Hay Fever Farm LLC

10/19/2024

Stephanie Dixon and Valenzia are off to a great start in Harrisburg. They finished 4th in the 1.30 Junior/Amatuer division with a beautiful double clear round. The pair went second in the order out of 15 or so and held on to a podium position until the very last horse snuck in by a fraction of a second. Looking forward to the rest of the weekend for this team.

10/19/2024

Congrats to Eva Montemayor on a 🥈finish in her first 1.20 class at the Club Hípico San Pedro with her new horse.

07/23/2024

Hay Fever Farm is proudly offering for sale Maiky Van De Falieberg. Grey, 7yo, KWPN gelding. Absolutely adorable horse - small package with a huge step and an amazing jump. Suited for any ring you may prefer, but we have loved watching him thrive with his +50 adult amatuer owner in the hunters and derbies this year. Priced in the higher of fives. Please PM for more details. Located in NJ and currently showing in the area.

07/23/2024

Hay Fever Farm is proudly offering for sale Maiky Van De Falieberg. Grey, 7yo, KWPN gelding. Absolutely adorable horse - small package with a huge step and an amazing jump. Suited for any ring you may prefer, but we have loved watching him thrive with his +50 adult amatuer owner in the hunters and derbies this year. Priced in the higher of fives. Please PM for more details. Located in NJ and currently showing in the area.

02/08/2024

As we kick off showing at HITS Ocala Winter Week 4 today, let's take a moment to recap the first three weeks for Team Hay Fever Farm.

WEEK 1: Eva Montemayor showed two of her horses, moving up through the divisions, finishing strong, and sweeping the Junior Jumper .90s with Nahar as division Champion, and Beau as Reserve Champion. Eva was also 2nd in the Junior .90 Classic with Nahar and 4th with Beau.

WEEK 2: Eva Montemayor found continued success week 2, as we welcomed her third horse Cenizo LS to the show ring. In the Junior Jumper .90 division, Beau and Nahar each earned top ribbons while Cenizo LS finished the week as Reserve Champion. Eva and Nahar also moved up and found themselves Champion in the Junior Jumper 1.0 division. All 3 horses placed in the ribbons in the Junior .90 classic - Beau 2nd, Nahar 4th, and Cenizo LS 10th.

WEEK 3: We welcomed Lindsay Shapiro Skrmetta and Valero back to Team Hay Fever Farm to kick off their winter show season. Valero finished the week as Champion in the Amateur Jumper 1.0 division and was 4th in the Amateur 1.05 Classic Sunday.

Eva Montemayor dominated the Junior .90 division week 3. She was Champion with Nahar, with Beau and Cenizo LS tied for Reserve Champion. Eva and Nahar also clinched the win as the last pair to go in the .90 classic on Sunday. Cenizo LS was 4th and Beau finished 9th.

12/17/2023

I am very late to the national horse day. But these are the ones that pull my heart strings every day 🥰

12/01/2023

This is the best thing you can do to improve your seat.

11/23/2023

On this day we are extra thankful for all our boarders, clients, grooms, and horses! 🦃
Hay Fever would like to wish everyone a very happy, healthy Thanksgiving.

11/04/2023

In the book “Outliers” author Malcolm Gladwell suggests that in order to achieve total proficiency in an endeavor it will require 10,000 hours of practice.

Whether or not Gladwell’s assumptions are correct, if we analyze that assumption, here’s what it means in terms of actual time.

Let’s say that someone rides for one hour a day, 7 days a week, and never misses one single day of riding. In about 27 years the rider will have racked up nearly 10,000 hours.

If the rider rides 14 hours a week, again never missing a day, that time to get to 10,000 hours will have been cut in half, to about 13 and a half years.

But for the rider who can only manage to ride one hour a week, it will take 189 years. 2 hours a week, about 95 years, and so on.
The point being that it takes one hell of a lot of practice to become really really really good at riding a horse.

There are far more riders who think they have put in enough time and effort than those who have actually done so in order to meet the 10,000 hour standard.

Figure out how many hours a week of actual riding time you average. Then multiply that by 52 to get an idea of how many hours of riding you average in a year. Then divide that into 10,000 to see where it puts you on that difficult road to high proficiency.

Here’s an example---Say I ride about 9 hours a week, which is quite a bit of time in the saddle. That’s about 468 hours a year. I will hit 10,000 hours in about 21 years.

This can be viewed as either discouraging or as a challenge.

11/03/2023

Training available at HITS Ocala 2024 Winter Circuit Weeks 1-10. Contact Elisa Shapiro +1-516-817-4075 for details and stall availability

10/30/2023

Stalls are available for new boarders!! Come join the team, we have plenty of services to offer for horse and rider!!

Contact us for a tour and hear more about the great services available.
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10/23/2023

A big congratulations is in order for the Hay Fever Farm team! Sarah Ferguson Wood and her own Castello Z had a great outing at PA National Horse Show.
They finished 6th overall in a competitive group of horses and riders!!
Big thank you to trainers Elisa and Neal Shapiro and everyone involved!!

10/17/2023

Good luck to Hay Fever Farms very own Sarah Ferguson Wood and her Castello Z at The PA National Horse Show this week!! Sarah & Louie qualified and will be competing in the Low Amateur Jumper division.

10/09/2023

Check out some new sale horses on our website!!

All horses are currently available for a trial at Hay Fever Farm.
Contact Elisa Shapiro for more information.

Nadini was imported as a 3 yr. old and has been brought along very carefully in our program. This mare never takes a bad photo always jumps 10+, and tries her hardest every time she walks into the ring. Nadini has ridden both by Professionals and Amateurs . She is ready to be someones Superstar.

10/06/2023

Have a goal you want to achieve?
Come join a winning team and learn from the best in the industry!!

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10/03/2023

Let’s hear it for our Young Jumpers!!!
Our 4 young jumpers all rose the occasion this week Princeton Show Jumping young jumper finals!!
Nadini F owned by Elisa Shapiro, piloted by Deckie Egan in the Elite 5yr olds, placing 3rd overall.
Castello Z owned and ridden by Sarah Ferguson Wood in the Elite 6yr olds, had two beautiful rounds with just 1 rail in the entire competition.
Duc de Diamant owned by Grace Kavulich piloted by Eduard Tikot in the Corinthian 5 yr olds, placing 2nd overall.
Malibu owned by Juno Mayer Senft piloted by Eduard Tikot in the Corinthian 6 yr olds, placing 2nd overall!!

10/03/2023

Stalls Available!!
Offering services from full board to full service training.
Come join the Hayfever Farm family!

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09/22/2023

Don't Be Upset...

09/18/2023

09/08/2023

09/06/2023

Learn how to create sophisticated half halts that enhance your horse's movement.

08/19/2023

“There's no easy way out
(There's no easy way out)
There's no shortcut home
(There's no shortcut home)”

(Lyric from one of the Rocky movies)

Yes, a bad rider CAN buy success in the horse world. Someone can do so by purchasing a better horse, and until that person’s inept riding messes up the horse, winning will be relatively easy.

But to become a GOOD rider, a GOOD horseman or horsewoman, the song lyrics are true. You have to do the work, obtain the education, get fit, get strong, learn how to sit the gaits with or without stirrups and not flop like a wounded chicken, develop that elusive “feel,” learn your sport, get your emotions under control.

There’s no easy way out, no shortcut if your goal is to be more than OK. Mediocrity is easy. And for sure it’s possible to hide mediocrity behind talented horses, but you will have to keep swapping out for new horses as you keep making your good horses into scared and messed up horses.

In sports like boxing, track and field, soccer, skiing, many others, there is no way to hide behind another being like a horse. You can’t buy magic skis, magic tennis rackets, magic running shoes, But you CAN buy a magic horse.

Riding sports let otherwise average athletes appear elite---for a while---But the good riders will know the difference, and will do the hard work that it takes to turn OK into so much more.

Choices----

(Photo---4 elites---Kathy Kusner, Bill Steinkraus, Frank Chapot, Carol Hoffman)

07/23/2023

Neal and Uncle Max

Neal Shapiro won silver and bronze medals in show jumping at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He is also a two-time winner of the Grand Prix of Aachen.