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2012 Exciting Eventing Schedule Take a look and come join us!
Please come join us for our competitions and x-c schools! We'll post our Starter HT and x-c schools as soon as dates are available. Come have fun and learn with our summer working student program! More info. Autumn and Winter 2011
Top grooms break for lunch at Ludwig's Corner Jumper Show 9.5.11
Hillary Parker on Blazer at Ludwig's Corner Jumper Show.
Uno jumping in the pouring rain at Ludwig's Corner Jumper Show.
Owen's Lad at Ludwig's Corner Jumper Show, as seen above and below.
Ludwig's Corner Jumper Show Four horses, two riders, and mother nature poured rain on us at the jumper show September 5, 2011. There was a great turn out of entries, spectators, and vendors. Blazer and Hillary Parker led us off with Hopeful Jumpers. They jumped a double clear and had a few time faults. Owen's Lad jumped next and he jumped confidently with one rail. Then the rain poured on top of UNO and Go Gizmo. UNO had a rail and jumped her first time at 3'6''. Gizmo jumped the first fence and I withdrew as the rain was making my saddle way to slippery! Thank you to Hillary Parker, Laura Jumpp, and Tara Greisinger for your great help. We shopped and enjoyed the jumping after our classes! We have FHI Starter HT this coming weekend, Plantation Field and then Flora Lea to end September. Come say Hi!
Summer 2011
Final Hound Jogging of the Summer This summer had it all weather wise! Record heat, record rainfall, hurricanes and an earthquake.
Hound jogging on 9.2.11. with Hillary Parker on Blazer, Laura Jumpp on Joey, and Tara Griesinger on Qualcat.
Milling about at the Foxhunt 8.25.11
Summer Hound Jogging It's summertime and we are hound jogging with Cheshire Hounds! We go out early am and walk/exercise with the hounds to gather experience for our riders and young horses. Here are some photos and the Chester County landscape, itis gorgeous! Come join us, we have a working student position available in August. Our favorites are hound jogging and xc schooling! Check out the wonderful experience my working students earn out hound jogging!
Beth Harpham and Laura Jumpp along with Jane Sleeper on Bojangles showing up for the hound jogging with Cheshire Hunt. Spring 2011
Jane and UN jumping a fast and clean XC to finish 4th over all at Pine Top Advanced on 2/25/11. Photo by Beth Harpham.
Jane and UN at pine top advanced with a double clear jumping to a 4th place finish! Thank you to Marisa, Morgan, and Tina for your help and support. Photo by Beth Harpham.
Fall 2010 Radnor Pony Club HT 10/9/10 Both horses show jumped well and the new height was a work for them. Go Gizmo jumped well and tapped two rails with Owen having a focus challenge with the great atmosphere and knocked 4 rails! We jumped a great cross country and both horses finished with good confidence. Go Gizmo placing 6th and Owen's Lad placing 4th. We are eager for our Aiken practise this winter. Kate Chesson and Positively Perfect are visiting us from MA as a working student through Waredaca Training 3D. She scored a 47.4 in PTr, jumped a clean show jumping, and clean xc to place 3rd overall! Great job with Marisa Socor helping with the competitor's party! Chantel Cray and Foster jumped a double clear in the novice horse trials to finish their registered event with a score of 44., ready for training level 2011! Waredaca Training 3 Day Kate scored a 42.7 on her lovely Swedish warmblood mare. She looked super in the steeplechase phase and we helped cool the mare out and cheered her on to the endurance phase! She jumped clean and wiggled in with 2 time faults- a great ride and all looked great! Kate and Pye showed jumped with one rail so they finished the Training 3D in 4th place. What a great visit they had here in PA and good luck with the preliminary level for next year! See you both in Aiken SC! Thank you for your good work. Flora Lea HT September 26, 2010
Plantation Field HT September 18, 2010 Summer 2010 DVCTA Starter August 22, 2010 Emily Della Fera won the Good Sportmanship Award when she had to withdraw Parkmore from the competition today. Parkmore is barefoot and the ground was just too hard for his feet so he was not comfortable. Emily chose to withdraw him from the competition and she helped the other riders! What a tough choice and good luck to Emily at West Chester U this fall! Bobbi and Jacob Horah did their first baby novice ht today! Bobbi is a 4 yo Tb Chestnut mare owned by Abigail Horah, and she had the best groom's award of the day, and ridden by her brother Jake! Their dressage was green but they stayed in the ring for a 48. score. Jake rode well for a double clear show jumping and xc to finish the event with a good crowd cheering them on! They placed 6th overall and the owner was beaming with pride! We had a grand end of summer cook out to say good luck to the fall and so long to Tamsin Thurlow! A great time was had by all and we'll see you next summer for more fun! FHI August 7, 2010 Olney Farm HT August 1, 2010
FHI Starter HT July 3rd, 2010 DVCTA Starter HT July 11, 2010 Max and Liza Frazier, Cappy and Sophia Fricke competed Novice and both riders had a good day with a clean xc. Max grabbed the yellow ribbon and a pair of Nunn Finer boots from B.O.B.! Willow/Jane Sleeper also won a pair of those boots for their second place finish in Training Horse! Go Gizmo was fourth and both horses had a double clear show jumping and xc! MDHT July 17, 2010
Go Gizmo and Jane Sleeper show jumping at BCHP. Bucks County Horse Park Horse Trials June 20 Ashley Steele and Wild Trip led our group in the Training Test A dressage with a good score of 31.4. Go Gizmo earned a 33.2 and Owen edged in with a 39.1. We went clean on the cross country with Owen's Lad going double clear with time, Gizmo clear with 1.2 time penalties, and Wild Trip clear with 10.8 time faults! Wild Trip and Ashley jumped a clean show jumping on a difficult course. Owen's Lad had one rail and Gizmo had two rails in a What that round! The placing were nail biting results as Go Gizmo squeaked into second place with a 42.4! Wild Trip and Ashley was third with a 42.6, and Owen's Lad earned 4th place, 43.1, in his first training horse trial. Sophia Fricke competed in Junior Novice with War Cap owned by Wendy Walker. Sophia rode to a 40.9 dressage score, clean cross country, and a lovely clean show jumping round. They placed 10th overall and we are very proud of this pair! And Sophia had the largest cheering crowd with mom, dad, sis, and grand mom urging them forward!
Sophia Fricke and War Cap going clear cross country at BCHP. Fairhill International Starter HT July 3 Sophia and 'Cappy' was a bit rapid in their dressage test to earn a 46.5. They made light work of the show jumping and cross country to go double clear! They placed 9th overall. And had the largest cheering group in the world! Go Fricke family! Come see us compete at DVCTA Starter HT on July 11, 2010. Come say "Hay!"
Ashley and Knockout made light work of the show jumping and cross country to go double clear!
Spring 2010
UN and Jane jumping at Rolex CCI**** 2010. Photo by Beth Harpham. Rolex Kentucky CCI**** 2010 Our dressage test has improved and we have the photo to prove it! UN shows her canter (Ashley caught it on film) we'll keep working on the relaxation and submission. For cross country the day was overcast and sometimes wet. UN was 8th out on course and she was foot perfect. We had the best ride and I set a pace to jump the jumps well and cruised around the course with many time faults and a clean cross county. Our first clean at the Four Star Level! A great ride! The mare recovered well and jigged back to her stable, ready for more. Show jumping had a really good track and I walked it three times, once with the help of Phillip Dutton to give me some excellent advice. UN warmed up well and I took some deep breathes and away we went. UN jumped well with one rail down. Rolex completed! We placed 31th out of a field of 53. What a great time for us all!
Photo by Ashley Steele.
Photo by Ashley Steele.
Photo by Christine Jaun.
Photo by Christine Jaun. Fall 2009 Last Horse Trials of 2009 Plantation Field Starter Horse Trials on 10/31/09! And it didn't rain! We took five horses and six students to Plantation Field Starter Horse Trials on 10/31/09. There was a crowd of 247 riders and horses, what a fun event! Junior and Gizmo had an education at the Novice Horse level. Junior and Jane earned a 4th place overall with a double clear jumping. Gizmo and Jane had a rail in show jumping and clean cross country to place 9th overall. We have some relaxation to work on in the dressage this winter. Chantel Cray and Foster jumped a clean show jumping and a CLEAN cross country to place 7th overall in the Novice Horse. Please look for this duo going Training for 2010! Wynton and our stable manager Ashley Steele were the stars of the day! They put in a dressage test with a score of 27.5 and kept moving forward with a clean sj and a very confident x-c to take home the blue ribbon. Liza Frazier had a catch ride on Rocky in the Baby Novice Rider division. Her horse wasn't able to compete so Liza rode Rocky the day before and went to the event the next day! They had a good show. Liza learned how much she's got to use her legs to ride Rocky forward in dressage! She rode confidently in the show jumping for a clean round and she hit her rhythm for the cross country. She crossed the finish line with a big smile on her face and clear ride! They placed 5th overall and look at her great show jumping ride on the video!! And our star working student Emily Della Fera groomed for us all for the day and took videos! Thank you Emily and her wonder camera! Click the images to view the videos on Youtube. (If you can't see the images, click on the title to view them directly on youtube.com) Carpe Diem won his Baby Novice Rider dressage test with L.Strapello with a score of 32.6. He jumped a smooth clean show jumping and jumped around x-c with a steady rhythm. Carpe Diem is for lease on the farm if you would like to learn the sport from a professor! Please email Jane for more information! Congratulations to everyone and we can't wait for Aiken, SC in February 2010 and next spring season in Area II! Summer 2009
A photo of a couple of the girls (Emily, Macall, and Ashley wolfing down donuts after their dressage tests) with Wynton snacking on some grass). Plantation Field Starter HT July 25, 2009 Jacob Horah on Zeus started us off at 8:02 am with a quiet Training level dressage test to score a 51 which is good for this horse. Jacob then jumped a double clear with show jumping and cross country to place 8th overall! Macall Kirchhof was our next rider on Jean Meston's Carly for the Novice Rider Division and this is Macall's first event! She had a relaxed dressage test (catch a look at the video!) to score a 27.5. The nerves were evident with the show jumping warm up and Macall had to learn about the red and white flags with the warm up fences- and she relaxed for a good show jumping round with one rail down. Then the pair galloped around the lovely countryside and went clean x-c. Surprise for Macall! She and Carly won their division and won a bag of goodies for both horse and rider. We be all smiles! Emily Della Ferra and Parkmore nailed their first Novice Rider dressage test and scored a 24! Her dad videoed the performance so we'll study it to learn how to ride into those 20's! Emily conquered her nerves and jumped a clean sj and clean x-c. And they were winners! The big blue ribbon and a bag of goodies! What a day for this pair! Abigail Horah took up the reins next on Hawk. She had a correct test to score a 35. She shortened her stirrups for the jumping phases, had one rail down in sj, and a clean s-c. They placed 8th in their first Novice HT together! Good job! Ashley Steele rode her favorite Wynton to a 31.5 in his second Novice HT. "Very fancy horse with his four white anklets . . " said the dressage Judge! He had two rails in his show jumping and jumped better & better in his x-c course. They placed 5th overall! Marsha Zebley was our last rider of the day on Gizmo in the Baby Novice Division. Gizmo was at his first competition and got both canter leads in the dressage test to score a 41. He jumped around with a lovely, willing attitude and knocked down two rails. And Marsha gave him a good ride cross country with Gizmo taking an extra look at the water jump!! They placed 8th overall and what an education this young Tb had today! What a fun day and congratulations to all! Thank you and on to August with more riding, competing, and great times!
Tickle Me showing her winning form placing first at Plantation H.T. April 2009. Ridden by Phillip Dutton. Plantation HT Preliminary Division and placing 2nd at her first OI at Waredaca HT 5/31/09. Plantation Field HT June 6-7, 2009 Marsha Zebley and Willow rode on Sunday at the Plantation Starter HT in the Training Division. She had a lovely, obedient dressage test to earn a 27.5 from our judge Kim Meier. I rode next on the lovely five yo mare Rumba in the Training and we scored a 30.0 We loved seeing Kim and her good remarks for our test. And we were cheered on course by Sharon Clark, the breeder of both of these talented mares! Willow jumped the show jump course clean and had one run out in the x-c to place 6th overall. Rumba had two rails in sj with a good clean x-c to place 5th overall. Come watch these horses and riders at our next event at Bucks County Horse Park. We'll look for you! On Sunday Chantel Cray and Foster scored a 31 in dressage for their Novice Rider Division. Chantel was eager to jump the x-c and she produced a double clear. And she rode a good show jumping to a double clear to place 5th overall and end on her dressage score! Kaity Taylor and Flash Tone entered their first Novice Division and scored a 36 to place 3rd after dressage. 'Freddy' dropped one rail to add 4 penalties to their score. They had a very rhythmic x-c ride and crossed the finish line with a big smile! They placed 4th and were very happy with their performance. Good luck to Kaity and her talented Tb with her move to her new barn! Spring 2009 Waredaca HT May 30, 2009, Tickled with Tickle Me!! Rocky and Jane competed in the Training Horse division at Waredaca. We had a conservative dressage test to score a 38.5. Rocky is enjoying his job and had a lovely show jumping round and he has some confidence now. He warmed up full of vigor for his cross country and jumped well. This course had two water jumps and many changes of terrain so Rocky handled it well and gained a positive experience. His good attitude and kind Plantation Field HT April 11-12, 2009 Amanda Csoltko and Big Bad Tattoo were the last of our group to ride in the pouring rain and she had a good test of 40.5, showing improvement with her connection. This was Amanda's first experience of competing in the rail and mud! Show Jumping was a huge mud pit and Denis Glacuum did a superb job moving the jumps for a different track so the horses had new ground to jump. The horses were good sports: Tickle Me jumped a clear test and Phillip gave her a very good ride. Marsha was thrilled with Dubonnet as she posted a clear show jumping in Training Horse. Heather and Grand had one rail. Amanda and Tooey rallied for a clear show jumping in their first Novice event and they flew over the scary barrels! On Sunday, the day was sunny and the wind was blowing to help dry out the ground! Tickle Me and Phillip jumped a clean and fast cross country, they won their Open Preliminary Division! Heather and Marsha were out on the training cross country at the same time and they both went double clear- Marsha finishing on her dressage score to finish 8th overall with Dubonnet. Heather also jumped a double clear and placed 9th in her last Training before the big bad exciting Preliminary next week! We all cheered Amanda and Tooey to their first double clear Novice cross country! Amanda was all smiles with her good fun and she had a broader smile when she was awarded 3rd place in her Junior Novice Division. We packed up and headed home with lots of mud to clean up! Thank you to Ashley Steele for her good grooming and Marsha Zebley for her help with Tickle Me. Heather was a big help with the horse van! Come watch at Fair Hill International to see Tickle Me and Abslewtly Grandeur compete at the Open Preliminary!
Jumping Branch HT March 6 thru 8th, 2009
Heather Hornung and her horse Grand showing their good form to place 2nd at Jumping Branch HT in the Training Horse.)
Dubonnet and Marsha give a big jump on their clean cross country Training Horse ride at Jumping Branch Farm HT. Marsha rode Rocky in his first Training Horse. He scored a 33.4 in dressage, clean x-c, and one rail in sj to place 7th overall. Marsha was most proud of Dubonnet's training performance with a 32. in dressage, clean x-c, and one rail in show jumping to place 10 overall. The event was a great confidence builder for our young horses and riders!
Plentyoffight and Marsha flying over the vegetable stand for a 7th place finish in Rocky's first Training Horse division. To see older competition results, please proceed
to our Competition Archives Page.
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