Silva's Clinic/Lesson Series in Earlville, Md.

Silva Martin is quickly becoming one of the most saught after dressage riders in the United States. She currently has a barn full of talented young horses in training and for sale. Her talent as a dressage instructor has caught the attention of several event riders and in addition to her dressage students she now coaches multiple top level eventers.
During the winter of 2011, Silva will be spending the majority of the winter in Aiken, but will be traveling to compete in the southern states as well as Florida. Please check back frequently for her updated clinic schedule.

Lesson/Clinic Series at Barbara Weinbrecht's, Earlville, Md.
Saturday April 16Saturday April 23
Thursday May 5
Monday May 16

Starting times: Weekdays, 1 p.m. & Weekends, 10 a.m.
Auditing is complimentary ; please bring a chair.
Location: 330 Sandy Bottom Road, Earleville, Md.
Cost: $115/45 minute session.
Please make checks payable to: Barbara Weinbrecht and mail to:
330 Sandy Bottom Road, Earleville, Md. 21919. 
Contact Barbara Weinbrecht's

MORE 2011 CLINIC INFO COMING SOON!!

Teaching/Clinic Photo Gallery
by Amber Heintzberger Photography

The Highs and Lows of Southern Pines/Heading Back to PA

Cold Harbor: Open Intermediate, Winner of the 2011 Page Schaumberger Trophy for Best Intermediate Horse (lowest score)

Owners: COL(ret)Manny and Dana Diemer; presenter is Claire Reid.

The Southern Pines Horse Trials II was a huge event this year, drawing in a large number of spectators, in part thanks to the promotion by PRO and also partly because it is such an awesome event. The venue is sensational, the cross country is tough and technical and the show jumping is always a tricky test at Southern Pines.

I had a group of up and coming training horses to compete, the star of which was Anne Hennesey's Summer Breeze W, who had been battling a bruised foot leading up the event. She came sound just in time and smoked a competitive group, finishing on her dressage score of 27.7. I was glad to bring victory to Anne, who is a longtime supporter of mine.

L-R: Dana Diemer, Boyd Martin and Anne Hennessey

Steady Eddie, Partyboy, Double Dare and Cagney Herself also did very well in their last event before heading home to PA, gaining valuable experience. All five of my training horses this weekend oozed with four star qualities and look very promising for me in the next couple years.

My lonesome prelim horse was Colin Davidson and Lucy Boynton's Crackerjack who had a nice, cruisey, slow relaxed ride around the prelim. I chose to go easy on him as I went flat out cross country at his last outing at Red Hills and figured he deserved a nice, settling round this weekend. It looks like he is aiming towards the Bromont three day event in June if he is not sold before then.

In the intermediate I rode Dana Diemer's Cold Harbor and the Otis syndicate's Otis Barbotiere. Cold Harbor gave me the ride of the weekend in all three phases, showing his home crowd fans how to do it and winning the Open Intermediate. He looks like he is heading towards the Jersey Fresh three day event, which I believe he will be competitive at, then he will head back to his usual rider, Holly Hudspeth, to continue his career. Otis once again confirmed my beliefs in him this weekend: this is a super quality horse that walked around the testing cross country with ease. Next up for him will be the CIC 3*** at The Fork.

Last but not least were my two advanced horses heading for Rolex: Last Monarch and Remington XXV. Both these horses had disappointing results on paper which was largely due to some poor riding by yours truly. I gave Remington a terrible approach to an accuracy fence which he had no chance of lining up, for his first cross country penalty of his career. Then, I butchered poor little Stewie at a galloping fence where I moved up to a long distance that just wasn't there. Stewie and I came crashing down which saw us retire from the course. Both Stewie and I checked out with no injuries by the medical team at Southern Pines. I felt terrible for Stewie's mother and usual rider, Holly Hudspeth, who was very understanding and compassionate in a situation that would have sent me through the roof. Expect perfect results at both these boys' starts at The Fork in two weeks.

Cheers,
Boyd

Results from the weekend are as follows:

Advanced

Remington XXV, owned by Ron and Densey Juvonen, 13th place

Open Intermediate

Cold Harbor, owned by COL (ret) Manny and Dana Diemer, FIRST PLACE!

Otis Barbotiere, owned by the Otis Barbotiere Syndicate, LLC, 4th place

Open Preliminary

Crackerjack, owned by Colin Davidson, 19th place

Open Training A

Partyboy, owned by Fernanda Kellogg, 10th

Steady Eddie, George and Gretchen Wintersteen, 12th Place

Open Training B

Double Dare, owned by Priscilla Hoblitzell, 9th place

Cagney Herself, owned by Bonnie Stedt, 19th Place

Open Training C

Summer Breeze W, owned by Anne Hennessey, FIRST PLACE (27.7!)

COMPLETE RESULTS

Update from Southern Pines

It was a rough day in the sport of eventing, with horses lost at Southern Pines and Poplar Place. We all send our condolences to Michael Pollard, Arden Wildasin and everyone connected with Dekorum II and Mandar. For more information check out the coverage at EventingNation.com

Boyd also had some ups and downs today, with a fall with Last Monarch in the advanced division. Horse and rider are doing well - Boyd got checked out just to be sure and he will be back in the tack tomorrow, while "Stewie" is resting in his stall. In better news Cold Harbor leads the open intermediate and Summer Breeze W leads the Open Training C division, and with several more horses to ride Boyd still has his work cut out for him.

For live scoring from Southern Pines click here

Charles Owen Celebrates 100 Years!

We've recently received the "spruced up" logo from Charles Owen, who is celebrating 100 years in business!  If you ride in another helmet, you won't understand the feeling of fit, safety & comfort till you start riding in a Charles Owen.  I switched to one a couple years ago & haven't had one riding related headache due to poor helmet fit since making that switch.  It's Boyd's helmet of choice as well!


"World famous for raising the bar in safety, Charles Owen is celebrating its 100 year birthday as a leading British manufacturer of riding helmets.  When Charles Owen himself founded the company in 1911, his mission was to make products for a safer world. Under the direction of Charles Owen’s grandson, Roy Burek, the mission has remained the same, but has extended its reach to all parts of the globe.


The incorporation of the latest technology in protection, fit and ventilation allows you to focus on your job, in the knowledge that your Charles Owen helmet will take the very best of care of you. Safety, comfort, fit, all wrapped up in a helmet that is the epitome of style in each discipline.


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Last Dressage Show in the Sunny South!

We had our last dressage show this weekend at Southern Comfort in Aiken, SC. All my horses were very good, but I have to say, they are getting tired. This has been a long winter for them, especially the young ones. They need a break!

CeCe

Faye Woolf's Aesthete finished second in third level, test 2 on Saturday.
Constantina RRS (CeCe, pictured at top and above) finished third in training 2 on Saturday and fifth on training 3 on Sunday. My little star Rosa won both her classes at third level; she is growing up so fast I can't believe it.

Duvent

Duvent was awesome! I am so happy that he is getting better every time I take him out. He is a fantastic horse and he is getting more and more relaxed about the show atmosphere. He won third 3 on Saturday with 71%.



I am also so happy to say that Jeff the Chef is back! Jeff had a little injury and had been enjoying a vacation for a while. I brought him back and rode him in his first Grand Prix in a while on Saturday. We both need to get back into things a bit better, so we made mistakes, but I am happy we went and did the Grand Prix and now we have to work hard to get better at it again. We did not have much competition so we still won!

Jeff the Chef W

I am also very proud of my student Kymmy Pullen. Kymmy and her horse Wiedermark came to me for weekly lessons about 6 or 7 month ago.

After a few months we decided it would be the best if Kymmy and Markie came to Aiken with me for some very consistent training. Kymmy is very lucky that she has her wonderful parents Scott and Carol Ann Pullen who support her as much as they can. Kymmy and Markie were showing in first and second level when we started. Now after the intensive time training in Aiken she has been winning third level in Wellington and this weekend we moved up to fourth level and she won both classes! I am very proud of them both!

-Silva

Talk to Boyd Live on the Eventing Radio Show Tonight!!!

Tune in tonight at 7pm Eastern time for the first ever live "call-in" Eventing Radio Show. The guest is our very own Boyd Martin! That's right, you can call in to talk to Boyd live on the air!

The call in number is 347-637-3238

Tune in at www.eventingradio.com or on your smart phone at www.horsesinthemorning.mob

Serendipity Sold!

Today Serendipity was sold to Lynne Subler from Virginia. Thanks to her breeder and former owner Tricia Tripp from Maryland, Tini had been with us for the last 5 months. She came to us just after having her first foal and started eventing late last year. It has been great fun working with a talented horse that looks to have a big future! Tini has been unstoppable this year in Aiken, coming 2nd at Pine Top, 1st at Full Gallop and 3rd at Paradise Farm Horse Trials.

Lynne plans to take her time to get to know Tini and will alternate the training and competing with her trainer Kristin Bachman. I wish Lynne all the best, and also a big thanks to Tricia for placing this horse in training with us.


Boyd