Update: Fortissimo B Video

I am so pleased with how wonderfully Fonzy, (Fortissimo B), is coming along in his training. He is such an amazing young horse -- anybody that wants to become a big-time rider and is in search for the right horse to go up the levels with, give me a call!

 -Silva

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http://boydandsilvamartin.com/Pages/silva/Fonzy.html

NAME: Fortissimo B

SEX: Gelding

COLOUR: Dark Bay

HEIGHT: 16.1 HH

DATE OF BIRTH: June 3, 2008

COUNTRY OF BIRTH: USA

SIRE: ES Fabuleux by Fabriano

DAM: EM Roma I by Rubinstein

BREED: Hanoverian

BREEDER: Barbara Schmidt

PLACE OF BIRTH:
Bridlewood Farm, Kentucky

OWNER: Camilla Van Liew

Photo Credit Dale Russert

SBF Balboa "Rocky" Available For Sale

NAME: SBF Balboa

SEX: Gelding

COLOR: Bay

HEIGHT: 15.3hh

DOB: June 19, 2006

SIRE: Juventus (Dutch Warmblood by Dublin)

DAM: Single ‘N Savy (Thoroughbred)

BREED: Registered Dutch Warmblood with KWPN (840025 200600346)

BREEDER: Stony Brook Farm

PLACE OF BIRTH: Peterborough, NH

OWNER: Stony Brook Farm

 

 
SBF Balboa, also known as Rocky, is the ideal horse for a young rider or adult amateur looking to be extremely competitive in whatever event they enter. He is unbelievably well-bred, fathered by the Dutch super sire, Juventus. He is a lovely, soft mover and is extremely rideable and trainable for the dressage; he rarely places out of the top three in the dressage, usually with scores in the low 20's. He is a scopey, careful jumper partnered with a lovely gallop that only needs to be ridden in the softest of snaffles.

Currently ranked on the USEA Leaderboard for Novice Horse of the Year, he has already moved up to Training at Pine Top, one of the more challenging Training level events in the South. Ridden by Caitlin Silliman, he received a 26.8 in dressage, putting him in third place two points off the lead, and he jumped around cross-country with ease.

 In his two-year career he has had 5 first place ribbons and numerous other ribbons within the top 5. This is a great opportunity to purchase a very special horse that will bring you up the levels of eventing while winning! Rarely does a horse of this quality get offered for sale. Don't miss this opportunity.

Call Boyd to come for a trial at our facility in Pennsylvania, 610-806-2381.

Neville Bardos Update

"What’s going on with eventing’s favorite comeback kid? Well, it sounds like he’s on his way to making another comeback. Samantha Clark pays him a visit."

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URL: http://www.horsenation.com/2013/04/01/eventing-nation-neville-bardos-update/

NEVILLE BARDOS Samantha Clark Photo

Boyd's Video Favorites: Boxer Manny Pacquiao

It's obviously nothing to do with equestrian sports, but here’s an awesome video of one of the greatest sportsmen of our era, Manny Pacquiao, in training for one of his legendary bouts

-Boyd

A Big Thank You to Fernanda Kellogg, Kirk Henckels and Ilene Boorman

FoxFrolic Farm

We have both now relocated to the farm in Cochranville, PA after a great winter in Aiken and Wellington. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Kirk Henckels and Fernanda Kellogg, the owners of FoxFrolic Farm  for housing Silva’s horses and providing accommodation to Boyd and Silva throughout the winter. 

Bridle Creek Farm

Also a big thank you to Ilene Boorman the owner of Bridle Creek Farm, the magnificent facilty that the event horses stayed at once again. With the caliber of horses that we now have in training it is essential that we have top-notch facilities  and both of these farms provide spectacular accommodations for the horses as well as superb footing on which to train.

Boyd and Silva are now available for lessons in Cochranville. Silva’s lessons are $150 (610-806-2721) and Boyd’s are $100 (610-806-2381). Lessons can be arranged by text message.

Southern Pines Horse Trials

Caitlin and Remington XXV after winning the OI-A at Southern Pines Photo Courtesy Samantha Clark for EventingNation.com

The upper-level Windurra Event Horses headed back north to Pennsylvania via the Southern Pines Horse Trials at the Carolina Horse Park in North Carolina last weekend. This is one of the premier events of the winter and is a real test for all the horses and riders. It was even more of a test for myself, after deciding that I needed to upgrade three of my prelim horses to their first Intermediate competition.

Once again the event was brilliant, with a new design to the cross-country course that definitely led to a flowing ride, which left a great taste in the horses’ mouths at the finish. All the horses did relatively well. I would say the highlight performance of the weekend was Caitlin winning the Intermediate on Remi and Steady Eddie running 2^nd in the other Intermediate class in his debut at this level.

Trading Aces really did well in his preparation for Rolex. He jumped very well in cross-country and show jumping. Dressage showed a few moments of tension that I believe will be rectified by the time we start at The Fork in two weeks’ time.

Trading Aces ("Oscar"), photo Courtesy Samantha Clark for www.eventingnation.com

RESULTS

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11th - Boyd Martin and Trading Aces, owned by The Trading Aces Syndicate, LLC

21st -- Caitlin Silliman and Catch A Star


Open Intermediate A 

1st -- Caitlin Silliman and Remington XXV, owned by Ron and Densey Juvonen and sponsored by Seema Sonnad

9th - Boyd and FYI, owned by Vanessa Crumpley

14th -- Boyd and Crackerjack, owned by Colin Davidson and Lucy Lie

23rd - Boyd and New Cadet, owned by Anne Hennessey

Open Intermediate B

2nd -- Boyd and Steady Eddie, owned by Gretchen & George Wintersteen, Denise Lahey and Pierre Colin and Boyd & Silva Martin

COMPLETE RESULTS

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I believe my good mate Dom Schramm is slowly but surely losing his sanity living here in the United States...  

-Boyd