Boyd at the Mid-South Eventing Association General Meeting

 Samantha Clark reported on the MSEDA General Meeting, where Boyd was the keynote speaker. Check out the following links for her interview, photos and video:

http://eventingnation.com/home/boyd-martin-at-mseda-general-meeting-part-1.html

http://eventingnation.com/home/boyd-martin-at-mseda-general-meeting-part-2.html

Neville Bardos To Be Inducted Into Horse Stars Hall of Fame

The EQUUS Foundation and the USEF recently established a Horse Stars Hall of Fame
“to celebrate the extraordinary talent of horses and the magical and powerful bond between horses and people.”

We are excited to announce that we have just been notified that Neville Bardos will be one of the inaugural inductees in the Athletes category of the Horse Stars Hall of Fame, along with all the USEF Horses of Honor recognized annually since the establishment of the USEF Horse of the Year (HOTY) awards program in 2005.

The inaugural inductions and the unveiling of the virtual Horse Stars Hall of Fame website will take place at the EQUUS Foundation’s "fête cheval étoile" event. The event will be held on Friday, March 8, 2013, at the Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, Florida and include a photo gallery of the inductees accompanied by the stories of their achievements.

Boyd and Silva

Do You Know Beau Guimond?!

NAME: Beau Guimond
DOB: 6/3/1993
HOMETOWN: Mechanicsburg, PA
WINDURRA SINCE:   April 2012
JOB/DESCRIPTION: Whatever it takes!

Beau was born in Hershey, PA and has always had a love of horses. His parents arranged his first lesson on his 8th birthday as a surprise. The instructor was amazed at his natural ability and the ease at which the horses responded to his touch. What started out as a once a week lesson soon became an everyday occurrence. He loved riding and wanted to spend every minute at the barn doing whatever he could in exchange for lessons. (Photo Ashlee Fleming)

Beau was 12 when the opportunity presented itself to adopt a racehorse named True Lord from Penn National Race Track. Looking back it was a crazy decision which proved to be a wonderful learning experience. Beau and True learned the ins and outs of hunt seat equitation together. After two year It was evident that True was not as happy with the jumping arrangement so the decision was made to retire True with his old trainer.

It was during the same period that Beau's family was in the process of relocating to Mechanicsburg, PA. He was interested in trying eventing and began the search for a new horse with the characteristics to advance through the levels. In March 2006 his family purchased Otter a 6 year old Trakhner gelding out of Carino E. The horse was green broke but had potential. Beau and Otter progressed through the levels obtaining their C3 rating, and in 2011 represented the Maryland Region in Training level at USPC Championships in Kentucky. They also qualified at Training level for the American Eventing Championships and finished 15th.

Beau had seen Boyd ride at many of the events and was lucky enough to live close enough to arrange to take lessons with him. Boyd was extremely supportive and at events would take time to encourage and coach Beau. It was at an emotional event at Waradaca (just two weeks after the fire) when Boyd took the time to congratulate Beau on his victory. That gesture helped Beau decide that he wanted to pursue a career in Eventing.

A few months later, while taking a lesson at Windurra, Boyd suggested to Beau that he should come and be a working student for him. For anyone interested in a career in Eventing, applying for a working student position is a great opportunity to experience first-hand what it takes to be successful.

Over the following few months Beau worked with his advisor at Cumberland Valley High School to advance his studies. He started with Boyd in April 2012 and received credit towards earning his diploma. Beau and Otter underwent a huge transformation under Boyd's coaching and training program. After leading the USEA leader board in Training level points, they moved to up to Preliminary and completed the qualifications for their first CCI*. In October, Boyd offered Beau a full time position on the staff at Windurra LLC.

Beau has joined the team for his first season in Aiken (2013). Beau has benefited greatly through Silva & Boyd's support and he looks forward to seeing where the future will take him.

" The road to Eventing success is dedicating your heart, body and soul to achieving a partnership with the horses you ride. Having a mentor like Boyd just drives you to try harder. Eventing is sink or swim – no floating allowed!"

In Celebration of Eventing

Hitchcock Woods Foundation
requests the pleasure of
your company at the 3rd annual

In Celebration of Eventing

Monday, February 18, 2013
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Benefiting the stewardship of the Hitchcock Woods

Graciously Sponsored By:
Charles and Heidi Beaumont
Edward and Leslie Giobbe
Ronald and Densey Juvonen
Robert and Gretchen White

The Willcox
100 Colleton Avenue SW
Aiken, South Carolina

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres

Entertainment by 4 Cats in the Dog House
Silent Auction

$75 per person ($40 is tax deductible)
RSVP by Thursday, February 14 ($100 after this date)

Pay Online:
Visit hitchcockwoods.org
Click on “Help Preserve the Woods” and follow payment instructions
On the second screen, click on “Special Instructions” and type “Eventers”

Process your payment
Pay by Phone:
Call 803-642-0528 with credit card information

Pay by Mail:
Hitchcock Woods Foundation
P.O. Box 1702 • Aiken, SC 29802
Payable to Hitchcock Woods Foundation; “Eventers” in the memo
James and Sarah Wildasin

In Celebration of Eventing … andEventers!

FOUR Shares Left in Rosa Cha Syndicate

Don't miss your opportunity to own a share of this amazing mare!!!

Five Shares Left in Rosa Cha Syndicate

 

Rosa Cha is one of the most naturally talented dressage horses that I have ever trained. She is superbly bred in Australia in 2005 by my husband Boyd and myself. Her father is the Rubenstein son Regardez Moi who represented Australia at the Grand Prix World Cup Final in Las Vegas in 2009. She was imported from Australia to the US in 2008 and already has an incredible competition record. 

 

Last year she competed at fourth level and went ten straight events without being beaten. At Dressage at Devon she really started to impress the judges and excite the crowd with phenomenal performances at Fourth level, winning with scores in the 70th percentile.

She has stunning looks and a sensational presence with phenomenal gaits. Every time she sets foot off the farm to compete, she turns into the most eye-catching horse of the show. The most brilliant factor about Rosa is that she has unbelievable ability for the Grand Prix movements.

Last weekend Rosa competed in her first Prix St. George FEI competition. She was absolutely sensational, demolishing the field at the Ocala Horse Park and collecting her debut scores at this level with 72% and 73%  to become the FEI Champion of the show

Rosa will be competing in her first International competition in the CDI at the brand new Dressage facility in Wellington, Florida March 14-17.

My big goal with Rosa is making a US team in the near future. She will be absolutely primed in her competition timeline to represent the United States at the Rio Olympics in 2016. I am also excited to be eligible to represent this country, as I have recently become an American citizen. 

 

I have five shares left for people to come along on this journey with me. There is no bigger thrill for a horse lover to be involved with the day to day training of a high level horse and also experience the electricity of watching a horse that you own compete at the big shows. This is a unique opportunity that really enables supporters to have an intimate experience with horse and rider and ultimately to be part of US dressage history. Please call me at (610-806-2721) or email (Slv.Martin1@gmail.com) for more information and a syndicate agreement.

Thanks,

Silva Martin

Eventers Invade Aiken

The Crew

The Windurra team of event horses have officially all arrived at Ilene Boorman's magnificent equestrian heaven, Bridle Creek Farm in Aiken, SC. 2013 looks to be a very exciting year with a stronger quality of event horses in training than ever before, partnered up with a very enthusiastic, hard working crew to look after them.

XC

Bridle Creek Farm is an awesome facility within the Bridle Creek development that has all of the bells and whistles needed to train horses including a massive jumping ring, an Eric Bull designed cross-country course, a dressage ring with mirrors, and superb turnout. The other remarkable thing about the layout of the property is that it is situated in the midst of 2000 acres of open country. At this time of the year, getting the horses fit is a priority and there are endless amounts of trails with great footing throughout Bridle Creek to get them fit on.

Barn

Our neighbors, however, are questionable... with Phillip Dutton, Ryan Wood, Kevin Keane, Jessica Hampf and Doug Payne all within a stone's throw of the property, it makes it very hard to stay focused on riding, especially with the smell of BBQ cooking up most nights. 

-Boyd