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Opening Bell Farms

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Opening Bell Farms

Full service Hunter/Jumper barn run by Jordan Lubow and Abby Strohmeyer

07/23/2024

Katie Giddings pilots Jordan Lubow’s Alchemist Z to 🥉 in the WEC 2’6 Non Pro Derby. Congrats Katie & Tommy 🍅

07/23/2024

Payton Ryan Grant and her Corleona put in another consistent week at WEC placing 🥈🥈🥉4th 4th in the 3’3 Small Jrs 16-17. Can’t get enough of how cute this pair always looks 🥰

07/19/2024

Emerald Silver & Jordan Lubow win the 3’ Green Incentive during WEC VI with an 86 along with 🥇🥉🥉4th in the 3’ Greens. He stayed consistent for derby day with an 85 & 86 to place 7th overall. One more show left before KY!

07/17/2024

Storm Cat & Jordan Lubow kick off WEC VI with a 🥇&🥈 over fences and a 🥇 in the flat in the 3’3 Young Hunters! Bentley is proudly offered for sale please PM for more info!

07/14/2024

Sara Fennessy and MTM Opening Bell are on 🔥

The pair finished Reserve Champion in the Long Stirrup - marking their fourth straight tricolor together in all three of their horseshows. We are so proud of you two!

07/14/2024

CORRECTION! Payton Ryan Grant and Corleona were CHAMPION at WEC V in the 3’3 Small Jrs 16-17!! This is their first championship together and we couldn’t be more excited. Pay we are so proud of you and Cali you have been working so hard toward this.

A special thank you to Jim Hagman for taking the time in Traverse to work with Pay & Cali to help them put all the pieces together. We are appreciative of you!

07/07/2024

Katie Giddings and Quintessa WSS were Champion 🏆 in the Adults 18-35 during WEC Summer IV! The pair stayed consistent all week with scores in the 80s. They also placed 🥉 in the combined Ch/Adult Classic. So proud of you Katie and thank you to Nicole Lean for letting us showcase this amazing mare for sale. Please PM for more info!

07/06/2024

Katie Giddings piloted Quintessa WSS to 🥇&🥈 over fences and 🥈 undersaddle in the Adults 18-35 today! Great job Katie 🌟

07/06/2024

Kim Tobias and her two mounts had a fabulous WEC IV! Elle Woods was 2nd & 5th in the .85 Jr/Am and Ferris Bueller took a 5th in 1.0 Amateur. Great job Kim!

07/05/2024

Katie Giddings piloted Nicole Lean’s Quintessa WSS to 5th the in the Jr/Am National Derby today at WEC! So proud of you Katie. Tessa is proudly offered for sale or lease, please PM!

07/04/2024

Jennifer Rhodes’ Boston & Abby Strohmeyer took the Reserve Championship in the USHJA 2’9 with a 🥇🥈🥈🥈 over fences and a 🥉 undersaddle! Boston is offered for sale and available for trials - please PM for more info!

07/01/2024

Congratulations to our sales graduate Financier & Jole Kosloske for taking the Reserve Championship in the Large Jr 3’3 16-17 at JHF! Watching your partnership progress over the last couple of years has been wonderful, and seeing it culminate with such an amazing accomplishment makes us so happy! We wish you and Obie all the continued success ♥️

06/30/2024

We would like@to congratulate Payton Ryan Grant and Corleona on a great JHF! Payton guided her young horse Cali around so confidently and gave her a great first championship experience. The pair took home 4th in the u/s and 17th overall out of 42 horses and two difficult courses. We are so proud of you Payton!!

06/30/2024

For the second show in a row Sara Fennessy & MTM Opening Bell make their mark at WEC! The pair took the Reserve Championship as well as the Classic win in the Long Stirrup. We are so proud of you Sara!

06/29/2024

Payton & Cali placed 4th in the undersaddle to sit them 12th overall out of 42 older 3’3 smalls heading into the handy tomorrow. We are so proud of you Pay!! Good luck tomorrow ✨

06/29/2024

Kim Tobias earns her first tricolor with new mount Elle Woods in the .85 open! The pair took the win in the final class to earn them the division Championship! Congrats Kim 🥳

06/28/2024

Payton Ryan Grant & Corleona had a fantastic classic round in the Small Jr 3’3 16-17 standing 16th out of 42. Great job Pay & Cali!

06/27/2024

Congratulations to sales graduate Financier and his owner Jole Kosloske on their win today in the Large Jr 3’3 16-17! We are so proud of you guys 🥇🌟

06/27/2024

Kim Tobias and her super girl Elle Woods flew to a speedy 🥈 in the .85 jr/am today!

06/25/2024

Hot off the press! Millie Strohmeyer is checking out the latest issue of SmartPak featuring Affogato Z & Valerie Kalderon on the cover 🤩

06/24/2024

Emerald Silver & Jordan Lubow closed out their time in Traverse City on a high note placing third in the National Derby with scores of 91 & 89.5! We are so thrilled with Silvio’s progress over these last two weeks and would like to say a very big thank you to Jacob Pope for taking time out of your packed schedule to work with Jordan & Silvio. And to add a cherry on top of a fantastic two weeks Silvio helped Jordan win the WCHR Developing Pro High Score Award for their win in the 3’ Greens with an 88 - for the second time this year! We are just over the moon with our boy.

06/23/2024

Payton Ryan Grant & Corleona pick up a 3rd & 5th in a huge group of 45 in the 3’3 Small Jrs 16-17! We are ready for JHF next week ✨ We would like to thank Jim Hagman for working with Payton and Cali this week - your expertise is greatly appreciated!

06/20/2024

Silvio’s winning round 3’ Greens with a score of 88

06/19/2024

Silvio starts WCHR Spring III on a high note with a 🥇 & 4th over fences with an 88 and 86!

06/17/2024

Sara and Brave just keep on winning! Day two they picked up a 🥇&🥉 over fences to secure their Championship in the division, and added an 85 classic score to their previous 81 for the overall win! We can’t believe this is their first show together, let alone her first show in 12 years! Double division champions, classic win, and a total of five over fences wins. What a debut 🌟

06/17/2024

Silvio & Jordan place 6th in the National Derby today with two beautiful and consistent trips in the 80s during a big wind storm! So proud of our young stallion for keeping his cool with the insane weather. Thank you to Jacob Pope for all your help on the ground this week!

06/15/2024

Sara Powell-Fennessy had an amazing day full of firsts!

first show with Opening Bell Farm
first show with MTM Opening Bell
first show back in over 12 years
first in all FOUR of her classes today, including Champion Long Stirrup Equitation.

Sara we are so proud of you and Brave! We love having you in our barn family and look forward to all your future success 🌟

06/14/2024

Ever After makes her jumper debut in the .65 with Abby Strohmeyer in the irons jumping multiple clear rounds this week! We are so excited to work with this special girl and want to thank Sara and her mom Karen for trusting in our program that specializes in young horse development.

Address

13885 US Highway 27
Ocala, FL
34482

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+16466426003

Website

https://www.openingbellfarms.com/

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Videos

Katie Giddings & Quintessa WSS

Financier & Jole Kosloske

Congratulations to sales graduate Financier and his owner Jole Kosloske on their win today in the Large Jr 3’3 16-17! We are so proud of you guys 🥇🌟

Emerald Silver 88 🥇 3’ Greens

Silvio’s winning round 3’ Greens with a score of 88

Wisely loves his hack on the track days! We are so lucky that in addition to our ebb & flow arena and two derby fields that we have this amazing track to ride on - the horses love it!

Wisely High Performance Handy @ WEF

Wisely ~ 🥉 High Performance Handy score of 86

Emerald Silver winning round @ WEF 3’ Green Stake

Silvio’s round with a score of 88 that won him Sec B of the 3’ Green Stake today. 🥇💖

See you soon WEF!

OB is coming to WEF for WCHR hunter week with these three talented horses! We can’t wait!

The stunning Mayo West, captured by the brilliant Stephanie Challis 💕

Silvio’s winning trip from the 3’ Greens this week 🥇💙

Emerald Silver

Our young stallion Emerald Silver & Jordan Lubow ticketing at WEC! We are SO excited for this special one 💕

Emerald Silver

What an incredibly special stallion we have at Opening Bell Farms! I am very excited for the 2024 show season with him, and we are also offering frozen on him. Please contact us for more breeding information!

Officially welcoming Emerald Silver to 🇺🇸 Emerald Silver 2018 16.2h Stallion Emerald van’t Ruytershof X Quidam’s Rubin AES Approved / Hungarian Studbook Thank you Equijet for getting him here safely! Silvio is settling into Calder Farms for the next 30 days but we are looking forward to when he gets to come home to Opening Bell. We have started an official instagram account dedicated to Silvio ▶️ @emerald_silver_stallion

Are you looking for the perfect place to stay in Ocala during Winter Series? Our secluded AirBNB sleeps 14 and is conveniently located 2 minutes from HITS and 10 minutes to WEC. Weekly and monthly discounts available. January is already sold out! Available through AirBNB https://www.airbnb.com/h/openingbellfarms

Thank you so much to Randy Sherman for making the trek to Hungary to ride our 5 year old approved stallion Emerald Silver (Emerald Van ‘T Ruytershof x Quidam’s Rubin). We are so excited for this guy’s future…possibly in the hunter ring 😏 Thank you to Ferenc Badár & Istvan Matte for developing Silvio so beautifully.