Silva Heading to Germany for Christmas

Photo courtesy Laura Stigler

I am going to visit my family in Germany for Christmas. I am especially looking forward to seeing my younger sister Laura ride since I don't see her and her horses very much. Laura works in a dressage stable in Holland just on the border to Germany and has a few FEI horses for competition as well as sales horses.

-Silva

Lidcombe Sold!!!!

Lidcombe was sold today to Angela Hambrick of Ohio.  Angela has made a quick purchase after selling her Riverman gelding "Legado de Rios." 

Lidcombe is a sweet horse that joined us on our first journey here to the states, thanks to our great friend Janet Mudge.  Janet bred Lidcombe at her farm in Singleton, NSW, Australia.  He arrived with us and has done very well in all of his training. Silva took him too Wellington this year and had wonderful results on him, winning many classes. I took over and successfully competed him up to Training in eventing.

We wish Angela all the best!!  -Boyd and Silva

Silva's Winter Clinic Schedule

Silva has a posted her packed clinic schedule for this winter.  Beat the winter blues & join us at one of her clinics in Pa, Md or Aiken.  Please go to the clinic page on her website to see how many opportunities there are to ride with Silva this winter!

Photo credit Amber Heintzberger.

Legado de Rios is Sold!!

Today we said good by to Legado de Rios, known around the barn as Essor.  He was sold to a young rider from California.  Essor is a talented warmblood event horse in which has all of the tools for a champion. The best result I had on Essor was his last event at Rubicon.  He finished 2nd in the Open training on a score of 24.2.

I wish the new owners the best of luck with him.  I also wish to thank the past owner of Essor, Angela Hambrick, for having the horse in training with us.  Boyd

USEA Convention Recap

Boyd relays his experiences from the USEA Convention:

I had an entertaining three days in Reston, Virginia for the USEA convention. For the first time I was involved with a few of the high performance meetings with Captain Mark Phillips and some of the US officials. We had a good couple of meetings making plans for next year and it gave me the opportunity to talk to some of the coaches about my horses’ plans for 2010 and getting them set up for Kentucky.

Mark Hart and Ann Jones have organized the Owners Committee, helping US riders get owners together. I’m still working on a syndicate for Belmont and I think this is the way of the future: syndicating gives people the opportunity to own a top event horse at a fraction of the cost. Belmont is begging to go to Kentucky and I think a good performance there would put in line for the WEG.

The awards ceremony was a big thrill, especially seeing Amy Lindgren receive the award for Min- he has easily been the best in the country at the preliminary level and she has supported me since I came to this country.

The finest hour was seeing the likes of Bruce Davidson and Denis Glaccum inducted into the Eventing Hall of Fame. It was really touching seeing these champions get up and receive their applause.

Boyd is USEA Adult Preliminary Rider of the Year

Boyd attended the US Eventing Association Annual Convention and awards banquet this past weekend:



Boyd Martin receiving the Adult Preliminary Rider of the Year Award



Amy Lindgren receiving the Preliminary Horse of the Year award for Minotaure du Passoir (ridden by Boyd Martin) from USEA President Kevin Baumgardner



Photos linked from the USEA Website

Winter Clinic Schedule for Silva!

DECEMBER
Dec. 5th & 6th - Boyd and Silva Martin Clinic at Jen Simon's, Middleburg
Filled!

Dec 12th - Silva Martin Dressage Clinic Earlesville, Md.
Contact Barbara Weinbrecht's

Dec 20th - Silva Martin Dressage Clinic Earlesville, Md.
Contact Barbara Weinbrecht's

JANUARY
Jan 2nd & 3rd - "New Year Revolution" German Position Clinic
Contact Mary Grace.

Jan 10th - Silva Martin Dressage Clinic Earlesville, Md.
Contact Barbara Weinbrecht's

Jan 17th - Silva Martin Clinic, Earlesville, Md.
Contact Barbara Weinbrecht's

Jan 26th - 28th - Silva Martin Clinic, Aiken, SC
Contact Boyd Martin

FEBRUARY
Feb 9th - 11th - Silva Martin Clinic, Aiken, SC
Contact Boyd Martin

Feb 13th - 14th DVCTA Dressage Clinic
Contact Gayl Bowden

Feb 23rd - 25th Silva Martin Clinic, Aiken, SC
Contact Boyd Martin

Photo Credit BHS Photography