Double Clear Farm Jumping Show

The Souhegan Riders equestrian team competed today at the Double Clear Farm Jumping Show in Warner, NH.  All of the practice this year paid off with a lot of top finishers.  This was a challenging course with a lot of intentionally "scary" things.  Yet our horses with their great riders rose to the challenge.  Krista Albright gave us all a scare with her hard fall off of Waldo.  We are pleased to report that she is doing well with nothing broken and nothing damaged (except her helmet-- which is why you always should wear one).  And her smile is as big as ever.  

Congratulations ladies on a terrific day.  For pictures, click here. 

Mack Hill Fall Show 2008 is a Huge Hit

The Mack Hill students really put on a show for all of the spectators today. Through 20 classes, the students competed with their best efforts. And was it impressive. Pictured from left to right are the Champions (red and blue rosette) and Reserve Champions (red and yellow rosette) for the day (Krista, Anna, Lauren, Katie, Libby, Julia, Emme, Emma and Charlotte). Congratulations to all who competed. Many thanks to the parents who helped with critical activities all day long. We had fun and we hope you did too.

For pictures of the day click here

Look Who Is Learning To Jump... QT

Our western pleasure star-- Just Call Me QT ("QT")-- is on to new things.  This dead broke push button Palomino Quarter Horse was showing signs of boredom with his regular routine.  So, we tried something new.  Hitting the rails.  Much to our surprise, he is a willing jumper who is eager to please and learn.  While it may be true that old dogs don't learn new tricks, this horse is.  Stay tuned for updated on how he progresses.

Meet Fox Brook Boarders Jess and Jay

Jess and Jay have been together for about 6 months now and have come a long way together. Jay was primarily a western trail horse from Florida when we met him but we fell in love with his “goofy” personality. He is a sweet natured horse with a little bit of attitude when we ask him to work on his dressage. You can see them weekly walking Jay over from Foxbrook to Mack Hill for our lessons.

Schooling show, Monday October 13th, be there!

It is that time of year again.  With all the hard work our students have done, we finally have an opportunity for them to showcase it in a low-key horse show atmosphere in the coziness of our beloved Mack Hill Riding Academy.

The show will start at 10am with the jumping first followed by the flat classes and finally some fun classes.  There will be food available for you to purchase as snacks and lunch.

We will need some volunteers for some admin work with the entries on the morning of the show and a handful of helpful folks to help run the food booth.  We would certainly love to have one of your dishes available at the food booth so if you can help out, let Mercy know.

Follow the links to the class list and the entry form.  There is a flat fee of $65 for the day which allows you to enter three classes of your choice.  You are welcome to enter more at $5 each.  The entries are due at the barn by October 9th to avoid a post-entry fee of $10.

We are really excited and hope to see every one of you there!

Fall Schooling Show Class List.doc

Fall Schooling Show Entry Form.doc