Cindy, Nikki, Lynn and Pat make a great team!

On Saturday “Team Affleck” attended the LCH Conditioning Pace in Cazenovia.  The riders enjoyed beautiful views from high on the hilltops over looking the lush landscape. The horses performed perfectly and everyone had a great time.  As a bonus our team earned second place honors! Congrats riders! Well done!

Off they go!

Claire, Beezie, and Lynn

This week Lynn and I had the great honor of riding with Olympic Show Jumping Gold Medalist Beezie Madden at her farm, John Madden Sales, in Cazenovia, NY.  We brought Rayden and Chance to ride in our lesson, which was held in the beautiful Grand Prix field.  Lynn and I learned so much and had an amazing experience!  Beezie and her team were so generous, friendly, kind, and knowledgeable! 

Lindsay is all smiles!

We just wrapped up another very successful session of the Freedom Riders! This spring we were excited to have a lot of new riders join us.  We were also very pleased to see some familar faces return.  We had an excellent team of compassionate volunteers that really make it possible for this program to succeed.  The children really connect with the volunteers and their horses.  It is such an amazing feeling to be able to introduce horses and riding to these children and see them enjoy it as much as I do! We are all looking forward to the fall session in November!

Lynn leads Neil on Geronimo!

Payton and Rosey win a blue in Leadline!

We have the results from the If Only Farm Horse Show on Sunday May, 3rd.  First, I would
like to congratulate our youngest rider, Payton, on her very first horse show! She rode
Rosey in the Leadline Class and won a blue ribbon! Wow!

Lynn rides Rayden in his first show!

Lynn rode Rayden this weekend and it was also his first horse show!  They were in the
Schooling Hunter division and both did an amazing job! They put in two excellent over
fence classes and were flawless in their under saddle class. Great job Lynn!

Nikki and Lucky win in the Children’s Hunter division!

Nikki showed Lucky in the Children’s Hunter division.  They looked beautiful and did a fabulous job and also won a blue ribbon! Congrats Nikki!

Heather and Rosey have a double clear round in the Puddle Jumpers!

Heather was on Rosey for the Puddle Jumper division and what an exciting time that was.
Heather went clear in her first round, made it to the jump off against some stiff
competition, went clear in the jump off, and came in third place! Awesome!

Pat and Suki tackle the Gambler’s Choice Jumper class and win it!

Pat showed Suki in the Schooling Jumper division, where the jumps are 3′-3’3″, for the
first time.  They had everyone on the edge of their seats in the big Gambler’s Choice
class and they won it! It was really an amazing class to watch. Wonderful job, Pat!