Seraphim Stables LLC

03/08/2025

Team Seraphim is dusting off the cobwebs and putting in the hard work as we prepare for the start of the 2025 Show Season!🕸️🧹
Watch for us at Children’s Benefit Horse Show April 4-6th as we debut new and seasoned teams!🩶❤️🖤
Special thanks to Lisa Patrocinio for the awesome ad!

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

❤️On this Special Valentine’s Day edition of Seraphim Spotlight we would like to introduce you to two hard working girls❤️:
May 10th, 2007 a very special black filly by I’m a New Yorker was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. New York’s Midnight Lady, originally named New York’s Single Lady, has served many of her teammates well. Whether it is every day work or putting on a show stopping performance “Mia” exudes grace and poise like no other. Everyone who encounters Mia knows two things; one she loves her people (and head rubs), and two she expects to be treated as the queen she is. Mia has fulfilled many dreams for many people, but she found her true purpose when she carried Ava Clark through the in gate for the first time in 2021. Mia fell in love with her little girl and took care of Ava through her walk and trot year. In 2022, Ava returned the favor. 2 years, and a division change, these two have become an unstoppable force in the show ring.
This duo picked the most competitive division, the Hunter Country Pleasure Division. Not only did they take the division by storm, but they finished in the Top 20 to attain their spot on the green shavings in 2024. At only 13 years old, the youngest rider in the hunter division for 2024, Ava expertly navigated Mia through deep water. Poetry in motion is about the best description for these two as they floated above the green shavings.
But what makes this duo so special is not the blue ribbons(though they have a lot) it is the hard work and love behind the scenes. More often than not after a class you’ll find Ava in Mia’s stall thanking her for the ride. What you don’t see is Mia thanking her little girl back. Mia has shown a total of 167 times, 57 of those times was with her forever teammate, Ava Clark.
This team is ready for the 2025 season and we think it is going to be the best one yet! 🩶🖤❤️

01/26/2025

Seraphim Stables is pleased to announce our 2024 Saddle Horse Report winner’s!🩶❤️🖤
• Stonegate’s Take Me to Church achieved Grand Champion for Adult Three Gaited Show Pleasure.
• Cash for Keeps was ranked among the Top Ten for the Open Five Gaited division!
Thank you to Saddle Horse Report for honoring our horses and their incredible achievements this year. Now on to an even better 2025 for Team Seraphim!

01/24/2025

The one and only CH Marco Polo!🍀🖤

01/01/2025

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! We are eagerly anticipating 2025!!

12/21/2024

The American Saddlebred, aka the luxury model reindeer Santa wishes he could afford…🦌🎄❄️

12/13/2024

“Riding powerful horses is like riding dragons” ~Josh Nichol
Happy National Horse Day to our Furry Team Mates!❤️🩶🖤

12/08/2024

The 2024 American Saddlebred Horse Expo is a wrap!
This event is held every year to educate about the American Saddlebred. We were thrilled to be able to share our Saddlebreds this year and hope to be back in 2025!
Look for Team Seraphim in 2025!♥️🩶🖤

12/04/2024

Watch for Team Seraphim Friday, December 6th at the American Saddlebred Expo in Ephrata, Pa! We may be biased, but our horses radiate the greatest qualities of the American Saddlebred! We can’t wait to represent our amazing breed and industry.

11/23/2024

Erin McCracken, the Queen of Seraphim Stables, is our next Seraphim Stables Spotlight. 👑💗
At the age of 8, McCracken attended an open house at Arabian Knights Farms(AKF) in Willowbrook, Illinois. Just like any other little girl she fell in love with horses. However, unlike most who lose the dream, McCracken never lost the drive to one day be a horse trainer. After taking a few lessons with Van Robinson of AKF, her parents went on to lease a retired gaited Saddlebred. She was hooked on the breed from the start.

From there, her parents purchased Tropical Night for her and her sister, Kate. They purchased Tropical Night after Melanie Feldges introduced them to Nealia Molback. “Topper” was brought back to AKF where McCracken and her sister worked and trained him under the careful eye of Melanie. After much success in the show ring the girls had their sights set on St. Louis National. To achieve this goal they sent Topper back to North Wind Stables for a tune up. Kate went on to win the Junior Western Pleasure Finals on him in 1994.

McCracken stayed with North Wind Stables(NWS) after her father, Mark McCracken, married Nealia. She showed many horses to much success in the Midwest with NWS. When NWS moved to New Jersey, McCracken bounced back and forth between working as a nurse in the Midwest and competing with NWS on the East Coast. She inevitably moved to New Jersey in 2006 where she currently resides. In 2012 she officially obtained her professional card!

After a successful start to her professional career with NWS, and working at Saddlebred Rescue, McCracken opened her own barn in 2020, Seraphim Stables LLC. Erin has a gift when it comes to what others would consider “problem horses”. With patience and virtue, she creates a training program accustomed to each horse’s needs, always placing their health and well being first. McCracken is just as great a horse trainer as she is an instructor. She has helped multiple riders and drivers of all ages achieve their dreams in the show ring.
While her resume as a trainer is extensive, when asked what her favorite part of being a horse trainer is she responded with:

“I love to watch my riders succeed in and out of the show ring. When you’ve worked hard to put a team together and it finally clicks, it’s very rewarding!”

From all of Team Seraphim, we thank you for being our fearless leader, and are so grateful for you and what you do for us every day!❤️🩶🖤

11/16/2024

Please join us in congratulating Kori Shaffer on her selection of Get Your Shine On aka “Popeye”. We look forward to watching this team’s progress as they set their sights on the 2025 Show Season!🩶❤️🖤
These two are sure to get their shine on in the show ring!🤩

11/04/2024

No better way to spend Halloween weekend than with Team Seraphim at the 2024 TSASA Octoberfest Horse Show!🎃👻
So very proud of each duo. Look for us in 2025!🩶❤️🖤

11/01/2024

To start off this Spooky Halloween Weekend we’re going to introduce the original “Dark Knight” for our first ever Seraphim Stables Spotlight!🖤🎃
CH Gone Platinum aka “Felix” was born May 18th, 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. Sired by Periaptor and out of Harlem’s Moondance, Felix was destined for greatness from the start. His accolades include:

- 214 Classes: Fine Harness, Park, Show Pleasure, 12 & under Walk/Trot, and Open English!
- 79 Champion Ribbons
- 43 Reserve Champion Ribbons
- 27 Top Three finishes
- 27 CH points
- 1 National Champion
- 3x Reserve National Champion
- 2x National Grand Champion
- 1 World Champion
- 1 Reserve World Champion
- 3 Reserve World Champion of Champions

Felix started off his career in Fine Harness winning at some of the top shows in the country (Midwest, All American, American Royal, WCHS). From there he went on to the Amateur Park Division, continuing with his winning ways.
Felix has lived in many states but he inevitably came home to New Jersey in 2011 and was gifted to his forever partner, Erin McCracken, in 2014! Erin McCracken and CH Gone Platinum went on to enjoy many victory passes and always put in electrifying performances in the Show Pleasure Division and in the Open Park Division once Erin McCracken attained her professional card.
But what makes Felix so special is not the accomplishments listed above. It’s all the riders and people he has touched over the years. Felix is every little girls dream come true. He, along with his owner Erin McCracken, have made multiple riders dreams come true. Some of those riders include: Kori Shaffer, Ava Clark, and Ellie Hume.
No one can ever tell Felix his age! He never jokes about his reverse and trot or his peppermints! Even though, at the age of 25, he has started to enjoy the retired life he still likes to kick it into gear for our riders to feel what a “real show horse” feels like! 🩶❤️🖤

10/26/2024

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10/26/2024

In between our busy show schedule, some of Team Seraphim took a trip to Halls of Horror in Palmerton Pa for some much needed Halloween fun! 🩸🕸️☠️
We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled program as Team Seraphim takes on TSASA Octoberfest Horse Show next week!🩶❤️🖤

10/22/2024

It was a boo-tiful weekend in Ohio, where these girls both gave hauntingly good performances at the Heartland Spooktacular! 🎃🏆
Here’s to more chills, thrills, and victories ahead this season! Only one more show to go for team Seraphim, see you at TSASA Octoberfest 🍂🕸️

09/28/2024

Hurricane Helene checked in at the 2024 ASHAV Horse Show! But, she didn’t slow our teams down one bit.
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A hectic but fantastic evening session for
Team Seraphim consisted of:
• Ellie Hume and El Chapparo winning the ASB Pony English Pleasure qualifier.
• Stonegate’s Take Me to Church and Jessica Kurfuss pulling a good ribbon out of a competitive ASB Adult Show Pleasure Championship.
• CH Marco Polo and Camryn McHugh riding to a very well earned Reserve Grand Champion title in the ASB Hunter Country Pleasure Championship.
• Pam Fettig and Soquili’s Fast and Furious taking on the ASB Five Gaited Show Pleasure Championship earning a fantastic ribbon among tough competition.
Tomorrow is the final day of the 2024 ASHAV Horse Show, let’s finish strong ladies!🩶❤️🖤
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