Heads Up By Kim Ablon Whitney
Hunter/Jumper news
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Laurel Tinney and Latin Lover at Apple Knoll’s Starter Trials.
pion and reserve ribbons, which were won by the following horse and riders: Glynhafan Red Kestral and Holland Nievergelt, Moonlit Night and Natalie Freedgood, Loverboy and Marissa Cintolo, Equador and Olivia van der Meer, and Polar Express and Laura McCallion. AUGUST FARM OF HOLLISTON, MASS., SENDS ITS VERY BEST WISHES to Deb Weinstein who is headed to Virginia Tech. August also congratulates Annie Fitzgerald on her brave and accurate rounds in the Norfolk Hunter Derby, where she finished fourth (we hear this was a terrific class!). Also congrats to Tyler Bui for her IEA National Sportsmanship Award. Other recent winners include Reilly Lockwood, August’s newest Short Stirrup rider, for winning several equitation classes on Raggedy Andy; Aly Murphy and Thunderstruck, who qualified for all their adult medals in one day; and Skylar Laakso for doing the same in the junior medals!
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IN THEIR SPARE TIME, GRAZING FIELDS’ STAFF has been spotted in some unexpected venues… Laurel Tinney and Latin Lover joined Amber Woodruff for team penning at Chipaway Stables over Memorial Day Weekend, then spent the next Sunday winning their first-ever combined training event at Apple Knoll’s Starter Trials! Following in mom’s footsteps…McKayla Langmeier (who’s still in jods and shows small ponies!) won the hunter derby during Vermont Week 2. Speaking of Vermont, it’s always great to see Gerry Briggs back up in the area! He looks wonderful, and is in better shape than ever. He’s very busy these days, judging and designing courses all over the country.
WOODRIDGE FARM OF SHERBORN, MASS., is off to a great spring/summer show season! Pony jock Jordan Stiller was the star, winning the AdirondackGreen Mountain Challenge awarded to the overall horse-rider combination amassing the most points during the two weeks at Skidmore Saratoga and the first two weeks of the Vermont Summer Festival. After her Grand Children’s Hunter Championship and M&S Children’s Hunter Pony Classic wins at Skidmore Saratoga, she went on to win another M&S Children’s Hunter Pony Classic as well as two Children’s Pony Hunter Championships in Vermont! Besides taking home lots of loot, the best part was that Jordan got to judge Leadline with Jennifer Glass. Meanwhile, Camilla Bennett won High Adult Jumper Championships at both HITS Saugerties and Skidmore Saratoga, where she also won the M&S Classic. Laura Rose Cannistraro also won a High Adult Jumper Championship during Skidmore Saratoga. Abby Bertelson won a $2,500 Jr-A/O Jumper Classic at the Fieldstone Spring Festival. And three cheers for Jacquie Maggiore for winning tricolors at all seven shows she’s competed at in the Younger Adult Hunter division aboard her new horse, Contina. Jacquie and Sarah Cabot both won their sections of the Adult Hunters at the Fieldstone Spring Festival. Finally, through the end of July, Woodridge Farm had four riders in the top 40 of the national Ariat rankings, including Haleigh Landrigan, Carly Corbacho, Amy Cooper and Jacquie Maggiore.
Jess Lusty and First Frost took the Large Children’s Pony division at the Northeast Benefit Show.
Jacquie Maggiore and Contina at the Fieldstone Spring Festival. 88
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SADDLE ROWE OF MEDWAY, MASS., had a great time at Northeast Benefit, bringing home seven cham-
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NORTHEAST BENEFIT SHOW IN NORTHAMPTON on celebrating their 25th anniversary! Lots of shows come and go—it’s impressive when one endures! We hear the weather was perfect and the show was well managed with a nice atmosphere.
Jen Tate and Brentwood were Pre-Green Champions.