Good morning all! Since we won’t have horse show results to share for a while, we thought we might do a weekly spotlight series of our staff so everyone can get to know Team RASS! Up first is Rolling Acres founder, Patty Foster.

Patty on Silver Streak

Patty is the middle daughter of Bud and Janice Nicholson, owners of Rolling Acres Farm.  Patty grew up fox hunting, participating in Pony Club, 4-H and local horse shows. When she was 17 years old, she and her sister Mary Lisa went to Wellington, Florida to compete for the first time and after that there was no looking back! Patty rode in the hunters as well as side saddle competitions during that time. In 1976 Patty was the National Side Saddle Champion!

Patty decided to share her knowledge of riding and horsemanship with others and started teaching in 1981. There are too many championships to list in Patty’s long trainer resume, but the one that stands out most in her mind is from the year 1988. Her rider, Kristina Lyhus, piloted Casey Jones to the National Medium Pony Hunter title, was Medium Pony Hunter Champion at Pony Finals, and was Champion at Harrisburg that year. (All of this was accomplished in his Green year too!)

Casey Jones

Patty on Fleet Fritz (A Thoroughbred!)

While Patty loves training at all levels and in all rings the pony ring is by far her favorite and her favorite horse show to attend is Roanoke.

Patty with Corner Whim

A couple of quick facts about Patty you might not know:

• Her favorite non-horse related activity is going to the beach.
• Her favorite food is taco salad. 
• Her favorite drinks are Coke Zero or a good Sea Breeze. 😏
• Her favorite color is blue.

Patty Accepting her Trainer of the Day Award at Venice this year.

Thinking about the future and your riding? Take your competitive edge to the next level and join us at Rolling Acres Show Stables, located in Brookeville, Maryland. Now is the time to plan for the future and consider your next move!

Boarders train and show with one of the top hunter/jumper barns on the East Coast. RASS has select openings for active competitors at our home base in Maryland. Coaching riders from Short Stirrup to Grand Prix and attending rated shows from Vermont to Florida each year! Learn more about us at: http://www.rollacresshowstables.com

Finishing up this week with the re-share of photos from the 2020 season. We hope everyone is staying safe and can’t wait to be sharing results with you again some day! As always special thanks to our very talented Sheryl Sutherby for taking these pictures!

Continuing to re-share some more photos from the 2020 season so far to hopefully bring a smile to your face on this Tuesday morning at home! Stay safe everyone!

Due to the current COVID-19 outbreak our show season is currently on hold so we won’t have any results to share for awhile. As this is quite a stressful time for most, we wanted to take some time to re-share photos from this current season thus far and hopefully bring a smile to your face! We will share a few this week and a few more next week as well.

Everyone from Team RASS wishes health and safety to you and your loved ones!

As always these beautiful photos were taken by Sheryl Sutherby. Thank you Sheryl!

As our time in Ocala is coming to an end, we are so proud of our riders for another successful week of competition!

• Black Friday and Alyson Gurney: Adult Jumper Classic Winners

Black Friday and Alyson Gurney

• Cartagena BD and Gen Cullen: 9th in the Children’s Hunter Classic

Cartagena BD and Gen Cullen

• Good Reason (catch ridden by Lala Gee): Large Pony Hunter Champion and 2nd in the Pony Hunter Classic
• Westminster ridden by Emily Leins: Reserve Champion Mod Adult Hunters and Emily was also Reserve Champion in the Adult Eq 2’9″

Westminster and Emily Leins

• Black Friday and Alyson Gurney: Overall Circuit Reserve Champions in the Adult Jumper 18-35 Division 
• Anna Claire Smith: Mid Circuit Reserve Champion in the Adult Eq 2’9″

As the Ocala show season wraps up, our riders are still working hard and it really shows!

• Westminster and Reagan Williams: USHJA 2’6″ Hunter division Reserve Champions

Reagan Williams and Westminster

• Sienna and Reagan Williams: 4th in the Childrens Hunter Classic
• Ellie Hogan: 8th in the USHJA 3’3″ Jumping Seat Medal
• Maddie Jordan: Eq 14-15 division Reserve Champion and 6th in the Maclay

Maddie Jordan and Cobellini ‘F’ Z

• Hayley Anderson: Adult Eq 18-35 division Champion

Hayley Anderson and Incognito

Congratulations to all of our riders who competed in Ocala and Venice, Florida this past week. Another week of competition complete and another set of great results to share!

•  Chime and Mary Lisa Leffler: Baby Green Hunter Champions

Chime with Mary Lisa Leffler Photo credit: Hayley Anderson

• Wyatt and Lily Pollin: Reserve Champions in the Modified Junior Hunter Division and 3rd in the Junior Hunter 3’3″ Classic

Wyatt with Lily Pollin

• Capitol II and Bari Friedman: 6th in the High Adult Jumper Classic

Capitol II and Bari Friedman

• Contasia and Lex Seiden: 3rd in the Maclay Medal and 7th in the Dover USEF Medal

Contasia with Lex Seiden

From Venice, FL:

• Stardust and Ashley Foster: 3rd in the $25,000 Fox Lea Grand Prix

Another week in Florida has come and gone. Congratulations to our riders for some stellar results!

• Cobellini ‘F’ Z and Maddie Jordan: 4th in the Platinum Performance Hunter Prix and 2nd in the USHJA Zone 4 Handy Hunter Challenge
• Wyatt and Lily Pollin: Older Junior Hunter 3’3″ Reserve Champions

Wyatt and Lily Pollin

• Maddie Jordan riding Cobellini ‘F’ Z: Eq 14-15 Division Reserve Champions
• AC Smith riding Westminster: Adult Eq 2’9″ Division Champions
• Black Friday with Alyson Gurney: Champions in the High Adult Jumpers
  

AC Smith on Westminster

• Alexis Seiden riding Contasia: 7th in the Dover USEF Medal, and 4th in the WIHS Hunter Phase

Contasia and Alexis Seiden

Hard work and dedication continues to pay off for our riders. Here are the results from this past week in Ocala, Florida:

• Cobelline ‘F’ Z and Maddie Jordan: $1,500 Platinum Performance Hunter Prix Winners

Cobelline ‘F’ Z and Maddie Jordan

• Back In The Game and Robin Schwartz: Reserve Champions in the Adult 46-55 Division

Back In The Game and Robin Swartz

• Black Friday and Alyson Gurney: Champions in the High Adult 18-35 Division

Black Friday and Alyson Gurney

• Sienna and Reagan Williams: 4th in the Children’s Hunter Classic
• Carlot and Lola Schumpert: 10th in the Children’s Hunter Classic
• Maddie Jordan: Reserve Champion in the Eq 14-15 Division

Also we wanted to mention that Ashley Foster went to Venice, Florida and finished 3rd in the $25,000 Grand Prix on Stardust!

Congratulations for another great week of showing! And special thanks to Sheryl Sutherby for always providing us with beautiful photos to share!