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Hi everyone,
The holiday season is upon us, the decorations are up, and we wanted to fill you in on what's going on this week at the barn.
1) Stephen Bradley will be teaching a showjumping clinic on Tuesday, November 29 and Wednesday, November 30. If you want to participate, call the barn to check if there are any spots left. This may also mean that there is restricted ring use on those days, but there should be at least one ring available to use.
2) Party! Our barn Christmas party is this
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Results from the King Oak Farm Horse Trials, May 7 and 8:
Matthew Eliott and Thomaston - 5th, Open Preliminary A
Mikki Kuchta and Cavalier One to One - 8th, Open Preliminary B
Nancy Marks and Carakat - 15th, Open Training D
Mia Petersen and Ridley - 16th, Open Training D
Catie Weiner and Ernie - 13th, Open Novice A
And a special congratulations to:
Caroline Day and Purple Mor - 1st, Open Novice C
Liz Gossett and Divine Testamony, 1st - Beginner Novice Rider A
Well done, everyone!
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Results from the Fair Hill International Horse Trials, April 22-24:
Mikki Kuchta and Oz - 18th, Advanced
Amanda Silver and Buckingham Place - 12th, Intermediate
Matthew Eliott and Thomaston - 4th, Training A
Mikki Kuchta and Cavalier One To One - 6th, Training D
Congratulations to everyone on a great weekend (despite the weather)!
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Hi everyone,
Apologies for the lack of news over the winter. Everyone is down in Aiken and having a great time (except me - I'm in England, which is why I never get any of the news).
Hopefully in April I will have time to make an Aiken update megapost where I can fill everyone in on the ups and downs of the fabulous Aiken life (hopefully with the help of someone who was actually there - lucky buggers!). Until then, I'd like to take a moment to call out the extraordinary achievements of
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Our group had a very busy weekend! We sent a few people up to Stoneleigh on Saturday and then spent Sunday at the local Hunter Trials (complete with sophisticated eventers' tailgate).
Results from Stoneleigh-Burnham School Horse Trials:
Amanda Silver - Buckingham Place, 4th in Training B
Matthew Eliott - Cavalier One to One, 5th in Training B
Mikki Kuchta - Hidden Agenda, 4th in Novice B (1st without the speed faults!)
Mikki Kuchta - Divine Testimony (owned by the Gossetts), 10th in Beginner Novice
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We had a small group head up to Lakeville, Connecticut this past weekend to compete at Town Hill Farm. This was, as always, such a fun event and we love everything Sharyn and the team puts on there. The courses were definitely impressive (there was a cabin-mound-cabin combination on Novice) but everyone had fantastic rides. Thanks to Hurricane Earl, the weather was cool, clear, sunny, and breezy, and all the horses came off cross country ready to go back out and do it again. Here are the
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Yesterday was a beautiful day! The weather was perfectly cool and the (much needed) rain held off until the day was almost over. Thanks to the organizers at Kent for an extremely well-run and very fun event, as every year.
And so to the results! Everyone did very, very well, as you can see:
Mikki Kuchta and Ridley (owned by Michele Leasure), 6th in Training A
Megan Strickler and Confetti (owned by the Kuchtas), 11th in Novice A
Caroline Day and Purple Mor, 12th in Novice A
Fiona Finlay-Hunt and
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Here are the results from this past (fabulous) weekend in lovely Millbrook, NY:
Mia Petersen - Irish Envy: 12th, Advanced B (their first!)
Mikki Kuchta - Oz: 16th, Advanced B
Bridgette Kuchta - Orion XII: 6th, JYOP
Matthew Eliott - Thomaston: 9th, Prelim Rider
Arianna Almeida - Drummer's Call: 10th, Prelim Rider
Charlie Campbell - Roosevelt: 13th, Junior Novice
Megan Strickler - Beyond the Banter: 11th, Novice Rider
Michele Leasure - Ridley: 7th, Open NoviceSpecial congratulations to Mia Petersen who
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We have two events' worth of results to report, and everyone did really well!
First, Cosequin Stuart Horse Trials, which ran from July 15th to 18th:
Bridgette Kuchta and Orion XII: 9th in Open
Preliminary A
Mikki Kuchta on Calle: 8th in the CIC**
Mikki Kuchta
on Balmoral Tim Tram: 7th in Open Intermediate
Mia
Petersen and Irish Envy: 12th in the CIC**Then Fitch's Corner Horse Trials, which was held on July 24th and 25th:
Bridgette Kuchta and Oz: 4th in Junior Open Prelim
Arianna
Almeida and
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Congratulations to everyone who competed this weekend up in Old Chatham- especially those who braved the deluge of rain in the morning! Our team did very well:
Matthew Eliott and Cavalier One to One: 3rd in Open Training
Charlie Campbell and Roosevelt: 5th in Open Novice A
Michelle Leasure and Ridley: 7th in Open Novice A
Fiona Finlay-Hunt and Piccolito: 15th in Open Novice A
Nancy Marks and Silver Mark: 4th in Open Novice C
Carroll Rayner-Paulhac and Charlotte: 2nd in Open Beginner Novice B
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Here is the final installment of Mia's report of her experience at Bromont. Once again, congratulations to Mikki and Mia for such a successful weekend! One of the things I love about Eventing is that I'm always learning. And doing my first CCI 2* was no exception…...
The part after cross country and before
the last jog is always nerve wracking. Even if cross country rode
beautifully and your horse seems perfect - you can’t judge right away.
So Vicki and I brought |
Here are the final results from our beautiful weekend at Groton House, June 25-27: Mikki Kuchta and Calle - 3rd in Intermediate/Preliminary
Bridgette Kuchta and Orion XII - 2nd in Junior Open Preliminary
Matthew Eliott and Thomaston - 11th in Open Preliminary A
Arianna Almeida and Drummer's Call - 9th in Senior Open Training A
Megan Strickler and Beyond the Banter - 7th in Senior Open Novice BWell done everyone! |
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The second installment of Mia's Bromont write-up has arrived! Once again, big thanks to Mia for providing such an entertaining and educational glimpse into the life of an upper-level event rider (in her signature purple). The story's not over yet-- keep an eye out for Part Three.
"Getting ready for an FEI event takes a
lot of planning. You basically start your season by deciding which one
you are aiming for, and then plan backwards from there. You need to
work so that your horse's
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Mia was kind enough to write up a lovely report of her experience at the Bromont CCI**, which is really fun reading for those of us who haven't quite reached the upper levels yet (and even those who have!). Hopefully we'll get a Part Two sometime soon, but until then catch some cool shots of her cross country ride here! "Bromont is a really beautiful site. It's set at the
base of a ski area, so just a beautiful mountain back drop and lots of little
lakes. They also have a |
Congratulations again to Mikki and Mia for having such a great weekend at Bromont! The final results saw Mikki in 10th on Balmoral Tim Tram (Fiji) in the CCI***, and Mia in 16th in the CCI** on Irish Envy (Rowan). Both had fantastic, clean cross country rounds and placed very well in extremely competitive, world-class divisions. Below: Mikki and Fiji looking stylish in the CCI*** jog before show jumping on Sunday.  |
Congratulations to RiverHorse trainer Mikki Kuchta and boarder Mia Petersen for fantastic results so far at Bromont Horse Trials in Canada! Mia is in 17th place in the ** on her own Irish Envy after cross country, and Mikki is 7th in the *** in a field of 25! Congratulations so far and good luck to both of them- how exciting!  Mikki and Fiji were 6th after dressage on a 53.
Here they are showing fantastic form on a clear cross country round!  |
Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the clinic we were planning with Jimmy Wofford in May. Maybe next time! Good luck to everyone competing this weekend, and especially to those brave souls riding at Rolex! |
This weekend we had a few team members down at Poplar Place Farm in Georgia, and they came away with some great results! Click here to see an article from the USEA on the competition. In the Advanced, RiverHorse trainer Mikki Kuchta was third on Balmoral Tim Tram, after leading going into the show jumping!  Mikki and Fiji (Balmoral Tim Tram) in the AdvancedIn the CIC**, Mikki Kuchta again placed well on Calle, coming in ninth in a very competitive field. But Mia Petersen stole the show with an |
We are very excited and grateful to Carroll Paulhac who is planning a clinic with Olympian and legendary eventing trainer Jimmy Wofford! If you don't already know this man by reputation, please see his biography and prepare to be amazed. We already know from experience that he is an incredible horseman, a talented clinician, and a very, very funny man. The flier follows below with all the information.
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