Don't forget about Courtney Cooper's Adult Riders Equine Seminars starting today! She'll be covering a variety of topics ranging from common vet and farrier issues to how to prepare for a show. And if you have a topic that you'd like to brush up on, just let Courtney know and she'll put it on the schedule.
Click on the link below for further details!
http://myemail.constantcontact.com/C-Square-Farm-presents-Adult-Riders-Equine-Seminars.html?soid=1102092631929&aid=nCrFmUgMO-g
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
October Clinic Dates
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 make him a hit with riders of all levels. When training with Stephen, you can be confident that you will receive expert instruction for your level of riding. You can learn more about Stephen at www.stephensbradley.com.
Format: 1.25 hour group jumping lessons (3 persons maximum)
Cost: $110/per rider
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.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Loudoun HTs: Good News/Bad News
Just a quick little update about the Princess Lissell. Her first competition back from summer vacation was this past weekend at Loudoun Horse Trials (held at the Oatlands Plantation in Leesburg).
I tried a new technique with Lissell for dressage warm up. We hacked down, worked for 15 minutes and went into the ring. And this is where we start the good news / bad news portion of this blog ...
Good news: Lissell was great. Stayed with me the whole time. Stayed in front of my leg. A little fussy, but I was happy.
Bad news: The judge hated it. We scored a 49.1!
Good news: We weren't in last place. Actually not even second to last. Sweet!
Lesson learned: Extend the warm up a little bit longer until Lissell takes a breath, then just do stretchy work until we go in.
Next up was stadium. The course was on the side of a hill. No biggie.
Good news: Lissell felt great!
Bad news: Warm up fences were all up hill. Ugh. This is not mine and Lissell's strong suit. We're still working on getting her to engage her (rather large) hind end uphill to fences. Frustration does not even begin to describe my emotions as we punched out rail after rail.
Good news: I put the craptastic warm up behind me and went in ready to rock.
Bad news: I lost my stirrup twice and tried to fall off in the triple.
Good news: My horse is saintly and saved my patootie and we only pulled two rails.
Lesson learned: Don't go 2 months without going to a horse show. You'll be seriously rusty in the ring.
The next day we went back for cross country. Only good news this time ... Lissell is AMAZING! Seriously! She just locked on to every jump and was machine like.
Love, love, love this horse!
I tried a new technique with Lissell for dressage warm up. We hacked down, worked for 15 minutes and went into the ring. And this is where we start the good news / bad news portion of this blog ...
Good news: Lissell was great. Stayed with me the whole time. Stayed in front of my leg. A little fussy, but I was happy.
Bad news: The judge hated it. We scored a 49.1!
Good news: We weren't in last place. Actually not even second to last. Sweet!
Lesson learned: Extend the warm up a little bit longer until Lissell takes a breath, then just do stretchy work until we go in.
Next up was stadium. The course was on the side of a hill. No biggie.
Good news: Lissell felt great!
Bad news: Warm up fences were all up hill. Ugh. This is not mine and Lissell's strong suit. We're still working on getting her to engage her (rather large) hind end uphill to fences. Frustration does not even begin to describe my emotions as we punched out rail after rail.
Good news: I put the craptastic warm up behind me and went in ready to rock.
Bad news: I lost my stirrup twice and tried to fall off in the triple.
Good news: My horse is saintly and saved my patootie and we only pulled two rails.
Lesson learned: Don't go 2 months without going to a horse show. You'll be seriously rusty in the ring.
The next day we went back for cross country. Only good news this time ... Lissell is AMAZING! Seriously! She just locked on to every jump and was machine like.
Love, love, love this horse!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
September Clinic Dates!
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 hose and rider make him a hit with riders of all levels. When training with Stephen, you can be confident that you will receive expert instruction for your level of riding. You can learn more about Stephen at www.stephensbradley.com.
Format: 1.25 hour group jumping lessons (3 persons maximum)
Cost: $110/per rider
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.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
All Stephen Bradley, All the Time!
E-mail me at margaret@mythiclanding.com to sign up!
Also, Stephen will be at Playland Farm this weekend teaching both days. Lessons start at 9am and remember that auditing is always FREE!
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