This past weekend found the Rolling Acres crew back at Swan Lake for the PJA Jumper Classic 4*. Despite the heat and humidity, all the riders rode great! Special thanks to everyone for working together to keep the horses (and riders) well hydrated and cool!

Here are the results:

Amon de Diamante and Poncho Perez

Carlot, Mary Lisa Leffler, and Beto Silve

Budepest, Ashley Foster, and Raul Rivera

This past week the Rolling Acres crew was competing at the oldest horse show around, the Upperville Colt & Horse Show. Despite rain almost every day, all of our riders rode very well. Here are the results:

-Lord Vigo (owned by Chad Keenum) ridden by Brianna Sims was Low Junior Hunter Champion
-Carlot and Mary Lisa Leffler were 1.40m Jumper Champions
-Budapest and Ashley Foster were Low Junior/Amateur Jumper Reserve Champions

-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black were 5th in the Medium Pony Hunter Classic
-Hallelujah and Cate Black were 3rd in the Large Pony Hunter Classic
-Knob Creek and Dana Nifosi were 6th in the A/O Hunter Classic
-Ashley Foster and Budapest were 10th in the Low Junior/Amateur Jumper Classic
-Knob Creek and Mary Lisa Leffler were Reserve Champions in the Thoroughbred Hunter Division

Great job everyone!

Also, thanks to Sheryl Sutherby for the photos!

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Good Morning Everyone,

Here are the results from this week at the Blue Rock Classic:

-Mary Lisa Leffler and Carlot won the Blue Rock Classic Grand Prix!
-Mary Lisa Leffler and Out On Bale finished 3rd in the USHJA National Derby

-Escape and Mary Lisa Leffler were 1.20 Jumper Champions
-Out On Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were 2’9″ Hunter Reserve Champions
-McGwire and Emmy Middleton were Children’s Hunter Older Champions and won the Children’s Older Classic

-Cartagena BD and Mary Lisa Leffler were Green Hunter Champion and Grand Champions
-Serendipity and Eleanora D’Amore were Pre-Adult Hunter Reserve Champions
-Pluto LWF and Mary Lisa Leffler were 2’6″ Hunter Reserve Champions

-Rintoo and Georgia Fish were 4th in the Childrens Hunter Younger Classic
-Cartagena BD and Kirsten Pollin were 2nd in the Adult Hunter Older Classic
-Out On Bale and Kevin Foster were 3rd in the Adult Hunter Older Classic
-Sgt. Pepper and Connie McRill were 5th in the Adult Hunter Older Classic

-Hallelujah and Cate Black won the WIHS Pony Equitation Class
-Margo Tack and On My Honor won the M&S 2’6″ Children’s Medal
-Cassie Warmkessel and Little Star were 7th in the M&S 2’6″ Childrens Medal

Way to go everyone! Thanks to Sheryl Sutherby for the wonderful photos as usual!

Here is part of the press release on Mary Lisa’s big win:

Littlestown, PA – May 16, 2015 – Mary Lisa Leffler’s name has topped the leaderboard in both the hunter and jumper rings throughout the Blue Rock Classic at Swan Lake, and on Saturday night she claimed the horse show’s biggest prize: the win in the $25,000 Blue Rock Classic Grand Prix.

Leffler and Carlot, owned by Rolling Acres, were one of three combinations to produce a clear first round effort and advance to the jump-off, in which Carlot delivered a repeat clear performance. 

The first round course, designed by Catsy Cruz, saw riders run into small difficulties throughout with rails falling across the course. Particular trouble came for many riders over the second to last fence: a vertical set a tight four strides out from an oxer-vertical combination.   

Mary Lisa Leffler and Carlot

“I think [Catsy] did a great job. In the last line I think they got tired, so I think you had to really ride in to protect enough and then pull with everything that you had to fit the four,” Leffler said. “I think that got some people a little bit.” 

We also want to send a big thank you to the unsung heroes of our horse shows. Here is Raul with Baley between rounds for the Derby.

Until next week….!

Good Morning,

We hope that everyone enjoyed their weekend.  To all the horse show Moms that spend hours driving to horse shows, cleaning tack, buying boots, saddles and other horsey items; and to all the Moms here and in heaven that watch over their children as they enjoy the love of horses instilled in them through time…We hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day!

Good Morning Everyone!

Here are the results from another great week in Lexington, Virginia:

-Mary Lisa Leffler was leading jumper rider for the second week in a row!
-Mary Lisa Leffler was 2nd in the Grand Prix and was signing autographs afterwards:

-Kiana Fiore won the Childrens Jumper Style Award

-Whiskey Blue with co-pilots Mary Lisa Leffler and Ashley Foster were Reserve Champion in the Performance 3’3″ Hunter division
-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black were Small/Medium Pony Hunter Reserve Champions
-Out On Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were Hopeful Hunter Reserve Champions
-Out On Bale and Denise Clolery were Pre-Adult Reserve Champions
-Arvakur and Kiana Fiore were Childrens Jumper Champions and 8th in the Classic
-Indy and Hanna Powers were Modified Junior Jumper Champions

-Maddie Black was 2nd in the WIHS Pony Equitation class

-Carlot and Mary Lisa Leffler were 5th in the Open Welcome and 2nd in the $25,000 Grand Prix
-Prince Royal and Allison Bergmeyer were 2nd in the Childrens Jumper Classic
-Quastor Van De Helle Z and Brianna Sims were 4th in the Childrens Jumper Classic
-Wingman and Devon Monroe were 5th in the Childrens Jumper Classic
-Wassandra G and Hanna Powers were 5th in the Junior/AO Jumper Classic
-Cartagena BD and Kirsten Pollin won the Adult Hunter Classic
-Ufonia P. and Ashley Schoen were 8th in the Adult Hunter Classic

Great riding everyone!! Up next is Swan Lake… stay tuned!

Buddy has also made the trip and is now with his forever home at Pam’s! He is a “Pocket Pyrenees,” meaning he is a cross (they think Lab) and won’t get to the normal size of 120-150 pounds. (Which Pam is happy about!)  Isn’t this the sweetest?

Good afternoon!

Pam is down south picking up her new family addition (Buddy), and we have lots of results to share today! First, we want to congratulate Patty’s daughter, Ashley, on winning the year-end Coaches Award! Along with Caitlin Moran, Ashley was given the Coaches’ Award to close out the event. Ashley closed the season winning seven out of her last eight, with a 5-1 record at the NCEA Championships in Flat and Fences. Ashley also earned second team All-America honors in Fences and was named to the All-SEC Fences Team. Way to go!!

The Rolling Acres Team competed this past weekend at the Lexington Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia and did very well!

-Mary Lisa Leffler was Leading Jumper Rider
-Emmy Middleton was Best Child Rider on a Horse
-Cartagena BD and Mary Lisa Leffler were 3th in the USHJA National Derby
-Whiskey Blue and Mary Lisa Leffler were 4th in the USHJA National Derby
-Out On Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were 8th in the USHJA National Derby

-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black were Medium Pony Hunter Champions and won the Medium Pony Classic
-Hallelujah and Cate Black were Large Pony Hunter Reserve Champions and were 3rd in the Large Pony Hunter Classic
-McGwire and Emmy Middleton were Older Childrens Hunter Champions and won the Older Childrens Classic
-Out On Bale and Denise Clolery were Fletcher Hunter Reserve Champions
-Out On Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were Schooling Hunter Champions
-Frontman and Mary Lisa Leffler were Open Hunter Reserve Champions
-Escape and Mary Lisa Leffler were 1.20 Jumper Champions
-Amon De Diamante and Mary Lisa Leffler were 1.25 Jumper Reserve Champions
-Quastor Van De Helle Z and Brianna Sims were Childrens Jumper Reserve Champs and were 3rd in the Child Jumper Classic
-Wassandra G and Hanna Powers were Low Jr/AO Jumper Reserve Champions and won the Low Jr/AO Classic

-Cate Black was 3rd in the WIHS Pony Medal
-Maddie Black was 5th in the WIHS Pony Medal
-Carlot and Mary Lisa Leffler were 3rd in the Open Welcome and 4th in the $25,000 Grand Prix
-Pluto LWF and Claire Taylor were 6th in the Special Child/Adult Hunter Classic
-Knob Creek and Dana Nifosi were 6th in the A/O Hunter Classic
-Axtrex and Hanna Powers were 7th in the Junior Hunter Classic
-Nikita and Alyson Gurney were 6th in the Adult Jumper Classic
-Claudios and Alyson Gurney were 7th in the Adult Jumper Classic

And from the Show at McDonough:
-Serendipity and Eleanora D’Amore were Pre-Adult Hunter Reserve Champions

Way to go everyone!

And thank you to Sheryl Sutherby for keeping it all organized and providing us with such beautiful photos!

This week at the farm has started off with the typical ‘April showers’ but currently the sun is shining brightly and the horses are loving it! Last week, our own Robin Feldman participated in “Lincoln’s Last Ride” held on April 13th in Washington D.C.  It was a mounted horse procession from 15th Street near the White House and concluded at Lincoln’s Cottage.  A riderless horse represented the fallen president.  President Lincoln last visited his Washington D.C. cottage retreat on April 13, 1865, the day before his assassination. For photos of the procession, click here.

The Rolling Acres show team is on the road again today and will be heading to Lexington, Virginia where they will be competing for the next two weeks.  We wish everyone the best of luck at the show! Be sure to stay tuned for results next week!

We also want to congratulate Pam on her new adoption, Buddy! Buddy is a Great Pyrenees who was being fostered by Pam’s daughter Kristina when they first met him over Easter. We are so excited for Buddy and his new home with the Saul’s! 

Good morning!

Hopefully many of you were able to get out this weekend and enjoy the weather.  Everyone here is so happy to see another color besides white!  Rolling Acres really is beautiful in Spring.  It’s really late this year, so the daffodils and forsythia are just starting to bloom into their bright yellow colors.  The hay fields are turning a lovely shade of green, and all the trees have buds that are ready to burst. We can’t wait!

Although our usual show team didn’t compete this weekend, we did want to send a big congrats to Maggie Hopkins who had a great first horse show start with her new horse Cu Roi and earned all 2nd’s over fences. She also won the hack to end up Reserve Champion in the Pre-Children’s Hunters at Swan Lake. We recently sold Cu Roi to Maggie and couldn’t be happier that their first show together went off so well! Way to go Maggie, we know you two have many wonderful things ahead!