ESDCTA Dressage - VIDEOS

Once again I am so proud of my girls! They had a fantastic show at the Horse Park of NJ on Memorial Day weekend! Enjoy the videos:






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Boyd teaches Peter Wylde in cross-country lesson!

Boyd had the pleasure of teaching Olympic show jumper Peter Wylde a cross-country jumping lesson on Monday during the Memorial Day weekend clinic at Fitch's Corner in Millbrook, New York. Peter rode Tawny, a lower-level horse owned by Barbara and Donald Tober. Could he follow in Marilyn Little's footsteps and become the next show jumper to take up eventing? That's a pretty big smile on his face! 

Photos courtesy Fernanda Kellogg. Many thanks to Fernanda and Kirk for hosting this clinic which has become a much-anticipated annual tradition. 

Living Like a King!

A big thanks to syndicate owners George and Gretchen Wintersteen, who are temporarily looking after Neville Bardos. Poor Nev tweaked an old suspensory injury earlier this year down in Aiken and is having some time off. What better place to have a bit of rest and recovery than at the beautiful stables of Gretchen and George. 

I am glad to say that Neville is living like a king at the moment, until he returns to work later in the year!

Boyd Martin

Fitch's Corner Memorial Day Clinic!!

News from Fitch's Corner
May 21, 2014

6th Annual Boyd and Silva Martin Memorial Day Weekend Clinic is right around the corner!
May 24-25-26

We welcome auditors to come watch the sessions with 2012 Olympian Boyd Martin on May 24,25, and 26  and Grand Prix Dressage Rider Silva Martin on May 25/26.
The "super couple" will work with our riders to help further their skills in order to reach their long-term goals.

We are so pleased that Silva is feeling well enough to teach two half-days of lessons. All are welcome to spectate both Silva and Boyd!

Read more about the clinic here.

2014 Calendar of Events
Fitch's Corner Horse Trials Weekend
Beginner Novice/Novice/Training/Preliminary 
Young Event Horse/Future Event Horse Divisions
July 18-29-20
Fitch's Market
Spectator Luncheon
Collector Car Show & Parade
 
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Be sure to visit our website www.fitchscorner.com for more details

Boyd's Back in Action at Fair Hill International May Horse Trials

Boyd and Crackerjack. Steve Berkowitz Photo

It felt great to be competing again after seven weeks of watching everyone else! I tried to minimize the number of horses I rode this weekend and was very thankful that Caitlin took a lot of the young horses off my hands. I chose to ride four well experienced horses since I haven’t been able to school that much and trusted these horses to put in good, solid rounds.

Boyd and Pancho Villa. Steve Berkowitz Photo

 Thanks to all the work at physio I was more more comfortable than I expected. In jumping the fracture site feels pretty good now; it’s more around the knee area, where I have a couple screws, that is more painful but overall it did not hinder me too much. I shove a soccer shin-pad in my boot and my physio Chris Doughtry has come up with a bandaging system to increase comfort. I ice it a couple times a day and am still going to physio three times a week which I think is very important. I feel like I’m getting better and better but am not quite 100% yet.

I’ve got a busy time coming up: the Memorial Day clinic at Fitch’s Corner coming up next weekend, which is always a favorite weekend for Silva and I, teaching at Fernanda’s beautiful farm in Millbrook, NY. I heard that world-renowned show jumper Peter Wylde is coming to have a crack at cross-country, which should be a very entertaining lesson!

In the next couple of weeks I'm going to run a bunch of horses at Waredaca and Plantation before I head over to Germany to tackle Luhmuehlen. 

Boyd

[Live Scores]

Master Frisky. Steve Berkowitz Photo

Open Intermediate - A

1^st - Pancho Villa-  34.6 

3^rd - Master Frisky - 48.1

OI-B

4^th - Crackerjack – 47.10

Crackerjack. Steve Berkowitz Photo

Prelim

7^th - New Cadet – 37.2

Caitlin Silliman riding:

Intermediate:

Calisto

Prelim

11^th – William Street – 50.4

2^nd - Ballyneety - 23

Training D

 1^st - Ray Price – 26.7

Novice B

4^th - Boo Ya 35.8

Novice D

9^th – Goldthorn Diamond Imprint – 33.0

Blue Goose Dressage Recognized Dressage Show

Pam and Rio

First of all I’m really proud of my ladies, who were amazing. Pam Murphy rode Casino Royale – for the first time in 20 years Pam compete. Rio was bred by Melinda Walton and Larry Smith and this was only his 2^nd competition. They got 66% and 4^th place in Training level, which was a great result for them. He’s by Royal Prince, from Hilltop Farm, and is going to be five this year.

Amy Heron rode Constantina RRS, also bred by Linda by Contucci out of a Rubinstein mare. She’s gorgeous and was her usual perfect self. She doesn’t like the bottom ring at this venue for some reason, but she had a much better ride than every other time they’ve been there and placed third in First level test 2.

Kymmy and Just a Flirt

Kymmy had a busy and very successful weekend! She rode Just a Flirt who’s owned by Joan Fenton who took the photos – many thanks! She’s a young horse and hasn’t shown much at all. Joan has owned her for a few months, she bought her before the Florida season. She was amazing at the shows, really, really excellent and won first level 2 with 71%.

Kymmy also rode Sandy Retzlaff’s Rigoletto in third level. I was really excited because Rogiletto is green at this level and they placed second with 68%. That was a great result.

Kymmy and Danka Schoene

Kymmy rode Danka Shoene, Larry and Melinda’s baby – he’s a half-brother to Benny and is just like him, he’s quiet as quiet could be. They did training level and placed 3^rd in T-3 with 69%.

Kymmy and Hot Date

With her own horse Hot Date Kymmy competed in 2^nd level tests 2 and 3 and won both classes with 68 and 69%.

Kymmy and Sir Eastwood

 Then Sir Eastwood did Open T-2 and 3 and won both classes with 72 and 75%. Pretty awesome!

Gracia and Colin

 Gracia rode Colin in their first PSG and finished second! She had some bobbles with the trot which was unfortunate but she got all the stuff we’ve been working on at home. Now they are both FEI competitors! Colin is for sale and would be a super horse for a Young Rider or Amateur. He’s very reasonably priced for his level, so give us a call if you’re interested.

Scout and Maybelline

Scout rode her own mare, Maybelline, who is a very exciting young horse. She gets a little hard to ride sometimes but Scout did a great job to finish 3^rd on 67% in Training level. 

Scout and Bright Side

She also rode Mike and Anne Laver and Gloria Callen’s horse Bright Side, the horse we bought in Ireland for me to ride, and did such a good job, I’m very proud of her. He’s never been in the dressage ring before and I wanted him to just go to the show and play. Gracia did a fantastic job and they scored 72% in Young Riders Training 2 and won Training 3 with 75%.

Mike and Boo Ya

 Michael Pindleton rode two horses for Boyd and did really well. Boo Ya is a Thoroughbred and Barry is a ¾ Thoroughbred. They’re both young event horses and Boyd wanted them to get some exposure to the dressage show.  He earned 68% for Barry Boo and Ya was 67% at Training 1.

Kat and Wallaroo

Kat Lissett works for Boyd and rode Ray Price and Wallaroo, two horses that we bred in Australia; we own them with Amy Lindgren. Kat did a really good job riding both of them: Ray Price competed in Training, Test 2 with 74% and Wallaroo scored 61%, I’m not sure how he placed but they both did really well.

I was coaching all of them and felt good. I wanted to be out there doing it myself but there were lots of people at the show that I haven’t seen in a long time, and it was fun to get a chance to catch up with everyone. Melinda came to watch and it was great to see her, and to see all my students do so well was a great bonus!

Our next show is in New Jersey on Memorial Day weekend. Boyd and I will also both be teaching the clinic at Fitch’s Corner in Millbrook, NY that weekend. 

-Silva

For Sale - Super Talented Finn McCool!

NAME: Finn McCool
SEX: Gelding
COLOUR: Bay
HEIGHT: 16.2 hh
DATE OF BIRTH: 2008
COUNTY OF BIRTH: Ireland
DAM: Lady Tranquility
Master Imp (Irish Thoroughbred)
SIRE: Condios
Holsteiner - Landgraf line
BREED: ISH
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ireland
OWNERS: Craig & Gloria Callen

PEDEGREE




6 year old imported Irish sport horse from the famous Fernhill Stables in Tipperary. Finn was imported into the US in 2013 and produced up to the Training level with Julie Richards before coming to Windurra. He's bred brilliantly with famous pedigree out of a Master Imp mare.



In the dressage he's a beautiful mover with big soft flowing gates that the judges love. His jump is also soft & careful with lots of scope. On XC he has a nice balanced gallop & he's keen to the fences.

Finn McCool has been professionally trained & was not rushed up the levels. He's been very successful winning many trainings & is ready for 2014 to move up to Prelim. It's tough to find such a quality horse for sale at his age.

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