What
a winter with sooo much snow!
Over the winter, the farm welcomed a new boarder, Hilary Millett and her
beautiful dressage horse Wolfie. Both are very kind and talented and we
look forward to having them both at the farm. The farm said good bye to
the little gray Arabian Berkley. He is enjoyed his stay at the farm, but
he is now retired happily living out his year back at his previous home
with his former owner.
In December, the farm traveled to Hampton beach with its advanced
students to enjoy a fun day at the beach. Riders got to gallop and feel
the wind in their face. The ride finished with a delicious pot luck
lunch.
Over Christmas break, the farm hosted a fun small versatility challenge
at the farm. Participants enjoyed taking their horses through the cowboy
curtain and were challenged with the various obstacles.
In January, the farm hosted a professional photography shoot for their
students to get amazing shots with the school horses. A big thanks goes
out to Turtles Way for spending the day at the farm. They will be
returning throughout the summer for the farm’s events, and also for
another personal photo session in the fall.
The farm had a few wonderful clinicians travel to the farm. The first
was Karen Marcotte, a USPC national examiner. The second clinician was
Karen Moultry Jackson, an experienced hunter jumper instructor. All
participants loved both clinicians and left with things to work on. The
farm looks forwards to having these wonderful ladies back in the near
future!
Our boarder Lisa Murphy suffered an injury to her ribs in April.
Everyone at the farm wishes her a speedy recovery! And hopes to see her
on her horse China soon.
Throughout the winter, students were offered the chance to attend a free
educational horsemanship series. Those that attended learned about
different types of horse bits, their functions, and history! In another
demonstration, riders discussed horse breed. Everyone learned a lot and
had a lot of fun attending!
Shows
The Spring season was off to an early start, and a good one at that. On
April 17th four of Contry Hill’s students traveled to Independence
Stables to compete in a dressage show. The students were looking to get
critique from the recognized dressage “R” judge Dot Demis. All horses
and riders were stars, and they left with a nice critique to help them
set goals for their next show. All four girls have goals to travel to
the Lendon Gray Dressage Festival in the summer!
Upcoming Events
Our favorite dressage instructor Remmy will be visiting the farm again
in April and May! Deanna Jackson will be returning to teach jumping
again in the summer too! If you are interested in riding with either
clinician, please contact the farm.
Be sure to mark your calendars for the following events at the farm: Remmy
Clinic 4/28 and 5/5, 9/8 Hunter Seat Show, 9/29 Combined Training Show,
10/26 Halloween Gymkhana Show.
Wishing for warm weather –
Contry Hill Farm Staff
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2013 Show Results
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Independence Stables 3/17/2013 |
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Rider |
Horse |
Division |
Placing |
Dressage Score |
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Grace Whatley |
Phoenix |
Training 1 |
1st |
66% |
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Grace Whatley |
Phoenix |
Training 2 |
1st |
68.3% |
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Leah Forgues |
Bravo |
Training 1 |
5th
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Leah Forgues |
Bravo |
Training 2 |
2nd
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Leah Forgues |
Bravo |
Training 3 |
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Laura Santer |
Winnie |
Training 1 |
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Laura Santer |
Winnie |
Training 2 |
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Laura Santer |
Winnie |
Training 3 |
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Keira Amirault |
Peanut |
Intro
A |
7th
|
63.437% |
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Keira Amirault |
Peanut |
Intro B |
6th
|
62.812% |
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Contry Hill March Versatility Challenge
3/24/2013 |
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Rider |
Horse |
Division |
Placing |
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Wendy |
Crimson |
In Hand |
1st |
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Lois |
China |
Junior |
2nd
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Derek |
Peanut |
Adult |
3rd
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Haleigh |
Jelly |
Lead line |
1st |
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Emily |
Jelly |
Young Junior |
2nd
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Kylie |
Louie |
Junior |
1st
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Mary |
Louie |
Adult |
1st
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Beth |
Truffles |
Adult |
2nd
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Holly |
Jelly |
Young Junior |
1st
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Alyssa |
Jelly |
Lead Line |
2nd
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Amanda |
Jelly |
Young Junior |
3rd
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