Silver's Blue Plate Special Wins American Competitive Trail Horse Competition

Congratulations to Robert and Silver's Blue Plate Special for their outstanding ride at the ACTHA ride held April 17th at the Kentucky Equestrian Center. Kudos to Erin as well for her ride on Pepper's Just Plain Pretty. They placed 5th out of 18 riders in the Open Division. Out of 120 points, there were only 7 points that separated the top 5 horses. Four of the five were gaited horses (way to go!).

ACTHA, American Competitive Trail Horse Association, is a brilliant concept. Anyone can put on a ride. The goal is to have at least a 6 mile ride with at least 6 obstacles. The rides are for all breeds of horses both gaited and non-gaited. Registration is on-line. Horses earn life-time points and rewards. Groups can ride out together regardless of their division. Horses and riders receive points separately. Robert and Erin were just planning to go for the experience and were pleasantly surprised with the result. If you'd like more information, log on to www.actha.us. We'd like to participate in future rides. It was a lot of fun! Way to go Robert and Erin.

Equine Affaire 2010

April 2nd - 4th found Stoner Ridge Farm at the Equine Affaire in Columbus, OH. Even though we had planned to attend without horses this year, we were called on to help out due to a last minute cancelation. Fortunately, we are blessed with some wonderful horses to train and enjoy. Blueberry Wine and SRF Silver's Sundown were excellent representatives for the Mountain Horse breeds throuh United Mountain Horse. They had three opportunities to help educate folks about how wonderful these horses are due to their four beat lateral gait and their phenomenal dispositions. The most exciting performance was on Sunday morning. Blueberry, Silver, and Blue on Black (owned by VBF) did their demo between Stacie Westfall and John Lyons. John had sevral obstacles in the arena for his performance so the fellas (Robert, Mike, and S.T.) took full advantage of the opportunity. The three horses also rode around the ring right beside each other - the mare between two breeding stallions. You would never have known though because they were perfect gentlemen (and Blueberry was a perfect lady ). They were awesome! After the performance, John shook Robert's hand and said, "Good Training!" He also complimented Blue on Black for his beautiful canter. It was a great experience and a wonderful opportunity to share the umbrella of services that UMH provides the Mountain Horse community.

North Carolina Championship and the Al Prewitt Memorial

Congratulations to everyone who did well at the shows in North Carolina. There were some really good horses there. It was great to get to fellowship with all our horse show friends after the long cold winter. We especially want to congratulate Blueberry Wine on her Classic Pleasure Championship with Robert on board. We also extend our sincere congratulations to RRF Gold Nugget for winning the Adult Versatility Award and the AL Prewitt Memorial Award with Charlie DeAtley up. What awesome performances!

Success is not a destination, it's a journey.

Check out the winnings for Stoner Ridge Farm:

NC State Championship
Al Prewitt Memorial Championship

Blueberry Wine
Al Prewitt Memorial - Classic Pleasure Championship - 1st
Al Prewitt Memorial - Pro Am Classic - 2nd - Robert & Nancy
Al Prewitt Memorial - Mares Classic Pleasure - 5th
Al Prewitt Memorial - Trail Obstacle - 5th
Al Prewitt Memorial - Adult Versatility - 5th


Cypress Addagirl
Al Prewitt Memorial - Open Four Gait - 2nd
Al Prewitt Memorial - 2-3 Year Old Open Trail Pleasure - 2nd

Gaitway’s Jasmine Joy
NC State Championship - Open Western - 3rd
NC State Championship - Country Trail Pleasure Mares - 5th - Steve
NC State Championship - Country Trail Pleasure Pro-Am - 2nd Steve/Robert
Al Prewitt Memorial - Trail Obstacle - 3rd
Al Prewitt Memorial - Open Western - 3rd
Al Prewitt Memorial - Country Trail Pleasure Mares - 3rd
Al Prewitt Memorial - Pro Am Country Trail - 3rd - Robert/Steve
Al Prewitt Memorial - Amateur Country Trail - 3rd - Steve
Al Prewitt Memorial - Adult Versatility - 3rd

Pepper’s Capital Venture
NC State Championship - Classic Pleasure Championship - 4th - Mike
Al Prewitt Memorial - Geldings Classic - 2nd - Mike
Al Prewitt Memorial - 4 Year Old Stallions/Geldings - 2nd

Pepper’s Just Plain Pretty
NC State Championship - Country Trail Pleasure Mares - 4th - Tim
NC State Championship - Country Trail Pleasure Pro-Am - 3rd - Tim/Marcia
Al Prewitt Memorial - Country Trail Pleasure Mares - 6th - Tim

RRF Gold Nugget
NC State Championship - Open Amateur Classic - 3rd - Steve
Al Prewitt Memorial - Adult Versatility Award
Al Prewitt Memorial - Al Prewitt Memorial Award
Al Prewitt Memorial - 4 and Older Conformation - 2nd
Al Prewitt Memorial - Trail Obstacle - 2nd
Al Prewitt Memorial - Geldings Classic - 1st
Al Prewitt Memorial - Non Pro Classic - 3rd - Robert/Steve


SRF’s Silver Sundown
NC State Championship - Open Amateur Trail - 2nd - Steve
NC State Championship - Trail Pleasure Championship - 3rd
NC State Championship - Open Western - 2nd
Al Prewitt Memorial - Trail Obstacle - 1st
Al Prewitt Memorial - Open Western - 1st
Al Prewitt Memorial - Trail Pleasure Championship - 3rd
Al Prewitt Memorial - Adult Versatility - 4th