Our HIGH POINT HORSE WEEK kiddos (and our helpers, who acted as the designers) had a blast this week with a Feed Bag Fashion Show!
Quadrille 2024
Della, Emily, Annie, and Alma created this quadrille pattern, chose and created their costumes, and put together their music during our Quadrille Horse Week 2024 ❤️
Reasons school breaks are the best…ponies get some field rides! Looking forward to our trail clearing day tomorrow afternoon, so the ponies and kiddos (and grown-ups!) have some trails to wander through too 😁
Trail clearing starts at 12:45pm tomorrow (Thursday 12/28) if anyone else wants to come join in the fun 😉
We had the privilege of hosting an AAHJA show at the Academy today, and had a pretty solid turnout! We ran a derby class for the first time ever as a benefit to our IEA rider scholarship fund and our IEA horse maintenance fund—everyone had such a good time, we think we should make it an annual event! Thank you so much to our generous sponsors, Countryside Veterinary Services, High Point Farm, and an anonymous donor ❤️
Countryside IEA Benefit Open Hunter Derby: 1st place: Ginger and Finnegan
3rd place: Olivia and Munchie
4th place: Harper and Cosette
5th place: Allie and Brew
6th place: Addison and Dutch
8th place: Mary and Winston
10th place: Melissa and Etro
Other highlights from the day:
🐴Gracelyn and Cody made good progress on their steering and trotting
🐴Ella showed for the first time ever! Nugget was perfect 😍
🐴Anna Perry and Cody were champion in Pre-Beginner, and cantered for the first time ever in a show
🐴Blakely and April were 2nd and 3rd in Pre-Beginner
🐴Abigail and Lass won their 10&over under saddle class
🐴Sophia and Nugget won 2nd in a TRM trip
🐴Violet and Wilma were 3rd in a big WTC class
🐴Emily stepped back into the show ring for the first time in months, and rode both Cody and Onyx very well
🐴Jena tried her first ever hunter course on Chewie today, and both of them had a blast 😁
🐴Della and Bingley had good rounds in their crossrail classes
🐴Stella and Beastie won the crossrail medal AND were champion in crossrail equitation
🐴Olivia G and Brew won crossrail hunter under saddle and 1 of their o/f trips
🐴Ellie and Oakley were 2nd in crossrail medal
🐴Smith and Captain won 2nd in a TRM trip
🐴Addison and Dutch were champion in schooling hunter
🐴Olivia and Munchie were champion in open hunter 2’6
🐴Mary and Winston won 2nd in open hunter 2’6
🐴Ava and Remedy won 1st in hopeful hunter
WHEW, what a great day! As per usual, THANK YOUUUUUU TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS ❤️❤️❤
So Cindy turns 60 this month. She is asking everyone to pitch in and donate to either the High Point IEA Team, via Venmo @HPIEA; or to Butterfly Dreams Farm Equine Therapy. This fundraiser has been set up specific to our horse Dondi through https://givebutter.com/tq10JX . HP is lending Dondi to support this program and BDFET needs help to keep these valuable animals tip top. This goal for is for one month of care.
Feel free to donate small or dig deep! Both are tax deductible 501(c3) organizations. We are all grateful for every bit of help.
#giveoconee #givegeorgia #rideiea #equinetherapy
Now available:
Econtador
“Connor”
2009 17.1h KWPN gelding
extensive show record on the East and West coast. True Big Eq horse. Sweet and easy in the barn and very well schooled on the flat. Pm for more info. For L only in mid ✋
The best part of horse show weekends ❤️ #horseshowdays #horsegirl #learningtheropes