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!
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
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!)
The team headed across the road to Waredaca for their summer recognized horse trials. Everyone had a good experience including Haley and Brew bringing home the blue!
8/19-21: Waredaca Horse Trials (Laytonsville, MD)
Kelley with her own Valfreyja: 7th in Open Beginner Novice
Emerson Kasley with Global Venture: 13th in Novice Rider-A
Haley Miller with He’s True Brew: 1st in Beginner Novice Rider-A
8/21: FADS @ By Chance Farm (Union Bridge, MD)
Janet Andres with Heat Wave: 6th in Second Level TOC
Jan Solovey with former sale horse Breezy Bill: 2nd in Intro-C
Catching up on results! Well done Tara & Miss Greta on winning your First Level Test 1, and top 10 results for the rest of the team! (Camille we loved this photo of you and Winning Vow from earlier this season so we’re using it again!)
7/2: FADS @ Blue Horse Farm (Jefferson, MD)
Cyndy Mackey with Seattle Reign: 4th in Training Level, Test A
Tara McShane with Miss Greta: 1st in First Level, Test 1 + 4th in First Level, Test 2
There’s nothing better than consistency and hard work on display at a great weekend’s event! Freyja was second after dressage (at her second event only, and first BN!) but had a bit of a green moment on cross-country to drop down in the placings. And TEX — 20 this year and still going strong!! Emerson sat in FIRST after dressage which is just huge, and a testament to how hard they have been working on their dressage. Well done everyone, and thank you Emerson & Addison for the video!
5/14: Waredaca Starter Trials (Laytonsville, MD)
Kelley with Freyja: 6th in Open Beginner Novice
Julie Augustine with Texas Riddle: 4th in Open Training
Kenyon Conklin with Galway Bay: 5th in Elementary Rider
Addison Kasley with Very Tasteful: 1st in Open Training
Emerson Kasley with Global Venture: 3rd in Novice Rider
Recapping a few weekends’ results, including a super win for Barb Miller with Mighty Ambitious at Waredaca (in the most hideous weather! Check out the video – she should have been wearing water wings!) Well done Barb!
5/7-8: Waredaca Horse Trials (Laytonsville, MD)
Barbara Miller with Mighty Ambitious: 1st in Novice Rider-B
4/30-5/1: Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Horse Trials (Leesburg, MD)
Camille Stewart with Winning Vow: 5th in Open Novice-B
4/24: Full Moon Farm Spring Thing (Finksburg, MD)
Emerson Kasley with Global Venture: 3rd & 6th in Dressage TOC
4/24: PVDA @ Southwind Farm (Damascus, MD)
Deb Neivert with former sale horse Jamaican: 4th in Intro, Test B