New Jersey Run this Weekend!

Facebook photo from Kevin Mead

Farrah's farrier since she was six months old has been Kenny Mead.  He started trimming Farrah when she came from Trevelyan Farm (PA) to her first owner, Lynn Simpson, and he as been shoeing her ever since.  I think Kenny is a bit crazy to drive all the way to NJ from FL, but he just delivered this new mobile farrier box for himself.  Now he can fly back and forth and he has tools on site.  (Thankfully Kenny also does horses in Maryland as well, and those horses also have their own tools on site, although not quite so fancy as this mobile rig!).  All the more amazing, Kenny and his son built this box from scratch.   The workshop where they built the mobile was also built by Kenny.  Guess the man has some skills in addition to shoeing!

Farrah gets to prance around the Preliminary this Sunday at the Fairhill, NJ show facility.  Why Prelim and not Intermediate?  For some reason, this show has NO Intermediate offered, only Advanced and Preliminary are options.  While it would be fun to see what Farrah could do at Advanced, I don't think Sinead wants to tackle that one yet with only two Intermediates under their belt!  Not to mention that this show is jammed pack with all the "who's who" in eventing on the East Coast in the Advanced divisions.  I am not sure how many are entered in Preliminary, but Farrah is in section D if that doesn't tell you how big this show is!

Go RedHead and go eventing!

Forrest Nymph and Sinead Halpin Photos from VHT Intermediate.

I thought this you tube creation might be a nice way to show everyone some incredible still shots from Farrah and Sinead's trip around the Intermediate at VHT!  Enjoy.  GO PONY and TEAM SHE!

The VIDEO from OI at Virginia XC!!!

FARRAH GOES TO VIRGINIA!

VHT just posted ride times! Sinead Halpin and Forrest Nymph in Open Intermediate go at:

Friday:    1:59 Dressage

              3:54 Stadium

Saturday:  10:30 XC

I am SO excited to be road-tripping up with great friends to see Farrah in action!  Go Pony and Team SHE!  Farrah finished in 7th place at her first Intermediate at MCTA in the beginning of May, adding just time on cross country to their dressage score.  Way to rock it, RedHead!

UP NEXT: INTERMEDIATE!!!!

MCTA May 5-6, 2014

Fresh from her 4th place finish at Rolex with 4* super horse, Tate, Sinead will be back in the irons on the RedHead to make their debut at Intermediate at the MCTA Horse Trials in Maryland this weekend.  I am beyond excited that Farrah and Sinead are moving up to Intermediate..................the pictures above are all from successful preliminary runs this spring.  They are well prepared and ready to roll.  Their next outing will be May 23-24 at VHT, which I will road trip to watch in person!

While making time is not important this first run at Intermediate, Sinead will get to see what the pony thinks of the cross country questions that Intermediate presents. I predict an enthusiastic response from the RedHead for the cross country phase......we'll see if Farrah is interested in playing well in the sand box this weekend.  Farrah is super talented in dressage, but as Sinead says, she is certainly not the easiest ride on the flat!  Come cheer on Farrah and Sinead if you are on the East Coast this spring!!!

Go Pony and Team SHE!

The Pony Rocks the Mid-Atlantic Shows!

Photo Courtesy of Brant Gamma

Farrah and Sinead have been cruising around some very big shows since they left Florida and the pair have done a fantastic job at the preliminary level!  At the Carolina International Show in mid-March, Farrah and Sinead finished 4th in a very tough preliminary group (photo above is from Carolina).  

This past weekend, Farrah and Sinead contested preliminary at THE FORK, finishing in 7th place on a tough track, adding just a little time to their dressage score of 33.  Sinead and Farrah have now logged four events at the preliminary level, never finishing out of the top 10 and twice finishing 4th!  The average number of starters has been over 20 and they are now aimed at Intermediate in May.

To say that Sinead and I are thrilled with how well this partnership has developed would be an understatement.   The Redhead loves how Sinead rides her and both of us are very confident in the abilities of this pony to move on up the levels.  When DOC raves about Farrah's canter, you are allowed to get a bit excited about the possibilities.

Sinead and I are now offering shares in the Redhead, as syndicating this special pony to a small group of people will allow this partnership to continue moving onward and upward.   Yes, we could sell Farrah outright, but the Redhead is special!  A team is what is needed to realize Farrah's eventing prowess with Sinead in the irons.  If you would like to join the Redhead's Team, please email Sinead's farm manager and right hand lady, Meg Kep, at megkep@gmail.com for details.  We'd love to have you join us on the pony ride of your life!

Go North, Pony, Go North!

Photo:  Anneke Davidson

I got to visit the pony last weekend and a whole group of us from Black Dog Farm travelled up and booked Sinead's weekend.  We had great lessons from Sinead while we were in Ocala, including a visit to Clayton Frederick's cross country field.  I even got to hack out the RedHead while we were there.  Farrah loved having her former pasture-mate Mia to visit, as none of Sinead's other mares are tolerant of the RedHeaded pony princess.  

Farrah will be leaving tomorrow for the Carolina Horse Park, then on to The Fork and then New Jersey!  I think the East Coast weather is going to be a big surprise, but I am so excited about Farrah's continuing adventures in Eventing with Sinead Halpin.

Sinead and I are working very hard to get everything organized properly to offer Farrah for syndication:  Crazy about eventing and want to be a part owner of an upper level event pony?  Crazy about ponies?   RedHeaded Mares?  Love Team SHE?  Talk to Sinead!  We are looking for fun people to join us in having a great time supporting the sport of eventing with the incredible Farrah pony and Sinead Halpin in the irons!

GO PONY!