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Harlequin Farm in Virginia concentrates on young driving horse development, competition and recreational driving
04/19/2024
Congratulations Tim Palloni on your 49.20 at Katydid!
03/07/2024
01/27/2024
Just a great partner.
01/10/2024
After the storms
01/03/2024
Good day
01/01/2024
Happy New Year everyone!
12/21/2023
Merry Christmas to my friends and family near and far!
12/04/2023
FYI
11/18/2023
Meanwhile in hunt country……
10/27/2023
I love driving on the farm this time of year!
09/26/2023
Congratulations to Tim Palloni, bronze medal winner USEF Intermediate National Championship at Tryon CDE. It’s a pleasure to work with you and see all the great progress you’ve made!
09/24/2023
Beautiful day at Tryon!
09/23/2023
My office today!
09/22/2023
Tryon has the BEST spot for the competitors meeting!!
09/17/2023
Hard work pays off!! Congratulations to Martha Duchnowski on the show of a lifetime! AMHRA National Championship - Grand champion multiples light harness, champion carriage turnout, champion light harness pairs, champion carriage multiples, reserve champion carriage working.
08/20/2023
Have to be proud of your students on a day like today! Best Training dressage and division winner Amanda Draper. Best Preliminary dressage, Carol McConaughy. Best Intermediate dressage and division winner, Damara Gailliot. First place Preliminary horse, Ann Spurgus. First place training pair pony, Martha Duchnowski. Second place Intermediate horse, Tim Palloni. Second place training horse, Laura DeFazio. Fourth place training pony, Rhonda Gould. Fourth place training horse, Megan Vogel. Fifth place training horse, Denise Curtis. Many thanks to Claire Lacey and her amazing crew from My Lady’s Manor Driving Club for running a great event!
08/19/2023
What a fabulous day! Weather was perfect and we had some lovely driving!
Results:Novice Junior
Ben Reisse 345.58
Leelo Abe’ 362.84Open Junior
Ashton Maye 224.23*Novice Horse
Deanna Kehler 243.24
Laura DeFazio 243.27
Megan Vogel 324.39
Amanda Draper 349.46Open Pony
Damara Gailliot 222.67*
Marcy Eades 258.76Open Horse
Tim Palloni 220.72*
Ann Spurgas 231.64Novice Pony
(pair) Martha Duchnowski 312.29
Diane Vickery 312.65
Thank you to our wonderful volunteers!
08/17/2023
Saturdays course
08/17/2023
For those of you competing in the Saturday derby and staying over for the CT on Sunday, there’s a free concert at the Old Stone School in Hillsboro Saturday night just a couple of miles from the farm!
08/16/2023
Hello competitors! Saturday looks like glorious weather for our Derby!
Exciting news! First place for all divisions will be awarded a Driving Essentials gift card! Many thanks to Jack and Jan for their support and sponsorship!
Course will be open to walk Friday after 4:00 PM up until the first drive Saturday 10:00 AM.
Both novice and open levels will drive all the cones and all of the letters (gates) in the hazards. Each hazard will have letters A through E.
Novice level cantering is not permitted: walk/trot only. Open level may canter.
Cones will be set at 170CM for all participants.
We will run the derby as follows
Each driver drives the course twice. Your best round will count for placings.
Navigators required for all entries accept single VSE/Small pony.
Helmet’s and safety vests required. I will have a few vests available to share with participants. Everyone on the carriage must have a helmet and vest.
See you Saturday!
08/16/2023
Start time for Saturdays derby is 10:00!! Course will be available to walk after 4:00pm Friday until the first go Saturday at 10:00.
07/25/2023
When I’m away I’m happy that my horses have NOVA fitness center to stay strong and fit. They love spa days! Thanks Jay Joyce for a great fitness center and your wonderful staff!
07/25/2023
One of the loveliest venues in driving. Hillcroft farms Kentucky short format event was even blessed with fabulous weather! Thoroughly enjoyed working with Ellen, Danielle, Marc, Yvette, Lisa and the rest of the staff! Many thanks to Leslie and a phenomenal cones crew 💪❤️.
07/01/2023
Bliss Combined Driving Derby August 19th
MLMDC CT August 20th
Hillsboro Virginia
Entries for the Derby by email and payment by Venmo or PayPal. Entries open 7/20-8/10
Email [email protected] for Derby entry form.
Stalls limited and on first come, first served paid entry. Preference to those shipping in Friday for lessons with Paula Bliss before the event. Lessons by appointment: [email protected]
Saturday is Derby day! Cones and obstacles to be driven twice.
Sunday is My Lady’s Manor CT. Please contact Claire Lacey at [email protected]
06/10/2023
Great time at Elk Creek! Thanks to Lisa Singer and her fabulous crew for a wonderful event. I drove Amanda Drapers young Morgan mare, June, at her first “away from home” event, and this mare was just lovely showing her potential! It’s always a privilege to drive a young horse at its first event. Damara Gailliot finished 1st at Intermediate Pony with Nick! Tim Palloni finished 2nd his first time out at Intermediate Horse having a great go. Ann Spurgas had a really strong event improving her skills at Preliminary Horse and Rhonda Gould finished 3rd at Training pony with her super Haflinger. Many thanks to all the great people that work so hard to make this event so special!
05/24/2023
Congratulations to Martha Duchnowski on a great show with her boys. Lots of hard work paid off!
05/20/2023
Practice practice
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At Saturday’s derby Thunder, owned by Linda Kalman, showed such improvement in obstacles. He is much more relaxed and ratable. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with him. 😊
Charlie and Kathy
Some great observations from my dear friend Dana Bright on dressage fundamentals as the basis for all training. System : a set of principles or procedures, an organized scheme or method. A group of related things that work towards a common goal. For driving, we want to end up with a trained animal that we can enjoy driving. We want to feel in control as we drive, and able to handle what comes our way. Once trained, we'd like this animal to be our partner for as long as possible. A system puts facts in order. Training:Experienced people have already thought about and tested a system for lasting results in teaching a horse how to do its driving job well in partnership with the driver. Training a driving horse goes deeper than teaching it to respond to rudimentary aids of turn left, turn right, stop, go. You are your horse's personal trainer. You need to consider the same things a personal trainer at a gym does. You are doing gymnastics, posture control, ballet and conditioning. There are good postures and less effective postures for an animal to perform in. This is based on anatomy and function, not aesthetic fads. The horse should understand how to use its body in response to the driver's aids. He feels no anxiety in going about his job, so he can be an active participant. This system is based on horse's anatomy, behavior and thought process. It follows certain steps, basic steps becoming more refined. You knew this was coming. . . . A system based on dressage fundamentals is the most effective in creating this partnership. For one thing, you don't need to reinvent it. Also, anyone familiar with driving on contact will be able to drive your horse, ensuring him a safe future if you ever need to find him a new home. So, how do you know what the goal feels like if you've never driven a schooled horse? As you learn, the goal posts will keep moving. How does a well trained horse look and FEEL?
Dressage is your friend. It’s not just a test in front of a judge. It’s the training that takes your horse through his career. Written by my dear friend, Dana Bright: Post by moderators Dana Bright and Paula Bliss: It can seem overwhelming for a beginner to organize the knowledge they need to progress in a given task. For this page, the task is learning to drive your animal to a carriage. To complicate things more, often the animal you want to drive is also a green bean. How do you learn together? Is that a good idea? Seemingly random facts are tossed about, further confusing the issue. System : a set of principles or procedures, an organized scheme or method. A group of related things that work towards a common goal. For driving, we want to end up with a trained animal that we can enjoy driving. We want to feel in control as we drive, and able to handle what comes our way. Once trained, we'd like this animal to be our partner for as long as possible. A system puts facts in order. Training:Experienced people have already thought about and tested a system for lasting results in teaching a horse how to do its driving job well in partnership with the driver. Training a driving horse goes deeper than teaching it to respond to rudimentary aids of turn left, turn right, stop, go. You are your horse's personal trainer. You need to consider the same things a personal trainer at a gym does. You are doing gymnastics, posture control, ballet and conditioning. There are good postures and less effective postures for an animal to perform in. This is based on anatomy and function, not aesthetic fads. The horse should understand how to use its body in response to the driver's aids. He feels no anxiety in going about his job, so he can be an active participant. This system is based on horse's anatomy, behavior and thought process. It follows certain steps, basic steps becoming more refined. You knew this was coming. . . . A system based on dressage fundamentals is the
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