Foxrock Stables

06/04/2024

Fair Harbor and Big Dave with Missy and Camille performed in huge classes at the Upperville Jump for Fun Show and the rest of the team cleaned up at the Blue Ridge Hunt show this past weekend. Well done everybody!

05/23/2024

Some pictures from the show at Sandstone Farm. We had Samantha and Maximus, Nora and Blowing Rock, Chloe and Go Get the Green, Emme rode Gatto Enjoy Dagift and All For Us, Camille on Big Dave and Twenty Years On, and Missy rode Fair Harbor. The results include champion and reserve champion in Hunter Hack and Horse Pleasure. Champion and reserve in Thoroughbreds, (Leesburg Storm and All for Us), champion in Green Hunters and Adult hunters (Big Dave). Nora got 3rd in equitation and 3rds and 4ths in the Benefit hunter and limit hunter at her first show. Thanks to the Sandstone Farm crew for another great show with many entries in all the divisions. Well done everybody!

05/13/2024

Back to Berryville for the Mother's Day show and our thoroughbreds were the stars of the day. Twenty Years On was champion in the Adult hunters and Green Hunters and High Point TIP award winner. Leesburg Storm was champion in the Thoroughbred division, All for Us reserve Champion in the Thoroughbred division. And Big Dave making his transition from racing to his summer job as a show horse in the Adults, Greens and Thoroughbred divisions. The one pony we brought got good results in the Jackpot, Low Hunter and pony pleasure divisions. Good job Zoe and well done everybody!

05/07/2024

Great results from two recent rainy shows: Berryville and Redgate. Some first timers: Emme riding Gift at his first show; Chloe's first show on Greenie and moving up to the Thoroughbred and Children's Hunter Divisions. Missy on Bailey moving up to the Greens, Thoroughbreds and Adult Hunter Divisions. Some newcomers continuing their recently started show careers: Samantha on Maximus and our own Twenty in the Greens, Thoroughbreds and Adult hunters. At Redgate we had three riders, each one a champion in their divisions including four TIP awards (Thoroughbred Incentive Program). Well done Natalie, Samantha and Zoe. Hard work and practice at home pays off at the shows!

04/16/2024

A wonderful day at the Sandstone Farm hunter show on Sunday. Many firsts: first horse show for Zoe riding Molly in the Benefit Hunter, Pony Pleasure and Limit rider. First horse show for Samantha's new horse Maximus with wins in the Benefit Hunter, Pleasure Horse and Hunter Hack; first show for Twenty years On in the Thoroughbreds, Green Hunter and Adult hunters with Camille, and great rides in the Lead line division from Leslie riding Margo. Well done everybody!

04/11/2024

Two weeks of Summer Camp this year; June 24th to 28th and July 15th to 19th. Sign up online. Camp is filling up!

11/28/2023

11/28/2023

The Mares paddock has a pond after the recent rains, and they are not letting it go to waste. Bluebell was a little fresh after her swim!

11/27/2023

Emme and Chloe have moved up from ponies to horses after a very successful 2023 show season. Shown here with Charm and Gift, two Thoroughbreds getting ready to start their show careers.

11/18/2023

Apologies for being a little late with our end of week post! We could not be more proud of how our team finished out the weekend! Everyone rode their best, all the horses and ponies behaved their best, and at the end of the day everyone had fun!! We would also like to say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who made the week possible, the parents, partners and family members who support us day in and day out in this roller coaster sport, and the team at home who minded the horses in our absence. We could not have done it without all of you! 🏆💗🦄
A quick update on results over the weekend

Green Pony Hunters -
The Sun King & Chloe Stringfellow 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th

Small/ Medium Pony Equitation -
The Sun King & Chloe Stringfellow 8th

Adult Hunters -
Leesburg Storm and Natalie Bettencourt 2nd, 5th

11/11/2023

A quick update as we get ready to start day three of competition! We are so incredibly proud of how well everyone has competed up to this point! Especially given that most of our team are either on green horses or new to showing themselves!! Please see below for our results this far! There’s certainly more to come as we head into the weekend!

Natalie Bettencourt 6th & 4th
All for Us and Beth deStanley 8th

Working Hunters - Leesburg Storm & Natalie Bettencourt 1st undersaddle 🥇

Pony pleasure -
Walnut Creek Holy Smoke & Emme Reddan 8th
The Sun King & Chloe Stringfellow two 8ths

Adult pleasure -
Big Dave & Camille deStanley 7th & 8th

Eq on the flat -
Walnut Creek Holy Smoke & Emme Reddan 6th

Special Hunters -

Walnut Creek Holy Smoke & Emme Reddan 1st , 3rd and division champion 🏆

Big Dave 7th

We’d also like to give a massive shoutout to Fair Harbor and Missy Green who competed in the Adult Pleasure & Special Hunters! It is the pairs first year competing in general, let alone on such a large stage! We’re thrilled with their performance and so proud of how beautifully they’ve come along!!

11/08/2023

It’s that time of year again!! The team is fully moved into VHSA Associate Finals in at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia. Keep an eye on our social media during the week for updates as we go!

10/17/2023

Congratulations to Samantha on her new guy! She's working on a name.

10/17/2023

Season finale shows at Warrenton and Sandstone. Well done everybody.

10/04/2023

It was the ‘trip of a lifetime’ say TGSF program participants

They learned a lot, laughed a lot and rode a lot.

And it rained a lot.

But they wouldn’t trade it for the world.

This according to the participants in a Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase Foundation training trip to Ireland, recently returned from a week of immersive study on the Irish steeplechase circuit.

However much they disliked the constant drizzle-to-downpours, Camille deStanley, Scarlet Davies and Sophie O’Brien say they loved everything else about the opportunity, and all of them say they plan to pay it forward to the American jump circuit. (Sophie, Scarlet and Camille pictured with jockey Sean Flanagan at the Galway Festival)

They were selected for an all-expenses paid training trip to Ireland, the culmination of a competitive application process that included an essay and references from U.S. industry insiders.

The three young riders traveled to Ireland with U.S. circuit rep and trip facilitator Regina Welsh for the July 22-Aug. 1 trip, a week of hands-on learning from the sport’s top trainers and riders.

The training trips started in 2014, sponsored by the TGSF and supported by the NSA and hosts Sam Slater and wife Lornie Forbes. Welsh says that by exposing young American horsemen and women to “the way it’s done” in the birthplace of the sport, the domestic circuit benefits from a world of enrichment.

In short, it's a cool opportunity, and one that’s worked well, Welsh adds.

Former TGSF president Sam Slater and his wife, Lornie Forbes, hosted the group at their Cahervillahow estate in County Tipperary for most of their stay, the first day spent at Charles Noell’s Artbraccan House. “Everything was so wonderful,” Davies says.

“We did so many amazing things on this trip. I can't thank the TGSF enough for making it all possible,” adds deStanley. “Each morning we went to a different trainer's yard and rode sets. Every trainer did something a little different;" while there were lots of similarities to American training and racing, there were plenty of differences.

Full story, by Betsy Burke Parker, is in your inbox!

10/03/2023

Some pictures from the Redgate farm season finale show. Well done everybody.

07/28/2023

Camille and the other young riders are having a great week! Pictured here with last years American Grand National and steeplechase Eclipse award winner Hewick at Shark Hanlon’s yard in Co. Carlow!

says good morning with the Developing Rider Trip who are starting out at John Hanlon's yard

07/18/2023

Some of the geldings enjoying a relatively cool afternoon.
It takes a lot of work and care to keep the horses happy and looking so well. Many thanks to our great team which includes the barn help, groomers, exercise riders, groundskeepers and volunteers. It's a team effort!

07/17/2023

A small team on a very hot day for the Berryville horseshow on Saturday but well worth the trip. Missy and Fair Harbor put in a great performance in the horse pleasure, low hunters and equitation classes in only their second show together! Minerva Doubleplay got 2nd and 3rd, also in the low hunters. Well done everybody!

07/13/2023

Ponies Thoroughbreds and barn cats.

06/20/2023

Some pictures of the ponies getting the job done at the Loudoun Benefit Horse Show last week. Blowing Rock and Camille in the jumpers, The Sun King ridden by Chloe and Walnut Creek Moon Glo ridden by Ellie in the children's hunter ponies. Well done everybody!

06/13/2023

There's still time and we still have a few slots open for our Summer Camp. Book Now before it's too late!

06/06/2023

Tuesdays are what we like to call thoroughbred day at the 170th Upperville C**t & Horse Show! This afternoon thoroughbreds will take over the Park Ring/ Main Hunter ring at Upperville and we would like to wish a very special GOOD LUCK to our own Natalie Bettencourt and Leesburg Storm as they show in five of the classes!
There’s nothing we at Foxrock Stables love the way we love a good thoroughbred! Whether they’re unraced or starting a new career in the show ring! Here are a few pictures of some of our favorites! 🦄🥂🏇
(Ps! If you know a thoroughbred you’d like to see take to the show ring, give us a shout!)

06/05/2023

We had a great weekend at shows. First was the 130th Blue Ridge Hunt horse show. Fair Harbor and Missy were Champion in the Hunter Hack and top three ribbons in horse pleasure, well done Fair Harbor at her fist show and rider Missy. Champion Adult hunters and Thoroughbred hunters, well done Leesburg Storm and Natalie. Champion Green hunter, Well done Quin deRevel and Charlie, Reserve Champion Adult hunters, All for Us and Liam. Also Minerva Doubleplay at her 2nd show put in lovely rounds in the Benefit Hunter.
On Sunday we went to the Upperville Jump for Fun show. Walnut Creek Moonglo and Ellie were 1st and 2nd in the low hunters. The Sun KIng and Chloe picked up 8th place in the same division. Go Get the Green and Samantha had nice rounds and a good effort. Blowing Rock and Camille did the .70-.75m jumpers and got a blue ribbon for her first round. Awesome job everyone. We are very proud of all our riders and horses. As we always say, hard work at home pays off at the shows. Well done everybody!

Now on to the Upperville show this week and Loudoun Benefit next week.

05/31/2023

Two updates: 1. Preselli Rock started his new job with us this week. Another big guy! He's fitting in well and gets along with his pasture mates, Big Dave, All For Us, Taggert and Gift. 2. Blowing Rock (Greg) started his summer job as a showjumper at the weekend. He went in six classes, won two and was 2nd in four. He was Champion in the Novice Adults and reserve in the Open novice. Well done Camille and Greg!

05/22/2023

Eight riders from Foxrock Stables at the Sandstone Farm hunter show yesterday. We took ribbons in the Benefit, Pleasure horse, pleasure pony, Limit rider, Pony hunter, Thoroughbred, Green and Adults. Also a special shout for Big Dave who raced in the Virginia point to points this spring, most recently at Middleburg Hunt point to point three weeks ago! Big Dave started his summer job as a show horse and seemed very pleased with himself and his performance. Well done everybody!

05/14/2023

We had a very good day at the Clarke County showgrounds yesterday. Chloe and the Sun King won the Pony Equitation and were champions in the green Pony Hunter. Samantha and Go Get the Green were champions in the Pleasure Horse division and got great ribbons the the Low Hunter. Natalie and Leesburg Storm were champions in the Thoroughbred Hunter and Reserve Champion in the Adult hunters. All for Us was champion in the Green Hunters and put in good performances in the Thoroughbred and Adult hunters as well. Hard work at home pays off at the shows. Well done everybody! This was also his first show for Gattoenjoydagift "Gift." (shown on the left in the picture) He stood like a champ on the trailer for a long time, then checked out the surroundings and goings on, ate some grass and clover and went home. A good day for Gift!

04/04/2023

A chilly start to the day at the Redgate Farm show on Sunday. A rewarding day though with good ribbons in low hunters, the horse and pony pleasure divisions, limit hunter, thoroughbred hunter, green hunter, children's hunter and adult hunter. A couple of champion and reserve champion prizes in the mix too. Well done everybody!

03/30/2023

It’s recently been brought to our attention that we may have some musical prodigies on our hands. Or at least a fantastic album cover...

03/28/2023

We are happy to help the Bridgewater College Equestrian Team with their fundraiser this Spring. Little Caesar's Pizza delivered to you and the Team gets some help to pay for their team expenses. Click here if you want to help too.
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