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Clemson End of Summer Show

Saturday, September 6, 2008

It's official

Well, I can finally make a public announcement. I think all details are finalized. We're moving. Charleston Riding Academy will finally be a dream realized. We have purchased 18 acres a few miles up United Dr, and are building a farm from scratch. We have ordered a barn from Horizon Structures. We will have 10 stalls, a heated wash rack, large tack room with lounge, office, and seperate feed room. We will have ample pastures and turnout (although the grass won't likely sprout until spring at this late date). We will have a seperate large (near double our current size) jumping ring and dressage ring. We're ordering a full set of brand new jumps with walls, gates, and rolltops. I'll be updating the website soon with all of the details including the name change. As soon as we have a final move in date likely mid to late October I will post our Barn Warming Celebration information. You all are invited. That includes anyone who is a former member of our barn family. We hope this will serve as a sort of family reunion/home coming and a time to catch up with many of you.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! Hope the building and move will go smoothly!

janes mom said...

Are lessons on for today (Monday)?

mmfarms said...

Yes unlesss rain rolls in.

Anonymous said...

Oh man, I cannot wait to see your new place up and running! I am just bummed I do not live near you Holly! Sounds great! -Showpony

The Whitlocks said...

Holly, we are so happy your dreams are finally coming reality. We enjoy so much coming to the farm and look forward to coming to YOUR farm. Let us know if we can help!
The Whitlocks

Shiloh's Tall Tale aka. Shoalih's Tale

Showing off my baby

The above slide show is pictures I've managed to accumulate of my pride and joy...Shiloh. These are all pictures I've found of him on the web. They start with him as a yearling at the Saratoga sale and go up through his winning at the race track. You will find more pictures of him in the bottom slide show at the Clemson show with one of my students aboard back in Dec. 2007. Hopefully I will be able to add some pictures of myself showing him in the near future.

You'll notice a couple of the pictures are during his time at Canter. Please check out their website at http://www.canterusa.org/ohio They are running on very hard times right now and every penny people can send their way is greatly appreciated by the horses. If everyone who checks our blog regularly could send just $5 they could feed a horse for a month.