Chestnut Lane Farm Dressage

07/24/2024

Horse show report! Dressage at Devonwood was a fantastic show — many thanks to for hosting such a great event at his beautiful Devonwood.
All of the horses gave it their all despite being a bit toasty — we celebrated personal high scores, qualifying rides and person achievements all weekend!
and her Hero recieved a personal high score with their first level freestyle and were able to end the weekend qualified in both first level and first level freestyle!mad.mad.madeline was able to take her first tours of Devonwood and successfully pilot her mare through tests in both Terrace and and Memorial rings with nice rides!
Pip and I had a blast in our show debut together and we were able to win all of our classes and walk away with our qualifying scores for Champs!
We had a fantastic weekend and look forward to heading back to Devonwood this fall!

06/24/2024

I am WAY beyond proud — these two ladies came ready to go today! They absolutely rocked their tests — Maddie and Nicole’s Tia won her training level test with a 68% and rocked her first level debut with a 65% for a third place finish! Claire and her (and Bea’s) Hero were amazing with a 71% (!!!!!) in her freestyle and a class winning 67% at first level!
Watching them demonstrate wonderful horsemanship and prepare, school, and present their horses to their very best was beyond rewarding! I am so proud of you ladies!

02/04/2024

We hosted a great clinic with Paige Ruhl yesterday—every pair rode beautifully and learned a lot! Thank you Paige for coming to teach us!

01/27/2024

What a fantastic week of teaching I’ve had this week at the farm! So many great rides and horses putting their best efforts in for their people. I truly love working with each of these pairs. ❤️

01/06/2024

We have welcomed Ravani (aka Tootsie) to the farm — this lovely rising three year old shows tremendous potential as a rising dressage star! Can’t wait to see how she develops!

01/06/2024

Four year old Kitkat — coming five now in 2024 — is developing so nicely!

12/19/2023

Great day teaching at Rockmeadow!
So many good riders and great horses!

12/13/2023

Cavaletti day for Kitkat — quiet happy hack day for Tia. These two unicorns are so fun to dance with.

12/11/2023

Year End High Point Champion — Maraschino EE (aka Froggie). So proud of Froggie she won this year end high point at her first show out! What a special horse she was to bring along for her first outings. I am excited to watch her continue to grow and develop with her new mom, Lara Schmauser!

12/10/2023

Baby Kitkat was a super girl at her second show outing—she swam through the puddles like a pro to finish in first place!

12/09/2023

20-Something years young and looking good ❤️ Scout — he’s looking for his half lessor for next season. Inquire for details.

12/08/2023

Early start with the Big Papa! ❤️🐴❤️

12/08/2023

These two pictures are a month and half apart—her connection is so much more developed. She is truly moving through her back towards the bit in balance. Developing that connection has been so fun and the progress is so rewarding.

12/08/2023

These two are really clicking! Tia and .mad.mad.madeline put in some solid work tonight to develop their stretch — lengthening that top line and improving their connection! Great work ladies!!

12/06/2023

12/06/2023

Kitkat working beautifully today in the rainstorm ❤️🐴🌧️🌧️🌧️

12/04/2023

Some fun throw backs of showing Kobalt at Devonwood! Too bad we forgot his boots were on! 😂😉😂

12/03/2023

So proud of the tremendous progress this pair is making! Leah and the wonderful Titan are really clicking and doing fantastic work together! They make teaching so fun!