HUNTERS COURT STABLE

BARN NEWS/EVENTS

Hunters Court 2008 Horse Show Series
May 24-25, 2008
July 19-20, 2008
August 16-17, 2008
October 25-26, 2008
Download Entry Form
Download Prize List

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BEGINNER SUMMER CAMP
June 30 - July 4, 2008
Click here for info

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ADVANCED RIDERS SYMPOSIUM
HUNTERS/JUMPERS/EQUITATION
*Open to All*
*Must be jumping @ 2'6" level or higher*
July 21-23, 2008
Call for details....615.896.4189

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SIDESADDLE EXHIBITION & CLINIC

TBD

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2007 MTHJA AWARDS BANQUET


Congratulations to our Winners!!!!
From left to right: Back Row: Abbie Clark. Asst. Trainer, David Q. Wright, Head Pro, Demi Potts for Brennen Kirby, Evelyn Swaze, Asst. Trainer
Front Row:Erin Herbistova, Cara Dodson, Katherine Dodson, Morgane Qualls, Maclay Bowers, Elaina Plott, Stephanie West, Katie Ramsey,

David Wright & Schroeder Champion Other Jumper
Bocelli & Elizabeth Tarumianz 4th Place Adult Amateur 18-35 yrs.
4th Place Modified Adult Am Hunter
Galway Bay & Cecilia Halsey 5th Place Adult Amateur 36+
Morgane Qualls & R.H. Sparkle Champion Short Stirrup Hunter
Callaway & Elaina Plott 5th Place Junior Hunter
5th Place Modified Jr Hunter
Star Dust & Katherine Dodson 4th Place Childrens Hunter 14 & Under
Good Times & Stephanie West 5th Place Childrens Hunter 14 & Under
Gulf Star & Katherine Dodson (owner Darla Duncan) 6th Place Childrens Hunter 14 & Under
Intuition & Lauren Shelton (ower David Q. Wright) Reserve Champion Childrens Hunter 15-17
Gold n' Girl (David Wright) 6th Place Childrens Hunter 15-17
Orlando & Elaina Plott Champion Large Pony Hunter
Autumn Fire & Katherine Dodson Reserve Champion Green Pony Hunter
Brownland's Know It All & Cara Dodson Champion Childrens Pony Hunter
Champion Pre-Childrens Hunter
Blue October & Cecilia Halsey 5th Place Modified Adult Am Hunter
Megabucks (owner David Q. Wright) Reserve Champion Long Stirrup Hunter
Penny Lane (owner David Q. Wright) 6th Place Long Stirrup Hunter
Marika & David Wright (owner Beverly Mercer) 4th Place Other Jumper
Waltzing Matilda & Brittany Purnell Reserve Champion Child/Adult Jumper
Karona (owner David Q. Wright) 3rd Place Child/Adult Jumper
The Waterboy & Cara Dodson Reserve Champion Pony Jumper
Cara Dodson Champion 11 & Under Eq.
Morgane Qualls Champion Short Stirrup Eq.
Reserve Champion 11 & Under Eq.
Katie Ramsey 3rd Place 11 & Under Eq.
Erin Herbistova 6th Place 11 & Under Eq.
Katherine Dodson Champion 12-14 Eq.
Victoria Bennett 3rd Place 12-14 Eq.
Stephanie West 4th Place 12-14 Eq.
Brennen Kirby 5th Place 15-17 Eq.
Maclay Bowers Champion Walk Trot
Reserve Champion Green Rider



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2007 ZONE 4 AWARDS BANQUET



Katherine & Cara Dodson attended the 2007 Zone 4 Awards Banquet in Atlanta Georgia.
Katherine (left) and Autumn Fire were awarded the Zone 4 Reserve Champion Large Green Pony Hunter.
Cara (right) and Brownland's Know It all were awarded the Zone 4 Champion Childrens Pony Hunter.
GOOD JOB GIRLS!!!!!

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On May 20 Sally Violin held a party in honor of
Lincoln's (North Country's) 21st Birthday!!!
After viewing a video of Lincoln's successful career,
Lincoln was honored with birthday cake and a toast!!!

Lincoln was presented with a "Mike & Ikes" (his favorite treat) birthday cake!!
As you can see, he loved it!!!
....and David introduced Lincoln to his first alcoholic beverage....now that he's of legal drinking age!!!!
Sally has owned Lincoln since he was 9 yrs. old. He has ribboned at Harrisburg, Capital Challenge, New England Finals, Palm Beach, Kentucky, Upperville, and Chicago. And he has bucked Sally off more than 50 times!!!!!!
Happy 21st Birthday Lincoln.....and many more!!!!

 

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In Memory of Our Departed Equine Friends

Candlelight

As my candle, burning bright
Sends shadows off on this dark night
It offers peace, and hope and love
To the horses dancing up above.

My prayers and thoughts will help them find
Beloved friends they left behind.
So they may comfort us in turn,
And thus it is my candle burns.

With quiet tears, lovingly shed
I hear the horses, overhead.
Their pounding hooves are thunder stirred,
For another friend has joined the herd.


Marti

Blizzard

Sonny Dee
 

Tank
 

 

Mine Timber
by Tom Goodner
May 2006

 

When I first laid eyes on Timber
He was running in a field.
His racing days had ended,
Former owners unhappy with the yield.

Around about six months later
With a few dollars I could count,
I went to see if he could be
My next equine paramount.

He looked a sheddin' shaggy,
Was thin and unfit too.
But he had that big step beauty,
Over every test jump he flew.

With his mistress we struck a bargain
'Though the vet had found a glitch.
My thoughts were, I've shopped enough,
He'll do the work without a hitch.

The first two years were fits and starts.
I had yet to realize
He was more than just a useful horse,
Had a competitor's heart inside.

Sure enough he was mighty green,
Flighty with willful thoughts.
With even the toughest ride he gave me
I knew the right one I had bought.

An amateur will make mistakes
Lord knows I've made my share,
Valiant Timber was ready to forgive
And gallop on without a care.

Timber

The true heart of this story
Now revealed for all to see,
I thought I was teaching Timber
He was teaching me.

Many a challenge we faced together
On verdant ground, unseen and far.
All he asked was that I sit up and ride,
Go ahead and raise the bar.

Timber's dreams were fields of green
A few grazers to be his herd
Just pull those shoes, groom no more
Freedom is the word.

And this I planned to fulfill
When working day was done,
Equine years can be so brief
I foresaw the setting sun.

But for all the plans and dreams we dream
There can be a fatal flaw,
That can stop a thousand pounds of might
It felled Mine Timber to the straw.

Now what can be a lasting legacy
For a simple equine soul,
But that my Timber was one hell of a horse
Oh how I miss him so.