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! 

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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!

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The weekly show results from Atlanta are here:

-Cartagena BD and Mary Lisa Leffler were 1st Year Green Hunter Champions

-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black won the Small/Medium Pony Hunter Classic
-Rintoo and Georgia Fish were 8th in the Childrens Hunter Classic
-Clear Cove and Allison Bergmeyer were 10th in the Junior 3’3″ Classic
-Whiskey Blue and Mary Lisa Leffler were 3rd in the USHJA National Hunter Derby
-Carlot and Mary Lisa Leffler were 3rd in the Open Welcome and 9th in the Grand Prix
-Maddie Black was 3rd in the WIHS Pony Medal

And now results from Upper Marlboro, MD:

-Serendipity and Eleanora D’Amore were Pre-Adult Hunter Champions
-Ufonia P. and Ashley Schoen were 4th in the Adult Hunter Classic
-Wingman and Devon Monroe were 3rd in the Child/Adult Jumper Classic

Way to go everyone! The “RASS team-south” are on their way back home to Maryland and we are excited for their return!

PS- Sheryl is great for all of our competition action shots. However, we also wanted to share a few other photos taken by her that really show off her artistic talents as well! We are so lucky to have such a talented photographer on the team! Thanks for all you do Sheryl!

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Here are the weekly show results from this past week in Ocala, Florida:

-Out on Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler  were Training Hunter Champions
-Cartier and Carol Lynn Nelms were Adult Amateur Hunter 46-55 Reserve Champions
-Cruz Bay and Cate Black were Large Childrens Pony Reserve Champions
-Hallelujah and Cate Black were Large Pony Hunter Reserve Champions and were 7th in the Medium/Large Pony Hunter Classic
-Escape and Mary Lisa Leffler were Level 5 Jumper Champions

Out on Bale with Denise Clolery…”Baley” was Training Hunter Circuit Champion for 2015 with
Mary Lisa

-Claudios and Alyson Gurney were 9th in the NAL Adult Jumper Classic
-Arvakur and Kiana Fiore were 10th in the NAL Childrens Jumper Classic
-Axtrex and Hanna Powers were 5th in the Large Jr Hunter Classic
-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black were 9th in the Medium/Large Pony Hunter Classic
-Playtime and Maddie Jordan were 7th in the Small Pony Hunter Classic

-Out on Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were Training Hunter Circuit Champions for HITS Ocala 2015
-Escape and Mary Lisa Leffler were Level 5 Jumper Circuit Champions for HITS Ocala 2015
-Hallelujah and Cate Black were Large Pony Hunter Circuit Champions for HITS Ocala 2015
-Cruz Bay and Cate Black were Large Childrens Pony Hunter Reserve Circuit Champions for HITS Ocala 2015
-Denise Clolery was Adult Maiden Equitation Circuit Champion HITS 2015

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Here are the results from Ocala, Week 9:

-Out on Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were Training Hunter Champions
-Cruz Bay and Cate Black were Large Children’s Pony Champions
-Hallelujah and Cate Black were Large Pony Hunter Champion and won the Large Pony Hunter Classic
-Carlot and Mary Lisa Leffler were level 5 Jumper Champions
-Amon De Diamonte and Mary Lisa Leffler were Level 5 Reserve Champions

-Cartagena BD and Kirsten Pollin were 4th in the Adult Hunter Classic
-Frontman and Charlotte Williams were 10th in the Adult Hunter Classic
-Axtrex and Hanna Powers were 7th in the Large Junior Hunter Classic
-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black were 6th in the Med Pony Hunter Classic

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Today we want to share with you an article from Equestrian Professional, on when your horse business is also a family business. This article features Patty, so if you haven’t had a chance to read it yet, you can check it out here: http://www.equestrianprofessional.com/public/Part-1-When-Your-Horse-Business-is-a-Family-Affair–Experience-and-Insights-From-Your-Colleagues.cfm

Enjoy the warm weather these next two days!

Good Morning!

Here are the show results from this past weekend:

-Out On Bale and Denise Clolery were Adult Maiden Equitation Champions and Pre-Adult Champions
-Out On Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were Training Hunter Reserve Champions
-Whiskey Blue and Kevin Foster were Adult Hunter 46-55 Reserve Champions (this was their first show together!)
-Hallelujah and Cate Black were Large Pony Hunter Reserve Champions and won the Large Pony Hunter Classic

-Vagabond and Hannah Showell were 2nd in the Adult Jumper Low Classic
-Dillon and Emmy Middleton were 10th in the Child Jumper Low Classic
-Lorca De Caryan and Bernadette Coyle were 8th in the Low Jr. Hunter Classic
-Clear Cove and Allison Bergmeyer were 10th in the Low Jr. Hunter Classic
-Quintessential and Kevin Foster were 12th in the A/O Hunter Classic
-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black were 6th in the Medium Pony Hunter Classic
-Playtime and Maddie Jordan were 7th in the Small Pony Hunter Classic

Our own Katie Kranking came out yesterday and took some wonderful pictures of some of the horses, and we just had to share! Thank you Katie for the beautiful photos!!!

Good morning!

Here are the results from Ocala this past week:

-Campari 112 and Andrea Russell were Maiden Equitation Champions
-Out on Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were Training Hunter Champions
-Cruz Bay and Alex Herschfield were Large Childrens Pony Reserve Champions
-Quintessential and Nicole Jefferies were Reserve Champion Adult Amateur Younger and Modified Adult
-Out on Bale and Denise Clolery were Pre-Adult Hunter Reserve Champions
-Escape and Mary Lisa Leffler were Level 5 Jumper Champions

-Wassandra G and Hanna Powers were 5th in the Low Junior Jumper Classic
-Arvakur and Kiana Fiore were 9th in the Childrens Jumper Classic
-Claudios and Alyson Gurney were 7th in the Adult Jumper Classic
-Lorca De Caryan and Bernadette Coyle were 10th in the Low Junior Hunter Classic
-Quintessential and Nicole Jefferies were 8th in the Adult Hunter Classic
-Hallelujah and Cate Black were 5th in the Large Pony Hunter Classic and 4th in the Pony Hunter Prix
-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black were 8th in the Pony Hunter Prix

Nice job everyone!  Photos thanks to Sheryl Sutherby!

The Rolling Acres Team is staying strong and did very well in Ocala, FL for their 6th week of showing. Here are the results:

-Campari 112 and Andrea Russell were Maiden Equitation Champions
-Out On Bale and Denise Clolery were Adult Maiden Equitation Champions
-Out On Bale and Mary Lisa Leffler were Training Hunter Champions
-Whiskey Blue and Mary Lisa Leffler were Adequan Hunter Reserve Champions
-Whiskey Blue and Ashley Foster were A/O Younger Reserve Champions and were 2nd in the A/O Classic
-Cartagena BD and Kirsten Pollin were A/O 36-45 Hunter Champions and were 4th in the Adult Hunter Classic
-Hallelujah and Cate Black were Large Pony Hunter Champions and won the Large Pony Hunter Classic
-Cruz Bay and Cate Black were Schooling Pony Hunter Reserve Champions
-Prince Royal and Ashley Foster were Adult Jumper High Reserve Champions

-Arvakur and Kiana Fiore were 12th in the Childrens Jumper Classic
-Wassandra G and Hanna Powers were 5th in the Low Jr Jumper Classic
-Quintessential and Kevin Foster were 5th in the A/O Hunter Classic
-Rogelio and Brianna Sims won the Low Jr Hunter Classic
-Lorca De Caryan and Bernadette Coyle were 4th in the Low Jr Hunter Classic
-Can Fly and Allison Bergmeyer were 7th in the Low Jr Hunter Classic
-Rodeo Drive and Maddie Black were 7th in the Med Pony Hunter Classic
-McGwire and Emmy Middleton were 7th in the Childrens Hunter Older Classic
-Axtrex and Hanna Powers were 11th in the Large Jr Hunter Classic