Stella Cadente was a rock star! She won the $7,500 M&S/Tuff Rider-Equine Couture Children’s Jumper Classic! So proud of her! Definitely earned her sweet pickles today. Thank you Paula Frohring and Kaleiscope Farm. She’s an incredible horse with so much personality. Huh made his debut in the competitive world at Ocala this year. What a terrific beginning! He brought home …
USHJA Outstanding Stable Manager & Sportsmanship Award at Nat’l EAP
Many,many thanks to USHJA and the wonderful group of people and sponsors who’ve made the EAP program such an exceptional program for the development of future professionals in the horse world. It is one of the very best experiences I’ve ever been a part of. The quality of everyone involved and the education and guidance they provided was amazing. Thank …
USEF Reserve National Junior Sportmans Award
I want to thank USEF for honoring me with the USEF Reserve National Junior Sportsman Award for 2014. Having grown up on a horse farm, I’ve been blessed to be involved with every aspect of horse care and training. It is so rewarding to work with the young ones and watch them develop into a jumper, hunter, or maybe even …
USHJA National Junior Sportsman Award
What an incredible evening! What an honor to receive the Junior sportsman Award! USHJA has become such a significant part of my life. The organization has made possible so many opportunities for me to develop as a rider and horseman.Its programs like “Living The Dream”, EAP, grants, clinics, and, especially, access to top level professionals have helped so many young …
Fateful rides to Tricolor in first Junior Hunter competition
We took three horses this weekend to Swan Lake. Five year old Jenga jumped around the low jumpers like a champ. The Big Boy was wonderful, as he rode to a third place finish in the Junior Jumper Classic under lights and in the cold. And the little black filly owned by Barry Berman of California was awesome in her …
George Morris Clinic
Oct 10-12 I love riding in a George Morris clinic. I always come away feeling as though he’s helped me take my riding to a higher level. He’s absolutely one of the best in this sport.
Devon Fall Classic
Sept 10-14 This was one of the saddest times of my life. My trainer and life long friend, Elizabeth Solters, passed away. She had been battling cancer for the past two years. The hole it has left in mine and my family’s life is immense. It’s hard to imagine the future with out her. I am truly grateful for the …
Childrens Jumper Regional Champinship
Sept 4-7 Thank you Joe Fargis for all you’ve done to help me with my riding. Elizabeh said you were the one to go to and she was so right. It has been challenging working with my new arm and a new horse at the same time but you’ve really helped me improve.
Olive O & Lizzy sweep Children’s Hunter at Warrenton with 4 blues and Champinship
Olive O does it again! For the third year in a row Olive O did it again. She swept the Children’s Hunter Classic at Warrenton’s Labor Day Show. Thank you to the Steffan family, especially Chey, for giving me the opportunity to ride the amazing horse.
Lizzy rides her 2 year stud colt to IHF 2 year old Performance Championship
I was so proud of Haldn (Ezio) at the International Hunter Futurity. His dam, SchoenPrincess is a full sister to Schoenrsa, my bridleless exhibition mount at 2010 WEG. I currently have three offspring by SchoenPrincess, that I own and have trained, Haldon, Helios and Huh. I broke Haldon this summer. He is an awesome horse…smart, good mind, good mover and …
All 5 Carousel Farm riders win Tricolors at Kocker Horse “AA” Show
After being away for the entire winter and spring, our clients decided it was time to go to a show close to home. All of our farm clients …Megan Perdew, Taylor Shearers and Heather Spagnlio were champion or reserve in their prospective divisions. I piloted Whiskey Roxs and Olive O also to championships. It was awesome for my mom. Go …
Lizzy and Ucari ride to 70.3 in FEI junior rider test!!
One week after the Gladstone Team Selection trials, upon the reccomendation of a top US Dressage rider, I rode the FEI junior rider test to get a score on these tests on record. Ucari and I rode a flawless test to earn an excellent score of 70.3 on the FEI junior rider test. He definitely earned his bananas today.
Ucari and I qualify for the USET Team Trials at Golden State Dressage Classic CPEDI3*
Yes, we accomplished what we set out to do in California, Ucari and I qualified for the USET Team Selection Trials for the team to represent the U.S. at the World Equestrian Games in France! Thank you Ucari for being such a good boy. Thank You to owner Helene Bergstrom for allowing me to ride such an amazing horse! Gladstone …
Lizzy competes in first dressage competition …Adequan Global Dressage Festival CPEDI3*
Hey, when I used to ride in Night of Amazing Horses, we had a saying “Go Big or Go Home!” Although it was a bit ambitious, I made my Dressage debut in an international competition in Wellington, FL. With much to learn….. all and all, it went well. We just missed making the score needed to qualify for the USET …
Olive O gets highest single round score in WCHR Children’s Classic at WEF
It was not planned that I would be showing Olive O this year at WEF, but circumstances resulted in me picking up the ride in the Children’s Hunter the WCHR week of WEF. With each round she just got better and better, jumping higher, tighter and sharper. She is the most amazing mare. By the last round of the classic, …
Lizzy rides Maribet’s 5 year old youngster to 2nd,3rd,4th & 5th in Children’s Hunters at WEF
Thank you Maribet Farm for giving me the opportunity to ride Glory.
WEF 2014
A huge thank you to Helene Bergstrom for not only letting me ride her dressage horse, Ucari, but for all of her incredible coaching. I learned so much from you! Thank you for believing in me.
Instruction with Wes Dunham
Thank you so much Wes for all your help and guidance and time in turning me into a dressage rider. You are so knowledgeable about the sport and the para-olympics. I feel I am really progressing in my efforts because of you and your belief in me. Thank you for all you’ve done.
Visit Taylored Sportsman
Dec 14 Really big thanks to Louise Serio and Tailored Sportsman. I’m out growing every every thing so fast this past year so it was a huge help to be able to get some riding pants and jackets that fit the new me. Thank you,thank you, thank you!
Peurto Rico
Nov. We had a great time in Puerto Rico with Elizabeth and her family. Lots of fun family adventures and beach time with everyone. It was a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving.
EAP Nationals
Nov 13-17 What an incredible program this is! This is my second year to make it to the EAP finals. It is such a wonderful learning experience to get to work with such top notch people in the sport. It is also a great chance to meet and make friends with riders from other parts of the country. Thank you …
George Morris Clinic
Nov 8-10 This was my first chance to participate in a George Morris clinic. It was everything I’d hoped it would be. He’s so good at what he does. I learned so much from him. Thank you USEF for the grant you gave me that enabled me to do this.
Capital Challenge
Sept 30 – Oct 6 Thank you Elizabeth for all your help and coaching.
Training in Maryland
Sept 25-28, 2013 Time spent at Amberley Farm is always time well spent. Elizabeth, you always help me improve my riding. More than that, it’s always fun when our families get together. Thanks for all your help.
Vermont
July 1-14 Love my time as a working student with Elizabeth. Really enjoying competing in the jumper classes.
Regional EAP
June 25-29 EAP Regionals Love the opportunity to work with Karen Healey again. She is such a terrific instructor. This is my second regional EAP with her. I always come away feeling that I’ve made significant gains in my riding skills in my time spent with her.
WEF 2013
Jan.-Feb. Was a working student for my trainer, Elizabeth Solters for the first six weeks of the circuit. This is the second year I’ve worked for her. She’s such an amazing rider. I’m really enjoying my transition into jumpers. My mare, Whiskey, and Kaleidoscope Farm’s mare, Stella Cadente have been consistently in the ribbons.
WEF – Dressage with Helene
Feb – March 17 I’ve continued to show some in the jumpers and hunters but my main focus now is on Dressage and the Para-olympics to try to make it to the world games in France. Para-Dressage is the only equine sport offered so I’m going to try my best to make the para-team. I’ve got two incredible people helping …
mcquays
dec 6 – 15 mcquays
visit wendy
Love her Beste Gold babies!
florida with karl
nov 25-27 Thank you Karl for finding Whiskey Rocs for me. She’s so atheletic and has so much heart! Can’t wait to compete on her in Florida at WEF!
Warrenton
August 28-Sept 2 Olive O Many thanks again to the Steffan family for letting me ride Olive O in the Children’s Hunter Classic on Friday night. She won the championship, as she has done so many times before. She is such a joy to ride. She also did well in the Sat. night classic. Due to pilot error, she dropped …
Training with Louise
May 3-5, 2012 I took a few of my horses to Louise’s farm to take some lesson’s with her and to let her see some of the babies I’m working with. She really liked Huh. I really do too. I think he has a lot of potential.
national eap
nov 15-18 The EAP National Finals! What a great experience! I learned so much and met so many new friends from the riding world.
equine extravaganza
nov 1-3
capital challenge
sept 29-oct 7 – livey
visit harry delair & snowy
What a pleasure to get to meet Harry Delair and to visit his farm. He is a living legend. He was so personable and I loved his stories.
AETA
Aug 12-14
Harry Delair
August 10 – Harry
Lexington National Horse Show
Lexington with Jazz
EAP Regionals
Aug 6-10, 2012
Taiji Camp
July 22 – 28 What a great group of girls came to camp. They were like a group of sponges wanting to learn everything they could to improve their riding skills and learn new things, like trick training, as well.Some of them even got up two hours early every day to help work out our competition horses before the activities …
Performances at Brandywine Horse Show
June 25 – July 9
Hoosier Horse Fair
April 13-15, 2012 On the road again! My little troop of ponies and horses just finished a weekend at the Hoosier’s Horse fair.It’s quite a large complex of show grounds there. They are completely rebuilding their arena so the expo performances were held instead in one of their exhibition halls. I was the youngest clinician and performer there. The clinics …
PATH Conference – Keynote Speaker
I was truly honored to be asked to be the keynote speaker at the PATH conference held in MD this year.It’s a nationwide organization whose members run therapeutic riding programs throughout the United States. This wonderful group of people work with all ages and all kinds of disabilities in an equine setting. They wanted me to talk about my own …
Winter Equestrian Festival (video)
We are currently at the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL. We arrived on February 3 and will be in Florida until end of season. I am here as a working student for Louise Serio. LaSanta and Valido made the trip to Florida with me. I rode my very first jumper classe ever on Valido. He was second in our …
American Equestrian Trade Association
We made a quick trip to the Equestrian Trade Association to meet with two new sponsors and to meet with a representatives for several new product lines we will be carrying in our Taiji Shop. We had a great time having dinner with and visting with the gals from “Maryland Saddlery” on Saturday. Thank you to AETA for the great …
Maryland Horse World Expo
Thank you to everyone who came out to see us at the Maryland Horse World Expo. The highlight of the show for me was working “Tony” at liberty. We have been asked to be a part of a major live “War Horse” production, that is currently being considered for production. Tony was awesome. We taught every day and performed in …
Karen Healey Clinic
Just returned from a clinic with Karen Healey. It is obvious to me that Karen love what she does. She put a lot of effort into working with everyone at the clinic. She really challenged us and really put forth time and energy to help to “show and teach” us how to do it well. She set some jump sequences …
Charles Owens
I had an opportunity to visit with everyone from “Charles Owens”. I love their helmets. Not only are they comfortable and fit well, but I believe they are one of the safest helmets on the market. I learned a new way to put my hair into the helmet, which can be challenging when you have long hair. Thank you Charles …
