MDHT Starter Trials #1

Extra special congratulations this week to Emerson Kasley in her very successful move up to Training level!! Top-10 finish and podium for Brittany! Well done! Thanks Erin Gilmore for the beautiful feature photo, and be sure to watch her lovely show jumping round below (or on our socials!)

3/25-26: MDHT Starter Horse Trials #1 (Adamstown, MD)

Emerson Kasley with Global Venture: 7th in Training-A

Brittany Packard with Cayanne Pepper: 2nd in Beginner Novice-B

#eventinglife #showjumping #eventing #teamwork

Southern Pines Horse Trials

It was great to get out at Southern Pines it’s really starting to feel like spring properly! The horses stretched their legs and had good runs, both Kelley and Julie came back with placings which is great! I’ll put a video of Julie and Tex on our socials.

3/11-12: Southern Pines Horse Trials (Raeford, NC) 

  • Kelley with Valfreyja: 12th in Open Novice B 
  • Julie Augustine with Texas Riddle: 13th in Open Novice B 

PVDA Fall USDF Show

What a perfect way to wrap up the fall season! Congratulations to Margaret and Stilts! We think the wine glass is the perfect prize for braving the cold and windy weather on Sunday!

11/13: PVDA Fall USDF Show (Upper Marlboro, MD)

  • Margaret McKelvy with Runsonstilts: 1st in First Level, Test 3

Virginia Horse Trials & MDHT Starter Trials

We had a great weekend between the MDHT Starter Horse Trials and the Virginia Horse Trials. Well done to the whole team and everyone behind the scenes who helped. Check out our fun mashup video below!

11/5-6: MDHT Starter Horse Trials (Adamstown, MD)

  • Amy Gaynor with Studly Dudley: 1st in Training-A

11/3-6: The Virginia Horse Trials International (Lexington, VA)

  • Kelley with Valfreya: 13th in Novice Horse-A
  • Julie Augustine with Texas Riddle: 1st in Novice Rider-B
  • Claire McElwain with Joker’s Win: 12th in Novice Rider-A
  • Haley Miller with He’s True Brew: 4th in Novice Horse-B
What a weekend!
Music: Bensound

Waredaca Fall Starter & Full Moon Farm Events

All in all it was a lovely weekend with everyone finishing top-5! Freyja will be heading off to her first “big” show at the Virginia HT so Waredaca’s combined test was the perfect prep run! This was quite the cap to the season for Ashley and Lux, it’s so nice to see their long-time partnership only getting stronger! Claire and her lovely new horse had a solid run at only their second show together and Katie capped off her and Jax’s ‘reunion tour’ with a solid run at Training. And April & Aurora (also in the video) had a great time at their first HT of the year after spending the year in the jumper ring!

10/29: Waredaca Fall Starter Event (Laytonsville, MD)

  • Kelley with her own Valfreyja: 1st in Novice Combined Test
  • Katie Mayo with Mr. Mayhem: 4th in Open Training
  • Claire Shioutakon with Jump For Sally: 2nd in Open Novice-B
  • April Tennyson with Maid of Duhallow: 3rd in Open Novice-B

10/30: Full Moon Farm Horse Trials (Finksburg, MD)

  • Ashley Gross with State of Lux: 1st in Training Rider
Gorgeous weekend for eventing!
Music: bensound.com

Waredaca Classic Three-Day Event

🫶 Eventing truly takes a village and this weekend Waredaca Classic Three Day Event truly embodies that fact. The preparation of horse and rider, the dedication of owners, riders, family members, friends, volunteers, clinicians and organizers are all needed to pull it off… and what a weekend it was! Everyone involved was full of enthusiasm for the sport and for soaking up as much knowledge, experience and camaraderie as a person could in four days.

The competition was stiff and exciting but I believe the experience alone was well worth the all the effort for anyone who was able to take part. This is truly an experience that I believe should be a part of every event rider’s journey; helping to build a strong foundation not only for the actual riding experience that is gained but also a strong sense of responsibility to the horse’s wellbeing as well that of your fellow competitors.

I want to congratulate all of the enthusiastic participants who were full of curiosity and determination; some them long-time students, some smiling faces I met this weekend… EVERYONE did an amazing job and hopefully walked away with a new love and appreciation for their horses and our wonderful sport!

I would also like to add a very special congratulations to Emmy Kasley pictured with her amazing and supportive parents, who enthusiastically play an essential role. Emerson has worked so hard this last year to really forge a strong partnership with Vinny and they had a really stellar weekend!

10/20-23: Waredaca Classic Three-Day & Horse Trials (Laytonsville, MD)

* Emerson Kasley with Global Venture: 26th in Novice Three-Day

MDHT III & Area II Championships

Well done Julie & Emerson on surviving (and doing well!) in what we can only describe as EPIC rain this weekend!!

10/1-2: The Maryland Horse Trials III & Area II Championships (Adamstown, MD)

  • Julie Augustine with Texas Riddle: 11th in Novice Championships 
  • Emerson Kasley with Global Venture: 4th in Jr. Open Novice
Julie in the rain!

Old Tavern & Marlborough HT

The team had a great weekend between Old Tavern and Marlborough (this was Katie & Jax’s second win in a row!) Haley did a great job holding Brew’s hand through his first ‘big atmosphere’ show and Claire completed her first event with her new horse! AND while everyone else was out showing, Ray and Margaret took to the trails to explore the Patuxent River State Park down the road. Perfect barn family weekend!


9/25: Marlborough Starter Horse Trials (Rosaryville, MD)

  • Katie Mayo with Mr. Mayhem: 1st in Novice-B

9/24-25: Old Tavern Horse Trials (The Plains, VA)

  • Kelley with her own Valfreyja: 17th in Novice Horse
  • Haley Miller with He’s True Brew: 11th in Sr. Novice
  • Claire Shioutakon with Jump For Sally: 9th in Jr. Novice

CDCTA Fall HT & Marlborough Results

Great job Emerson on your 3rd place in Novice Rider at Marlborough! Love this video of you both! And getting out in the rainy weather last week paid off for Claire and Julie at CDCTA. Congrats to both on good results (and everyone knows you don’t get rainbows without a little rain!)

9/17: Marlborough Horse Trials (Rosaryville, MD)

  • Emerson Kasley with Global Venture: 3rd in Novice Rider

9/11: CDCTA Fall Horse Trials (Berryville, VA)

Getting out in the rainy weather last week paid off for Claire and Julie at CDCTA. Congrats to both on good results (and everyone knows you don’t get rainbows without a little rain!)

  • Julie Augustine with Texas Riddle: 4th in Open Novice-1; Reserve Champion TIP Novice
  • Claire McElwain with Joker’s Win: 4th in Open Novice-2

Seneca Valley PC & More Waredaca!


9/3-4: Seneca Valley Pony Club Fall Horse Trials (Poolesville, MD)

  • Kelley with her own Valfreyja: 12th in Novice Horse (This was Freyja’s first Novice, and she really seemed to click in on XC and decide that it was really fun! The dressage and show jumping will come along, but this BIG mare is really starting to enjoy event horse life.)
  • Barbara Miller with Mighty Ambitious: 6th in Open Training-2 (Barbara and Mighty have been through the ringer over the past two years dealing with a variety of issues, but they returned to Training level this weekend with a lot of success!)
  • Haley Miller with He’s True Brew: 13th in Novice Rider (How do we nicely say that Brew was a turd butt on XC!? AHHH horses!)

8/26: Waredaca Starter Event (Laytonsville, MD)

  • Katie Mayo with Mr. Mayhem: 1st in Open Novice (Katie has meticulously rehabbed “Jax” from an injury, and was rewarded with a fun romp around Waredaca. Check out those knees in the great video!)
Katie Mayo with Jax