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Friday, January 6, 2012
2012 and World Hasn’t Ended Yet.
Contrary to that, the world here at Evergreen is rolling right along. We want to kick off the new year with the new (drum roll please!) show dates! They are currently posted on our site, however they are as follows: (the judge is next to the date)
March 31, 2012 Trish DeRosa
April 28, 2012 Mary Alice Crawford
May 19, 2012 Elizabeth Olszyk
June 23, 2012 Heidi Berry
July 21, 2012 Linda Fragale
August 18, 2012 Carolyn Jackson
September 29, 2012 Mary Alice Crawford
October 27, 2012 Heidi Berry
In other exciting news, we recently sold East of Eden—more commonly known as Blossom. What’s so wonderful about this sale is that she is going back to her owner before us, a wonderful woman who has been trying to get her back since she found out she was for sale. She loves Blossom and we know that it is the best home we could ever imagine. J
Lastly, Meri (EF Lameri) has returned to us from a jumping trainer and we love her new training! She is jumping wonderfully and we are very proud of her. We are also thrilled to pursue whatever career the horse chooses here at Evergreen, as opposed to forcing horses into a discipline, and trust us; Meri is a jumper/eventer at heart. We are working really hard to find her a jumper/eventing home that will pursue this career with her. We are also working hard to get up new pictures and video, and will get it up as soon as we tape it.
Monday, January 2, 2012
They’re here! They’re here!
The mirrors have finally arrived here at Evergreen! After months of waiting every mirror has finally been put up. The reason we are so excited for this is because it will make training so much easier. The mirrors will allow riders to SEE what they are doing and make corrections themselves, without the trainers having to tell them a hundred times. (we are sure Holly loves this!) SO RIDE ON!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Last, but Not Least
Evergreen had our last show yesterday and we want to thank Evelyn Pfoutz for filling in last minute for us. We also want to thank all of our dedicated competitors who stuck with us throughout this whole rescheduling process. The whole reason we put on these shows is for the competitors; whether we have a small or a big show, we are thrilled to be able to provide riders with a chance to do everything from practicing for bigger shows to learning what showing is all about. Another great thing about the shows is the chance for us to watch competitors grow themselves. In the beginning of the year all of the first time competitors are nervous and so stressed, but by time the last show rolls around, they are in the swing of things and are relaxed, having fun, cracking jokes and making new friends. It's one of the things that we love about our job, it makes all our extra hours and hard work worth it. We hope that with each and every show season we can make new friends, have new experiences and bring new people, both young and old, into the showing world. So once again, thank you to everyone for another great show season, we are looking forward to next year!
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Veni, Vidi, Vici
Long time no post! We have lots of stuff to fill you in with. The first off is NATIONALS, and what a trip it was! We brought along Sarah Duclos, Toni Over and Amy Lebo (faithful groom). What started off as a beautiful sunny, warm week quickly turned to practically the dead of winter, and of course the ever faithful weather men didn’t bother to warn the public of the cold snap, so the crew was stuck without winter clothes and had to layer all of the t-shirts that they had brought and the one sweater, and let me tell you, what a sight they were. They did have plenty of laughs and fun with all the horse friends at the barn parties like Denise and Robert Gainey, Anjie and Donald Williby, and of course, Beth Tomas and the Stone Hollow Crew. With Great friends and good times, Nationals was unforgettable!
Next we have Meri (EF LLameri), who took her first time on a cross country course and she loved it! Galloping up and down the hills, of course she didn’t take any of the jumps, but she couldn’t get enough of the wind and freedom, and surprisingly she did better in her next test after her run. She even tied for 10th in SHUS Jr. Horse (in the finals!), ultimately it was the judge’s decision and they chose the other horse over Meri. I think we can all agree that Meri should have won and we all Congratulate her on getting as far as she did. Meri, as most of you know, is home bred and a 3rd generation horse here at Evergreen Farm. We all love and support her and can’t wait for the next big show! GOOD JOB AND GOOD LUCK MERI!
Lastly, I want to go off of the topic of Nationals for a bit to let you guys know about an Amazing Trainer, Holly Leasor. Holly recently gave birth to a little girl named Ivy, but is jumping right back into training with lots of new clients. Holly has trained with trainers all over the country, and we are very lucky to have her expertise here at Evergreen Farm. She, like most people, is in love with Arabs and is loving her time here at Evergreen. However, she is always looking to expand on her ever growing program, so if you have a horse that you want to have expert Dressage training then Holly is the one for you. With her background in Eventing she can even work on jumping training as well.
The mirrors in the indoor are just about complete so the construction on the new tack room should begin soon. We look forward to the ever changing landscape at Evergreen Farm.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Hot, Hot Show
Here at Evergreen our shows are hot! Literally! Our July show was a hot one, AFTER the lunch break. The first part of it was breezy, overcast and reasonably cool, which we were thankful for. Although, we had woken up early that morning and put out a water trough for the horses and put out towels and iced water if the riders got hot. We had the fans ready to be turned on to keep the horses cool in warm up, we put out free water in case the riders got too hot and thirsty, we were ready for everyone to be cool in at least 115°F, but it didn’t get that hot. We were extremely lucky that the few scratches we did have were filled by other riders on the waiting list, (yup we had a full show) who were prepared to bear the heat. The people who did come were SO happy we held the show, and were extremely grateful.
This was our first show with the AIRFOOT footing and it seemed like every single person was commenting on how amazing the footing was! After 50 rides, a massive rainfall, followed by heat, dryness and other extremely sporadic weather, the arena had absolutely NO DUST! WAIT! There’s more! There was also no trace of a track. At all. In fact, to this day we haven’t had to harrow it yet. Now this arena has been used all week plus the show… That’s amazing! We are totally enamored with it! It’s the best thing since air conditioning!
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