Mark Farndale Stables

The Oaks – Red White & Blue

mark — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:49:44 +0000

We had a great show!

We couldn't have done it without Chiquito

Gold Coast 3 May 21-23, 2010

mark — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:47:26 +0000

Joe and Blue Martha and Evensong

Chris and Romono Heather and Carmen

mark — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:37:11 +0000

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“People, this is a horse sport. What’s interesting is the horse. Not the ribbons, not the accessories, not the socializing. What’s important are the horses and how to best manage them.” –George Morris, Practical Horseman

Update December 10, 2009

mark — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:05:36 +0000

The last 2 months have been very busy. I’d like to welcome several new members to our family.

Claire Doney and her TB gelding Aragorn, Ross Steinbach and his Holsteiner jumper Carte Blanch, and Chris Chun with Hershey, who will be retireing, and his new Wurttemberger gelding Romanow! We are looking forward to great 2010 with all of you.

And also congratulations to Heather and Tim Kaeding-Collins on the arrival of their first child, Cooper!!! Guess it will be time to start looking for a pony for baby Cooper soon!

And last but not least, Lisa Kursinski is now a permanent addition to our barn. Coach, Instructor, Rider, she is awesome. Come by to say hi all the members of Farndale Stables.

Mark

Update Oct. 15, 2009

mark — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:48:47 +0000

I’d like to welcome 2 new clients to our barn. Kate Folb and her New Zealand TB gelding Truman. And Sarine Aratoon and her Holsteiner gelding The Illusionist.

This week Sarine and The Illusionist will be showing in the Jumpers. And Martha Post’s mare Evensong will debut in the Hunter division. Good luck to you both!

Horse Shows

mark — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:57:15 +0000

Upcoming Shows:

Memorial Day Classic @ LAEC May 26-31

Gold Coast 4 @ LAEC June 18-20

Oaks Blenheim Red White and Blue June 29- July 4

Show results:

Gold Coast 3 May 21-23, 2010

We had a great weekend at Farndale Stables!!! With six horses and eight riders competing in the latest Gold Coast, and everybody doing a fantastic job! All the hard work really paid off over the last 3 days.

Carmen made her debut in the Hunter and Equitation rings with her owner Heather Collins. Placing 3rd twice in 18-35 equitation over fences on Sat. then getting a 2nd and 4th in the open hunter division on Sunday. This was Heather’s first show since the birth of her son Cooper, 7 months ago! This pair is better than ever! Ross Steinbach and his Carte Blanch got to show only 1 day, but they made it count, placing 7th out of 32 and 6th out of 19 in the .85M and .90M jumpers on Saturday. Both rounds were double clear!! Martha Post’s Evensong was the star of the barn this show. She won all 3 classes in the Baby Green Hunter division with Lisa Kurskinski riding on Friday, to be Champion. Then again on Saturday she won, this time with Kelsey Work riding in 18-35 equitation on the flat and a Res. Champion in that division. And then on Sunday with Martha riding, back in the show ring for the first time in years, she was 4th in Novice Equitation, 18 and over. Joe Rich and Summertime Blues had a great weekend, placing in 6 out of 7 classes. We love having this new pair in our barn. They have come a long way in a very short time together. Christopher Chun and his Romono showing that they will soon be a force to be reckoned with doing a very nice job together. Last, but certainly not least, Lisa K showed Romono in the low hunters on Friday, and her last round showed something very special indeed. This horse is not only going to be a great equitation horse, he is truly Hunter Derby material. They are going to be fun to watch!

Gold Coast 7 Oct. 15-17

Newcomers to our barn Sarine Aratoon and The Illusionist place consistently everyday in 1.10M

Martha Post’s new mare Evensong shows great promise at her first show. She was Gold Coast 7

Show and Gold Coast Series Res. Champion Pre-Green and Champion Low Hunter. As always, we couldn’t have done it without Lisa Kursinski’s help.

Thank you!!!

Martha, Evensong , Mark and Lisa and Evensongs winnings

2009 USDF/CDS Championship Show Oct. 1-4

Watercolor places 6th overall in the CDS Open 1st Level Championships.

The first day we got a score of 73.4% with another 9 for her lengthened trot!!

Thank you Cathy Marx for letting show your wonderful mare. It’s been a blast!

Jaye Cherry has done a fantastic job of turning this jumper rider into a reaI

dressage rider. I wonder how far we can go ???

L.A. International Jumping Festival Sept. 16-20

Heather Collins’ Carmen Reserve Champion 1.10M Jumper! 2nd & 6th

Summertime Blues 5th and 7th 1.15M Jumper, 6th 1.10M stake

Gold Coast 6 August 27-31

Mykiella Lesko & Merlin 2 x 3rd Walk Trot 17 & under in their first show

with us. Congratulations!!!

Carmen gets great ribbons in every class entered 1.15M and 1.20M Jumpers

Cool August Nights August 20-22

Watercolor does it again! We won 3 of our 5 classes and placed 2nd in the other 2. She also wins the Cornerstone/Markel Open 1st level Championship. This mare really loves her new job. We started doing doing dressage in February of this year after she decided jumping was not her cup of tea.

Again a big thank you to Jaye Cherry for all of her help!

CDS Dressage July 4-5, 2009

Watercolor wins 3 of her 4 classes! We competed 1st level tests 2 & 3. Saturday we were 1st and 3rd respectively. Sunday she really stepped it up a notch to win both classes. Scores of 68.889% and 70.541% under judge Louise Koch. And she scored a 9 for her lengthened trot in test 2!!!

Thank you to Jaye Cherry for all of your help!

LAEC Gold Coast 4 June 2009

Heather Collins’ Carmen 2nd and 4th 1.15M jumpers.

Jay Lipman’s Summertime Blues 3rd 1.20M jumpers.

Thank you to Lisa Kursinski!

New for 2009

mark — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:33:50 +0000

Hi Guys and Gals,

I have my new website!! And a great big thank you to Karen Krueger for her design.

I will be sending out emails to my clients when I have updated my blog.

Check here for any important dates or any updates happening at the barn or any changes in our schedules.

I’m looking forward to a fantastic show season this year and wishing lots of success to all of you!

Before I forget…I would love to have your comments or suggestions on the new site. Send me some photos of you and your horses by email and I will upload them to the site so we can share the joy and excitement for 2009.

Here’s a photo of the new garden. Lot’s of changes going on and I appreciate all of you for your continued support.

thanks to you all…

Mark