Hillside Meadows Equestrian Center

07/19/2024

Central MA equestrian center is seeking experienced applicants for a Barn Manager position.

Responsibilities will include; Overseeing Horse care, facility & equipment maintenance, staff scheduling and management, budget, marketing and lesson scheduling.

Salary range: Negotiable based on experience and expertise. Benefits include health insurance, PTO, and 401K with match. To apply, please email a resume and cover letter articulating your interest as well as how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position to [email protected]

07/19/2024

Hillside Meadows Equestrian Center is hiring a Full Time Farm Manager. We offer full benefits health, dental, and vision. We also offer a 401k we match 3%! Vacation time as well. Job position could include a stall for a personal horse! We are an amazing team and all work well together. We have a great group of both boarders and lesson horses. Position will require managing horses, clients, overseeing staff, veterinary and blacksmith care, etc, along with some barn work. Position could include teaching opportunity. We are large facility with 2 indoors and 2 outdoor rings as well as 3 barns. Please message or text/call 774-696-0209 with any questions or interest in the position!

05/27/2024

03/16/2024

Summer program sign ups are now open!!

Choose a program and register online without lining up at the office when registration opens.

01/30/2024

Fun in the sun begins!

WEC week 3:

Karla and Amber Viera were Champion in the 1m Jumpers after winning a class! Karla and Monika Ernenwein were Champion in the Low Adult Jumpers and won the classic!

Eleventh Hour and Amber Viera had a very successful first horse show outing earning Reserve Champion in the 5 & Under Young Hunters winning an over fences class!

Bluegrass and Amber Viera made it back in to the show ring after Rocco’s year off! The pair jumped clean in both the 1.10 and 1.20 picking up a 4th and 5th out of a huge group!

Haribo Blue and Paige Nyren picked up great ribbons in the Younger Adult Hunters including 2nd in the hack and 9th in the Classic!

WEC week 4:

Karla and Monika Ernenwein won the Low Amateur Jumper speed class and were double clear in the Classic picking up 5th!

Eleven Hour and Amber Viera put in great trips in the 5 & Under Young Hunters earning a pair of 2nds over fences along with 2nd in the hack!

Bluegrass and Amber Viera got back into the Grand Area moving back up to the 1.30!

Haribo Blue and Paige Nyren were 4th in the Adult Hunter Classic and picked up a pair of 6ths over fences!

On to week 5!

12/11/2023

Fun day at GFF Christmas show! 🎄

Cha Ching HPF and Fiona Fitzgerald won the Candy Cane Classic and the THIS medal! The pair was also 2nd in the USHJA and qualified for the finals!

Notorious SS and Kara Horvath were 2nd in the Candy Cane Classic and 3rd in the NHS and THIS!

MTM All In and Morgan McCarthy were 3rd in the Candy Cane Classic and 2nd in the New England! Teddy and Samantha McCarthy won the MHC Adult Medal and were 3rd in both the MHJ and New England!

Carado and Keira Fitzgerald were 4th in the Candy Cane Classic! The pair also won the NHS and USHJA qualifying for USHJA Hunt Seat finals!

Atticus Fintch and April Cartmell had a clean sweep of the Childrend Eq division!

12/03/2023

Spending our weekends at winter one days to get qualified for 2024 finals!

River Wind Horse Show this weekend!

Notorious SS and Kara Horvath won the MHJ and NHS medals! The pair was also 2nd in the NEHC!

Hunter Ridge Horse Show last weekend!

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were Champion in both the Children’s Eq and Children’s Hunters!

Coolio and Daniela Donfrancesco won both the MHJ and RIHA medals! Coolio and Lori Donfrancesco qualified for RIHA finals!

Tibri’s Graceland and Reagan Blake were 2nd in both the MHJ and NEHC medals!

Next weekend GFF!

11/15/2023

Next Venture farm horse show!

Notorious SS and Kara Horvath won both Junior Hunter over fences classes and were Champion qualifying for Junior Hunter Finals! The pair was also 2nd in the NHS and 3rd in the THIS!

Cha Ching HPF and Fiona Fitzgerald were Reserve Champion in the Junior Hunters after winning the hack! The pair also won the NHS and the USHJA!

Carado and Keira Fitzgerald were 2nd in the USHJA and both Junior Hunter over fences classes!

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were Reserve Champion in both the Children’s Hunters and the Children’s Eq!

11/11/2023

Catching up on some results! GFF holiday show last weekend was a big success!

Notorious SS and Kara Horvath won the 2’9 Derby! The pair was also second in the MHC qualifying for the finals!

Carado and Keira Fitzgerald won the MHJ junior medal and were 2nd in both the USHJA and NHS medal!

Must De Lison and Morgan McCarthy won the USEF medal! Leah Shedd also piloted Pokey to pick up some MHC points!

Coolio and Lori Donfrancesco won the MHJ and New England medals along with qualifying for MHC finals!

Coolio and Daniella Donfrancesco were 2nd in both the MHC and MHJ Mini Medals!

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were Chamipon in the Children’s Eq and won the MHJ Mini Medal!

Tibri’s Graceland and Reagan Blake were 4th in both the NHS and USHJA!

Cha Ching HPF and Fiona Fitzgerald were 2nd in the THIS medal and 3rd in the MHJ!

Sensational and Maddie Huson were 3rd and 4th in the MHC Junior medals!

10/22/2023

Tibri’s Graceland and Reagan Blake moved all the way up from 25th to 9th in the USHJA Hunt Seat Medal Finals! Could not be more proud of this pair their first time here!

Must De Lison and Morgan McCarthy also made the top 25 in the USHJA Hunt Seat Medal Final!

MTM All In and Sam McCarthy had a great experience as well!

10/21/2023

We are so proud of Reagan Blake, her first time at New England equitation championships, starting off strong with a ribbon in the open 15 to 17!!

10/16/2023

Fantastic start to qualifying for 2024 finals at Next Venture Farm!

Cha Ching HPF and Fiona Fitzgerald won and qualified for MHC and RIHA junior medal finals! They picked up 2nd in the NEHC medal and were 3rd in the THIS and NHS!

Carado and Keira Fitzgerald won and qualified for NEHC and RIHA! They were on a roll also winning the THIS with an 84 and the NHS! The pair also qualified for MHC with a pair of 2nds!

Notorious SS and Kara Horvath qualified for RIHA junior medal finals! Picked up a pair of 3rds in the MHC medals and was 2nd in the THIS and NHS!

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell qualified for MHC mini medal finals by winning the class! The pair was also Champion in the Children’s Hunters and Reserve Chmapion in the Children’s Eq!

10/02/2023

We are so proud of Morgan McCarthy killing it her first time at Capital Challenge! She piloted Dimacho to 7th in the Taylor Harris Children’s Medal final and 10th in the North American Flat Championship! The pair also picked up ribbons in the THIS Warm up which included a 4th over fences and a 2nd on the flat!
Thank you so much to Brooke Farr and her family for sharing Dimacho with us! He is truly the best 🧡

10/01/2023

💙MHC Finals 2023 was a huge success!

❤️Contaro and Kara Horvath were reserve champion in the mini medal final! The pair moved from 10th to 3rd after earning an 85 in the second round! They then moved up again in the test! They were also third in the open 12-14 with an 82!

🩷 Must de Lison and Fiona Fitzgerald were 5th in the mini medal final moving from 11th to 5th in the second round with scores all in the 80s! The pair was also first in the 11 & under open with an 86!

💚 Coolio and Lori Donfrancesco were 6th in the adult mini medal final and 7th in the open! Daniela had a great first experience in the mini medal final!

🤍 Quetzal De Razel and Leah Santa Fe were 9th in the Adult mini medal final!

🩶 Carado and Keira Fitzgerald were 9th in the mini medal final with a first round score of 85! So excited for this new pairs future!

💜 Sensational and Madelyn Huson earned a top 20 ribbon in the mini medal final!

🩵Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were second in the open with an 84 and had a good experience in the final!

🧡 Ashlee Thompson and Reagan Blake had a great experience as well!

09/24/2023

Next Venture did a fantastic job hosting their Equitation Finals! We loved all the fall decorations 🍂🍁

Must De Lison and Morgan McCarthy were Reserve Champion in the Junior Final! The pair was also Reserve Champion in the 3’3 Junior Hunters after winning a class!

MTM All In and Samantha McCarthy were 3rd in the Junior Final!

Tibri’s Graceland and Reagan Blake were 7th in the Junior Medal Final! The pair also qualified for RIHA Finals next year!

Carado and Keira Fitzgerald had a great first show together! The pair won the Mini Medal Classic!

Must De Lison and Fiona Fitzgerald were Reserve Champion in the Mini Medal Final! Fiona did a fantastic job catch riding Pokey!

Contaro and Kara Horvath were 4th in the Mini Medal Final!

Coolio and Daniela Donfrancesco were 6th in the Mini Medal Final!

Sensational and Maddie Huson were 7th in the Mini Medal Final! Maddie also quailed for RIHA finals next year!

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were 6th in the Mini Classic! The pair also won a children’s hunter class and qualified for RIHA Finals next year!

Dark Devil 24 and Ashlee Thompson had some great trips together including 2nd and 3rd in the RIHA Junior Medal and 3rd in the MHJ!

09/03/2023

We our so proud of the team this weekend at RIHA Finals!

VDL White Chocolate and Morgan McCarthy were Champion in the Junior Medal! They picked up 10th in the open! 💙

Best In Blue and Lori Donfancessco were Champion in the Adult Mini Medal! They were also 3rd in the open! 💙

Quetzal De Razel and Leah Santa Fe were Reserve Champion in the Adult Mini Medal! The pair was 2nd in the open and 2nd in the horsemanship challenge!❤️

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were 3rd in the Mini Medal! 💛

In Favor and Keira Fitzgerald were 4th in the Mini Medal! They were also 6th in the open! 🤍

Notorious SS and Kara Horvath were 5th in the Mini Medal! The pair was 3rd in the open and 4th in the horsemanship challenge! 🩷

MTM All In and Samantha McCarthy were 6th in the Junior Medal! 💚

Coolio and Daniela Donfrancesco won the open! 💙

Cha Ching HFP and Fiona Fitzgerald were 3rd in the open 11 and under! 💛

Tibri’s Graceland and Reagan Blake were 5th in the open! 🩷

Sensational and Maddie Huson were 2nd in the horsemanship challenge! ❤️

08/27/2023

Finals season is off to a great start with MHJ Finals!

CHA CHING HPF and Fiona Fitzgerald won the Children’s Medal staying on top through the fences and flat phase!

Best In Blue and Lori Donfrancesco were reserve in the Adult Mini Medal final!

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were third in the Children’s Medal final!

Contaro and Kara Horvath were third in the Mini Medal!

VDL White Chocolate and Morgan McCarthy were third in the Open Junior eq and 10th in the Junior Medal final!

Quetzal De Razel and Leah Santa Fe were 10th in the Adult Mini Medal!

Reagan Blake and Maddie Huson just missed the cut off for the flat in the Junior and Mini Medal! Samantha McCarthy, Ashlee Thompson, Daniela Donfrancesco, Keira Fitzgerald all had a great start to finals season as well!

08/21/2023

It was a great week at Saratoga Summer Wk II!

Atticus Fintch and April Cartmell were champion in the younger Childrens hunters and also second in the combined classic!

Coolio and Daniella Donfancesco were champion in the Novice eq winning two over fences! The pair was also 12th in the 2’6 Derby!

Notorious SS and Kara Horvath were reserve in the Novice eq winning two classes! Amber Viera also piloted Biggie to 5th in $5,000 USHJA Hunter Derby! They were also reserve in the 3’6 Performace Hunters!

Karla and Monika Ernenwein won a Low Adult Jumper class earning reserve champion! Morgan McCarthy piloted Karla to 2nd in a .90 class with a double clean round!

MTM All in and Samantha McCarthy is were reserve in the 3’6 junior hunters winning the hack! Teddy and Amber Viera also won the High Low hunter!

Cha Ching HPF and Fiona Fitzgerald were reserve champion in both the Limit Eq and the younger Children’s Hunters!

Best In Blue and Lori Donfrancesco won a Low Adult Hunter class on their way to reserve champion! The pair was also 7th on the 2’6 Derby!

Tibri’s Graceland and Reagan Blake were reserve champion in the Saratoga Hunters with a pair of seconds over fences! The team was also 2nd in the NHS!

Contaro and Kara Horvath won all of their classes in the outreach 2’3 hunters and equitation!

Haribo Blue and Paige Nyren won an Adult Hunter class the pair was also second in the classic with an 83 and 85!

Must De Lison and Morgan McCarthy won the THIS medal and rode to 5th in the Maclay!

In Favor and Keira Fitzgerald picked up great ribbons in the Limit Eq and Children’s hunters including 2nd and 3rd over fences!

Dark Devil 24 and Ashlee Thompson were 2nd and 3rd in the older Children’s Hunters and 3rd in the classic!

Sensational and Maddie Huson had some great trips in the Novice Eq and Low Children’s Hunters including 2nd and 3rd over fences! The pair was also 10th in the 2’6 Derby!

07/30/2023

Head Of The Bay was a success!

Notorious SS and Amber Viera topped the field of the $2,500 Open Derby with scores of 86 and 88! Biggie and Kara had great trips in the Children’s Hunters as well!

Best In Blue and Lori Donfrancesco had a clean sweep of the HOTB Eq earning champion!

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were Champion in the Children’s Hunters winning the hack and two over fences classes! The pair was also 5th in the Child/ Adult derby out of 40!

VDL White Chocolate and Morgan McCarthy won the THIS with an 85 and was second in both the 15-17 Eq and NHS!

Sensational and Maddie Huson won the MHJ mini medal qualifying for the final! The pair was also Reserve Champion in the Children’s Eq out of 17 and won a Low Children’s Hunter class!

Coolio and Daniela Donfrancesco were 3rd her first time doing .85 jumpers out of a big group! The pair was also 9th in the Child/ Adult derby!

Dark Devil 24 and Ashlee Thompson were 9th in the JR/AM Derby out of 27! The pair also qualified for MHJ finals!

07/18/2023

Vermont Summer Festival 2023 🏔️💚🩶

07/16/2023

Hillside had an amazing time at Vermont Summer Festival week two!

Atticus Finch and April Cartmell were champion in the younger children’s hunters their first time in the 3’! The pair also won the combined classic with an 82 and 83! Scout and Amber Viera were also 7th in the $5,000 USHJA National Derby!

Haribo Blue and Paige Nyren were reserve in the adult hunters and also won the classic with an 83 and 82!

Sensational was piloted by Amber Viera and Maddie Huson to reserve in the USHJA 2’6 hunters. Maddie also picked up a 2nd in the low children’s hunters out of a large group!

Le Cequilo and Amber Viera were 3rd in the $5,000 Welcome!

Dark Devil 24 and Ashlee Thompson won the NEHC qualifying them for finals! The pair also picked up ribbons in the junior hunters!

Best in Bleu and Lori Donfrancesco were reserve in the USHJA 2’ hunters winning an over fences class!

Notorious SS and Kara Horvath won a class in the younger children’s hunters and were 6th in the combined classic! Biggie and Amber Viera picked up a 1st and 2nd in the 3’3 Performance hunters and a 6th in the $5,000 USHJA National Derby!

Coolio and Daniela Donfrancesco picked up top ribbons in the low children’s hunters and ended their week of with a 7th place finish in the $750 Bit O’ Straw Derby!

Tibri’s Graceland and Reagan Blake were 2nd in the Mini Medal and 6th in the junior hunter classic!

Cool Autumn Mist and Courtney Prendergast were champion in the .65 jumpers winning two classes!

07/03/2023

Wishing the biggest congratulations to Samantha McCarthy and MTM All In on their 8th place overall in the 3’3 olders at Junior Hunter Finals in Traverse City!! 🤎🎉

07/02/2023

Tibri’s Graceland being a star today at Glen Farm ⭐️ qualifying Reagan Blake for her first New England Finals! Awesome job! 💜🦄

06/26/2023

Good Luck Samantha McCathy and MTM All In this week at Junior Hunter Finals! We will be cheering you on from home! 💚
Thank you so much Brawley Farms for all your help with Sam & Teddy!