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11/20/2023

Slowly making my way back through photos and videos from 2023. Classy in the awards ceremony at Split Rock Jumping Tour Bruce's Field, Aiken, SC is certainly on of my favorites! This from .

11/19/2023

Only the best for the guys who jumped in last nights ! They enjoyed a little snack while vibing and getting the treatment

11/17/2023

What a great first night at the Duke “Jump for the Children” Horse Shows with Emeraldo, owned by the Emeraldo Partnership, taking the win $7,500 Open Welcome. Damokles, owned by Windwood Equestrian, 3rd and Chaccolate RFB 4th!! On to the on Saturday night.

Emeraldo is owned by the Emeraldo partnership. For more information about training, competition or sales visit pe3s.com

11/12/2023

What a great group of horses! Chaccolate and Emeraldo both jumped their best ’s to date at the CSI** at yesterday. Still some work to do but well on the way! 📸

11/12/2023

Quantum Leap on his way to finish 9th at the on XC here captured by !

11/12/2023

What a great shot from of Gronk in his 1.0m debut at Aiken!

11/11/2023

I have long thought keyholes or any jumps with a roof should not be jumped. They are incredibly dangerous on some horses. It’s not a test of training, bravery or skill.

I just ran across this photo of , who is doing a wonderful job to help her horse, at the . This photo the perfect example of why I abhor them!

Some horses duck when asked to jump through a hole or roofed jump. This is an instinctual response not a learned one. I’ve experimented at home with a fabric keyhole placed over a show jump in an attempt to progressively introduce them. While a ducking horse will improve marginally through the session, you’re back to square one first jump on day 2.

Keyholes/roofs have no place on course, it’s a pointless risk to horse, rider and the sport in general.

11/10/2023

Had to share a few of my favorites from at yesterday’s ! The first is Emeraldo in the FEI welcome and second a proud Biggie after her 3rd place finish in the 1.30m!

11/09/2023

It’s the first day of Finals for the Young Horse Show Series (YHS) here at Tryon International Equestrian Center & Resort!

Qualifiers finished yesterday with jump chute classes including this beautiful 3 year old Westfalen stallion “Europa PVF” owned by Ellen Ziemer, Jerry Waddle, and Doug Payne Equestrian.

If you missed out on signing up for pre-show packages or mini Equine Art sessions held Saturday, you’re in luck! I’ll be re-opening packages for one day only tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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11/04/2023

What a fabulous shot of Harry, owned in partnership with , on his way to finish 9th in the making his 5th top 10 in international’s! Just a wonderful approved by both Westphallen and Oldenburg

11/02/2023

First frost of the year! I’m definitely not ready, luckily up up the 70’s by the weekend. owned by

11/01/2023

What a wonderful horse, can’t wait to see what the future holds!

YEH Graduate Quantum Leap Records Fifth Top-10 Result in a CCI5*-L at the Maryland 5 Star

11/01/2023

Perfect evening for a bonfire with a twist!

10/30/2023

Carl, owned in partnership with , flying around the !



Doug & Camarillo at the Conceal.io presented by Taylor, Harris Insurance Services
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10/28/2023

Huge Happy Birthday to the best mother and wife Jessica I could ever imagine! We’re lucky to have you with us on this crazy ride!

10/26/2023

Damokles, 2008 Dutch Warmblood stallion by Ukato out of Orindy, owned by Windwood Equestrian. ‘Classy’ would be the ideal medium/high champion or for a young professional moving up to the Grand Prix’s! DM or call 908.399.9112 for more information. Jessica Payne

Damokles, owned by , was the ⭐️ of the day for us with a 4th place finish in the $30k ...

10/24/2023

A little more Quantum spam from the ! 📸

10/23/2023

Maryland-bred Quantum Leap, ridden by Doug Payne (NC) had one rail to finish eighth in the CCI5*

10/22/2023

Quantum Leap owned in partnership with Susan Drillock Jessica Payne finished up his 6th 5* with a 8th place finish! Hard to convey how lucky we are to have him in our family. What a genuine !!

10/22/2023

A few of my favorites from yesterday’s 5* cross country at

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10/22/2023

Quick trip around the Maryland 5* track, what an incredible horse!!

10/19/2023

Had to get a photo with Vandiver at the booth at the !!

10/18/2023

Checking out the arenas for the first time this year at the with Quantum Leap!

10/17/2023

A few more great pics have popped up on the web of Quantum Leap ahead of the ! First of which from and second at from

10/14/2023

Quiberon - Hunter/Eventing Stallion by Quite Easy-Avalon/A Fine Romance finished up in 9th Place in $15k Tryon International Hunter Derby after winning the $2k 1.20m stake and finishing the week champion of the 1.20m division! What an incredible stallion, fresh off of his first CCI4* events this fall!!

***2024 Breeding info available at PE3S.com***

Quiberon was great again for another top 10 placing in an International Hunter Derby!

10/12/2023

What an incredible opportunity, I can’t wait for next time!!!

10/10/2023

Quantum Leaps write up from the ahead of his 6th 5* start at next week!

10/06/2023

A few great shots from yesterday 1.45m FEI welcome with the Count from !

10/06/2023

Cadillac Ranch showing a glimpse of what’s to come. He was clear today in his second 1.20m! He is owned in partnership with Wendy and Fred Luce.

10/03/2023

Well worth the read!

We went to the Jessica von Bredow-Werndl demo today at the lovely Addington Equestrian hosted by Equestrian Management Agency
The event was really well run (and a great Christmas present from Judy Fw )

💫Wow wow wow 💫

Jessica is a European, World and Olympic champion, so we definitely had high hopes for her demo.
It is safe to say that the day exceeded all expectations, Jessica's passion and joyful approach shone through whilst working with very talented horses and riders.

I thought I might share a few of my key notes from the day (maybe not all 10 pages on my phone...)
Some of what Jessica said really resonated with me, some points were a refreshing reminder, and others took an entirely new angle/solution to things.

✅️The Young Horse - it's all about good experience, creating the happy athlete. Although at times it's easy to hang on with a young horse, lengthen the rein, slow down, praise the horse, and breathe.

✅️ Give them no reason to run away, give them a moment, and let them look around (especially mares!). Over excitment is a good thing, it shows the horse loves to move. It's better than kicking around trying to create energy. Allow the horse to gain self-confidence, give them space in the contact, don't fear mistakes. Don't suppress them in their natural energy. Influence their character in a positive way.

✅️Warm-up time should be as short as possible and as long as necessary. If teaching a new movement, teach it at the beginning of the session after the warm-up. They are more focused at that time.

✅️ Centre line then leg yield into shoulder in. This is Jessica's exercise for all horses as a warm-up. The leg yield helps relax the horse, and it allows you to get your leg on and wrap around the horse ready for communication.

✅️Don't always praise with hand. It can be a shake in mouth. Use voice for reassuring.

✅️ Walk breaks are super important. How do they give you everything if they don't get a break regularly. It also sets you up for competition, practising switching the horse on and off.

✅️Medium canter, use travers before collecting the canter to engage the inside hind leg within the canter. This helps with showing the horse HOW you want them to collect (e.g, hind leg under).

✅️When asking a question (e.g, canter balance), don't be afraid to let the horse make mistakes, make the correction, and carry on. Having a mistake is a learning process.

✅️Suppleness is found behind saddle, not in the neck.

✅️Only go as much forward as you can do without holding them in contact as young horses. Choose a tempo that you can give the rein. Let them find their own balance.

✅️If they have a joy to move, thats what a grand Prix horse needs.

✅️Long neck- short body. Younger horses need a slightly more lifted neck.

✅️Always feel responsible for the exercise, if it doesn't work, change it.

✅️It is easier to explain horses to 'jump' more under with the hid leg by SLOWING DOWN. Explaining HOW we want them to move (e.g hind leg under). Listen to the footfall of the hooves, if it's loud in front it is often an indication of an unbalanced way of going.

✅️Less is more!

✅️Look for the big picture when training, how should it look? what is needed to make it look like this? If you want to change something you have to do it consistently.

✅️Always train long line of half passes with shoulder in. It's the in and out that teaches them how to carry themselves.

✅️Travers through corners helps activate the hind end through the corner.

✅️The neck follows the ribcage. It's all about the ribcage.

✅️Warm up/cool down is an easy jog, not an expressive jog. It's a stretching out for the back. You must still want the hindleg from the first movement (e.g when you first move off). Don't let the horse run away from the hindlegs and then try and explain later that you want them on the hindlegs!

✅️Slow down!

✅️Tell them how great they are and they will become greater!

✅️Don't train extended trot- it happens when the balance in the collection is better.

✅️With the changes, ignore the mistakes, praise the correct ones. Riding a circle with changes on makes the horse supple and even both ways within the change. On the circle, move the body away from the direction of change to open the side of the body for the change.

✅️If the horse paddles out behind in piaffe, add the sideways. Piaffe in shoulder in and then out in shoulder in. Focus just on the transitions in and out, not the piaffe itself. It's ok to be tense in piaffe, stay in it, work through it, explain it! It's not stressful, use shoulder in. Sideways (shoulder in) is a door you open (a vent) to allow the energy to positively go somewhere. This helps the horses find the right solution. Piaffe from ground first is essential. Then ask for it sitting on the horse, but still with someone on ground.

✅️Get them infront of your seat!

✅️Don't focus on the horses weaknesses, look for their strengths and use them to improve the weaknesses.

✅️Within canter Pirouette, flex to outside to connect with the inside hind leg. Don't train whole pirouettes, train them HOW to use their body.

💫These are a few of my notes💫
I think it was very clear from the way Jessica presented herself, although she is world number 1, it is all about the journey training horses to Grand Prix.
To sign off Jessica wanted to remind us that...

It's great to have goals, big goals. But more importantly is the how...how we interact daily with horses, how we act with our horses as partners, how we train.
When you win a gold.. it's a few moments of a high. What stays with you is the journey, the horse who did everything for you. We want our horses to be excited and happy to see us, happy to move. This is what it's all about. It's about the love. The joy. Is about the journey and we are privileged to spend our time with them.

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10/03/2023

They can’t get enough of each other!! Susan Drillock Jessica Payne

10/02/2023

Never gets old seeing Quinn jumping out of the head of the lake at on his bag of 500 at

09/28/2023

Can’t win for next time!