Black Ridge Farm

Thank you to all of our awesome clients for a super fun Faux Show event! Special thanks to Lillie Rae and Keri Edmonds for all your help all day! We are so proud of all of you today! What a great way to get ready for show season and shake off those show nerves!

Tomorrow is our Faux Show at BRF! Please be sure to remember social distancing while at the farm! Also masks are REQUIRED in the barn at all times. Only ONE parent per rider please! This is a clinic type show experience and show clothes are optional, not required. Class times and more info posted on our show page. If you are not able to view that private page, please let us know!... Any questions please feel free to reach out to Brittany!

Some congratulations are in order! Congrats to Lisa Buckley on her lease of Treviot Magic! We wish him the best of luck this year in the Children’s Hunters! Congrats to Cherrywine Equestrian on their purchases of Prince and Just for Fun aka Tootsie! ... Congrats to Brooke John Heffner on her partial lease of BRF True Colors aka Stella! Congrats to Abby on her partial lease of BRF True Colors aka Stella! Congrats to Lani Kurland and her partial lease on Rumor Has it! Congrats to Lola and her partial lease of Rumor Has It! Congrats to Leah Courtney Lofstedt on her partial lease on Chip! Also welcome to the farm Chip! We still have some really great unicorns looking for a show partner this season! Reach out to reserve your fav before they are scooped up!

Attention Boarders! Spring shots are scheduled for Monday, March 22nd!

Good, beautiful morning everyone! Just wanted to send a friendly reminder that masks are still required when in the barn or in any situation where you can not be more than six feet apart from everyone on the property. Thank you for keeping us all safe and able to stay open by following these procedures! The barn is still only open to boarders and lesson clients with one parent. While we get closer to a better, more normal, status in the world, due to Covid, it’s not quite over yet and we need your help to stay safe and healthy here at the farm! Thank you!

Good Morning and Happy Monday! Details on our Friday Fun Night... Each week we will host a Friday Fun Night group ride! 5pm-Jumping Session (Must be comfortable jumping full courses) 6pm-Flat Session (jumping possible for those starting to jump)... $25/person to participate Each week there will be a sign up near the indoor for that week. See you there!

Congratulations to our BRF IEA Team on a great show today at Gardnertown. It was the last regular season show of the season and the results are as follows... Kendall Madison placed 2nd on the flat and 1st over fences! Hailey Pendl placed 1st on the flat and 1st over fences and was high point rider of the day!... Riley Horn placed 1st over fences and 3rd on the flat! Sylvia Debbie Ferris Glebocki placed 1st over fences and 2nd on the flat! Sasha Blanchard placed 6th over fences and 6th on the flat! Carrigan McCormack placed 5th over fences and 2nd on the flat! Shannon Devine placed 2nd over fences and 2nd on the flat! Brooke John Heffner placed 3rd on the flat! Tayla Eriksen placed 1st on the flat! Leah Courtney Lofstedt placed 2nd on the flat! Ava Krystal Stravato placed 5th on the flat! Megan Amy Ross placed 3rd on the flat! Mikaylee Eckes placed 5th on the flat! Sawyer Jill Wolven-Rothschild placed 2nd in the flat! Janis Rose and Autum Amy Prisco had good rides! Overall our HS team placed 3rd in the A show and 5th in the B show! Our MS team was Reserve Champion in the A show and the B show! Since this was the last show for the regular season we also have to congratulate the following riders on qualifying for regionals! Hailey Pendl- Open Over fences and Flat! Kendall Madison-Open Over Fences and Flat! Brooke Heffner - JV Beginner Flat (also first year IEA!) Shannon Devine - Future Novice Over Fences! (1st year jumping in IEA!) Tayla Eriksen- Future Beginner Flat! (1st year in IEA!) Sylvia Glebocki - Future Intermediate Over Fences and Flat! (1st year IEA!) Leah Lofstedt - Future Beginner Flat! (1st year in IEA!) Madison Weldon - Future Beginner WT Flat! (1st year in IEA!) Both our HS and MS Teams are also qualified! I am so proud of you all! Let’s practice hard and make regionals just as great as our journey to this point!

Our first ever Friday Fun Night at the farm was a great success! We had riders of all ages and abilities join for a fun extra group ride. Pm for more info or check out details at the farm!

ISO Another team member to add to our horse care crew here. Looking for someone who is comfortable and confident around horses. Job includes feeding, turnout and bringing in, cleaning stalls and water buckets. Looking for mornings 6:30-10:30, evenings 3-9 time frame. Weekdays and weekends. Pm if interested. Thanks!

The BRF horses and ponies have finally submitted their Christmas lists! Check them out at the farm near the indoor!

Congrats to our dressage riders today at our first outing for this year. Dani & Delilah, Linda & Sarah, and Brittany & Bella! Thank you to Wills Way Equestrian for hosting a lovely show!

We had a great show this past weekend and wanted to say thank you to everyone who made it possible and more importantly- fun! We are blessed with an awesome group of people who together make up our brf family. Thank you all for a wonderful weekend and a successful horse show! Congrats to all of our riders and horses and ponies too! Special thanks to Tom Mordovancey for all your help and giving up your weekend! Erynn McLoughlin for all your help taking temps! Keri Edmonds for... your help at the ingate! Jessica Lauren and Lillie Rae for your awesome ingate, announcing, and coaching skills! Christine Morris, Gabby Jamieson, Olivia, Neil Ryan, & Melissa Ryan for all your help taking care of the horses! Debra Corr and Patricia Scully-Hetman for your patience and secretary and announcing skills! Kathy Pinera for your great judging skills! And to all the brf family who came and supported our riders, schooled horses and ponies, brought coffee and food for all of us and help us set up Friday and Saturday and break down Sunday. You are all so appreciated! THANK YOU! Feel free to share some photos here from the show! Also thank you to all the farms and riders who came to the show! Was a great group of people to hang out with all weekend! Next HVHS is October at Old Field!

We are under way with our HVHS schooling show! Beautiful weather and a great stress-free, safe environment. See you soon!

We are all ready for the show tomorrow! Special thanks to all who helped in prepping the farm! See you all tomorrow and best of luck to all showing this weekend! We will be running jumpers first thing at 8am, followed by 3’, 2’6, 2’3, 2’ and pleasure! Open cards at each height.

Congrats to our IEA Team today!!

Happy Labor Day! This week starts fall schedule and we will resume lessons tomorrow! Please let us know if you would like to set up a schedule if you have not already! Best of luck to all on getting back into school!

Congrats to all of our riders today who showed at their first IEA show of the season at Gardnertown Farm! Kendall Madison placed 4th over fences! Hailey Pendl placed 3rd over fences and 3rd on the flat!... Riley Horn had great rides in the 2’ for the first time! Maddie Sedita also had great rides on some tough draws. Sylvia Debbie Ferris Glebocki had a great first IEA show placing 3rd on the flat and 3rd over fences! Alexandra Blanchard moves up to xrails this year and won 1st over fences and 4th on the flat in a large class! Shannon Devine has her first IEA show ever and placed 6th over fences! Carrigan McCormack moved up to xrails this year and had some good rides too! Brooke John Heffner placed 2nd in her first ever IEA show! Tayla Eriksen placed 1st in her first ever IEA Show! Leah Courtney Lofstedt placed 2nd in her first ever IEA show! Ava Krystal Stravato had a great ride in her move up to the wtc class this year and placed 4th! Mikaylee Eckes has a great first ride in IEA! Ella Katie Onofry Sandberg had a great first experience doing IEA! Megan Amy Ross had a great first show in IEA! Madison Weldon placed 3rd in her first ever IEA show! Autum Amy Prisco had a great first IEA show placing 6th! The high school team ended up 3rd overall in a close finish and the middle school team was also 3rd over all! Great job everyone and special thanks to our captains for al your help getting everyone ready to show and to the ring!

Best of luck to the BRF IEA Team today at their first IEA show of the season!

Don’t forget to sign up for fall lesson spots! Our schedule is filling quickly and we will be making a waiting list this year. Don’t miss out!

We would like to congratulate the Cutler family on a new family member! Welcome to the farm Snickers!! So excited to watch these guys grow together!

Our IEA team had their formal photo today! Wishing all of our riders the best of luck this season!!