Old Tavern Horse Trials

We had a solid team outing at Old Tavern Horse Trials. Thanks Ashley for the video or Erika!

9/24-25: Old Tavern Horse Trials (The Plains, VA)

  • Stephen with Erika Louvo: 10th in Open Intermediate
  • Jeannette Lussi with Rock’N Ranger: 9th in Open Beginner Novice-1 
  • Katie Wherley with Grateful Heart: 9th in Open Preliminary-1 + TIP Preliminary Reserve Champion
  • Kelley Williams with Valfreyja: 17th in Novice Horse
Stephen & Erika at Old Tavern Horse Trials

Olney Farm, Marlborough, Plantation Field & More!

While Stephen & Artie spent the weekend judging at the FEH East Coast Championships (thanks for the awesome article, US Eventing! https://useventing.com/news-media/news/future-superstars-of-eventing-make-their-mark-on-second-day-of-feh-east-coast-championships) the rest of the team was out winning ribbons! The video is Brooke with Cooley Space Gray from the 3* at Plantation Field.

9/18: Olney Farm Starter Horse Trials (Joppa, MD)

  • Katherine Rizzo with Coherence: 7th in Novice

9/17: Marlborough Horse Trials (Rosaryville, MD)

  • Dayna Blumel with Cabo Wabo: 6th in Open Novice
  • Jeanette Lussi with Rock’N Ranger: 4th in Beginner Novice Rider

9/14-18: Plantation Field International (Unionville, PA)

  • Brooke Burchianti with Cooley Space Gray: 18th in CCI3*-S

9/14: Last Chance @ Dressage, By Chance? (Union Bridge, MD)

  • Cheryl Sherman with Fandango: 2nd in FEI Prix St. George


AND catching up on the previous week, at Five Points HT & the MDHT Fall Starter HT! Head to our FB or instagram for a great video of Erika doing her thing!

9/10-11: Five Points Horse Trials (Raeford, NC)

• Stephen with Erika Louvo: 3rd in Intermediate

• Mary Clare with Golden King: 9th in Modified Rider

9/10-11: MDHT Fall Starter Horse Trials #1 (Adamstown, MD)

• Rebecca Lee with Tribal Uprise: 10th in Beginner Novice-B

• Katherine Rizzo with Coherence: 10th in Novice

Brooke & Cooley Space Gray at Plantation Field 3*-S

Seneca Valley PC & PVDA USDF at Waredaca

Heading into the busy fall season with our great team fielding strong results across disciplines!

9/3-4: Seneca Valley Pony Club Fall Horse Trials (Poolesville, MD)

  • Brooke Burchianti with Cooley Space Gray: 3rd in Open Intermediate
  • Mary Clare with Golden King: 12th in Modified Rider 
  • Megan Hopkins with Night Moves: 15th in Modified Rider (Megan and Mary both moved up to Modified earlier this season!)
  • Jeannette Lussi with Rock’N Ranger: 10th in Sr. Beginner Novice
  • Molly Sherman with Winsome: 3rd in Open Preliminary (Molly was sitting in FIRST after dressage, but had an unfortunate rail to stay on the podium.)
  • Katie Wherley with Grateful Heart: 5th in Open Preliminary (Grateful is finding her groove at Prelim!)
  • Kelley Williams with Valfreyja: 12th in Novice Horse (This was Freyja’s first Novice event!)

9/3-4: PVDA USDF @ Waredaca 1 & 2 (Laytonsville, MD)

  • Katherine Rizzo with Coherence: 2nd in First Level, Test 1 + 3rd in First Level, Test 2
  • Cheryl Sherman with Fandango: 2nd in FEI Prix St. George

Full Moon Farm & PVDA Results

Well done team for great finishes but also for making smart choices about competing early in the morning and looking after your horses in the heat. Katherine that’s a lovely photo of you & Coherence!

7/24: Full Moon Farm Aloha Horse Trials (Finksburg, MD)

  • Jeannette Lussi with Rock’N Ranger: 3rd in Open Beginner Novice

7/24: PVDA Dressage Schooling Show @ Woodstock (Barnesville, MD)

  • Katherine Rizzo with Coherence: 1st in First Level, Test 2 + 2nd in Second Level, Test 1 
  • Molly Sherman with Winsome: 2nd in First Level, Test 2

Maryland Horse Trials II

We always love a pair of top-10 finishes… and a new puppy who was great company while judging the Young Event Horse Competition. Stay tuned for plenty of puppy pictures especially on our socials!!

7/15-17: The Maryland Horse Trials II (Adamstown, MD)

  • Brooke Burchianti with Cooley Space Gray: 6th in Open Intermediate-A 
  • Molly Sherman with Winsome: 3rd in Open Modified-B

Loudon Hunt Weekend

We had a full house at Loudon over the weekend with a slew of great results! Erika finished on her dressage score to hold on to second place in Open Prelim, a solid run for this lovely mare who is looking to make the move up to Intermediate later in the year. Congratulations to Michelle on your “official!” purchase of Einar (and your second place finish together in OBN!) Just a great weekend for everyone!

4/30-5/1: Loudoun Hunt Pony Club Horse Trials (Leesburg, MD)

  • Stephen with Erika Louvo: 2nd in Open Preliminary (Video!)
  • Luba Abrams with Over to Hue: 1st in Beginner Novice Rider 
  • Dayna Blumel with Cabo Wabo: 6th in Novice Horse-A
  • Mary Clare with Golden King: 2nd in Training Rider-A
  • Michelle DeLeon with Einar: 2nd in Open Beginner Novice
  • Katie Domino with De Rigueur: 12th in Open Novice-A
  • Rebecca Lee with Bradley Cooper: 5th in Open Intermediate
  • Rebecca Lee with The Dutch Master: 4th in Open Novice-A
  • Sandy McCormack with Rainy Colony: 10th in Open Novice-B
  • Katherine Rizzo with Coherence: 8th in Open Novice-B
  • Nanette Schumaker with La Cosa Nostra: 6th in Training Rider-A (First Training level after carefully bringing “Kozi” back from time off.)
  • Stephanie Senserini with Monbeg Icon: 2nd in Novice Rider-A
  • Allyson Thomas with Queen of the North: 8th in Training Rider-B (This was “Sansa” first Training event!)
  • Katie Wherley with Grateful Heart: 19th in Open Preliminary (First Prelim for Grateful!)
Stephen & Erika Louvo at Loudon Hunt

CDCTA, MDHT & VADA/NOVA Results

What a great weekend for #TeamSBE!! The team took part in the CDCTA Spring HT, the MDHT Starter Event, the MDHT Future & YEH Qualifier and the VADA/NOVA Spring USDF Dressage show! Special shout out to a weekend of “firsts” – not just first place (but congrats Rebecca & Rembrandt!) but first events for Jeannette with Rock ‘N Ranger and Freyja with Kelley Williams. Well done everyone! Head to our social pages for more pics & video!

4/10: CDCTA Spring Horse Trials (Berryville, VA)

  • Dayna Blumel with Cabo Wabo: 14th in Open Novice-1
  • Brooke Burchianti with Ballaghmore Castle C: 7th in Open Preliminary
  • Brooke Burchianti with Make Me A Deal: 8th in Open Novice-1
  • Jeannette Lussi with Rock’N Ranger: 7th in Open Beginner Novice-1 (Her first recognized show!) 
  • Wendy Masemer with Restless Dreamer: 2nd in Open Training-1
  • Stephanie Senserini with Monbeg Icon: 5th in Open Novice-1 

4/9-10: MDHT Starter Event (Adamstown, MD)

  • Michelle DeLeon: 2nd in Beginner Novice Combined Test
  • Sarah Gonzalez with Rockstar: 5th in Beginner Novice-C 
  • Rebecca Lee with Rembrandt: 1st in Novice
  • Sandy McCormack with Rain Colony: 2nd in Novice-B
  • Kelley Williams with Freyja: 5th in Elementary-A (Freyja’s first show!)

4/9: MDHT Future & Young Event Horse USEA Qualifier (Adamstown, MD)

  • Sarah Gonzalez with The North Star: 3rd in 3-year-old Future Event Horse

4/9: VADA/NOVA Spring USDF Dressage Show (Leesburg, VA)

  • Margaret McKelvy with Runsonstilts: 3rd in First Level, Test 1 + 4th in First Level, Test 3

Morven Park Spring HT

What a weekend at Morven Park! Erika was great to finish 3rd in OP and #TeamSBE ran the range up the entire score sheet. Well done everyone! Thanks Ashley and Peter and thank you Stephanie for the great photos! We’ll get some video posted over on our social channels!

Stephen & Erika Photo: Stephanie Bradley

4/2-3: Morven Park Spring Horse Trials

  • Stephen with Erika Louvo: 3rd in Open Preliminary-A
  • Ashley Beheler with Jubilee: 13th in Open Beginner Novice 
  • Megan Hopkins with Night Moves: 3rd in Jr. Training Rider
  • Rebecca Lee with Bradley Cooper: 1st in Open Preliminary- B
  • Nan Schumaker with La Cosa Nostra: 2nd in Open Novice-B
  • Katherine Rizzo with Coherence: 12th in Open Novice-B
  • Curran Simpson with RF Cosmos: 3rd in Novice Rider
  • Allyson Thomas with Queen of the North: 2nd in Novice Rider
  • Katie Wherley with Grateful Heart: 9th in Open Training-A
#BestTeamEver Photo: Stephanie Bradley

Covered Bridge Clinic & Results

Stephen taught clinics at Covered Bridge over the weekend while students were competing at Hunt Club Farms and the Carolina International (GREAT job Mary on your win!) We have limited availability for lessons during Morven’s upcoming schooling day on April 5th — check out the calendar or head right to Strider to sign up.


3/26: Hunt Club Farms Starter Horse Trials (Berryville, VA)

  • Sandy McCormack with Rain Colony: 7th in Novice-B

3/23-27: Carolina International (Raeford, NC)

  • Mary Clare with Golden King: 1st in Training Rider-A

3/19-20: MDHT Starter Event (Adamstown, MD)

  • Ashley Beheler with Jubilee: 11th in Beginner Novice-B
  • Erin Harrington with Valiant Voyager: 4th in Beginner Novice-A
  • Louisa Woodville with Kittiwake: 3rd in Beginner Novice-B

Southern Pines & Pine Top Results

Well done Nan! And rocking the #TeamSBE logo wear as well!!

Despite the weather we had a great time at Southern Pines! Congratulations Nan and everyone else with top-10 finishes!

3/12-13: Southern Pines Horse Trials (Raeford, NC)

  • Kai Bradley with Diamonds Forever: 6th in Training Rider-B
  • Mary Clare with Golden King: 4th in Training Rider-B
  • Megan Hopkins with Night Moves: 5th in Jr. Training Rider
  • Nan Schumaker with La Cosa Nostra: 1st in Open Novice-B
  • Katherine Wheeley with former sale horse Lunetta: 9th in Training Rider-B

2/25-27: Pine Top Advanced Horse Trials (Thomson, GA)

  • Brooke Burchianti with Ballaghmore Castle C: 8th in Open Modified-A