The Meadows Farm

05/21/2025

☀️Sandhills Classic☀️

We had a great week down in Southern Pines for the Sandhills Classic at the Carolina Horse Park! Thank you to Joan and her team for putting on a great show!

Each horse and rider had blue ribbons, and many tricolors were won! Highlights from the week include:

🏆Elin Moen - Schleider’s ‘Stargold Balou’ made his hunter debut with Sam, winning 2 over fences classes in the 3’ Greens to finish Reserve Champion his first time out!
🏆Grace Littreal & her ‘Epic’s La Mia’ finished Champion in the 3’3” Junior Hunters winning 3 out of 5 classes, and finished 🥈in the Junior/Amateur Classic! Sam & Mia also won a class in the Performance earlier in the week!
🏆Evynn Morelli & her ‘Orchard Hills Dipped in Gold’ won many blue ribbons, and finished Reserve Champion out of a huge Schooling Pony Hunter division and had multiple top 3 placings in the Childrens Pony division!
🏆Bayshore Capitals ‘Korlando’ was a class winner and had multiple top 3 placings with Sam in the Baby Greens & USHJA 2’6” division finishing Reserve Champion!
🏆Shadow Ridge Farm’s ‘Quoted’ was a class winner 🥇 and had consistent top 3 placings to narrowly miss Reserve in a huge Open Hunter division!
🏆’Bise Du Rouet’ & Brittany won the 1.10m JR/AM Speed Class and also finished 🥈in the NAL/WIHS Classic just a tenth of a second off first!
🏆’Louis 346’ and Grace were class winners in the 15-17 Children’s Hunters, with other top 3 placings! Louis & Sam also had top placings in the Open Hunters earlier in the week!

Thank you to Melvin, Olman, & Lorelei for all their hard work, and helping make the week so successful! Now home for a couple of weeks, then we head off to KY for Split Rock and Junior Hunter Finals! 🔜

05/12/2025

Looking forward to more moments like this 🔜 Sandhills Classic at the Carolina Horse Park this week! 🌳🪾🌾

05/10/2025

We had a great week at the Aiken Charity Horse Show! It was our first time attending, and we can wait to go back next year (thank you for the push to go)! All of the horses were great, with most of the horses being “new” to us! Highlights include:

🌟Emma Whillans “Thor Van De Muze” was 🏆Champion🏆 in the Hopeful Hunter 2’9” with Sam winning with an 86 and finishing 2nd with an 85.5 out of a huge group of horses!🌟
🌟Grace Littreal made her debut with her new horse “Epic’s La Mia” in the 3’3” Small Junior Hunters earning an 85 for 2nd out of a super competitive group of horses, with other top 3 placings! We are so excited for this pair!🌟
🌟Bayshore Capital, LLC’s “Korlando” had his first show with Sam where he finished the week with a 🥉 in a super group of Baby Green horses, and other placings as well! We look forward to watching “Korey” grow! 🌟
🌟Brittany & “Bise Du Rouet” moved up to the 1.10m Adults with much success! They finished 5th going double clear on Friday, and 8th in the $2,000 NAL/WIHS Classic with one down🌟

Thank you to Melvin for all his hard work, turning the horses out to ✨Perfection✨and helping make everything run so smooth!

Looking forward to next week at the Carolina Horse Park for the Sandhills Classic!

04/28/2025

🌟 Continuing on with our Winter Circuit highlights -
Congratulations to Evynn Morelli on a great first winter in FL! Evynn finished Reserve Circuit Champion in the Children’s Pony Equitation showing less than half the circuit!! She had multiple tricolors and top 3 finishes in the Small/Medium Children Pony Hunters & Childrens Pony Equitation!🌟

04/18/2025

🌟Continuing with our recap of the winter - Paige Bartosh & ‘Serendipity’ had a great end of the circuit finishing Reserve Champion in the Younger 3’3” A/O’s and 12th in the USHJA Amateur National Derby with a first round score of 89! They also finished top 4 multiple times in the 3’3” Amateur Owner Classic with consistent scores in the high 80’s. Sam and Serena were also Reserve Champion week 12 only doing half the division and winning 🥇 a class! Paige also teamed up with “Stapleton ASHA” at WEF where she put in a clear round, and other great rounds in the 1.00m Amateurs her first time riding him!🌟

04/16/2025

🌟Starting off our Winter Circuit 2025 recap, is Haley Price! Haley had a great winter, earning many top ribbons on different horses, in both rings!
🌟Week 7 she teamed up with ‘Coco’ and had multiple top 3 finishes in a huge Low Childrens division and finished 3rd in the Classic!
🌟Week 11 she was 11th in the .85m Classic with ‘Fortified’ her first time showing him, and first time showing in the jumpers! 🌟

04/15/2025

‘Catania 150’ (2020 Colman x Stolzenberg) & Marvin Jüngel this past week finishing 4th in a KL. L class and doing her first M* class as well! So excited to continue to watch her develop! Thank you for doing such a great job!

04/02/2025

Winter 2025 is a wrap ✔️ Thank you to all the people who made this circuit so special 🌟Stay tuned for (many) post highlighting everyone’s winter! Looking forward to getting home to VA and starting the spring shows at home! 🌳🌷🏠

02/17/2025

02/10/2025

02/10/2025

☀️Catching up on posts from the first half of circuit! Congratulations to all of our riders, horses, and owners on all of their success and progress they have made so far! ☀️

Week 3 highlights include 🌟

• Price Farms ‘Ufeelme’ was Reserve Champion in the USHJA 3’ with multiple top 3 placings including a Section A 🥇!

•Haley Price showed her ‘Clueso 30’ for the first time since this summer, and finished with multiple top 3 finishes in the Low Childrens and a 3rd in the Classic!

•Paige Bartosh and her ‘Serendipity’ had great rounds and top finishes in the 3’3” Amateur Owners! ‘Serena’ and Sam also won a class out of a super 3’3” Performance division!

•Deer Creeks Farm ‘One Request’ had great rounds, and placings out of 60+ horses in the USHJA 3’ with Sam!

•Brittany Davis’ ‘Content’ had multiple top finishes in the 3’3” Greens with Sam and with Brittany in the Low Adult Hunters!

WCHR Week 5 Highlights include 🌟

•Grace Littreal and her ‘Lachlan’ were Champion in the 15-17 Children’s winning 2 over fences classes & finished 🥇 in the Classic!

•Brittany Davis’ ‘Content’ was Reserve Champion in the 3’3” Young Hunters with Sam

•Jen Oliver’s ‘Caracal’ was 3rd in a .95m class with Elin at his first horse show ever!

•Jordan Atwell-Purcell joined us for the week and showed both ‘Czippy WBF’ & ‘KC Superman’ with great trips and placings! In the Hunt & Go Non-Pro Derby ‘Czippy’ and Jordan just missed the cut off in ‘Czippy’s first derby ever!

•Price Farms ‘Ufeelme’ was Reserve Champion in the 3’3” USHJA Hunters only doing half the division!

•Deer Creek Farms ‘One Request’ & Sam had a great round in the USHJA National Derby!

•Brittany & ‘Lavitto Z’ had multiple top finishes in the .85m Jr/Am Jumpers!

Stay tuned for more highlights from the following weeks!

01/10/2025

We had a great Week 1 at the Winter Spectacular ❄️🌴🩵 After a long break, the horses were ready to be back in the show ring! Congratulations to all of our riders, horses, and owners on a terrific week! Looking forward to the rest of the circuit with everyone!

Highlights of the week include:

❄️Sam & Brittany’s ‘Content’ was Champion in the 3’3” Young Hunter❄️
❄️Sydney Chmel teamed up with Brittany’s ‘Newman Van’t Goovahof’ winning 🥇a class in the 1.00m Amateurs and a top 12 finish in the Classic!❄️
❄️Paige Bartosh had great trips with her ‘Serendipity’ with multiple top scores in the high 80’s and top 3 finishes too!❄️
❄️Savanna Schultz and her ‘Fortified’ made their Adult Amateur debut and finished 6th in the NAL/WIHS Adult Classic! Sam and ‘Arlo’ also had great trips in the 3’3” Greens with scores in the 80’s and great ribbons!❄️
❄️Haley Price’s ‘Clueso 30’ had great trips with Sam in the 2’9” & 3’ USHJA with multiple top 3 placings!❄️
❄️Sydney Chmel also teamed up with Price Farms ‘In Too Deep’ and had clean rounds in the 1.00m Amateurs Jumpers and a top 12 finish in the Classic❄️