First reminder for the 1/10/10 Clinic

Just trying to start organizing the day for Ryan on Sunday January 10th...we have had about 30 people express interest - which is fantastic!

So, if you are worried about the weather turning sour on us (again), please just fill out a form and get it to Ellie (ellie@watermark-farm.net). That way we can set up the schedule and prepare for a full day which will hopefully be unseasonably warm & sunny!

Happy Holidays!

Sally Cousins Clinic CANCELED

We're canceling due to the 15" of snow currently sitting on the road out in front of the farm. The township has not plowed since 11AM and it is not safe to ask anyone to trailer their horses given the road conditions.

My apologies on behalf of Mother Nature!

Happy Holidays regardless!

~Ellie

Sally Cousins Clinic Ride Times

10:00 Peyton
10:30 Emily
11:00 Rebecca and Jill
12:00 Ellie and Sara
1:00 Cindy, Chelsea and Mary
1:45 Ginny and Lauren
2:30 Ric and Christine
3:15 Pat and Karin


If the weather is truly awful, I will contact you by phone/email by 9 on Sunday. Due to the traffic pattern in the driveway & possible snow accumulation, we will be asking people with trailers to park at the end of the driveway. We have a country road that has a nice big shoulder, so some folks often pull over there even in good weather to avoid having to back their trailers up in the smaller driveway.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me!

See you Sunday!

~Ellie

Sally Clinic Update

I know everyone is anxiously watching the weather forecast and looking for clinic times. The dual stress is getting to be a bit much!

The times should be available later this morning. There were so last minute changes, so Sally is tweaking the final plan. As soon as it crosses my desktop, I will post here, Facebook and on the Clinic Page of the farm website.

If the weather is lousy and unsafe for trailering horses, I will contact people by every possible means to notify you all of any changes.

Apologies that winter seems to have arrived but the weather is very much out of our control.

Last call for the Sally Cousins Clinic this Sunday!

Just sending out the final reminder for the upcoming Sally Cousins clinic on Sunday December 20th!

Treat your horse (and yourself) to a fun lesson with Sally before she leaves for Aiken for the winter!

Schooling Photos!

We took a trailer of mares over to True Prospect today - Wylie, Wallace, As You Wish & Alexis! Everyone was just super!

Ryan rode Wallace (Lacey) and there are a few photos -





























I rode Wylie for her first trip off of our farm (Roddy has trail ridden her lots & at other barns, too) and she was a super star! To be perfectly honest - the Waldaire's are so sensible & fun to ride! Each day is a treat just like their papa!

































Kitty & Lexy were also really good! Kitty has been protesting her more flat work oriented lifestyle for the past month, so it was super fun to jump again! (or so my DQ side says) :-) Ryan had a fantastic school on Lexy and just like her big brother Dillon (Avebury), she blossomed with Ryan in the irons. It had gotten just a bit too dark to shoot pictures of these last 2 ladies, so you all will just have to believe me when I say how good they were!

Christmas greetings from a happy client

This is the time of year that we all receive happy Christmas wishes from friends and family. It is always fun to hear from satisfied clients and even better to see them with their equine family!

Congratulations to Susan M. and her whole family on Willy's successes for 2009! Good luck in 2010!!!

It was a real treat to get updates on their progress and showing accomplishments all year and to see a photo of the happy family just makes the year's end that much more special!

Waldaire Filly With Eloquence has begun her undersaddle training!

This is Peg Lederer's Waldaire filly With Eloquence ( x B'Eloquence by Beste Gold) as she begins her undersaddle training down in MD. Peg & I had a lovely chat the other day and she told me that everyone at the training barn raves about little Ellie's good temperament & about how much they enjoy working with her!

Congratulations to Peg on breeding such a lovely filly! (keep the photos coming!)