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Monocot Farm Home to Susan Shelton, USDF Gold Medalist, former Preliminary eventer and graduate HA pony clubber.

Good day down at TIEC on Saturday!Ashley took her young horse Image (who is for sale 😉) to his very first recognized sho...
16/09/2025

Good day down at TIEC on Saturday!

Ashley took her young horse Image (who is for sale 😉) to his very first recognized show. He was an absolute Superstar scoring a 69% and 70% , and most importantly taking the zoo of TIEC totally in stride. What a good boy!!!

Ashley also rode Helen's Fred. He had some trouble focusing for his first test of the day, but finished the day with a 69% for his second test 😀

Ashley and Helen's Senegal tackled I1 again and Ashley rode her most polished test to date scoring a 67.5%! It was lovely!!💪💪

Helen's Circe hasn't been to TIEC before. She is amazing in all ways, so it was minor, but she was definitely a little impressed with the venue and wants everyone to know that people clapping up above her in the walkways is very scary 🤪. She was a bit tight all day which led to some mistakes, but she tried very hard as always and still managed as high as 68% 🥰

And last but not least is the mighty little Lebron. He has been a bit extra the last month or so and I wasn't sure how much rideability I was going to have. He exceeded my expectations and was a total obedient gentleman, which means we scored a 67.6% at I1! I was so pleased that he listened to me and let me show him off to the judge ❤️

All in all a really lovely day 😍🥳

We had a great day at the Foothills Riding Club show yesterday!We had quite a few horses getting out to a show after ext...
08/09/2025

We had a great day at the Foothills Riding Club show yesterday!

We had quite a few horses getting out to a show after extended breaks from injuries and they all were fantastic!

Julie and Stella did a great job with their first level tests and brought home some pretty ribbons. Now on to bigger and better! 🤩

Sarah and Pierre tackled the show nerves they have historically had with ease and had some super steady tests!! 💪💪

Ashley and AJs lovely Jade had a perfectly boring test which is exactly what we were going for! 🥱

I rode Genevieve's Ocho for his very first dressage show. This super duper cool horse's last show was doing the 1.4 meter jumpers 🤯. He started the day looking for the jumps and finished with a 71%!! He also played lead line pony and was absolutely adorable 🥰

Circe and I got to go play with some tiny jumps. She was, of course perfect angel for the dressage and scored a 19, so that even though we had a distracted baby rail, she still won her very first CT 😍. And more importantly, she seemed like she really enjoyed jumping portion!

Circe and Ashley also did a training level test and completely smashed it, scoring a whopping 76% and a 10 for their stretchy trot ❤️

Fred also got to go with Ashley and school over some tiny jumps... He wants everyone to know that he really should just be fancy prancing, but he seemed to figure it out as he went 😂

Overall a really fun and productive day!! Go ponies!!!

21/08/2025

A little bit of Fred showing off how lovely he is at last weekend!

21/08/2025

A little bit of Circe showing off how lovely she is at last weekend!

Good time down at last weekend! It was hot ( why do we keep showing in the summer?? 😂🥵), but Amanda was able to come he...
21/08/2025

Good time down at last weekend! It was hot ( why do we keep showing in the summer?? 😂🥵), but Amanda was able to come help us again so we didn't totally melt! 🥰

Circe was her fabulous self yet again. I am so lucky to ride this young horse-she makes me look like I know what I'm doing!! 😝 Scoring in the 70s for all her tests and as high as 75% was just icing on the cake!

We warmed up and showed in the same area which really helped Fred gain in confidence about showing! He and Ashley were rewarded by all scores in the 70s and as high as 74%! 🎉

Zorro's relaxation over the weekend improved dramatically. With that relaxation Ashley was able to help him with his confidence in the arena and they were rewarded with a 68% the final day. 🤩

Ashley and Senegal did I1 for the first time, and while there were plenty of mistakes, she still got 2 scores in the 60s! Pretty rockin for a first try without a ton of time practicing together! 💪💪

Lebron was not himself over the weekend... We perhaps made a bad judgment call and trailered him and Zorro together in the two horse trailer. Lebron was basically a Very Mad little stallion all weekend and I was not interesting enough to pay attention to. But this show hosted the Jovee Pony Cup and despite us definitely not performing our best, he managed to squeak out being Pony Champion over the weekend, which is pretty cool!!!

And lastly. Maggie. She has now been to the vet and we can confirm that nothing is truly wrong with her, but she had some back soreness leading up to the show and declared that she could not possibly be asked to horse show under those conditions 😆🙄🥴. I really do think she is a horse for the future and worth all the drama, but she is the most sensitive horse I think I've ever known. And that is saying something!!! 🤣 But we will get her feeling happy again and carry on because I do truly think the sky's the limit for this very particular but beautiful girl. 😍🫠

Shoo boy it was HOT down in Aiken last weekend, but we had a great show at Bruce's Field!!! First off, HUGE congratulati...
30/06/2025

Shoo boy it was HOT down in Aiken last weekend, but we had a great show at Bruce's Field!!!

First off, HUGE congratulations to Ashley for getting her final score to achieve her Silver Medal!!!! She hasn't ridden at this level for a number of years and on a totally different type of horse, so this was a big accomplishment!! 🥈

My personal huge accomplishment of the weekend was having a (mostly) rideable Maggie for the weekend and scoring as high as 70%! It has been quite a training journey with this lovely horse and I am thrilled that she tried pretty hard to stay with me and was rewarded for it. 💖

None of us were surprised that Circe took her first recognized show totally in stride and was incredibly reliable and consistent scoring 68-69% all weekend with 2 different riders. Ashley has done such a great job getting her going and I finally put on my big girl pants and rode her away from home for the first time on Sunday. She is such a superstar!!! 🤩

Ashley helped Fred continue to gain confidence in the show ring and he improved dramatically as the weekend went, with super positive comments from the judges about his clear potential.

LeBron put in another steady and consistent I1 test on Saturday. Sunday we gave IA a go...he tried so hard and stayed very focused, but his pilot started melting and didn't give him the ride he deserved. But we are so close to accomplishing all the hard things away from home!

Icing on the cake was that Circe was rewarded with her consistency by winning training level Grand Champion and Maggie won Reserve Champion!!! Go girls!!!

Shout out to Amanda Fisher, a recent transplant to Aiken, who last minute stepped in and groomed for us and was a life saver!!!

Big thanks to Julio for believing in the pony legs and helping me get him this far!

And of course big thanks to Helen for her support with all her horses-wouldnt be here without her 🥰

Another productive Foothills Riding Club show over the weekend!Ashley Guinn rode Helen V Frederick 's lovely young Circe...
20/05/2025

Another productive Foothills Riding Club show over the weekend!

Ashley Guinn rode Helen V Frederick 's lovely young Circe for her second ever outing. Improved over the last show scoring as high as 71% for a pretty blue ribbon! 🤩

Ashley also took Senegal for a spin at PSG and rode some solid tests with only a few bobbles. It was fun to watch them go!!

I took Lebron last minute and am glad I did! He has been super rideable the last few shows... But that trend ended on Saturday 🤪. First test was a bit of a sassy disaster, but I tweaked how I was riding him for the second and it was significantly better! Icing on the cake was having the S judge remark that he has clear ability for the ultimate collection 💪

We also brought some non-competes for exposure. Ashley rode her adorable Image in a schooling jumping round (he will be for sale soon!). I brought big baby Ruxs to wander around and he handled it all much better than I expected!! Sara Gibbens brought her Lunacorn to toodle around and have some non stressful rides. And Helen brought her trusty broom to get her safely from the barns to the rings!

All in all a good Saturday!

A bit belated, but Maui and Lebron had a little baby boy!!!! I'm not so secretly pretty excited about this cross... The...
10/05/2025

A bit belated, but Maui and Lebron had a little baby boy!!!! I'm not so secretly pretty excited about this cross... They both are so much fun to ride and both are good at dressage and jumping. This baby should be an athletic powerhouse in a friendly size package!!! 💪💪💪🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩🥳🥳🥳

First recognized show of the year on the books! Overall it was a very productive weekend with some good scores and a who...
22/04/2025

First recognized show of the year on the books! Overall it was a very productive weekend with some good scores and a whole lot of good learning for some green horses.

Ashley with AJ's Cookie was a wee bit overwhelmed by the venue and had some trouble focusing all the time. But when he did he was rewarded with big scores, including a blue ribbon for his third level debut 💪, and great comments from all the judges. I'm sure he will knock it out of the park next show!

Ashley with Helen's 5 yr old Fred was also a wee bit (understatement 🤪) overwhelmed by his first big boy show. But he went from not making it around the arena the first day to doing all the things by the end of the weekend. His quality was remarked on by all the judges and I think he learned a ton!!!

Susan with Helen's Senegal struggled with his competition nerves again. He honestly just tries tooooo hard and gets himself overwhelmed in the moment...I need to just keep trying to help him understand he doesn't need to put so much pressure on his adorable self 🤗

And the stars of the show were Helen's 2 stallions, Zorro and Lebron!

Zorro has struggled with which "brain" to use away from home and by the end of the weekend had grown up a TON and seems to be understanding what horse showing is all about. Despite some big bobbles in his first level tests he got pretty blue ribbons and fantastic feedback. 🤩

Lebron showed off all our hard work over the winter by putting in the overall most consistent and rideable tests he has ever done. Despite his pony legs he beat out some nice and well ridden full sized horses 🥰. We also got 7s for our canter pirouettes from a tough judge, which is huge because this is probably the movement that is hardest for us. 💪💪

Excited about these awesome handsome boys! 💖

16/04/2025

Sound on for full effect. Maggie might be the most ridiculous horse in the barn, and that's saying a lot!!!!! 🤣
(She is completely and totally healthy, just doesn't want to work today 🤪)

Lebron's favorite part of our Julio lessons- the post ride lawn mowing 😂🥰
15/04/2025

Lebron's favorite part of our Julio lessons- the post ride lawn mowing 😂🥰

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