Video: Colin and Gracia schooling pirouettes and tempi changes

http://youtu.be/o9qMgdSL-vk

Here is a video of Colin and Gracia working on pirouettes and tempi changes, learning together. I't so fun for me to see my girls' riding improving!  

Silva

Zoran to Compete in FEI Small Tour in 2014

I am very excited to have trained another exciting young FEI horse for next year!

Bonnie Stedt's Zoran has truly developed into a super star; his scores and results speak for themselves, and he is coming along beautifully in his training. I am planning on showing him in the FEI small tour next season and am so looking forward to what the future brings with this outstanding young horse!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=em-upload_owner&v=ZsB5dpJEuIg&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZsB5dpJEuIg%26feature%3Dem-upload_owner

Silva

Looking the Part in the Hunt Field

Boyd and Pancho Villa in the hunt field

A big thanks to Pancho Villa syndicate member Kathleen Crompton, who has been helping all the eventing riders at Windurra to look the part when we head out hunting with Mr. Stewart's Cheshire Foxhounds. Kathleen made a critical observation that we all had poorly tied stock ties, and she has spent her time training all of us in the correct, proper way to tie a stock for the rigorous hunting that we’ve been doing with a number of the horses.

Kathleen tying Caitlin's stock

...and Lindsey's

Lindsey showing off the finished product

For the couple of months between Fair Hill and heading to Aiken in January, we’ve been taking a lot of the eventers out for a good bit of hunting. We are very lucky to be in the Cheshire hunt country, which has a lot of great terrain, good jumps and ideal water crossings. I believe this is educating the younger, non-Thoroughbred event horses to be good cross-country horses, and it’s also a fantastic opportunity to ride with a number of other elite equestrians from our area.

Boyd


Video of sales horse Billie Jean Halliday on her first hunt:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-KJP1W2FEo

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Course Map for Saturday's Schooling Jumper Show!

Come join us for our last schooling jumper show of the 2013 season!!  Marc Donovan has once again designed a fun yet challenging course for Beginner Novice through Intermediate level jumpers.

Here's a sneak peek at the course.  Division times below.  $25/round.  See you tomorrow!!

Sales Horse Billie Jean Halliday Excels in Hunt Field

Billie Jean Halliday is turning into a fantastic horse, seasoned in all the equestrian disciplines. Billie came to us six months ago and has competed successfully in official dressage with Silva’s girls, and we’ve stared her promising jumping career. Yesterday she behaved very well in her first hunt with Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire Foxhounds, taking it all in stride.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-KJP1W2FEo&feature=youtu.be

Billie is only five years old and has a bright future ahead of her. Priced at $12,000, she would make a fantastic horse for someone on a limited budget who would like to do a bit of everything. She’s a 16.1 Holsteiner/TB mare and a lovely type - she’s beautiful to hack out and shows plenty of promise in the jumping. For more information see her page on our website.

For anyone interested in trying Billie please contact Caitlin: 610-316-7318.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oocM_Mohwdc

High Aspirations

I’m happy to report that High Aspirations is coming along nicely in his training and looks ready take it to the next level in 2014. Maretta Sonn and Carolyn Blitz own this stunning four-year-old Irish gelding by the Irish Sport Horse stallion Brandenburg’s Windstar, bred by Phyllis Dawson. This year “Aiden” has progressed from being a wild, boisterous teenager into a somewhat mature athlete. He’s been successfully competing at novice level in 2013 and I’m looking forward to starting him at training level next year. 

-Boyd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99EBHunBDm8&feature=youtu.be


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