Hello everyone!

First, this afternoon, we would like to send a special congratulations to Therese Gurney, mother of RASS student Alyson Gurney who rides The Golden Compass. Therese won some pretty impressive designer awards and we had to brag! Congrats again Therese! http://www.homeanddesign.com/article.asp?article=21546

Annie Friedman riding Now How Z finished 6th in  the Stake Small Junior Hunter class and  finished in 7th in the under saddle class. Way to go!
Ashley Foster riding Sin City, owned by Annie Friedman, won a 1st, a 3rd, and a 6th in the Small Junior Hunter division. Riding Turtle Bay, she placed 2nd,  3rd and 5th in the Small Junior Hunter division. Nice job Ashley!

And with that, the Rolling Acres 2013 show season is complete. For now, we leave you with this cute photo of some of the girls! (courtesy of Hannah Showell’s Facebook :)! )

Good Morning Everyone,

We have lots to discuss in the blog today!!

First off, we want to inform you of a great FREE webinar that our very own, Pam Saul, will be speaking at coming up on November 11, 2013. It’s about ‘How to Improve the Profitability of Your Horse Business’ and we feel that this is going to be a very educational webinar for people with all types of horse businesses.  Please check it out! This is a great resource! You can find out more information here: http://www.equestrianprofessional.com/public/Free-Webinar-Horse-Business-Profit-Booster.cfm

Next up, we have to talk more about the Washington International Horse Show! Rolling Acres riders competed very well and were great representatives for the farm.

Ashley Foster & Sin City won the Small Junior Hunter 16-17 Under Saddle class at Washington International Horse Show!  Way to go Ashley!  Hannah Showell was 4th in the Older Large Juniors Under Saddle class at Washington as well! Nice job Hannah!

In the $3,500 Small Junior Hunter Stake 16-17 class,  Ashley Foster riding Sin City, owned by Annie Friedman, were 4th and Ashley riding Turtle Bay, owned by Terrapin Hill Farm, LLC, were 6th. The pair was also 3rd in the $2,500 Small Junior Handy Hunter 16-17 class. Nice job!

In the $3,500 Large Junior Hunter Stake 16-17 class, Alyson Gurney riding The Golden Compass finished in 8th. Awesome job Alyson!

Ashley Foster riding Sin City, owned by Annie Friedman, won the $1,500 Small Junior Hunter 16-17 Under Saddle class!
Woo hoo!

In the $1,500 Large Junior Hunter 16-17 Under Saddle class, Hannah Showell riding Mcgwire, owned by Allison Bergmeyer, were 4th. Way to go!

In the $10,000 WIHS Children’s Jumper 1.15m 11 class, Devon Monroe riding Shinkansen finished in 5th place. Great riding Devon!

In the $7,500 Low Junior Amateur Owner Jumper Classic 1.30m class, Ashley Foster riding Carlot finished in 10th place. Awesome riding Ashley!

Also, during the show, we held the Buck Breast Cancer event that honors Laura Pickett, our trainer who lost her life last year to breast cancer.  We had many of Laura’s family and Rolling Acres friends come to the Washington International Horse Show to honor Laura.   The Laura Pickett Excellence in Horsemanship Award was given out this year to a deserving junior.   The event benefited the capital Breast Care Center. Thank you to everyone who came and made it a very special night.

On another note, we would like to send a “Get Well” along with speedy recovery wishes to one of our clients, Lisa Kuntz who broke her ankle and is currently recovering.

Congratulations to Connie Mcrill and Sgt. Pepper who were 6th, and Kevin Foster and Ufonia P. who placed 8th in the $10,000 Washington International Horse Show Adult Amateur Hunter Championship!! Way to go!!

This is a great shot of Melanie Wright (trainer), Alexis Maffry on Lariat at Local Day at Washington International Horse Show, taken by Caroline Maffry. Although she didn’t win any ribbons, she had great clear rounds out of 32 riders! Way to go Alexis!!

Also, we can’t forget about Laurie Hilburg, who was Reserve Champion Adult Hunter with horse Sienna at Local Day! Nice job Laurie!!

Special Announcement: Congratulations to Kevin Foster & Ufonia P on their 6th place finish in the $10,000 NAL Adult Hunter Finals at Pennsylvania National Horse Show.

Also, Connie McRill and Sgt. Pepper were great in their first time together competing at Indoors.  
Great job to both riders!!!

Some of the results from the Pennsylvania National Horse Show are in! Rolling Acres riders did well and continued to show the hunter world what Rolling Acres is all about!

In the Small Junior Hunter 16-17 Under Saddle class, Ashley Foster riding Sin City, owned by Annie Friedman, came in  1st  place winning the entire class! Way to go!

In the Small Junior Hunter 16-17 Over Fences division, Ashley Foster riding  Sin City placed 4th,
Ashley Foster riding Turtle Bay placed 6th and Annie Friedman riding Now How Z placed 11th. Nice job ladies!

In the Small Junior Handy Hunter 16-17 Over Fences class, Ashley Foster riding Turtle Bay finished with a 3rd Ashley Foster riding Sin City  finished in 5th place. In the Small Junior Hunter 16-17 Over Fences class,  Ashley Foster riding Turtle Bay placed 4th and Ashley Foster riding  Sin City placed 5th. Great riding!

Allison Bergmeyer riding Mcgwire didn’t pin in the Large Junior Hunter 15 & Under, but rode very well and made us all proud!

In the Large Junior Hunter 16-17 Over Fences class, Hannah Showell riding Axtrex finished in 10th. Way to go!

In the Large Junior Handy Hunter 16-17 Over Fences class Alyson Gurney riding The Golden Compass came in 8th place and Hannah Showell riding Axtrex finished in 12th. Great job!

In the  Large Junior Hunter 16-17 Over Fences class,  Hannah Showell riding Axtrex finished in 10th. Nice riding Hannah!

Also, we wanted to let you know about the “Buck Breast Cancer” event to be held in honor of Laura Pickett at the Washington International Horse Show again this year. This event is very near and dear to our hearts here at Rolling Acres, and we would love to have a big attendance this year!  The show will be awarding the Laura Pickett Excellence in Horsemanship Award again this year and also hosting the Pickett family in the Acela Club.  Get your tickets and support the cause here: http://www.wihs.org/hospitality-tickets/

And we can’t forget…sending Good Luck to Connie Mcrill and Sgt. Pepper and Kevin Foster and Ufonia P at the Pennsylvania National Horse Show.  They are in the $10,000 NAL Adult Amateur Hunter Final today!!  Wishing you both great riding and GOOD LUCK!

Lots of exciting news in today’s blog!! Keep reading below to find out all the latest happenings at Rolling Acres.

First off, we have wonderful news to announce…one of our past riders just gave birth to a beautiful baby girl this past week! We would like to welcome Grace Ya-Mei Duvall into the world on October 2, 2013 at 12:17 a.m. to parents Jayne Tung and Paul Duvall. Patty will have a lead line pony ready by the end of next week  🙂

Last week, Rolling Acre riders were at the Annual Capital Challenge Horse Show.
On Thursday, Oct. 3rd, in the Children’s Adult Jumper 1.15m 11 2a class, Devon Monroe riding Shinkansen finished with a 6th place, out of 51 total riders!! Whoa! Congratulations to Devon!

On Friday, Oct. 4th, in the Large Junior Hunter 16-17 Handy Hunter class Hannah Showell riding Axtrex finished  4th, Alyson Gurney riding The Golden Compass finished 7th, and  Ashley Foster riding Sand’oro, owned by Westwood Farms, LLC , finished in 8th. There were 25 total riders in the class. Great job ladies!!

In the Small Junior Hunter 16-17 division, Ashley Foster riding Sin City, owned by Annie Friedman, finished in 1st and  with a 2nd place. Riding Turtle Bay in the same class, Ashley finished with a 3rd and with a 6th.

Also, with some exciting news,  Ashley Foster and Sin City, owned by Annie Friedman,  tied for Grand Champion Junior Hunter AND Best Junior Rider at the Capital Challenge show! WAY TO GO ASHLEY!!

Congrats to Brianna Sims and Alyson Gurney on 2nd and 3rd in the MHSA Finals!!  Plus Alyson’s horse, The Golden Compass was chosen by the judges as the Best Equitation Horse at the show! Way to go ladies!!

In other news, the award ceremony for Ashley’s Touch of Class Award went wonderfully! Check out these photos below. We are very proud of her!