Jumpapalooza THIS WEEKEND!!

THIS WEEKEND is our Annual Jumpapalooza event at the farm! Come out this Sunday, June 28th starting at 9am!  You can jump the stadium course, the XC course, or both as the "Jumpapalooza" We are also offering PRIZES FOR CLEAR ROUNDS!!!  Only $10/round! For more information: http://southwindfarminc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Jumpapalooza2.pdf

We love this photo of Southwind boarder Janet Andres and her mare Heat Wave competing at Seneca Valley Pony Club Horse Trials two weekends ago! They went on to finish 4th in a Senior Novice Rider division!

Also, we want to welcome the newest member to the Southwind Farm family, Libby! 

Congrats to boarder Jennifer & Cally and Cody turns one!

This past weekend Southwind boarder Jennifer and her mare Cally, made their big move-up to the 3' hunter divisions at the MSA "C" show at the PG Equestrian Center!  Jennifer said that Cally was a little nervous about the bigger, new fences, but she really rose to the occasion and by the end of the day was feeling like an old pro.  The pair finished with two 3rds in the Thoroughbred Hunters over fences, and a 4th and two 5ths in the Adult Amateur hunters!  Jennifer said that she was very proud of how well she went, and with how nicely they did our first time out at that height, and at a rated show to boot! Way to go Jennifer & Cally!

Jennifer & Cally over fences

With their 3rd place ribbons! 

Also this past weekend, our baby horse Cody turned 1 year old! He is growing up quite nicely and a barn favorite!

Baby Cody

1-year-old Cody 

Fun-filled Weekend

Good Monday Morning!

This past weekend was a fun and busy one. On Friday, Sheri's youngest daughter, Jenny, graduated from Damascus High. Congratulations Jenny, we know you are on your way to great things :)

Sunday, members of the farm got together to have a jump painting day! All worked really hard to get the jumps looking great again. THANK YOU again to everyone who came out and helped! 

Weekend Show Results

Hello Everyone,

We hope that you enjoyed the holiday weekend. Sheri and her groom extraordinaire, aka daughter Addie & mascot Spike, headed to the Virginia Horse Center for the Virginia Horse Trials & CCI event. Sheri competed her horse Toga in the Open Training division and did really well! The two finished in 7th place out of over 25 riders!

Addie and Spike helping out around the barns:

Andrew was also set to compete Azari ("Ari") in the CCI1* division but Ari had a heel grab that was just enough to keep him from being able to compete. He is fine and will be back to show his stuff again soon! We still wanted to share this photo of them before jog:

If anyone else has show results they would like us to share on the blog, please email them to Tara! 

Southwind Weekend Show Results

Good Morning Everyone!

We have some show results to share with you from the weekend!

Despite the ominous looking weather forecast, Cally and Jennifer Martin had a great day of showing at the Washington County Horse Council Hunter show this Sunday.  Jennifer was happy to have my mother and family friends come to watch us show, and delighted to have a successful day of showing, too!  The pair finished 2nd in both the USHJA Outreach Silver Medal and the Outreach Hunter Challenge!  They also had some nice trips in the Low Thoroughbred Hunters, and collected some 3rds and 4ths there, and even tried their hand at the TB in-hand class, where they finished 4th!
Way to go Jennifer & Cally!

Sheri's daughter, Addie, also took Sheri's horse Toga to compete at the MCTA Horse Trials where they WON the Jr./YR Training-level division. With a dressage score of 34.5 and two great jumping rounds, we are proud of them. Way to go Addie & Toga!

Any Geldings Out There??

Good morning!

We hope everyone had a great weekend! Here at Southwind we truly do LOVE our mares!! :) However, we could use a few geldings to balance out some of the girl power we have! If you have a gelding and are looking for a new place to board, please come check us out!  Southwind has a few board openings for gelding. At the farm we have a 60-acre facility which includes two barns, 50 stalls with mats and windows, a large indoor arena with an automatic watering system, two outdoor arenas, jumps, a small cross-country school, and miles of trails for hacking!!  You can find out more information at http://southwindfarminc.com/boarding/ 

Also, we wanted to congratulate one of our awesome mares, Jenny (aka Heat Wave), for her 7th place finish (of 18 starters) in the Novice division at MCTA two weeks ago! Jenny is owned by boarder Janet Andres and was ridden by Kelley Williams of A Bit Better Farm. Way to go!

Great Weekend!

Good Morning Everyone!

This past weekend was absolutely gorgeous!! Sheri competed Toga at the MCTA Horse Trials in the Open Training-4 division. The pair finished in 2nd place after two clear jumping rounds! Way to go Sheri! Andrew McConnon also competed Sheri's Azari (Ari) in the Open Preliminary-2 division and finished in 9th place. They are now qualified and planning on going to the CCI1* in Virginia!

Sheri also has a new project horse that we think is absolutely adorable and had to share! Meet Biricchino:

Stay tuned to see how this fancy one progresses in training ;)