Ride Times for this Weekend’s Clinic with Michael Barisone

By |2015-07-31T08:13:59-04:00July 31st, 2015|News & Events|

Ride times for this weekend’s clinic with Michael Barisone​:

SATURDAY
10 Lauren Sprieser & Stratocaster, 9 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Intermediate I
10:45 Lauren Sprieser & Danny Ocean, 7 yr KWPN Gelding, Third Level
11:30 Lauren Sprieser & Ellegria, 14 yr Westfalen Mare, Grand Prix
12:15 Lunch
12:45 Dorie Forte & Frohlich, 13 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Grand Prix
1:30 Lauren Sprieser & Fiero, 8 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Prix St. Georges
2:15 Heather Richards & Hastening Cardoon, 13 yr Welsh Cob/TB Gelding, Third Level
3 Lauren Sprieser & Johnny Road, 6 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Third Level
3:45 Amy Hedden & Sadira TWF, 6 yr Oldenburg Mare, Fourth Level
4:30 Lauren Sprieser & Dorian Gray, 7 yr KWPN Gelding, Third Level
5:15 Natasha Sprengers-Levine & Ellavanta, 6 yr KWPN-NA Mare, Training Level

SUNDAY
7:30 Lauren Sprieser & Stratocaster, 9 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Intermediate I
8:15 Lisa Hellmer & Danny Ocean, 7 yr KWPN Gelding, Third Level
9 Lauren Sprieser & Ellegria, 14 yr Westfalen Mare, Grand Prix
9:45 Jennifer Mutchler & Elation KF, 6 yr KWPN Gelding, Third Level
10:30 Lauren Sprieser & Fiero, 8 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Prix St. Georges
11:15 Dorie Forte & Frohlich, 13 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Grand Prix
12 Lunch
12:30 Lauren Sprieser & Dorian Gray, 7 yr KWPN Gelding, Third Level
1:15 Heather Richards & Hastening Cardoon, 13 yr Welsh Cob/TB Gelding, Third Level
2 Lauren Sprieser & Johnny Road, 6 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Third Level
2:45 Natasha Sprengers-Levine & Rubicon, 3 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Training Level

Auditing is available at $40/day, and lunch is provided; an RSVP is appreciated!

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Keeping The Good Days

By |2015-07-20T07:20:26-04:00July 20th, 2015|COTH Posts|

Fender Two TempiUnderstatement of the year: life in the horse business ain’t easy. The ups are terrific but the downs can be so, so down–achingly long days, dirt and sweat and blood and tears, life and death and crushed expectations and placing hopes and dreams in the hooves of 1200 pound prey animals on lean legs.

But those ups. The days where the horses go well. The days were the clients make progress. The big wins. Those are the good days, and the universe has this funny way of handing them to you exactly when you need them.

Read the rest at The Chronicle Of The Horse!

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Blogger Behind The Stall Door: Ellegria

By |2015-07-16T05:27:54-04:00July 16th, 2015|COTH Posts|

BSDElla3_0I’ve known Ella almost 10 years, so I think I probably know her better than anyone. And while she’s quietly confident in herself now, she’s terribly introverted, so she probably wouldn’t be all that excited about me sharing all of her wonderful little quirks with the world in a blog post.

But: I think she’s wonderful, brilliant, and should be shared with the world.

Plus, I have thumbs and she doesn’t. So world, meet Ellegria!

• Ella’s real name is Elly McBeal. I mean, really. So Ellegria she became, a play on “allegria,” the Spanish word for happiness, with the E because Westfalen foals’ names must start with the same first letter as their sires. Ella is also known as Ella-bella, Ella Ella Eh Eh Eh (from the Rhianna song “Umbrella”), Princess and Princess Ellegria Of The Mountain (which is what Michael calls her, and I have no idea why.)

Read the rest at The Chronicle Of The Horse!

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An Incredibly Successful Dressage At Lexington!

By |2015-07-15T06:41:41-04:00July 15th, 2015|News & Events|

11053507_994630087238319_3199517754521775624_oTeam Sprieser had an incredible Dressage at Lexington! From Training Level to Grand Prix, our riders racked up major wins, checked off goals and had a blast. Here are the highlights from the show!

Huxley Greer & Vesuvian
3rd 3, 64.231
4th Place 3rd 3, 64.744

Jane Hart & Harlem Heartbreaker
Training 3, 63.182
1st 2, 61.25
Training 3, 62.955

Angelika Hellmer & Aniko
4th Place, 1st 3, 63.824
1st 3, 60.147

Lisa Hellmer & Galvani
5th Place, 1st 3, 65.735

Lisa Hellmer & Aniko
6th Place, 2nd 2, 63.718

Kristin Hickey & Capital Call
1st Place, 4th 1, 66.216
1st Place, 4th 1, 67.973
Champion 4th Level SHAC

Kristin Hickey & Leapfrog
4th Place, 4th 1, 61.216

Meg Melusen & Glenhaven Serengeti
6th Place, 1st 3, 61.471
1st 3, 60.294
3rd Place, National Dressage Pony Cup, 61.667

Heather Richards & Hastening Cardoon
3rd 3, 63.718
3rd 3, 61.923
Reserve Champion 3rd Level SHAC
USDF Bronze Medal!

Jennifer Schaller & Lithgows Smartwish
4th Place, Training 1, 62.826
Training 2, 61.538
Training 2, 62.885

Cathy Scholten & Casey
2nd Place, 2nd 1, 67.121
3rd Place, 2nd 2, 65
2nd Place, 2nd 2, 66.154
2nd 3, 62.439
Champion 2nd Level SHAC

Natasha Sprengers-Levine & Galvani
6th Place, 2nd 2, 62.564
3rd Place, 2nd 2, 63.59

Natasha Sprengers-Levine & Harlem Heartbreaker
1st Place, Training 2, 69.231

Lauren Sprieser & Stratocaster
3rd Place, Developing Horse PSG, 68.603
Intermediate I, 66.053
Winner, Two-Tempi Challenge Fundraiser for The Dressage Foundation (58!)

Lauren Sprieser & Beverley Thomas’s Fiero
4th Place, Prix St. Georges Challenge, 67.763
1st Place, Prix St. Georges, 68.289

Lauren Sprieser & Ellegria
1st Place, FEI TOC (Grand Prix Special), 69.216
2nd Place, Grand Prix Freestyle, 71825
Reserve Champion, FEI Freestyle Challenge

Also congratulations to our SHAC team of Kristin Hickey & Leapfrog, Heather Richards & Hastening Cardoon and Cathy Scholten & Casey for taking Third Place overall, beaten only by Training and First Level teams!

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Two fantastic new horses for sale at SSH

By |2015-07-08T05:19:59-04:00July 8th, 2015|News & Events|

We don’t often do sales here at Sprieser Sporthorse, so when we do, you know they must be special. We have two wonderful geldings looking for new homes, and they won’t stick around long; they’re both terrific!

First up is Kilkelly All’s Well. Ozzie is a 16.3h, 12 year old Irish Sport Horse who’s had a tremendously successful career in the both the IDSHNA and Open hunters, including multiple wins at Upperville. But he loves the flatwork, and his soft mouth and comfortable gaits make him a pleasure to work with. He’s schooling all the First Level work with the potential for much more. Ozzie is confident beginner appropriate; he’s delightfully uncomplicated and tolerant, but also not a deadhead, and would be a terrific and FUN lower level horse.

We are also thrilled to present Rubicon. Ruben is a 17.1h, 3 year old Oldenburg gelding by Blue Hors Romanov out of Alabama, a Danish Trakehner mare by Silvermoon who also produced my terrific Small Tour horse Stratocaster. Ruben has Fender’s gorgeous face, big tail and long legs, but is even looser through his body, and for three years old, he could not possibly be simpler. No lunging required; just hop on and ride around. Ruben loves working both in and out of the arena, and would be equally appropriate for a confident amateur or Jr/YR as he would for an ambitious professional looking to invest in a horse to take up the levels.

Video on our Sales page; photos below. Email me at lauren@spriesersporthorse.com to learn more about these two very special boys!

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The Long Way Around

By |2015-07-08T05:06:29-04:00July 8th, 2015|COTH Posts|

JohnnyCanter1I’ve made the decision to offer my phenomenal six-year-old, Johnny Road, up for syndication. Johnny’s always been one of my favorites, not just because he’s got freaky talented legs and a wonderful mind that takes pressure better than any horse I’ve owned at that age, but because he’s my kind of nerdy—he’s smart and clever and more than a little obnoxious, and I find that combination tremendously endearing (which probably explains why I’m still single.)

I’ve owned Johnny two years, since he was four, and at four his job was to go to shows at Training Level until he didn’t try and kill me. The first show, he spent a lot of time trying to kill me. The second show, he was a rockstar by Day Three, earning High Score Training Level for the show. And so I checked off that box, took him back home, and let him grow and develop and didn’t really freak out about what he was or wasn’t doing.

At five, I went to one more show, just to make sure the Dirtbag instinct was still dead. It was. High score First Level of the show. And I kept him home the rest of the year, where he grew almost a hand, sprouted this unreal topline from very little hard work, and proceeded to just generally be a pleasure and not keep me up at night.

 

Read the rest at The Chronicle of the Horse, and click here for more information on joining the Johnny Road Group!

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