Clarity Riding, 3395 Davidsonville Road, Davidsonville, MD (2025)

03/19/2025

What do all these horses have in common? They are six of the many horses that been started, trained, conditioned, and competed by Clarity Riding. We have ONE spring training spot open and won't be accepting new training horses again until August/September.

We offer full care, full training including lessons on your horse as appropriate. Starting, retraining, competitive development, conditioning, gaited, trail, distance, dressage, event, and jumper horses. Please contact us for more information and details.

03/17/2025

The Luck of the Irish was with our Dressage Team at the March Clarksville PVDA show. Our riders decked out and rode well for a fun day.

Intro was again dominated by Team Sammy with Lainey riding Intro B and Colette having her best trip yet at Intro C. Liam joined the Intro fun stealing his mom's ride for Intro A with really good rhythm. Katie stole Java back for Second 1 with better consistency and a very polished turnout.

Maya and Mic got the memo with head to toe green plus the cutest rainbow braid job for Mic for their trip at Training 2. Also in Training 2, Elizabeth took Paliana for another outing with even better work plus a few Irish jig steps at the canter.

Rebecca took Rory for her last show before maternity leave (Rory, not Rebecca) for two lovely tests at Training 3 and First 1. Also at First 1 Sarah and Ophelia turned out beautifully for a fun trip down centerline. Gabby finally got to show this season with Barley at First 2 and a very respectable first time down centerline at First 3. Rounding out First Level, Shannon and Harley danced through their freestyle.

Thanks to Clarksville PVDA for a great last-of-the season show as well as your hard work throughout the winter series. Great themes, great judges, great series. Thank you to teammate Kelsey for grooming and getting at least one pic of everyone (first time this season we managed!). Happy St Patrick's Day to all!!

03/07/2025

School is out, horsemanship camp is in! We're offering two days of Spring Break Camp on April 14th and 15th for your elementary aged kiddos. Campers will get hands on with horses, learn, create, and play.

Camp is 10am to 2pm, before and aftercare available by arrangement. $70 per day or $125 for both days. Enrollment is limited to 6 campers so sign up soon! These are our last horsemanship camp days of the school year!

03/04/2025

Now hiring - Part-time farm maintenance contractor

Job tasks include mowing, field maintenance, fence repair, farm and grounds maintenance, and other 'odd-job' tasks. Use of tools including tractor and power tools is required. Tasks can generally be accomplished in 6 to 16 hours per week. Hours are flexible, make your own schedule. Pay starts at $15 per hour, pay increases commensurate with experience/ability.

Must be 18+, reliable, and able to work independently. Licensed driver strongly preferred. Horse handing/care is not a job requirement but applicant must be comfortable around horses. Equipment provided or you are welcome to use your own. Flexible start date.

Please email us at [email protected] for more information

03/03/2025

Last day of the 2025 Horse World Expo! Two Parade of Breeds back to back with Mid-Atlantic Morgans and GAIT, clinics with Tik Maynard and Carl Bledsoe, and then packing up and heading home! Humans are showered, horses have had a good roll, and we are all looking forward to sleeping in our own homes!

The Expo is always an amazing experience and I am so grateful to all the humans that make this possible and to our horses that performed beautifully all week in a challenging environment.

03/02/2025

Three clinics, two Parade of Breeds, and one seminar filled up our Horse World Expo Saturday! Link, Delilah, and Taxi represented GAIT in Parade of Breeds and on Breed Row. Delilah helped out in the Carl Bledsoe clinic joined by Taxi and Jesseanne. Fireball and Katie climbed the levels again with Ashley Kennedy and Ray was perfect for Tik Maynard's introducing obstacles clinic. Fireball gave about 1000 kisses in the Morgan booth and Ray charmed everyone with his Fabio forelock. Elizabeth had great response in her Distance Riding clinic. Shoutout to Turner Tack for the show and tell items!

We're at it one more day for Sunday. Back-to-back Parade of Breeds in the Equine Arena with Morgans at 11:20am and GAIT at 11:45am. Our horses will be on Breed Row in booths B1 and B2 throughout the day for one last Expo 2025 snuggle. Delilah will be with Carl Bledsoe at 3pm in the Large Arena. Don't miss out on seeing Clarity's horses or on your last chance to support GAIT and get your raffle tickets or swag!

03/01/2025

We had so much fun on Friday that we kinda failed at taking pictures... Taxi, Delilah, and Link met the GAIT fans on Breed Row and Fireball and Ray also got their share of snuggles in the Mid-Atlantic Morgans booth. Taxi got some fast new shoes and pulled the winning GAIT raffle ticket! All our horses participated in their group's Parade of Breeds showing off what they can do!

Delilah once again got to be Carl Bledsoe's teaching seat and fellow GAIT alumni Link also participated with Katie demonstrating the younger stages of the training process learning about balance with transitions. Fireball and Elizabeth worked with Ashley Kennedy on moving up the levels, progressing from Intro to Grand Prix in record time during their clinic!

We're looking forward to a super full Saturday with our horses supporting their friends on Breed Row booths B1 and B2 throughout the day and in the Morgans Parade of Breeds at 9:45am in the Large Arena and GAIT Parade of Breeds at 4:25pm. Ray gets his turn with Tik Maynard in the Equine Arena at noon and Taxi will be joining Delilah with Carl Bledsoe in the Large Arena at 1pm. Fireball is back at it with Ashley Kennedy in the Large Arena at 5pm. Elizabeth is presenting a seminar on CTR and Endurance Riding 101 - an Introduction to Distance Riding in Seminar Hall A at 5pm.

Stop by and see us!

02/28/2025

That's a wrap on the first day of Horse World Expo!

Clarity's horses were rockstars Thursday in clinics with Carl Bledsoe and Sally Batton. Delilah stepped up to be Carl's ride and made us proud. Ray was green but honest in his first o/f clinic and not even Sally could shake Ms. Lauren's position. Fireball has embraced his new hunter princess life and put on a respectable four fence course with enthusiasm. All Clarity's horses participated in Parade of Breeds showing of the athleticism and versatility of Morgans and gaited horses.

Catch us Friday in clinics with Carl Bledsoe at 3pm in the Equine Arena and with Ashley Kennedy at 5pm in the Large Arena. We'll also be in the GAIT Parade of Breeds at 10:25AM and Morgans at 1:45PM. Make sure you come see our horses at the top of Breed Row booths B1 and B2. We'll have another giant raffle basket (the purple one!!!) in the GAIT booth with all proceeds benefiting the rescue horses!

See you at the Expo!!

02/27/2025

Clarity's GAIT and Morgan ambassadors are at the Horse World Expo and ready to see everyone!! The party is on Breed Row where you can find Taxi, Link, and Delilah at B1 and Fireball and Ray at B2.

Gaited Advocate Intervention Team, Inc. 501c3's booth is better than ever with GIGANTIC daily raffle baskets and brand new swag! All proceeds go directly to the care of GAIT's horses! GAIT's alumni horses will be out with Carl Bledsoe in the Equine Arena at 3pm and in Parade of Breeds at 7pm.

Mid-Atlantic Morgan Horse is right next door with Ray and Fireball just waiting to give you Morgan smooches. Clarity's Morgans will be demoing with Sally Batton at 5pm in the Equine Arena and have our Parade of Breeds at 4:25pm.

One more sleep to Expo!!!

02/24/2025

It's Horse World Expo week!!!!!!!

Taxi and his buddies are super excited to represent for our friends at Gaited Advocate Intervention Team, Inc. 501c3 and Mid-Atlantic Morgan Horse on Breed Row and in daily Parade of Breeds and clinics with top level professionals like Carl Bledsoe, Tik Maynard, Ashley Kennedy, and Sally Batton. Taxi has been practicing a whole new routine for his daily demo, you don't want to miss it!

You can come visit Taxi and Clarity's GAIT alumni Delilah and Link at GAIT's booth B1. Step right next door to pet Clarity Morgans Fireball and Ray in the Mid-Atlantic Morgans booth B2. You'll find lots of familiar Clarity faces staffing both booths as well as the usual spread of GAIT swag and the biggest GAIT raffle baskets yet! Clarity's Elizabeth Farina will be presenting a seminar on Saturday evening CTR & Endurance 101, An Introduction to Distance Riding.

We'll keep you updated on our daily activities and hope to see everyone this week at the Harrisburg Farm Show Complex for the Horse World Expo!!

02/20/2025

We're a little short on pictures, but our Dressage Team had a fantastic if soggy day at the Valentine's themed Clarksville PVDA Dressage show.

The hero of this story is Mic, who stepped up when another horse warmed up slightly not right to pick up three total trips at Training 2. Starting off with Sabrina, who got on an unfamiliar horse like a champ, and rode a very good test for 61.7%. Next up Maya took her turn with Mic. After a break Mic went down centerline one more time with Alissa, who handled a short warm-up with a unplanned and slightly tired horse like a professional scoring just 1% shy of Sabrina. Champion of Training 2 was Moe and Lydia with a very nice 66.7% once again proving that you can 'trust the training' if you put in the work! Lastly Paliana made her Training debut with a bit of tension in the first canter but overall a good test.

Everyone's fave Sammy held down Intro with Lainey riding Intro B for 64.4%. Sammy took Colette down centerline for her first ever canter test at Intro C earning 60.8%. Sammy's barnmate Java and coach Katie moved towards Second level with a warm-up test at First 3 for 67.4% and then a ride at Second 1 for 68.6%.

Shannon and her one true Valentine Harley finally had their First Freestyle debut after probably a literal year of planning. Harley loved his Pharrell Williams music and danced along with energy for 64.4%. Rebecca and Rory rounded out our day for the best show tests this pair has had together earning 61.3% at Training 3 and 61% at First 1.

Thank you to Clarksville PVDA for hosting and working with slightly more than the normal amount of chaos this time around. Thank you to teammate Kelsey for grooming for the day and to Lauren for coming to help coach. Thanks to our show families for foregoing your nice cozy indoors to spend all day standing in the rain with us.

Winter showing is hard. Weather makes the prep work unpredictable and adds challenges to show day. Adding to that some last minute horse changes and human illness it's amazing that we got to ride at all. But... if you put in the work consistently over months or years, your 'average' rides become pretty darn good and you can go down centerline feeling not quite prepared, not riding quite your best, and still score well. How often do we actually do our best work at a competition anyways? Show up, do the work, trust the training, and the horse and skills that you build become resilient and reliable. You don't need your best day, you need your average days to be better! Major kudos to our team for putting in the work and reaping your well-deserved rewards!

02/04/2025

Thank you Linthicum 4-H Hi-Riders for another successful show season in 2024 and the best dance party of the year, the annual 4H banquet!

Congratulations to Clarity's Jumper Team riders including:
Amelia and Coca - Reserve Champion Leadline
Annabel and Coca - Champion Walk
Colette and Coca - Reserve Champion Jr W/T Equitation
Mia and Coca - Champion Jr W/T/C Equitation
Angel and CrackerJack - Reserve Champion Beginner Trail

Thank you to our coaches and families for supporting us throughout the season and to the 4H club members and volunteers for hosting us! Extra carrots for our Clarity horses who helped our riders learn and become better riders and competitors. We are looking forward to another great season in 2025!

01/18/2025

Miles of trail, beautiful landscapes, you and your horse, the allure of nature... ... plus tons of new friends, snacks, and prizes!! Sound like a good time? Then distance riding might be for you!

Clarity Riding is kicking off our Intro to Distance Riding program with an informational meeting at our farm and virtually on February 2nd at 1 pm. This is the equine version of a couch to 5K. Our robust eight-week course starts late-February and will prepare you and your horse to ride at Spring Chesapeake CTR on April 27th at Fair Hill in Elkton, MD.

Weekly in-person and virtual practices will cover skills including vetting and judging procedures, conditioning for horse and rider, pacing, trail skills and etiquette, equipment and packing, and more. Practices will take place at Clarity Riding as well as local area parks.

Riders with your own horse and transportation are welcome to join. A limited number of Clarity horses are available for our students. Prior distance riding experience is not necessary but riders should be able to ride confidently at walk/trot/canter, groom and tack independently, and be comfortable to overnight away from home. All breeds are welcome!!

01/16/2025

Summer Sessions 2025 are open for enrollment!!!

Come join us for summertime fun at Clarity Riding. Daily riding lessons, games, crafts, and learning about horses make each day an adventure. Our camp is licensed and staff are professional, adult, CPR certified and insured.

Campers have horseback riding lessons each day, plus cover topics such as:
• Feeding and nutrition
• Grooming and bathing
• Tack and equipment
• Horse health care and anatomy
• Veterinary and farrier care
• Braiding and show prep
• Breeds
• And much more!

Session Options:
• Welcome Walkers – ages 4 to 6, all levels
• Trit-Trotters – ages 7 to 11, no experience needed
• Cantering Kiddos – ages 9 to 12, can walk/trot or have attended camp previously
Sessions are limited to 8 campers each and enrolled by order of deposit received. Before and aftercare available by arrangement.

Email us at [email protected] for information and enrollment!

01/10/2025

The countdown is on, just 7 weeks until Horse World Expo!! Clarity will be supporting Gaited Advocate Intervention Team, Inc. 501c3 in their booth on Breed Row to show off the amazing rescue GAIT rescue horses including our own resident alumni Delilah and Link. The Expo is an opportunity for GAIT to educate the public on gaited horses and the rescue process, demonstrate how wonderful these horses can be, and fundraise to continue to be the only gaited specific rescue serving the region.

Please help us to send GAIT to the Expo with expenses paid so that all funds can go directly to horses in need. Our goal is $960 to cover the Breed Row booth, booth electric, tack stall, plus stalls for 2 adoptable horses. GAIT is entirely volunteer run and is a 501(c)3 non-profit and GFAS verified rescue. Thank you from us and all the GAIT horses past, present, and future!

12/24/2024

Merry Christmas from the Clarity Dressage Team season opener at Clarksville PVDA's annual 'Ugly Holiday Sweater' show.

We had a full day with 11 horse and rider pairs from Intro to Freestyle. Starting with the best, Team Sammy stole the show tying for First in Intro A with Lainey and then 3rd in Intro B with Colette as well as winning the junior costume award. All the Christmas cookies for Sammy. Also in Intro B, Kelsey stepped over to the dark side showing Estrella for 5th place. Elizabeth introduced Paliana to horse shows coming in 1st place with a 65% at Intro B for a definite place on Santa's 'Nice' list.

Debuting both her horses at Training Level, Lydia earned 3rd in Training 1 with Moe and 4th and 3rd with Cash at Training 1 and 2. Rebecca and Rory warmed up at Training 3 coming 3rd before stepping up to First 1 for 5th place.

Continuing with First level Sarah and Ophelia took 2nd at First 1 and 3rd at First 3. Rebecca and Sarah with their beautiful dark mares and festive outfits won the adult costume awards. Back for a second trip, Kelsey and Mic rode First 1 for 4th place with the cutest Santa hat ever.

Rounding out our day Shannon and Harley gave a try for their First Freestyle and lived to ride another day. Katie and Java got back in the dressage ring for 5th at First 2 and then 2nd at First 3 with an impressive 64%.

Thank you to Sabrina for being our personal photography elf and to Sarah, Chris, and Dottie for lending extra hands. Thanks to Colette for the amazing crinkle cookies keeping our team blood sugar at holiday appropriate levels. As always, thank you to the Clarksville PVDA crew and judge for a wonderful and educational show and to Linda Speer for sharing your absolutely gorgeous farm with us!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

12/18/2024

Wrapping up our fall hunter pace season, it turns out that we can actually ride close to optimum time if we leave a certain creature at home...

At the end of October Clarity headed west to Middletown for the NM-MVH pace – another worth the drive adventure for our Halloween themed team Gotham City’s finest with Daddy's Little Mo-nster up on Honor, Joker Gabby on Sheriff (joke was on her), and Catwoman Elizabeth on Estrella. The course was new to us and had great terrain and jumps. Despite a midpoint wardrobe malfunction forcing a hold on course, we had a great time.

Next up in November our home pace at Marlborough Hunt Club. Clarity had three teams out with Low Optimum, Flat, and Junior Low Optimum rounds. We tailgated all day in beautiful fall weather, certain chocolate dogs ate waaaaay too much pastry, and our Junior team won their division!!

Finally our finale at Carrolton Hounds, which is one of our favorite courses. We split into High and Low teams but rode out together. The course was better than ever this season with extra trail through the woods and some nice new options. We had so much fun!! Despite attempted sabotage by the High team (teammate thieves!!) the Low won our division.

Thank you to all the volunteers and hunt clubs for putting on a great season, the Maryland Hunter Pace Circuit, and to our teammates for riding with us. Thank you to ADM Horse Feeds for keeping our horses in optimum condition, if not always optimum time.

12/14/2024

With just 10 shopping days to the Holidays we have you covered! Gift certificates are available in any increment and can be emailed for Christmas or Hanukkah delivery no matter how late you shop. We have gift certificates appropriate for ages 3+ and can include riding lessons, one of our lesson package deals, or be used for camps, competitions, or trail rides.

Speaking of camp, get the kids out to the farm during the holiday school break with one of our Horsemanship Day Camps. Ms. Kelsey has two exciting curriculums planned for horse fun on December 27th and December 30th. Enrollment is limited so sign up soon!

Please email us at [email protected] or call or text us at (410) 279-4677 for more information! Happy Holidays!!

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