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Category: Competitions

What I Hope

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Competitions, Horse Shows, Horses

What I Hope   For many of us, the world looks significantly different than it did at the beginning of the year. Many stables shut their doors to anyone other than those directly involved in their horses’ care. Others have

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Let Go and Let It Go

April 16, 2018April 16, 2018
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Competitions, Leadership, Life Skills

“Clay is shaped into a bowl, But it is the empty space that makes it useful. Cut out doors and windows make a room, But its empty space makes it useful. So, what is there is beneficial – But what

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Showing What Counts

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Competitions, Horse Shows, Life Skills

Last week, I took some riders to a show. It was a mixed bag: some good, some not-so-good. There were no blue ribbons, although there were some good placings in competitive classes. With those, however, were a fall, some refusals,

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Does Fear Own You?

November 28, 2017November 28, 2017
Terri Young
Competitions, Leadership, Life Skills

I teach riders who are interested in advancing their riding and moving up. Some are adults returning to riding after a long break. Some are riders who have spent a long time in large lesson programs, and have realized they’d

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Rose Mount Farm Horse Show

August 3, 2016September 11, 2016
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Competitions, Horse Shows

Clairvaux attended the Rose Mount Farm Horse Show this weekend. The show is a wonderful Virginia hunter show in the rolling hills of Spotsylvania. We had three riders in attendance and everyone performed well! Jennifer Smith and her Luck of

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TB Makeover: Back in the Saddle

July 12, 2016September 11, 2016
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Competitions, Horse Shows, Horses, TB Makeover, Uncategorized

June was a long month. The first half was filled with showing, showing, showing. We had the Upperville Colt and Horse Show, followed by the Loudoun Benefit Horse Show. They are both held in the same location and we are

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It’s That Time of Year

June 1, 2015September 11, 2016
Terri Young
Competitions, Horse Shows, Uncategorized

Upperville. It conjures visions of beautiful oak-shaded rings, amazing horses and questionable weather. It’s Sunday night: we spent the day setting up our stalls and getting the week’s “earlybirds” accustomed to the rings. Many thanks to our wonderful team members

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Washington International Barn Night

October 24, 2014
Terri Young
Clairvaux, Competitions, Horse Shows

We had a fun time at the WIHS Barn Night last night! We had 39 people in our group, many of whom got together beforehand for dinner at Rosa Mexicano, across the street from the Verizon Center. Joanna, along with

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Maclay Regionals, in St. Augustine?

September 20, 2012October 2, 2012
Terri Young
Competitions, Horse Shows

I’m going to take a brief pause from writing about horse topics to write about something else I enjoy, traveling to new places. I don’t have much time for non-horse activities, but today I had some time to kill before

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Maclay Regionals, Day 1

September 19, 2012October 2, 2012
Terri Young
Competitions, Horse Shows

Last night, I flew to Jacksonville, Florida to coach Alyssa Rhee at the ASPCA Maclay Regional Championships. At the same time I was leaving for Dulles, the commercial shipper was picking up Alyssa’s horse, Futuro. The plan was for me

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