Saturday, December 27, 2014

2014 Yearbook Video

 
2014 was such an exciting year for SAS Sport Horses!  In addition to moving to our own farm this summer we had some great outings and shows.  I want to thank everyone so much for their continued support of our program and hope that everyone is ready for what looks to be a VERY exciting 2015 for us

!2014 SAS Sport Horses Video Yearbook

Monday, December 8, 2014

Stephen Bradley Clinic at Playland Farm

Saturday, December 6th, SAS Sport Horses enjoyed a day indoors with Stephen Bradley at the beautiful Playland Farm LLC located in Union Bridge, MD.

Along with Shera, who rode Kerrigan, Nicole D. enjoyed her own "Deux" and Katherine M. took a go on "CoCo".  All three groups consisted of grid work to improve rider position and
horse footwork, mixed in with more coursework to single fences and lines. 

As usual, Stephen was very encouraging and was able to help all SAS riders improve. 
It was wonderful to see some familiar faces riding as well and great to meet some new faces as well.

We look forward to carrying what we've learned into the winter months.

Huge thank you to Glenda Player and her wonderful staff  at Playland Farm for making the day run so smoothly and successfully. 

Shera and Kerrigan
Katherine and CoCo
 
Nicole and Deux
 

Thursday, June 26, 2014

New chapter for SAS Sport Horses!!

Today marks a huge milestone for SAS Sport Horses and a personal achievement for myself.  We are taking the big step to run and operate our own farm.  I could not be more excited about this new adventure in our lives. And I look forward to providing quality care and training to all of our horses and students.  Our new farm is a beautiful cozy stable in Clarksburg, Maryland.  17 stalls indoor/outdoor arena, access to trails and galloping fields, what more could a girl want?

The first steps are getting the barn prepared and ready for the horses to move in.  

We will be accepting boarders starting August 1.  As I want this to be a high-quality training facility we will only be excepting horses who are in partial/full training or students enrolled in weekly lesson programs.  I also look forward to being able to get back into sales horses and off the track thoroughbreds!!!

Shera takes the role of Owner of SAS Sport Horses/ Head Trainer and Barn Manager.  Maggie takes the new roles of Assistant Barn Manager/Head Groom/Trainer we are so excited that she will be living on property!!

We welcome new working student Kaitie who has been working with Shera over the past two years.  She's a hard worker and has really helped a lot of horses come along under the direction of Shera.

We are also seeking a second working student.

We are getting very excited for this new chapter in our lives.  We can't wait to get settled in and get down to business!!!

We will have a lot more information and photos to share over the next coming days and weeks. We will also be excited to provide details of our new training and  operations.... So stay tuned!!



Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Spring Starter Trial #2 at Loch Moy

Sunday was a beautiful day for competing!! 

The Loch Moy Spring Starter Trials #2 had a ton of competitors.

Shera rode Riverside's Touch of CoCo in Training Level-D.  Dressage left them with a 33.20 going into stadium.  Unfortunately a knocked rail on the very last fence kept them from tying for 2nd place with Courtney Cooper.  Cross-Country ran beautifully.

Shera also rode Riverside's Tebow Mania at his very first go at Beginner Novice.  Shera made the last minute decision to sit her dressage test knowing it would bring their score down but felt it was necessary as this was a schooling show to help this youngster get off the forehand by using her core more effectively.  In stadium losing the reins resulted in Tebow missing a fence.  But Shera could not be more happy with this baby, as this was a chance to see if he can be moved up to USEA rated Beginner Novice which we have every confidence that he can.  Cross-Country couldn't have gone better and he seemed to enjoy the bigger fences.

These two horses will be competing on April 26 at the USEA Loudon Horse Trials at Morvan Park

The real star of the day was Karen Kane and her horse Ranger.  This was their first starter Trials together and they walked way with 1st place in Intro and then went on to school an amazing Beginner Novice Cross-Country round.  We are so proud of this pair and how far Karen has brought this Green horse.

 
Look for this pair moving up on May 3 at the Iron Bridge Horse Trials!
Shera and Tebow:
 Ranger and Karen:
 

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

SAS Sport Horses Weekly Prize Giveaway and GRAND PRIZE June 15!!!

SAS Sport Horse Weekly PRIZE GIVEAWAY and GRAND PRIZE GIVEAWAY JUNE 15!!!!!!

Every week we will announce a weekly winner.  Winners will be drawn from those who can correctly answer our weekly question on Mondays.  Questions will be based off of something that we have posted in our social media from; Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/SASSportHorses), through our Monthly Newsletter (Please see our website to sign up), our Twitter account (@SASSportHorses), or our Blog (http://sassporthorses.blogspot.com/). 

Weekly winners will receive a $5 credit towards any SAS Sport Horse Service or SAS Gear.
BUT>>>> Sneaky us....we will remove whatever item we are asking about so NO cheating!
Questions will be asked Sunday night and you have until Monday at 9PM to EMAIL us with the answer!

On June 15, we will draw from all our weekly winners and announce our GRAND PRIZE winner who will receive a free SAS Sport Horses Polo or Duffle Bag!!

You do NOT have to be a SAS Sport Horse client to win!  And you can win the weekly drawing as many times as you can!  The more you enter, the more you can win!

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Loch Moy Cross-Derby March 16, 2014

SAS Sport Horses had a great time yesterday and today at the Maryland Horse Trials at Loch Moy farm for their Cross-Derby.  Nicole D. rode Riversides' Tebow Mania and Katherine M. rode Riversides' Touch of CoCo.

Saturday was spent learning and schooling the course and allowing the girls to figure out their horses as this was their first time taking these two cross-country.  It was a beautiful day although the winds were howling.  The course flowed well but had some very tight turns and rollbacks to navigate.

Sunday both pairs competed.  Nicole and Tebow (with this being only his second show!!) took home a 3rd place in Elem. B.  And Katherine and CoCo walked away with a 2nd place in Elem. A. 

Our goal for this show was just to get out, have fun and build confidence in these pairs so they can go on this year and compete together.  Mission accomplished!

 

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Gearing Up for Spring Show Season and Goal Setting for 2014!

The SAS Competition horses got a nice almost 2 weeks off (1 week intentionally, 1 due to cold weather).  Lucky for them.

Our show schedule for the Spring is just about set. 

My students will be talking about their goals for the year with me this next month.  I want to know what my students want out of this year and plan out how I can best get them there.  Long and short term goals are important to ask yourself.  Even if you don't plan on competing I think this is a good time of year to sit down with a piece of paper and ask your self what you want to accomplish in the year ahead.  It may be that you want to compete at a certain level or see certain scores like I do, or perhaps its just that you want to learn a new skill at home with your horse.  No matter what your goal it's good to know what you want and talk to your trainer or even a friend about it.

Kerri, CoCo and Tebow will all be tuning their eventing skills which will include cross-country conditioning when the weather permits out on our beautiful 400 acre farm.  I feel so fortunate to have this much space to work with.  CoCo and I will be working on getting our Gold medal for Training Level and qualifying for AEC's this year and moving up to Prelim Level.  Tebow will go to some Starter Trials to try his hand at Beginner Novice level and then hopefully make his USEA debut at the end of the Spring.  Kerri we are just going to have some fun with.  We will see if the old girl will start out at BN or N depending on how she feels as we go into prepping for showing.  Her goals are more up in the air as I just want to enjoy her.

Dolce will be gearing up for Dressage season but will have her hand at Cross-Training as I feel this is fundamental for all horses no matter what their discipline.  Our goals for her are to break 70% at Training Level and move her on to 1st Level by the end of the spring. If she is still with us at the end of the summer she will head off to her KWPN Keuring at Iron Springs Farm.

 
I am very excited for 2014!  For both myself and my clients.  I wouldn't be anywhere without the help and support of my wonderful clients and family.  I want to give them 110% this year!!