Jumper Show!

                   Farrah resting up!

Farrah and her friends at Sinead Halpin Eventing are going to pass on Milbrook and head to a jumper show instead.  Farrah will join her stablemates (including WEG bound Tate) in the stadium ring this weekend to add some polish to their jumping effort.  For Farrah, this means that although she is intermediate fit, Farrah is not allowed to run off with Sinead between fences :-)

Fall Plans for the RedHeaded Pony and Sinead!

Brant Gamma Photo, Intermediate, VHT May 2014

The RedHead had a nice easy run at The Horse Park of New Jersey at Preliminary with Sinead last weekend.  The show oddly offered Advanced and Prelim with no Intermediate, which probably explains why there were 5 sections of Prelim!  The pony put in a very nice dressage test (31.7) and a reasonable SJ round (1 rail) and they were one second over optimum, giving 4th place to Buck Davidson on the same score to finish in 5th place!  

Sinead has mapped out the fall now that she knows that she and Tatey are headed to Normandy, France to participate on the USA's WEG Team.  Yay for Team SHE!  Farrah and Sinead are aiming at:

August 2-3, Millbrook Horse Trials (New York) - Intermediate

September 19-21,  Plantation Field Horse Trials (Pennsylvania) - CIC**

October 15-19, Fairhill International 3-Day (Maryland) - CCI**

I am planning to go to Maryland for Fairhill, as I can visit a dear friend and his boys and then head on up to the show.  If any of Farrah's fans are at the shows, stop by and say "Hi" to the RedHead as she loves visitors!

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!