An Eventers journey to being a better rider, trainer and coach
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
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:
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.
Shera and Tebow:
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!
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!
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!!
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.
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