This lucky charm served us well in July!

At HITS Showday National Merlino, PL and Brett had two Top 10 finishes in the 5k Alliant Open Prix and the $24,500 FarmVet Grand Prix! Then the rest of them headed up to Swan Lake for the Mason Dixon Classic where we brought home a multitude of ribbons, including:
  • Piper & Brett: Champion Baby Green Hunter
  • Royal Pilot & Karen Iovino: Reserve Champion Adult Hunter 50 & Over
  • Jimmy Cliff & Brett: Reserve Champion USHJA 3′
  • Jimmy Cliff & Gabi Wind: 3rd in the Adult Hunter Classic
  • SF Barcaggio & Brett: Champion 3’3″/3’6″ Performance Hunter
  • SF Barcaggio & Lila Trent: Reserve Champion Children’s Hunter
  • More Power BH & Savvy Whyard: Champion 1.10m Jr/Am Jumpers

Super ‘Late-gram’ from Lexington Encore

All the horses jumped beautifully.
Kate Chan’s HRH Miss Molly earned 🥈 🥉 in the 3’ greens, her first show in the 🇺🇸
Sophie Deegan & SF Barcaggio won top placings 🥈🥈 in the Junior hunters. Brett & Freddie also won prizes in the performance hunters.
Kate Chan and Fan Favorite earned ribbons in the Adult hunters and Bodhi also won in the performance hunter’s with Brett.
Savanah Whyard had a great week earning prizes in every 1.0m Junior/amateur jumper class including 🩷 5th 🩷 in the Classic.
Lila Trent and Royal Pilot had a wonderful weekend including 🥈🥉🥉 4th & 4th in the older Children’s Hunters.
Gabi Wind and Jimmy Cliff had fun in the .85m Jumpers and finished their week with a 🤍 4th 🤍 in the Classic
Merlino PL jumped wonderfully with Brett in the Welcome stake and the Grand Prix. We are very excited to see this team at this level.
This week ➡️ Keswick Horse Show!

Privileged & Proud!

7th place in the WCHR Developing Pro Challenge Class at Capital Challenge 💜
Thank you to Kate Chan for the opportun ity to show this special horse! Thank you to the team of people who helped us achieve this 🤍

A fantastic week for Irene & Svengali!

It was a fantastic week for Irene Boehm & Svengali!!
🥈 NCEA
🥉 ASPCA Maclay
6th USHJA Jumping Seat
7th USEF Dover

Congratulations!!! We are very proud of all your hard work!

congratulations to Savannah and Bon Temps

A delayed but heartfelt congratulations to Savannah Shaver and Bon Temps for earning the USHJA Zone 3 Channel 2 Children’s Hunter 14 & Under Horse of the Year Championship! Savannah and Turtle were also 3rd place in Channel 1 standings for 2023.

the Hamel Equitation Championship

This week we tackled age group equitation and the Hamel Equitation Championship at the National Horse Show. Irene set this championship as a target when we started working together in May. After a summer of hard work, she rode beautifully and completed technical courses. Congratulations, Irene. It was a year of growth. We can’t wait to attack next years goals with you and Sven! Special thanks to the entire PL family that watched and supported us from VA! Also a thank you to our sponsors and support staff! It takes a village.
the Hamel Equitation Championship