The Regional and BLM Finals may be in our rear view mirror, but we’ve got great events coming up, including a Michael Barisone clinic and a clipping clinic with Liv Gude. Read all about it, and some great new additions to the farm, here!
Join us in welcoming again Michael Barisone, US Olympian and trainer of Olympians in both dressage and eventing. Auditing is $35 if prepaid or $40 at the door, and lunch is included. An RSVP is requested even if paying at the door. Ride times are below.
MONDAY
10:00 Torrey Wilkinson & Talisman BHF, 12 yr PRE-cross Mare by Temerario VII, Grand Prix
10:45 Liza Broadbent & Victorious, 15 yr Dutch Gelding by Patijn, Grand Prix
11:30 Beverley Thomas & Fiero, 10 yr GOV gelding by Fidertanz, 1st Level
12:15 Lunch
12:45 Lisa Hellmer & Aniko, 11 yr Oldenburg Gelding, 4th Level
1:30 Dorie Forte & Froelich, 15 yr Oldenburg Gelding by Festrausch, Grand Prix
2:15 Judy Sprieser & Stratocaster, 11 yr GOV Gelding by Sir Donnerhall, 4th Level
3:00 Lee Phaup & Rainy, 14 yr Hanoverian Gelding, Prix St. Georges
3:45 Ali Brock & Viva, 5 yr Westfalen Gelding, First Level
4:30 Jean Loonam & Red Hot Chili Pepper, 11 yr Hanoverian Gelding by Royal Prince, 2nd Level
5:15 Ali Brock & Cheraton, 5 yr Swedish Gelding, Third Level
TUESDAY
7:30 Liza Broadbent & Victorious, 15 yr Dutch Gelding by Patijn, Grand Prix
8:15 Jean Loonam & Red Hot Chili Pepper, 11 yr Hanoverian Gelding by Royal Prince, 2nd Level
9:00 Lauren Sprieser & Havanna, 5 yr Dutch Mare by Lord Leatherdale, Training Level
9:45 Ali Brock & Viva, 5 yr Westfalen Gelding, First Level
10:30 Dorie Forte & Froelich, 15 yr Oldenburg Gelding by Festrausch, Grand Prix
11:15 Ali Brock & Cheraton, 5 yr Swedish Gelding, Third Level
12 Lunch
12:30 Lee Phaup & Rainy, 14 yr Hanoverian Gelding, Prix St. Georges
1:15 Beverley Thomas & Fiero, 10 yr GOV gelding by Fidertanz, 1st Level
2 Hannah McSween & Avatar, 11 yr Dutch Gelding by Art Deco, 3rd Level
2:45 Lauren Fisher & Eureka BBR, 8 yr KWPN Mare by Sir Sinclair, 3rd Leve
The year 2016 and the first few months of 2017 were really professionally, and personally, incredible. Ella and I had a fantastic end to our partnership, culminating in a great relationship with her new owner. Two other significant horse sales let me make a down payment on a house, and put two exciting new young horses in my life. Business is booming.
I’ve got an incredible farm in Florida sewn up for the 2018 season. I’m dating a fantastic guy. I came home from Florida in the beginning of this year knowing it would be a transition from having a finished product to show to focusing on the youngsters and on my clients, but I was ready. I started a new nutrition program, shed some pounds and felt fantastic; and I started running again and working with a personal trainer and just really felt prepared for it all.
But what goes up must come down.
Read the rest at The Chronicle of the Horse!
Get approached to blog about your experience going to the 2009 USEF Festival of Champions, not because you’re all that good a rider, but because you can write well, spell correctly and turn in consistent work.
Start writing. Be excited about how easy the ideas come at first. New boots! How to bathe a big gross gray mare! Go to the show and have your horse colic for the first and only time in her life.
Spend all night at her side, and when she’s out of the woods and you go back to your hotel room to catch a bit of sleep, realize that you have to share the story with others, because you’re a blogger, and you have to Tell The Story. It won’t be the first time where you feel like you owe a piece of your life to your readership. But don’t quit.
Read the rest at The Chronicle of the Horse!
Dressage At Lexington, upcoming clinics and new faces. There’s nothing slow about our mid-summer! Read all about it in our August e-newsletter, and sign up to receive it directly in your inbox!
A friend of mine lost her horse recently. He was older, and he died in the way we all dream for those we love—out in the field with his friends on a beautiful day, healthy and sound and full of life. And then gone, in an instant.
That doesn’t make it much better, of course; just because it’s a far cry from the slow decline and the tough choice doesn’t make it easy, just ever so slightly easier.
This horse had had an excellent competition career, but you’d probably never heard of him, or at least not heard much about him. But that wasn’t the thing that made him extraordinary. He’d brought countless young people up the levels. He gave his riders the big horse feeling for the first time. He taught them. He humbled them, often rather a lot. He made them.
Read the rest at The Chronicle of the Horse!
It’s a weird year for me. I’m teaching a ton of clinics, which I love, but it means I’m away from home a lot of weekends. And with only Puck to ride at the moment, who will be showing first level next month (woo) but not with any illusions of grandeur, my focus is on my students and on their competitive and personal goals.
The last time my coach, Michael Barisone, came down for a clinic was last fall, when I rode five horses and was, therefore, half the clinic. For this weekend’s visit, I rode one.
Read the rest at The Chronicle of the Horse!
Rule #1: If you fall off, you have to bring in pie.
Variety of pie is up to you: fruit, chocolate, cream, candy; virtuous, diabetic-shock-inducing; whatever floats your boat, if it’s edible, we’re there, though it should be noted that bonus points are given if you purchase said pie from our local rockstar baked goods establishment, the Red Truck Bakery. Heaven.
Amendment to Rule #1: If you fall off twice in one week, I buy YOU pie.
Second Amendment to Rule #1: If you fall off one of the following horses, you should be a bit ashamed of yourself, and therefore you have to buy both pie AND ice cream:
– Fiero, who is a wonderfully good dude, although admittedly he does sneak a little spin in there once or twice a year, so keep your wits about you.
– Vinny, a Connemara who is right on the line for us, because he can be very cheeky, but he is low to the ground, with a sizable center of balance.
– Fabulous, a wonderful elder statesman who has earned his name. If you bite it off of Fabulous, we may not admit to knowing you. (Once you’ve dropped off your pie and ice cream, that is.)
Read the rest at The Chronicle of the Horse!
Grooming isn’t just about pretty – it’s about your horse’s health, and about building a great partnership! Join us for a fabulous morning grooming seminar with guest speaker Liv Gude of ProEquineGrooms.com. Learn some great hands-on grooming techniques along with critical ways to monitor your horse’s health, and test out some great grooming products from Shapley’s, Uckele Equine Nutrition, Hands On and Ecovet.
Follow up your education with a fun groom-a-thon contest, with prizes! Dirty horses and grooming tools will be provided, just bring yourself!
July 29, 9:30a-12:30p. Participation is $40. See our EventClinics.com page to sign up!
We’re delighted to welcome Colleen Meyer of Advanced Saddle Fit back to Clearwater Farm July 20-22. Whether you’re looking to evaluate the fit of your existing equipment or you’re in the market for a new dressage, jump or AP saddle, you need Colleen! Colleen Meyer’s decades of experience have made her Advanced Saddle Fit saddles the best on the market for amateurs, Jr/