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Susan Graham White returns in May!

Tuesday, May 29th: Susan Graham White at A Bit Better Farm (Brookeville, MD)

Not only is Susan an active upper-level dressage competitor, but she also judges at many of the area shows where you compete. Susan is an FEI dressage rider and trainer based at Wolfhaven Farm in southern Maryland. She has been an active instructor, trainer, and competitor in dressage for 25 years, and has successfully trained and coached students through the Advanced 3-day level in eventing, and to FEI levels in dressage. Learn more about Susan at www.sgwdressage.com.

Format: 45-minute private lessons; Cost: $125/lesson

Please contact Margaret Rizzo at margaret@mythiclanding.com or (301) 502-8929 to sign up for any (or all!) of the clinics.  Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.

A full list of activities for the year can be found on our web site (http://mythiclanding.com/activities.htm) or facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mythic-Landing-Enterprises-LLC/231445710243540).  Be sure to check back often for updates.  Or just tell Margaret to add you to our e-mail list.

Stephen Bradley Returning on May 2nd

Wednesday, May 2nd: Stephen Bradley at A Bit Better Farm (Brookeville, MD)

Come join us for another great day of lessons with Stephen Bradley.  If you're heading to MCTA, Difficult Run or Iron Bridge ... this is the perfect prep for you!


Stephen enjoys teaching all levels of riders from beginners to the advanced competitor. His enthusiasm, talent for communication, and ability to inspire confidence in the horse and rider especially make him a hit with the pony clubbers! When training with Stephen, you can be confident that you will receive expert instruction for your level of riding.  You can learn more about Stephan at www.stephensbradley.com.

Format: 1.25 hour group jumping lessons (3 persons maximum); Cost: $110/group lesson


Please contact Margaret Rizzo at margaret@mythiclanding.com or (301) 502-8929 to sign up for any (or all!) of the clinics.  Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.


A full list of activities for the year can be found on our web site (http://mythiclanding.com/activities.htm) or facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mythic-Landing-Enterprises-LLC/231445710243540).  Be sure to check back often for updates.  Or just tell Margaret to add you to our e-mail list.

Morven Re-Cap

Just wanted to give a quick update on the Princess Lissell.  Lots of work to catch up on, so I'll keep this brief.  

After a brief meltdown at the trailer, I decided to lunge Lissell before getting on for dressage.  It definitely worked, and I think I'll try this tactic again at Redland.  Lissell put in her best dressage test to date, but unfortunately the dressage judge didn't agree.  :-(  I thought some of the 5's and one 4 were a bit undeserved, but what do I know! In any case, we started off the day in second to last.  Boo!  Here's her test:

On to stadium!  Lissell was a rock star.  Absolute rock star.  I think we have the sucking back problem fixed, so now we just need to settle a bit.  I'm discovering that she has quite a big stride, so there needs to be a "whoa" down the lines to make them a little neater.  But overall, I couldn't have been happier.  Here's that video:

Finally ... cross country!  I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this mare.  She was spot on perfect!  I had a mistake at the stone wall where I didn't keep the power going up the small hill, but she got us out of it quite well.  I gave her a pat, apologized and promised not to do it again.  There were 3 "hard" questions that I was happy to have on the course as a test for our hopeful move up later this spring/summer.  I'm mostly a speck in this video, but here it is: