Stone Hollow Sport Horses

It had taken us several days to recover from a very hot but very successful Region 15/16 horse show. Horses were all so good and riders held up quite well. Needless to say there were a lot of showers for horses and riders and gallons of beverages all around!
Always great see our show friends and their horses and the progress of all the youngsters! We get a bit of break now before East Coast!
On the home front our two working students have had dreams come true as both have been able to lease an Arabian horse to love and spoil! Jocelyn has Tammy Schriebert’s purebre, Remmy, and Autumn and her mom have Lisa Devineni’s Vegaz. Fun times for all!
I was interviewed by our local tv news, WJAC for their Women in Sport series. I haven’t seen it but was told it came out well.

After 5 shows and preparing for the 6th I need to catch my breath! It’s been a lot of fun and the horses and riders are doing great!
After no shows for 6 months all of a sudden they are stacking up! In addition on weekends with no shows I usually have an agility trial so my weekends go by quickly! I love it!
We were happy to have Alysha and her two boys back up for lessons. Both looked great and she had good rides. I have also been traveling up to the Forest Hills area to give Brielle lessons with Pyro. Not an easy trip with a major road closure but well worth it as the little guy is going well and the ring is fabulous!

Phew! Finally have a minute to catch my breath after five shows in just a couple of weeks! Yes, a couple of these shows were dressage shows but no worries, the others were hunter! All were fun and educational and horses went well. We solved a couple of issues on a couple of horses and hope those characters remember it!😂 Someone said”you are winning or you are learning” and it is so true!

We left the dressage court for a hunter show this weekend! Sewickley Hunt show was a lot of fun and everyone was so nice. First show for these two boys since SHN last September so we knew it would be more a learning experience more than a winning one. We did get some nice ribbons in nice company including a reserve championship for Eastwood. Brielle and Zeke learned a LOT and I believe fixed an issue that has been a problem.
Next eeek it is dressage again- rated show this time! And Liam’s turn for hunters. Then we gear up a big crew for the Arabian games! I am excited to be taking some newbies there!

I imagine at this point pretty much everyone around the east is tired of the rain but I understand drier days this week coming.
Despite the weather we have had some great rides both hunters and dressage! Excited to get into a show schedule and particularly excited for a coule of my younger riders making a show ring debut!

What a lovely day today! Summer like shoukd have all of outside doing something!
Took Cindy and Summir to a dressage show run by the Keystone Dressage group. I actually did see several people I know - hunter person in dressage land! A nice show at a nice facility(Harmony Horsemanship near Altoona) my team went so very well and we were pleased! Judge gave helpful critiques at the end of each ride which are always helpful!
Another bit of exciting news is Jocelyn is leasing Tammy’s sweet boy, Remmy for the summer! They will have fun together headed towards some dressage and sport horse!
Looking forward to a couple of hunter shows in the next couple of weeks! Yay!

Mixed reviews for this week. The sad part is having Bailey and his girls move to be closer to Taylor’s new house. We will miss his antics but look forward to him returning for lessons!
On the high notes: you all know my main world is over fences stuff but I do read a lot and pay attention to other trainers and what they do which is improving my dressage world! Well, my two dressage riders have put stuff together and oh my goodness how well their horses are going! So proud of them!
Then there are my hunters and oh wow! They were all amazing doing their schooling rides and so impressive! Can’t wait to get to a show!
My young novice riders are also stepping up and developing their skills! Fun to have such dedicated young people!
Love it here at Stone Hollow and we have room if anyone would like to join us!

Our riders work so hard to improve their riding and their horses and sometimes it seems like forever before a concept is understood and achieved. Well, by golly, of late we have had major break thrus with everyone and that is so exciting! Well done troops!
We do have a couple of openings for boarding and haul in lessons. Contact me soon!

Wow, busy busy busy! Enjoying the warmer weather and getting things done!
The Blue Ridge show was a great success for us! We just took 4 and despite the fact we hadn’t ridden outside or jumped lines and it was pretty chilly they all performed beautifully ! They were pretty smart hanging onto most of their winter coats!