February 24, 2010
Wow what a winter it has been. Snow, snow and more snow. Things here have been going great at the farm. We have all been surviving the blizzards and making it through the cold. I would like to welcome Bethany and her 3 horses to our farm. We were finally able to dig the trailer out and go pick them up in VA.
January 16, 2010
We are finally settled in at Potomac Stables and things are going fantastic. We have been doing lots of barn projects and getting things in order. If you have ever been to Potomac Stables before you really need to check it out again and see how things are running now and check out all the new improvements. We just love our new facility and all the wonderful people. We would like to welcome Sharon and her horse Hecuba to our barn family, also we would like to welcome Stacy, Mark and Carla to our barn with their 3 horses. We also want to congratulate Melanie on her purchase of Danielle. We wish you all the best, come by and have a visit with us to see if we can help you out with you and your horse.
December 21, 2009
Happy Holidays Everyone!!!!!!!!!! What a crazy couple months it's been for us. We are loving our new place at Potomac Stables. It has been a great move for us with a big facility with lots of turn out and room to go. We are getting settled in and have enjoyed all the wonderful people here. We are excited to Welcome Sharon and her horse Hecuba who will be moving in with us on the 23rd. We are enjoying the snow we've gotten and are looking forward to a wonderful white Christmas.
We would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and we hope that you all have a very successful New Year!!! and we would like to thank everyone for all their love and support in the last year.
October 30, 2009
We are getting settled in here in Maryland and are loving our new place. What great people we get to see everyday. We are excited to have Vicki moving her horse in this week to come and ride with us. We are also enjoying lessons with Michelle and her girl. I want to also congratulate Loretta from 20/20 Horsemanship in Great Falls, VA on her purchase of one of our favorite guys, Handsome Horse. We hope that he will be as wonderful for you and your program as he has been for us. I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween.
October 7, 2009
We are officially up and running at our new place. It has been a long couple of weeks, but we are so excited to finally be moved in. All of horses handled the trip well and we are all settling in well. We are getting geared back up to start horse showing again soon.
September 15, 2009
What a year it has been for ELS. We have redone a farm, moved 400 miles, done a good bit of showing, and made lots of new friends. With all that said we are very excited to announce that we will be moving back to Maryland. We are looking forward to going back to what we feel is our home. We will be back in Poolesville and running ELS out of Gone Away Farm. It has a lovely indoor and outdoor and a very nice grass ring too! We will be back in Maryland by the end of September and everyone is looking forward to it. I will do my best to keep you updated while we are trying to get moved, although I beleive that in another week or so I will be packing up the computer. You may continue to reach Owen on his cell number which is 301-538-3011 and I will update all of our other contact info as soon as I have it.
August 24, 2009
We had lots of fun this weekend in Lexington, KY. We took a barn trip there on Saturday to watch the first ever Hunter Derby Finals. What a beautiful place to be and watch a horse show. We all had lots of fun and Owen was excited to have George Morris and the Derby winner John French sign his new Derby hat. We are looking forward to a great week of riding and lessons.
August 17, 2009
What another great week at ELS. We would like to first welcome our newest boarder Sarah and her horse Perfy. We are excited for them to be with us and are looking forward to lots of fun times. We also want to congratulate Lauren H. and Pony Boy on her Lead Line debuet at Noah's Ark Farm on Sunday. She did such a wonderful job, Owen was very proud of her and she also get's 10 stars for trotting over the log in her lesson this past week. The rest of the gang stayed home from the horse show this weekend and will look forward to the next one.
August 10, 2009
We decided last weekend to stay home from Fox Hollow and not to make the drive to Bristol. We had a lovely weekend catching up on things at the farm and riding. Owen spent the week teaching his new students, Abby, Lauren, and Elizabeth doing lessons and having lots of fun. We decided this weekend to brave the heat and go to the horse show at West Wind and boy was it hot!!! Tori and Cool Hwip moved up to the Mini Hunters and started putting courses together. She got 2 3rd places and a fifth place on the flat and then she won the Handy Hunter class. Melanie showed Everlasting Candy Girl in a few Schooling Hunter classes before her and Owen decided that the heat was too much and scratched Everlasting Candy Girl and her other big girl Everlasting Blonde Ambition for the rest of the day. Mel and Candy ended up getting 2 3rds and a fifth in the Schoolings. Jen and Chance braved the heat to do the Special Hunters and they ended up champion in that division and then they were 4th in the 2'6" Classic. It has been a good couple weeks since are last update.
July 25-26, 2009
What a great weekend at Wyndfield Oaks Horse Show. The courses were well done, footing was great and it was a very well run show. Tori was out for the second time with her new horse Cool Hwip. She did fantastic in the beginner hunters winning a first, third and a fifth and Cool Hwip was lovely. Melanie and Everlasting Blonde Ambition made a great comeback this weekend after Blondie had a few weeks off after getting reserve in her Childrens Hunter Class at Upperville. This weekend they were champion in the Childrens Hunter on Sunday. Mel and Everlasting Candy Girl (see her on the sale horse page) also had a great weekend together, they were Champion in the Schooling hunters both days and reserve champion in the equitation and they won the 2'6" classic. Jen and Everlasting Chance had a very successful weekend. They were champion in the Special Hunters both days and they were champion in the combined Adult Equitation.
We had lots of fun and are looking forward to our show next weekend at Fox Hollow.
