Congratulations to our newest USDF Silver Medalist, Assistant Trainer Natasha Sprengers-Levine, as well as to all of our students – across several disciplines! – who’ve had great recent competition successes. Read more about it, and about how to lock in lessons at 2015 prices, in our most recent e-newsletter. Check it out here!
It’s been a banner season for Team Sprieser Sporthorse, and it’s only May! We’re thrilled with our exceptional show results from the first few outings of 2016, and you can read all about them – and about joining in our joyous successes by becoming part of our team – by reading our most recent e-newsletter. Want it delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up inside!
We’re seeking a dedicated, ambitious and fun-loving new working student to join our team. Working students are responsible for the feed and care of 20 exceptional equine athletes and their humans, and their daily responsibilities include, but are not limited to, riding, feeding, grooming, tacking, turning in/out, stall cleaning, mowing, tack cleaning and other farm chores. We are a fun, warm and close-knit family here at Sprieser Sporthorse; you want to work with a team like ours!
Interested parties should email a resume, complete with two non-family references, and a riding video showcasing their best flatwork skills, to Lauren.
Join us in welcoming US Olympian Michael Barisone to Sprieser Sporthorse for a fantastic clinic. Michael is fun, funny and gifted with all types of horse and rider. Auditing available at $35/day paid in advance, or $40/day at the door, and lunch is provided. Email Lauren for more information.
It’s almost show time! Read all about our plans for 2016, Lauren’s teaching weekend visits from Florida, some neat Sprieser Sporthorse swag, and all the latest news in our e-newsletter. Want to receive our scoop directly to your inbox? Click to subscribe!
We love helping our clients find the perfect horse. We love selling wonderful horses to great people. And so when we can help a wonderful client find a fantastic horse right in our own barn, we’re thrilled beyond words! What a wonderful Christmas present to have Barbara and De L’Amout come together under our roof. Congratulations to Barbara, Dela and to seller Belle Gray Farm. It’s a pleasure working for all of you!
The 2015 competition season has come to an end, and what an amazing year it’s been! For a breakdown of results from our last few shows, more information about winter training (including Lauren’s Winter Training Days), some year-end awards and all the Sprieser Sporthorse news fit to print, read our November newsletter. Click to read more, and subscribe!
Auditing is available at $40/day, with lunch provided. Come on out!
SATURDAY
9:15 Lisa Hellmer & Stratocaster, 9 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Intermediate I
10 Tiffany Catledge & Cherto, 8 yr KWPN Gelding, Third Level
10:45 Lauren Sprieser & Danny Ocean, 7 yr KWPN Gelding, Prix St. Georges
11:30 Lauren Sprieser & Ellegria, 14 yr Westfalen Mare, Grand Prix
12:15 Lunch
12:45 Kristin Hickey & Capital Call, 10 yr KWPN Gelding, Fourth Level
1:30 Heather Richards & Hastening Cardoon, 13 yr Welsh Cob/TB Gelding, Fourth Level
2:15 Kristin Hickey & Zarco, 5 yr KWPN Gelding, First Level
3 Lauren Sprieser & Dorian Gray, 7 yr KWPN Gelding, Fourth Level
3:45 Jean Loonam & Red Hot Chili Pepper, 9 yr Hanoverian Gelding, Second Level
4:30 Kristin Counterman & Three Times, 15 yr KWPN Gelding, Young Riders
SUNDAY
7:30 Lauren Sprieser & Dorian Gray, 7 yr KWPN Gelding, Fourth Level
8:15 Kristin Counterman & Three Times, 15 yr KWPN Gelding, Young Riders
9 Lauren Sprieser & Ellegria, 14 yr Westfalen Mare, Grand Prix
9:45 Jennifer Mutchler & Floete, 18 yr Hanoverian Mare, Prix St. Georges
10:30 Lauren Sprieser & Danny Ocean, 7 yr KWPN Gelding, Prix St. Georges
11:15 Tiffany Catledge & Cherto, 8 yr KWPN Gelding, Third Level
12 Lunch
12:30 Jean Loonam & Red Hot Chili Pepper, 9 yr Hanoverian Gelding, Second Level
1:15 Kristin Hickey & Capital Call, 10 yr KWPN Gelding, Fourth Level
2 Heather Richards & Hastening Cardoon, 13 yr Welsh Cob/TB Gelding, Fourth Level
2:45 Judy Sprieser & Stratocaster, 9 yr Oldenburg Gelding, Third Level
A month ago, Sprieser Sporthorse turned 8, and with all our successes at the Region 1 Finals, all the clinics and lessons and just running around doing what we do, I forgot to post something to celebrate.
Today, I ran a few numbers. In 8 years, the team and I have:
– finished four horses to Grand Prix, two from scratch
- finished an additional 4 more to Prix St. Georges, all from scratch
– put riders on three NAJYRC teams (including one Team Gold)
– sent riders to 10 USEF National Championships
– helped 3 riders earn their USDF Silver Medals, and 8 earn their Bronze
– taught clinics in 5 states and 2 countries
– published 7 articles in 4 national magazines
– sent 2 students to the Rolex 4*
– qualified riders from Training Level to Grand Prix; Open, AA and Jr/YR; at the Region 1 Finals and BLM Finals every year
– and helped countless horses and riders, from the grassroots to the international levels; in dressage, western dressage, eventing, foxhunting, endurance, hunter/jumper, Pony Club and driving; ponies to drafts, imported warmbloods to rescues; free to six-figures; Mustangs, Arabians, Saddlebreds, Thoroughbreds, Freisians, PREs, Tennessee Walkers, and so, so many more, and each has been a JOY.
It’s been an amazing journey. Here’s to the next eight, and beyond!
The weather outside may be getting frightful, but in our cozy indoor arena, we’re making all kinds of progress. Want to join in on the fun? Read about our winter training and lesson options, plus a few exciting upcoming events, in our October newsletter.