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

This weekend was all about our favorite redhead … Erika Louvo! Stephen and Erika headed down the road to Great Meadow International (brought to you by the ever generous Mars Equestrian) where they finished 12th in a very large, very competitive CCI2*-S division!

The pair only added a tiny bit of time to their awesome dressage score to drop down in the placings a bit. But overall Erika was foot perfect! We all can’t wait to see where they go next!

8/19-21: Waredaca Horse Trials (Laytonsville, MD)

• Luba Abrams with Huey: 1st in Beginner Novice Rider-B
• Dayna Blumel with Cabo Wabo: 8th in Open Novice-A
• Jeannette Lusi with Rock’N Ranger: 6th in Beginner Novice Rider-A

8/18-21: Bromont CCI & Horse Trials (Quebec, CAN)

• Curran Simpson with RF Cosmos: 6th in Open Training

8/13-14: Fair Hill International Horse Trials (Elkton, MD)

• Molly Sherman with Winsome: 2nd in Preliminary Rider

8/7: Olney Farm Horse Trials (Joppa, MD)

• Jeannette Lussi with Rock ’n Ranger: 6th in Open Beginner Novice – 1 

7/30-31: Dressage, By Chance 1 & 2 USDF Dressage Show (Union Bridge, MD)

• Cheryl Sherman with Fandango: 1st & 4th in FEI Prix St. Georges 

7/30-31: Horse Park of New Jersey Horse Trials II (Allentown, NJ)

• Luba Abrams with Huey: 1st in Beginner Novice Rider-B

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

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

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!)

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

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!

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

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

We’re looking forward to a great clinic this weekend! Remember that auditing is always FREE at Covered Bridge Farm!

The Covered Bridge Farm address is: 2345 Duvall Road; Woodbine, MD 21797.  Auditors can drive their cars alongside the outdoor and park in the smaller gravel area near the indoor arena.