Across Town Farm

08/18/2026

The early bird gets the views Nick Stewart 🌅🐴

08/12/2026

Available end of September!
Winning Low Child/Adult Schoolmaster Lease

"Konan Z" - 2009 16.2H Warmblood Gelding. Fondly known as "Cozy" around the barn, Konan is ready to teach his next child or adult the ropes at the 2'6. Take advantage of this guy's years of experience and mileage at all of the major venues on the East Coast, Indoors and Medal Finals. Let him use his expertise to teach your novice rider in the Short/Long Stirrup or Low/Child Adult ring. Quiet, very straightforward, simple program and maintenance.

Can be tried in Camden until the end of September before returning home to the Triangle.

PM for more information!

08/07/2026

We have a couple of great ones available to fantastic homes!

1. 17 y/o Irish Sport Horse gelding. Tons of mileage in the 1.0 Amateur Jumpers including Champion HITS Ocala, Circuit Champion Aiken Spring Classic. Also does the hunter job! Recently show leased to do the Adult Equitation at NCHJA Annual and Children's Hunters at Blowing Rock. Fantastic "poor man's" equitation horse that will double duty in the hunters or derby ring. Normal maintenance and prep. Easy to live with. Not for a total beginner. Lower 5 figure lease.

2. 14 year old Westphalian gelding. Proven small junior with ribbons at Junior Hunter Finals 2025. We have had this one on short term lease and loved him! Honest, quiet, with a great lead change. Wonderful practice horse type to help step a kid up from the 2'6+. Has taken riders from the Low-Childrens to the 3'3 Juniors. Creative lease terms, possible lease to own. Mid 5 annual lease.

08/03/2026

Blowing Rock 2026 in the books! This show is always our favorite way to wrap up summer as we look to a busy fall show season 🐴

⭐️ Crafted and Penny Bradley were Reserve Champion in the Younger Children’s with an impressive 86 and 87 over the jumps for 🥇and 🥈. We are so proud of this pair having just stepped up to the 3’ in May!

⭐️ Gayfield’s Way Too Cool and Zella Williamson were Reserve Champion in the Short Stirrup with their third tri-color in a row. These two are really figuring each other out and we are excited to watch them step up to the Children’s Ponies this fall.

⭐️ KS Redding and Ashley Simon finished with the Reserve Champion of the 1.0 Junior Amateur Jumpers at their first horse show together! We are excited to watch them step up to the 1.10 together this fall.

⭐️ Liberty and Nick Stewart jumped a beautiful clean round to take 3rd in the LP Tate Jumper Classic.

⭐️ Cesandro and Allie Robards had good ribbons in the Younger Children’s and a 4th in the combined classic out of 20.

⭐️ My Wingman and Lauren Trembath had ribbons in the Older Children’s, 🥈 in the NCHJA Junior Medal and a 5th in a competitive THIS Medal.

⭐️ Commander and Anja Norcross had great ribbons in the Younger Adults finishing the week with 5th and 7th as well as a 4th place in the Classic out of 19.

⭐️ Oneder Boy and Lily Schmitt were 2nd and 6th in the 1.10 Junior Amateurs and 4th in the Classic.

⭐️ Lilly Williamson and Camexico had solid trips in a huge Low Adult division, just out of the ribbons in great company. “Taco” also took Sutton Stewart around the Wheeler Ring for a blue ribbon finish in the leadline.

Thank you to all of our clients and families who make this show so fun each year, rain or shine! It’s always so special to spend a week on the mountain.

07/30/2026

Beautiful Wednesday at BRCHS!

07/21/2026

Allie Robards picked up the rides on Imperial Jaguar and HSH Juniper this week for Will-O-Moor Sporthorses.

Imperial Jaguar stepped into the equitation for his first time with Allie and marched around the 3’ and 3’3.

HSH Juniper and Allie won a trip out of 16 in the Foothills.

Both of these horses are available for sale with Cole Horn in Aiken.

07/20/2026

Tryon Summer 6
Hot but fun week with a great crew!

⚔️ Conquest and Nick Stewart had great ribbons in the 3’6 Greens and were🥉in the National Derby on the grass!

🐻 Cesandro and Allie Robards were 9th in the Jr/Am National Derby, Champion in the Younger Children’s and 2nd in the Classic.

🧊 Gayfield’s Playing It Cool and Allie Robards were Champion in the 2’3 USHJA and then Zella Williamson took over the ride for the Reserve Champion in the Short Stirrup.

⚡️ Legendary A&S Z and Nick Stewart were Reserve Champion in the 2’9 USHJA and then owner, Rachel Smith took over the ride with a 6th, 8th and 3rd out of 24 in a huge group.

🌮 Camexico and Lilly Williamson took the🥇 in a Low Adult Hunter trip on Saturday with other good ribbons out of 24.

🎶 Duette and Katie Preuss won the Low Adult Medal

🎨 Crafted and Penny Bradley had some top ribbons in the 12-14 and Younger Children’s with a 🥈over the jumps and in the under saddle.

🇺🇸 Liberty and Gwen Valvano posted two fault free rounds in the 1.10 Amateur Zone Championship for Zone 3, finishing 5th in the first round of individual competition and on the 4th place team.

💰 High Roller and Ashley Simon jumped their first National Derby on the grass and were just out of the ribbons.

Next stop 💨 🪨!

07/06/2026

Spot on!

When I was younger, my mentor Judy Richter used to say to me: We mistake quantity for quality, Andre Dignelli writes. At the time, I didn’t understand what she meant by that. I heard it, but I didn’t really absorb it. It was not until later in my career when I really understood what she was trying to say.

At Heritage, my team sits down at the end of the year/beginning of a new show year with each of our students and their families, where we’re saying, ‘Where do want to be a year from now?’ You have to have goals, some long-term and some short-term, and you have to create a show schedule that allows you to successfully—or what you hope is successfully—achieve those goals. You’re picking out shows that either have an atmosphere or a venue of some similarity to the championship event you’re trying to go; are close to home; or offer classes that you think you may need—or a combination of these factors. At the start of the year, that’s what we are doing at Heritage. We try to create a roadmap for each and every customer that will allow them to feel like they can reach these goals—or exceed them. We’re not showing just to show.

Because what I’ve found is that we’ve become a little bit of a society where when we’re not showing, we’re not practicing. When you’re not showing, it is not the moment to disappear or to take your foot off the gas. If I go to big event, and I don’t receive the results I was looking for, I come home and have to reassess: Do I have the right horses? Is this the right program? Am I teaching the tools that are needed to get the results? I take a look at myself and say, ‘That didn’t go the way I wanted.’ I hate that feeling, and I immediately think about what I can do to make that change.

That’s sort of the overachiever in me and the underdog mentality that is still ingrained in my own mind. It’s that fear of failing. I was that kid that didn’t want to go to school without doing my homework, and today I don’t want to go to a show without doing my homework. The kids I most admire are the kids that are telling their parents, ‘I don’t want to go on vacation. I don’t want to miss a day of riding.’ I don’t want to go to an event unprepared, and I love hearing that in Division 1 athletics, if you don’t go to practice, you don’t play. That’s the mindset we should be instilling.

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2022/07/19/ask-andre-are-we-showing-too-much-and-practicing-too-little/
📸 © Kind Media

05/19/2026

Congratulations to Annie Schroder on her lease of "Konan Z!" and thank you to Trainer, Cali Bowman for pairing these two!

Annie and Konan already kicked off their partnership with some ribbons in big company over the weekend in Tryon. 🏆

Thank you to the Bartee Family for allowing us to find Konan his next kid and to Sonja Boorman at Timberwagon Farm for always providing the cushiest landing for lease horses in between jobs and for helping to facilitate his next adventure!

05/19/2026

🌼 🐝 Triangle Sandhills Spring Classic 🌺 🐞

⚔️ Conquest - Champion 3’6 Green Hunter with Nick and top ribbons in the 3’3 Junior Hunters with an 85 in the Classic Round for 3rd overall and a 🥇on Sunday in the first trip with Jessica Stamatakis.

🪽 My Wingman - Ribbons in the 3’3 Junior Hunters, 4th in a competitive THIS and🥇 in the USHJA 3’3 Hunt Seat Medal, qualifying Lauren Trembath for the finals this fall!

🎨 Crafted - Reserve Champion in the Younger Children’s with Penny Bradley at her first show in the 3’ with great trips over fences and a hack win on Saturday!

🧊 Gayfield’s Playing It Cool - Clean sweep of the Short Stirrup Hunter over fences for Champion with Zella Williamson and Reserve Champion in the 2’3 USHJA with Sophie Ray.

🐻 Cesandro - 🥇 and 🥈 in the 12-14 Equitation with Allie Robards and good ribbons in the Younger Children’s with an 80/82 for 3rd in the Classic.

🧇 Wrozbita - Clean sweep of the 1.0 Junior Jumpers with Julia Stamatakis and a win in the Classic for Champion.

🎶 Duette - Champion in the 2’ USHJA Hunter with Katie Preuss at Katie’s first show back after a 10 year hiatus 💪🏼

🤎 HLT Clintekko - Reserve Champion 36+ Adult Hunter with Susy Shearer

⚡️Legendary A&S Z - Reserve Champion Baby Green with the combined efforts of Nick Stewart and Rachel Smith and top ribbons in a huge Low Adult division with Rachel.

🦈 Jaspar - Champion 1.10 Amateurs and 🥈 in the 1.20 Classic with Ellen Allred.

🍿 HLT Top Of The Pops - Top ribbons in the Small/Medium Children’s ponies with Annie Shearer in a huge group.

🌮 Camexico - Ribbons in a huge Low Adult division with Lilly Williamson and 8th in a very competitive 2’6 Derby.

👑Briar Rose - 🥇 in the Walk Trot on Saturday with Brooke Stoekel and took Brooke around her first Walk Trot Canter class!

🌌 Orion’s Star - Debuted at his first rated show and ticketed amongst the chaos and crowded schooling areas like a star with his junior rider/owner Claire Stoekel.