WEF Week 6 Newsletter

-Tuesday, February 21, 2023-

WEF is flying by!

It’s hard to believe we are already halfway through the circuit and the best is still yet to come! Beacon Hill had a great Week 6 and WCHR Hunter week with fantastic results and even more learning opportunities.

The week kicked off with a clinic with John Haime of John Haime Performance. John is a human performance coach who works with individuals to unlock their full potential in their respective sports or work through performance psychology, executive coaching, business planning, emotional intelligence, sport psychology, mental skills training, and neuroscience. It was an honor to have John at the farm working with our riders and we have already felt the impact he left in just one week of using his tools.

Riders had another chance to hone their skills with a clinic (this time in the saddle) with Cynthia Hankins. Cynthia was successful in the National finals as a junior and has spent much of her professional career training internationally and judging, as she holds her USEF R-Rated judges license in both hunter and hunter seat equitation. Cynthia has judged numerous competitions in both France and the United States as well as several National Equitation Finals including the ASPCA Maclay Finals and Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Finals. Cynthia brought her wealth of knowledge to Beacon Hill South during this week’s flat lessons and we are so thankful to have had her at the farm to help better our riders.

Returning to the show ring on Wednesday, Joey Roman piloted his 4-year-old mare, Last Hoorah put in more consistent rides in the Pre Green Hunter 3 & 4 Year Old Division taking home the blue ribbon in the Under Saddle and three 3rd places in the over fences! We are so proud to see how “Layla” is progressing. The future is bright for this young star!

Joey Roman & Last Hoorah

Friday morning welcomed equitation riders back to the Wellington International showgrounds with the Washington International Horse Show (WIHS) Jumper Phase. Caroline Mirts and First VDL jumped to 6th place in Section B of the Jumper Phase and 4th in the Hunter Phase to take 5th place in the WIHS Overall this week. Emma Blumenkrantz and Indiana Jones placed 6th in the WIHS Jumper Phase, and Reese Merna and Trouvaille took 5th in the WIHS Jumper Phase Section B and 6th place in the WIHS overall.

Joey Roman returned to the hunter ring, this time on his Large Junior Hunter, Cascatero to place 4th in the Large Junior Hunter 16-17. Dylan Bazaar and Nashville took 4th in the under saddle and 5th in the over fences in the same division.

Paige Power and Saturday Fever took a spin around the International Arena to close out the show day and picked up a 6th place ribbon in a competitive Amateur Owner Hunter 3’3” 36 & Over class!

Beacon Hill Jumpers came to dominate on Saturday with Rylynn Conway and Escada getting the day started with 1st place in the $1,500 Medium Junior Jumper and Sofia Moskowitz and Dior P Z jumped clear and to 7th. Sara Aberle rode Unik 6 in the 15-15 Equitation picking up 6th place over fences and Sophia Delellis piloted You Otto Know to a score of 87 and 3rd place in the Children’s Hunter 14 & Under!

WEF 6 concluded on a high note as Rylynn Conway and Escada secured Reserve Champion in the Medium Junior Jumpers and 2nd place in the $10,000 NAL Low Junior Jumper Classic with an extremely fast and careful jump-off effort! In Section A of the Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal, Harper Phipps rode Topper to 4th place and Dylan Bazaar took 6th aboard Cento Chico. Rylynn continued her streak picking up 2nd place in Dover Saddlery/USEF Hunter Seat Medal Section A. The tiny but mighty pair of Carson Phipps and NR Golden Graham jumped to great scores in the $2,500 Florida Medium Pony Hunter Classic to secure a 12th-place finish in a large and competitive field!