I was happy that he tried very hard for me and the tests are getting easier for him. The changes have improved 200 percent from when I first started working with him. He still got a little tense in the changes in the competition ring but I think we are very close to doing them perfectly. Oscar scored 68.5% on Saturday to finish second in the class and 71% on Sunday to win the class.

I showed Bonnie Stedt's Zoom, (Zoran) in his first fourth level to qualify him for Dressage at Devon. I am very excited about this horse! Zoran has a ton of power and talent and I think he is going to be a great horse for the future for me. We scored 67.5% in fourth level on Saturday to finish second . On Sunday we showed in third level and won the class with 68%.

Sully (Di Solitaire) was amazing this weekend. For the first time he did not feel like a baby. He is really growing up. Hey was high score of the show, winning his first level class on Saturday with 77.7%. On Sunday he won again with 73%. 

Benny was his perfect self. Benny is another horse that I am really looking forward seeing where our future together takes us. He showed in second level for the first time, winning both days with 72% and 71%.

Kymmy showed Fernanda Kellogg's Jones in training level, winning with 72%. Kymmy also showed her own Hot Date in first level, winning on Saturday with 71% and on Sunday with an amazing score of 76%. I am so excited for Kymmy and Hot Date. 

Gracia showed Colin in fourth level, finishing fourth on Saturday with 62% and third on Sunday with 63%. This is Gracia's first season in fourth level and she is doing amazingly well . 

Silva