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Home to Susan Shelton, USDF Gold Medalist, former Preliminary eventer and graduate HA pony clubber.

30/06/2025

Shoo boy it was HOT down in Aiken last weekend, but we had a great show at Bruce's Field!!!

First off, HUGE congratulations to Ashley for getting her final score to achieve her Silver Medal!!!! She hasn't ridden at this level for a number of years and on a totally different type of horse, so this was a big accomplishment!! 🥈

My personal huge accomplishment of the weekend was having a (mostly) rideable Maggie for the weekend and scoring as high as 70%! It has been quite a training journey with this lovely horse and I am thrilled that she tried pretty hard to stay with me and was rewarded for it. 💖

None of us were surprised that Circe took her first recognized show totally in stride and was incredibly reliable and consistent scoring 68-69% all weekend with 2 different riders. Ashley has done such a great job getting her going and I finally put on my big girl pants and rode her away from home for the first time on Sunday. She is such a superstar!!! 🤩

Ashley helped Fred continue to gain confidence in the show ring and he improved dramatically as the weekend went, with super positive comments from the judges about his clear potential.

LeBron put in another steady and consistent I1 test on Saturday. Sunday we gave IA a go...he tried so hard and stayed very focused, but his pilot started melting and didn't give him the ride he deserved. But we are so close to accomplishing all the hard things away from home!

Icing on the cake was that Circe was rewarded with her consistency by winning training level Grand Champion and Maggie won Reserve Champion!!! Go girls!!!

Shout out to Amanda Fisher, a recent transplant to Aiken, who last minute stepped in and groomed for us and was a life saver!!!

Big thanks to Julio for believing in the pony legs and helping me get him this far!

And of course big thanks to Helen for her support with all her horses-wouldnt be here without her 🥰

13/06/2025

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20/05/2025

Another productive Foothills Riding Club show over the weekend!

Ashley Guinn rode Helen V Frederick 's lovely young Circe for her second ever outing. Improved over the last show scoring as high as 71% for a pretty blue ribbon! 🤩

Ashley also took Senegal for a spin at PSG and rode some solid tests with only a few bobbles. It was fun to watch them go!!

I took Lebron last minute and am glad I did! He has been super rideable the last few shows... But that trend ended on Saturday 🤪. First test was a bit of a sassy disaster, but I tweaked how I was riding him for the second and it was significantly better! Icing on the cake was having the S judge remark that he has clear ability for the ultimate collection 💪

We also brought some non-competes for exposure. Ashley rode her adorable Image in a schooling jumping round (he will be for sale soon!). I brought big baby Ruxs to wander around and he handled it all much better than I expected!! Sara Gibbens brought her Lunacorn to toodle around and have some non stressful rides. And Helen brought her trusty broom to get her safely from the barns to the rings!

All in all a good Saturday!

10/05/2025

A bit belated, but Maui and Lebron had a little baby boy!!!! I'm not so secretly pretty excited about this cross... They both are so much fun to ride and both are good at dressage and jumping. This baby should be an athletic powerhouse in a friendly size package!!! 💪💪💪🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳

22/04/2025

First recognized show of the year on the books! Overall it was a very productive weekend with some good scores and a whole lot of good learning for some green horses.

Ashley with AJ's Cookie was a wee bit overwhelmed by the venue and had some trouble focusing all the time. But when he did he was rewarded with big scores, including a blue ribbon for his third level debut 💪, and great comments from all the judges. I'm sure he will knock it out of the park next show!

Ashley with Helen's 5 yr old Fred was also a wee bit (understatement 🤪) overwhelmed by his first big boy show. But he went from not making it around the arena the first day to doing all the things by the end of the weekend. His quality was remarked on by all the judges and I think he learned a ton!!!

Susan with Helen's Senegal struggled with his competition nerves again. He honestly just tries tooooo hard and gets himself overwhelmed in the moment...I need to just keep trying to help him understand he doesn't need to put so much pressure on his adorable self 🤗

And the stars of the show were Helen's 2 stallions, Zorro and Lebron!

Zorro has struggled with which "brain" to use away from home and by the end of the weekend had grown up a TON and seems to be understanding what horse showing is all about. Despite some big bobbles in his first level tests he got pretty blue ribbons and fantastic feedback. 🤩

Lebron showed off all our hard work over the winter by putting in the overall most consistent and rideable tests he has ever done. Despite his pony legs he beat out some nice and well ridden full sized horses 🥰. We also got 7s for our canter pirouettes from a tough judge, which is huge because this is probably the movement that is hardest for us. 💪💪

Excited about these awesome handsome boys! 💖

16/04/2025

Sound on for full effect. Maggie might be the most ridiculous horse in the barn, and that's saying a lot!!!!! 🤣
(She is completely and totally healthy, just doesn't want to work today 🤪)

15/04/2025

Lebron's favorite part of our Julio lessons- the post ride lawn mowing 😂🥰

11/04/2025

A bit bittersweet, but dropped Finn off today at his new home with the Sharpsteen family. He is going to love being spoiled by his new mom and pursuing some eventing! It seems like only yesterday he was just a wee one 🥰🥲

04/04/2025

Prego ladies headed over to this afternoon so Sarah can be responsible for baby arrival instead of me 🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰🥰

26/03/2025

Simpsons cloud!

25/03/2025

Only just now recovered enough from the first show of 2025 to do a report! I do believe that something is wrong with Helen V Frederick , Ashley, and myself... Between competing horses and non-competing horses, we took 9 to the show grounds this weekend. I think we all should be committed 🤪

Here are some stunning dark and blurry screenshots of the competition horses 🤣

As always, there was plenty of tension to be had for the first outing of the year, but also plenty of blue ribbons and fantastic moments for all the horses.

Ashley/Cookie 2nd level and a blue ribbon
Ashley/Zorro 1st level and a blue ribbon
Ashley/Fred Training level and a blue ribbon (despite all.the.screaming. 😂)
Ashley/Circe Training level and a blue ribbon (plus absolute star of the weekend for her first show! 💖)

Susan/Finn move up to second level and a red ribbon
Susan/LeBron move up to I2 (and was told by the judge that the pony had clear talent for Piaffe and passage 😍)
Susan/Senegal super duper tense GP with all the mistakes 🤪

Always wonderful to see everybody at these shows! Our hearts go out to the owner and barn family of the horse with the unfortunate accident and all the other folks that had to deal with random drama over the weekend. It was not an uneventful show 🙃.

And thanks to all the people involved in putting on these shows every year-they have grown so much!!!

Onward! ↗️

28/01/2025

Talisker, aka Tali, is a 2022 GOV gelding. Tali is bred to be a fun sized talented multi purpose guy! By 2024 eventing modified horse of the year, Toto's Weather Tamer (Totilas/Don Shufro), out of the fabulous premium GRP mare SF Sensational by Smoke Tree Snapdragon. Tali has a lovely ground covering walk with lots of natural suspension in his trot. Solid bone/good feet and a wonderful neck. Mom is 14.3 and Dad is 15.3. Tali is currently 15 hands with more growing to do. Still with his breeder and well handled-he is a quick learner. If you are looking for an athletic good minded prospect that won't be a giant, here's your guy!! And it doesn't hurt that he is a fabulous color 😜😍. Located in Hendersonville NC. Low five carrots starting with a two. https://youtube.com/shorts/HwmRrXclDS0?si=xvIi6CakrKRIMokQ

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