Weathermont Farm

07/07/2014

This past weekend we attended the Vermont Morgan Heritage Days horse show. I brought Ethan and CJ, and we had a great time. I entered CJ in two Intro dressage classes, and we placed 1st/3 in Intro A, and 4th/4 in Intro B, but we had a higher score in our Intro B test. I was very happy with how he behaved in his first riding show! CJ also placed 2nd in the Sport Horse 4 & Under in hand class. Ethan won the Justin Morgan standard class and Lippitt In Hand, and was Reserve Champion Stallion. He again won the High Point Lippitt award, and thus retired the Mic Mac Cherokee trophy that is donated by Marilyn Childs. He performed very well in his driving classes as well with a variety of ribbons in several different types of classes. One of the highlights of my weekend was speaking with Denny Emerson. He brought up some very interesting points about breeding Lippitts and the future of the Morgan breed. Denny is a fountain of knowledge and it is an honor to know him.

06/29/2014

One of Ethan's babies, owned by Bill Kelly from Maine.

06/26/2014

So while giving CJ a bath yesterday, we realized that he is terrified of cows (where we bathe our horses is right next to a cow pasture). He is not the first horse I have dealt with who is not a fan of cows. So, I decided it was time to introduce all of the horses to cows. Last night, I went to pick up "Tiffy" who is on loan from some of our friends for a week. The cow is turned out in the round pen while the horses' hay is all around the perimeter of the round pen. No one was especially happy about getting that close to a cow in order to get breakfast hay, but I'm sure they'll learn by the end of the week. (I also milked a cow for the first time this morning just enough to relieve her as she is being weaned from her bull calf. Never a dull moment around here.)

06/23/2014

Today Alanna and I are off to GMHA with CJ and Mandy for my first time riding CJ off the farm! Looking forward to the beautiful facilities and the new footing in all the rings!

06/23/2014

We had a great two days at the Vermont History Expo in Tunbridge, VT. It is always a treat to be at the Tunbridge fairgrounds. Ethan was a wonderful ambassador for Lippitts and Morgans in general. He stood like a statue while little children and adults touched him and talked to us about Lippitts. We also got to see an actual Ethan Breyer model for the first time thanks to Mary Jane Nau. We can't wait for ours to come in the mail next month! Photo credits to Brianne Bemis and Alanna Farnsworth.

06/19/2014

We are very excited to announce that Weathermont Ethan has been chosen as the next Breyer horse model! We are thrilled that he was nominated and made it through the final selection! His packaging will include real pictures of Ethan performing.The model will be released in July, but he was recently added to their website for pre-orders. Thank you very much to those who nominated him!

06/18/2014

This Saturday we will be taking Ethan to the Vermont History Expo at the Tunbridge, VT fairgrounds. This expo is put on by the Vermont Historical Society, and will feature a Morgan Horse demo on Saturday (and Sunday) at 10:30 am and 2:30 pm. Ethan will be representing the Morgan stallion, and we will be showing him in-hand and driving. This is a great promotional opportunity for Lippitts and Morgans in general. There are many other activities going on throughout the weekend, as well. For more information, click on this link: http://vermonthistory.org/expo. We would love to see you there!

Tunbridge World's Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, Vermont  10:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday & Sunday Admission$10 Adults$5 Children$20 Family Weekend PassChildren under 5 free! Visitors in period costume admitted for half price.Click here to buy tic...

06/18/2014

Today is Ethan's 13th birthday, so we celebrated by having an awesome time at our first ever Wheel Runners at GMHA! I have only driven E once so far this spring, but he jumped back into things with no problem. The morning session focused on ring work, and the afternoon session focused on cones. Great input from Robin Groves as well as some of the other drivers! Ethan also covered a visiting mare when we got home, so he had quite a busy day. Alanna and I also got to sneak in a quick ride this evening down to the CT river on Mandy and CJ. Thankfully it had cooled down by then and we had a beautiful ride!

06/07/2014

Finally got the carriage out and went for the first drive of the spring today! We then went out with Alanna on Mandy, Nancy on Chance, Joy on Abby, and me on CJ. We worked on some trail obstacles (mailbox, bridge, rope gate, backing through an L, etc) and did some ground poles. Everyone was great and ponies are starting to get in shape!

06/02/2014

Mares are squealing around here! We got both Mandy and Bridget bred yesterday, and a visiting mare is about ready to stand as well. Of course, the other mares (who we do not plan on breeding) have been quite vocal about their wishes for a date with Ethan, as well.

Today, I rode CJ outside the safety of our fences for the first time! We had our trusty trail buddies, Alanna and Mandy, to help keep things calm, and he was great. Looking forward to venturing out a little further in this next week!