Happy New Year and congratulations to all of Straton Sporthorses' students on a successful 2012!  Everyone made huge strides, whether at home or competition.  Here are some highlights from last year's show season...

Josh Collier and Hot Rod- 
Multiple Wins and High Scores
PVDA Junior Training Level High Score Champion
PVDA Dressage Seat Equitation Champion
PVDA Eastern Shore Perpetual Trophy

Mary Sue McCarthy and Finnegan's Wake-
High Score AA at Dressage at Fair Hill
3rd place for a Top 5 finish at AHA Region 15 Championships
Qualified GAIG and BLM Championships

Katie and Solar Rose, her 5yo SWB mare, were honored to ride in the young horse clinic with Dr. Ulf Moeller on November 10th at GoodNess Ridge Farm.  It was an exciting opportunity to ride and watch such quality horses!

We finished off the show year at the PVDA Schooley Mill JR/YR, and Sugarloaf schooling shows in October.  Josh Collier and HR earned Training Level High Score again with a 78.2%, their personal best! Congratulations on a great season!!

Congratulations to student Josh Collier on a successful day at the PVDA Jr/YR Schooley Mill show August 18th!  Josh and Hotrod won both Training 2 & 3 with 70.3% & 73.6%, and Training Level High Score!! They also tried out the Dressage Seat Equitation class where they tied for 1st with one other competitor, and received super feedback from the judge!

Mary Sue and Finney put in a solid test at Blue Goose on August 8th, earning a 62.4% in a huge class. Great job!!

On July 29th, junior student, Joshua Collier, went to the PVDA schooling show at CDI, his first show of the season (and second dressage show ever).  He and his horse, Hotrod, earned a 68.4% in Training 3 for 3rd place, and a 72.86% in Training 2 for 1st place and the Training Level High Score!!

Mary Sue and Katie headed down to Lexington, VA with Finney on July 6th for the Arabian Horse Association Region 15 Championships. It was a fun weekend visiting my family and experiencing a whole different type of horse show! The competition was tough, and with only one test to ride the whole weekend, there was a lot of pressure. Despite a little set back from the extreme heat, Finney and Mary Sue had a great test, scoring only 0.2 behind Champion, and earning a Top 5 placing!

Congratulations to student Mary Sue McCarthy and Finnegan's Wake on earning BLM and GAIG qualifying scores for Training level, and winning the Overall High Score Adult Amateur Award with a 72% at Dressage at Fair Hill on June 9th!!