Hello Show Goers…..                                                                                                                      The Cranberry Acres Riders and Horses will be attending the Hunter/Jumper show at the Kelly’s Ford Equestrian Center this Saturday.  We would like to invite anyone who wishes to come and support the hard work and efforts of our riders and horses.  The warm up starts at 7 am and the competition at 8 in the hunter ring and 8:30 in the jumper ring.  We are usually competing till the end of the day – 6pm

Competitor News:                                                                                                                        Riders with their own horses should (please) come during the early afternoon on Friday to groom and wrap and prepare their horse for trailering – Miava/Jodi  Twister/Eli Conner/Parker Gidgette/Katie Apricot/Cindy.  I would appreciate all boarders horses being done before 5:00.  The school horses have classes on Friday afternoon and won’t be ready for show prep till 5:30

PJ in in the 4:30 class – that rider will bathe him and wrap,  Ariel is in the 4:30 class – that rider will bathe and wrap her, George is in the 4:30 lesson – that rider will be on her first show prep – Haley, please come help her, Paradise will be in the 4:30 lesson – that rider will bathe and wrap, Rose will be available after the 4 – 4:30 lesson – Devin will be responsible for bathing and wrapping.  I will cover Tabasco and William will cover Whinny.  I am still learning Tabasco so would like the time with him.

We will attend the 4-Oaks show.  The Trailer will leave Cranberry Acres at 1:00 with a planned 2:30 arrival, the show starts with Short Stirrup at 3:30.  We have 3 riders entered in the Short Stirrup – Kathleen,(first time)  Savannah and William.  No one in the Pony Hunters or pleasure, Grace in the Eq. Flat and Junior Hunter Pleasure horse,   Jodi in the Low Hunter, Isabella and Natalie in the Schooling Hunter, Jess and Cindy will have to remind me of their choices.

Competitors – Please pre enter by email @ Four_Oaks_Farm@yahoo.com by Wednesday 9pm. Include whether Horse or Pony – Owner – Cranberry Acres for School Horses – Rider name and age as of Dec 1 2015 – Contact number and name – Class number and Name

Competitors – go directly to the show grounds – No need to come to the stable for prep.  I am simply wrapping and loading and Katie is helping me.  Jodi and Cindy (jess) of course meet me at the Stable.  Thank you

Check out our gallery page to see photos of Summer trail Rides

Here we are, already the 6th of July. Riders rode Jumpers at the JGS show at Amelia on June 18 and Hunter/Equitation riders competed at 4Oaks in Palmyra. Lovely shows..

Two weeks of camp are behind us, 3 more to go…. We still have room in both our July 25 – 29 camp and our August 8 – 12. Believe it or not, Amelia schools go back August 15.

Mike and my 3 new horses added to the cranberry acres line up – Tabasco, Eagala and Sassy are working into our program real well.

We hope to finish out the Kellys Ford series -August,September and October and will plan on a few 4 oaks shows as well. Keep an eye on sign up on the bulletin board in the lounge

After many days of Rain……  it all came together

Western Champion – Madison May

Western Reserve Champion – Montana May

Year end High point Champion – Savannah Banton

Year end Reserve Champion – Montana May

Hunt Seat High point Champion – Isabella Superlano

3 way tie Reserve High Point Champion

Libby Helman – Kathleen Acres – Brittni Owen

Year end High point Champion – Savannah Cheatham

Year end Reserve High Point Champion – Kate Strohm

May 7th, Cranberry Acres final school show of the 2015-2016 series. Year end high point awards given out.

May 8 -Mothers day – yes lessons till 3:30. Reschedule if your lesson time is after that.

May 14 – Hunter show – Palmyra VA

May 28 – Kellys Ford. Hunter and Jumper

We had a blustery time at our school show on April 9, but the challenge of keeping the jumps upright could not keep us down!!  The show went forward and was alot of fun.  Point results will be linked to this page.  Western High point riders Tied Champion – Savannah Banton and Montana May.  High Point Reserve Champion Western – Katelyn Williams.    Hunt Seat High Point Champion – Savannah Cheatham   Reserve High point Champion – Gabby Dolan  Honorable Mention to Katie Bonnes-Balch                                                                                     School Show Points-E 2015-2016

2015-2016 Western Points

So – What I want to know is how did it get to be the end of March….  Start of April so quickly?

We have a ton of Fun horse and rider activities planned for April and May and before you know it – it will be summer camp time.

Check out our calender page for April and May events, our horse show page for information on the April 9th show and our Summer camp page for Camp info.  I’ll be glad to send you the necessary information to sign up for any of the above or you can sign up in the lounge – waiting room at the barn.

4 and a half weeks till Spring and it can’t come soon enough for all us riders…..

We have no scheduled events for the rest of February – except the work get together at 5 forks to fix the bridges on Saturday Feb 20th.  Come help if you can – information was provided by Camille Deckert on our facebook page. – check it out.

March will begin with Hazelwild on March 5th – it is the last of the series, so it will be the seasons end Champion and Reserve presentation.  We wish our riders the best of luck!!  Many are high in the points and could bring home the award.  I’ll post the results as we know….

March ends with Easter weekend, we will be closed Saturday the 26 and Sunday the 27.  Monday starts spring break for many.  We will be on a regular schedule getting ready for Calais on April 2nd.  April 9th will be our first spring school show.  April 16th is Kelly’s Ford, April 30th is Kelly’s Ford. May 7th will be CA’s last of the 2015-2016 school show series show.  May 28th Kelly’s Ford.  May 30th – Memorial Day!!    Then it’s time for Summer Camp – YEAH!

No classes today at Cranberry Acres. Stay safe off the roads. Lessons will open as usual on Sunday Morning. We are on the main roads that get cleared and Mr Mike will plow our driveway. Just let us know if you’re snowed in and can’t make it. Thanks