Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Barn Closed for Special Olympics State Competition
Please note there are no lessons starting today through Monday, June 16th. Lessons will resume on Tuesday, June 17th. Best of luck to all our Special Olympic athletes traveling to Penn State University this week for the Pennsylvania Special Olympic State Games. Have fun!!!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Photos from Devon!
Here are just a few photos from Devon on Memorial Day Weekend. Thank you Instructor Julia MacMinn for allowing us to use your photos. Enjoy!!
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Ivy Hill Riders Win Big at Devon
Congratulations Ivy Hill riders!!!! Last Saturday 17 Ivy Hill riders competed at Thorncoft as part of the Handicapped Division of the Devon Horse Show. Riders had a great day of showing. Classes included trail, equitation, dressage and jumping. Not only do riders earn ribbons for each class they compete in, they also compete for trophies for overall performance as well. As always Ivy Hill horses are competing as well.
Over the past three years, Ivy Hill has returned to the winner's circle at the Dixon Oval on Sunday at the Devon Horse Show for trophies and championships - in 2007 & 2008 Ivy Hill horses Blue & Bean won Therapeutic Horse of the Year & were presented with ribbons and a cooler (blanket) in the Dixon Oval. Last year Crystal Rhodes & Sean O'Brien competed at HRE and then went to the Dixon Oval to receive their awards: Crystal was awarded Champion for the Anne Joyce Cocharne Perpetual Memorial Trophy, Reserve Champion for the Francis de Ruschi Perpetual Trophy, and Reserve Champion for the Brushwood Trophy. Sean O'Brien was awarded Champion for the Thorncroft Perpetual Trophy and Reserve Champion for the Anne Joyce Cochrane Perpetual Memorial Trophy.
This year was no different!! All riders did a great job and lots of ribbons were earned. The following Champion and Reserve Champion awards were won by Ivy Hill riders:
Over the past three years, Ivy Hill has returned to the winner's circle at the Dixon Oval on Sunday at the Devon Horse Show for trophies and championships - in 2007 & 2008 Ivy Hill horses Blue & Bean won Therapeutic Horse of the Year & were presented with ribbons and a cooler (blanket) in the Dixon Oval. Last year Crystal Rhodes & Sean O'Brien competed at HRE and then went to the Dixon Oval to receive their awards: Crystal was awarded Champion for the Anne Joyce Cocharne Perpetual Memorial Trophy, Reserve Champion for the Francis de Ruschi Perpetual Trophy, and Reserve Champion for the Brushwood Trophy. Sean O'Brien was awarded Champion for the Thorncroft Perpetual Trophy and Reserve Champion for the Anne Joyce Cochrane Perpetual Memorial Trophy.
This year was no different!! All riders did a great job and lots of ribbons were earned. The following Champion and Reserve Champion awards were won by Ivy Hill riders:
- Madison G. and Amy G. tied for Reserve Champion of the E.W Garbisch Trophy for highest score in equitation.
- Crystal R. was Reserve Champion for the Francis deRuschi Trophy for highest overall score in Division I.
- Sean O. was Champion for The Brushwood Trophy awarded for the highest combined score in dressage and equitation.
- Sean also won the Thorncroft Perpetual Trophy for the highest combined score in trail equitation and dressage for Division III.
All in all, Ivy Hill riders participated in 49 individual events.
Thank you to all staff and volunteers who helped make this such a special day for our riders. It was a long day with a lot of work but hopefully the smiles and ribbons made it all worthwhile in the end.
Stayed tuned for pictures from the day & awards at Devon.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
A Parent's Perspective
On Saturday, 17 Ivy Hill riders participated in 49 individual events at the 31st Annual Handicapped Riders Division of the Devon Horse Show. It was a long day for staff, horses, riders and volunteers. However, it is a day every rider looks forward to. To get the opportunity to ride at Devon is a huge event! This year was no different. Our riders did a fantastic job. After the event (which will be featured in another post shortly), the following email was received from one rider's family. I think it speaks for iteself and so I wanted to share it with all of you.
"Congratulations to instructors and volunteers as well. What a great showing for the Ivy Hill Riders and Horses!
17 riders competing 49 individual events, 3 Reserve Champions and Sean returning to the Devon Fair Grounds for, I think, the second time. Great Job, Sean! We were at Thorncroft to see several Ivy Hill competitors, including our son, and I witnessed Ivy Hill riders with courage, confidence and smiles. (especially Amy in Equitation - cool, calm and confident with a great smile the whole time. It was a great program to watch.)
This program builds character in their students and indeed, it starts with you and all the instructors and volunteers. The tireless hours you spend in the ring with these children as well as the uncountless hours that you spend caring for our horses, are, in my opinion, what makes Ivy Hill special.
As parents who have beared witness to the growth and maturity in this program for the last 8 years - Ivy Hill has made untold gains in the growth and maturity of the students; and truth be told, you make it look easy, although, and I speak for all of us parents, we fully know how much preparation, desire, dedication, discipline, as well as love, you invest into Ivy Hill's riders and horses that today, and everyday, makes a difference in ways that you cannot possibly know. But, we know.
With appreciation and gratitude, we wish you Congratulations on the outstanding accomplishments demonstrated today at Thorncroft.
All the best,
Greg and Bev
PS - we are pulling for Charlie and Duncan in Best Therapeutic Horse competition and wish them best of luck."
Stay tuned for results and pictures of Devon.
"Congratulations to instructors and volunteers as well. What a great showing for the Ivy Hill Riders and Horses!
17 riders competing 49 individual events, 3 Reserve Champions and Sean returning to the Devon Fair Grounds for, I think, the second time. Great Job, Sean! We were at Thorncroft to see several Ivy Hill competitors, including our son, and I witnessed Ivy Hill riders with courage, confidence and smiles. (especially Amy in Equitation - cool, calm and confident with a great smile the whole time. It was a great program to watch.)
This program builds character in their students and indeed, it starts with you and all the instructors and volunteers. The tireless hours you spend in the ring with these children as well as the uncountless hours that you spend caring for our horses, are, in my opinion, what makes Ivy Hill special.
As parents who have beared witness to the growth and maturity in this program for the last 8 years - Ivy Hill has made untold gains in the growth and maturity of the students; and truth be told, you make it look easy, although, and I speak for all of us parents, we fully know how much preparation, desire, dedication, discipline, as well as love, you invest into Ivy Hill's riders and horses that today, and everyday, makes a difference in ways that you cannot possibly know. But, we know.
With appreciation and gratitude, we wish you Congratulations on the outstanding accomplishments demonstrated today at Thorncroft.
All the best,
Greg and Bev
PS - we are pulling for Charlie and Duncan in Best Therapeutic Horse competition and wish them best of luck."
Stay tuned for results and pictures of Devon.
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