How about a little recap?

Well, it's been a little while since our last newsletter, so we thought a recap of the last couple months was in order!  New jumps, horse shows, and horse sales appeared to be the theme to our winter.  After compiling our yearly show schedule, we realized the start to our season was fast approaching.  To help ensure we were all properly prepared, our fearless leader (Dusty) decided it was time for some new jumps.  She appeared one Monday afternoon with a trailer full of old show jumps in need of some cleaning up.  After much hard work (many thanks, Skyler Brittner!) we had a ring full of cool new standards, rails, planks, panels and gates.

Pretty right?

After the luxury of practicing over show ring courses, we were ready to begin our competition year.  FCF Professional Chelsea Jones kicked things off by travelling south to Mexico to lend a hand to FCF Sales business partner Antonio Maurer and compete in the beautiful Valle de Bravo horse show.  She had the opportunity to compete at all levels, from the 1.30m to the Grand Prix, on some incredible horses and was met with much success.  Check out some of her rides:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxVJqd0ggYo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvQCTo9egHQ
Upon her return, we headed over to Sacramento for the Northern Winter Classics.  Always a favorite, NWC is a great way to start the show season.  FCF horses jumped superb, winning Championships in the Performance Hunters, 1.15m and 1.20m divisions, as well as top placings in the Mini Prix.  With that under our belts, it was time to head down to Thermal!  2 weeks in the beautiful sunshine brought about some fantastic rides and ribbons in the 1.40m, 1.30m, 7/8 Yr Old and Low A/O classes.  What a great start to the year!
So now, that brings me to my last topic: horse sales!  It's been a great winter for sales/leases at FCF, not only outgoing, but incoming as well.  Congrats are in order to Garnett Farms and Willow Tree Stables on the the purchase of Hugo.  This is the 3rd FCF horse (Zappo, Magno LS) to head to the wonderful Willow Tree Stables in recent months.  We would also like to congratulate our clients for some in-barn purchases/leases: Giana Roberge + Conamour, Phoenix Williams + Flying Solo, Cheryl Daniels + Star Gazer, Emma Price + Andy, and Brittany Shehi + Remonta Galeon.  We look forward to seeing these new partnerships flourish in the upcoming show season!

Good luck in your new home Hugo!

Well, that about loosely covers the events of the last few months.  Now that we are up to date, we will continue to keep everyone in the know with our new blog!  Until next time: Keep Calm and Gallop On! :)