They think if they stand still enough, no one can see them

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photos from the Jumper show

Go Hannah!!!


Go Brianna!!!


Goooo Ameriah!!!


Go Ali!


Go Julia!!!

Go Pipes (in the background)


Go Hunter, Ali B, Katie C,not pictured!!!!

When it comes to beauty, get your perspective right: 'Don't be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes... clothe yourselves... with the beauty that comes from within... ' (1 Peter 3:3-4 NLT).
The public relations department of a beauty products company asked its customers to send pictures along with brief letters, describing the most beautiful women they knew. Thousands of letters came in. One caught the attention of the employees and was passed on to the president. It was written by a boy from a broken home who lived in a run-down neighbourhood. With lots of spelling errors, an excerpt from his letter read: 'A beautiful woman lives down the street from me. I visit her every day. She makes me feel like the most important kid in the world. We play checkers and she listens to my problems. She understands me. When I leave she always yells out the door that she's proud of me.' The boy ended his letter saying, 'This picture shows you that she is the most beautiful woman in the world, and one day I hope to have a wife as pretty as her.' Intrigued, the president asked to see the woman's picture. His secretary handed him a photograph of a smiling, toothless woman, well advanced in years, sitting in a wheelchair. Sparse grey hair was pulled back in a bun. The wrinkles that formed deep furrows on her face were somehow diminished by the twinkle in her eyes. 'We can't use this woman,' said the president, smiling. 'She would show the world that our products aren't necessary to be beautiful.'

Serra Valley Jumper Show!!!

What a fabulous day!!!! Thank you to all that came!! Thank you to all my wonderful volunteers who made this day run smoothly (Kari, Alexis, Katie C, Hunter, pork chop, Doozers), and successfully! We had a great turnout. Darenth Farm made sure to represent!!!
Congrats to Katie C, Alison C, Ameriah, Brianna C, Hunter F, Sam, Hannah, Julia, and last but CERTAINLY not least, Piper! You guys cleaned up!
Katherine Rizzo (who is working on getting her course designing license) designed the courses, and they were AWESOME!
She and her students all had a successful day as well!
Alison B did awesome with Mikey!
All of Red Hawkes other friends rocked it out as well!
We love all the feed back we got, and can't wait to make these shows just the way that the competitors want them!
Feel free to email me ... Mary.Macklin1@gmail.com with any suggestions or questions that you may have. We are planning the next show date and are thinking of either Dec 18 or a "Holiday show" on a weekday before New Years but after Christmas. What do you guys think?
I was so proud to see all my students out there today. As usual, I got a bit teary eyed as I was so happy!
Good old Dave did the scoring, and kept me company all day. I chugged coffee and talked a million miles a minute much to his ever increasing delight. Dave is my Bestie and I sure do love him! Go Dave!
My sis and brother in law watched the Magsters so she could have a break from the weekend ritual of horse shows. She clucks now whenever she sees a picture of anything that even remotely resembles a horse. This was very entertaining at Thanksgiving. Eeyore, giraffes, elephants, all in books and hung on the walls would prompt a clucking noise from wherever Maggie was, followed by "howrse?"

Back to the subject of this post....
The food was great at the Serra Valley show, thanks to Dawn and her crew.
All in all a real success!
The leg work was done by Alison aka pork chop, Laney (who is incredible, and wait til she makes her showing debut on Patsy her paint mare!!!) me and Dave. Of course, like I said, the Fab courses were designed by the ever amazing Katherine! If I am forgetting anyone I will be sure to add them in.

Thanks all, can't wait to do it again! :-* (That's a smooch if you don't know texting faces)

Thanksgiving

OK this is going to be a long one...here we go.

I am beyond thankful for my Family and home, but this is going to focus at all my friends at the farm.

I am so thankful for all my students, past and present that have taught me so much.

I am thankful for all the moms at the barn that help me with Maggie, and give me wonderful advice (whether I want it or not =o). Thank you, also for the funny stories of your kids.

Especially thank you to Nicky S. who seems to spend a lot of time with the Mags.

Thank you to all my ladies that I also teach. You continue to teach me to be a better instructor with all the wonderful feed back!!

My Monday girls, Hayley and Annie, you two are the best and have come such a long ways. Hayley and her new pony Lila (congrats!) are always in style and in a good mood!

My Wed group....

Hannah is a constant source of entertainment, and always amazes me with her riding ability.

Sam rises to the occasion, and rises more if the occasion increases in pressure.

I think both Sam and Hannah have their own drummer that they march to the beat to.

Hunter, always does a good job with the Magsters, and for that matter all the kids and horses at the farm. Hunter is having a lot of success with his mare Fance and his games pony.

The last 2 years of my life would have been impossible without Hunter and his Mom, one of my closest friends, Kim. This family is special indeed.

Shout out to the Pipester and Cooper!

Megan one of my long time students, Riley her sister and Mom Lauren, thank you! Thank you Megs for putting up with me when I was grumpy the last couple years, and always trying harder. You are riding like a million bucks. Riley, I don't think you care much if anyone is grumpy, or notice, and that confidence shows in your wonderful riding. Lauren, thanks for everything over the years.

Morgan B, you are doing so well. You are doing so well at everything. Thank you for being so helpful and sweet, and always pushing thru to be the best you can. I do notice, and I should say it more often!

Maddy, you will always be a shinning star. I also notice you, and how hard you try, Thank you. You have done such a good job with Mikey, you have shown that pony who is boss!

Alison C. Words can't say how proud of you I am. Thank you for reminding me about whats really important. Whether its the chickens in your backyard or going to a dressage show. Its important because its yours. Everything you do is wonderful, because you have a kind heart, and that's something that everyone sees. You shine.

Katie Cindric, Thank you for being the person that you are. You also shine, in a quiet way, in a supportive way. You have a good heart. You are doing a great job with all the horses, even the vets notice the difference in them! Thank you for all your help, words can't express.

Julia, Thank you! You and Millie are two peas in a pod. I can't wait to get to know you more, and see what I can learn from you, as I help you bring Millie thru the ranks!

Alexis, another one of my long time students, Thank you. You are a dream client and a dream friend. Take a moment and reflect on all the progress you have made in the last 5 years. It will make your head spin! (it makes my head spin) Thank you for all that you have done and continue to do. Thank you for being understanding of my Roller coaster life the last few years, I know you understand all to well.

Thank you Elizabeth, you are a pleasure to teach and do a great job with the horses. Thank you for taking such good care of them! I can't wait to teach you on Buckshot again!

Brandi, thank you also for all the amazing horse care!!!!

Sharon D, Thank you. I think I could type about 50 pages listing all the wonderful things about you and all that you have done, and it would only be the beginning. What it all boils down to is you are just good, to the core. I am lucky to know you, and am lucky that my horses are in your care. Maggie thanks you also, I am sure she will show you soon, when she screams about me holding her and reaches for you! I really mean it from the bottom of my heart, Thank you for being you.

Thank you Mr. Nick Dawson for showing us all what hard work really is! Thank you for being good at business and keeping everything in line. Thank you for keeping an amazing farm amazing, with great pastures, great fencing, lights, fly spray system, automatic waterers, new jumps, my goodness, when do you find time to do it all!

Gena and Lexi (and Tommy), Thank you for everything. Thank you for all the help with Mags, all the help with my horses, all the help with me! I will miss my right hand (Lexi) and I know Maggie will also. I wish you the best of luck, and am very sad to see you go. There will never be a replacement for any one of you. I mean it when I say that all 4 of you have a very special place in my heart, Thank you!

Patrick, Thank you for dancing in the fields, taking amazing care of the horses, and taking amazing care of the farm. You are good, like your mother, you remind us of whats important and whats not important. I notice you, and all your antics (driving a million miles an hour when you think no one is looking =o) and you make me smile. Thank you for being Patrick. Thank you for helping me 500,000,000,000,000 times with putting up the show jumps. Oh and thank you for taking them all down when your dad drags the ring when I'm not around.

Oh there is another thing to be thankful to Nick about, our AWESOME ring and new footing!

Thank you to all my amazing horse friends. Thank you Sharon O, for putting up with my neurosis and being neurotic also, it makes me feel better about myself ;-). Thanks for coming to the shows, clinics, it means a lot to me!

Thank you Katherine, for it all, you know what "it all" is!

Thank you Alexa Henry. You do awesome highlights, and you do an awesome job riding. You have to come to all Callie's shows, you are are her security blanket!

Alison B. , you are an incredible friend. You are kind, and thoughtful and caring. THANK YOU! You have helped me so much, always answering your phone and listening. I could not have made it thru my moms passing with out you. Your hard work is paying off with Michael (and his feathers, and his poop stains). Try to be kind to yourself, you deserve it, you are one of a kind.

Kari, thank you. I don't know if you know your email still says it but YOU ARE "one bad ass chick!" Thank you for being an amazing rider and helping me soooooooooooooooooo much. You do a great job with all the horses. You do a great job at being a hard worker, an amazing mom, and keeping it all together. I notice how hard you try at everything, and you always succeed. You are special, thank you Kari!

Thank you to the Youngblood family. Hannah, your videos rock, and Emily you are amazing the way you juggle a thousand things, and perfect a thousand things. You are doing such a good job.

Thank you for being so determined, you inspire me.

Thank you Ameriah, for being so cheerful, and energetic. You make teaching fun!

Thank you to Val and Jo, I miss you guys!

Thank you Dr. Scullin and Carter.

Thank you to all my amazing instructors.

My AWESOME farrier Kevin Oyarzo.

My good friend Julie

Thank you to all my other students and friends at the barn.

Sam, Grace, Mary, Brianna, Janet, Jane, Rebecca, Payton, Sharon, Sara, Kayla, Kristy.....I'm sure there will be more names to add!

Alexis at FMF!!!

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Alexis had a great day! She represented Red Hawke and Darenth well!!!

We went to Full Moon Farm today. The warm up area was a bit muddy. It was on the side of the hill, and there was quite a bit of commotion going on. Despite all the distractions, Alexis put in a very nice test! The pair earned a 39, which I thought was a bit harsh! The show jumping course was pretty nice, and the warm up was much better then the dressage warm up! Alexis show jumped clean, which was especially good because many in her division were dropping rails and having stops.

Show jumping was running about 20 to 30 minutes late, so when Alexis got to cross country, the start box told her she had to go. I was a bit miffed, as was her sister, because we had to run out to see her. She also was not allowed any time for warm up!

Despite having no warm up (packer didn't REALLY mind, straight from SJ) the team went out and rocked it!! They jumped every fence great, right over the ditch and through the water with no hesitation!

Alexis would have been 3rd or 4th, but she skipped the mandatory flags after fence 13! Oh well, we know Packer can pass through flags, still a great way to end the fall season!

I am proud of both of them for staying so focused despite a very "busy" environment!

Summer had some lovely canter work today, and the Beast continues to seem as though the bruise/abscess may have passed. Fingers crossed!

Piney Run through Knickerbockers ears!

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Busy Week!!!

This has been a busy week for us!!! Its been wonderful that the weather has been so nice, and cooperated with all the plans that we had!!!

Beast finally popped some stuff out of her heel bulbs, a bruise and an abscess poor thing. I spoke too soon when I posted before that she was back in action! I suppose that's the way of the world, never count your chickens before they hatch.

Its lonely not riding my little spicy mare, good thing Callie is eager to step up to the plate, and that Darenth has a group of talented young horses!!!

Darenth's lesson students all rode like a million dollars this week! I think it may have been one of the best weeks I have ever had teaching. Every one was focused, and riding well.

Darenths new student Brianna has a lot of promising talent, and is sure to be a feather in our caps!

Megan Mcclain has been making great strides, and both her and Bandits "momma" Ameriah have done fabulous with him!!!

Alison C. has come so far in the last couple months, it makes my head spin just thinking about it!!!!

My good friend Alison B. has had a series of break throughs with both her dressage and her show jumping in the last three weeks, and I can't wait to see how far her and Mikey will come this winter.

Lets not forget about Hunter on the "Fance". This team is kinda incredible to watch jump.

In other news, on Wednesday I had an insanely amazing lesson with Susan G White! I can't believe how much I have learned from this woman this year. I feel like a different rider on the flat. I can not wait till the Beastling is ready to go into full work so we can do dressage boot camp with both Susan G. White and Fred Weber ( who is also incredible with her I might add).

On Thursday Callie went to the Stephen Bradley clinic at A Bit Better farm. It was wonderful.

Callie just continues to amaze me more and more. I feel blessed to have such a promising young horse, and am just thankful every day for having had the opportunity to ride her.

On Friday Sharon and I had a farm field trip. We tried out a horse at Stephens, a REALLY talented horse, a really really talented horse!!!! It was great because I got a lesson on him, flat and then jump!!! Yea!!!!

Three days worth of lessons, what a treat!

My friday night group had a lot of success with their lesson, a good day all around.

Today, I had a relaxing ride at Piney Run, and I rode Knick. Now those of you that know Knick may assume I am being sarcastic, BUT I'M NOT!!! Perhaps next I will see little piggies flying about singing show tunes.

Summer is her usual amazing self. We may do a trail ride in the next week or two. I am already planning some field trips for her next fall. =o)

This is the week for being thankful coming up, and so far I have a lot to be thankful for!

Thank you everyone that has made this all possible. Next week, I think Red Hawke Eventing will do an official Thanks to all of you.

Team Red Hawke at the Stephen Bradley Clinic!!

Callie was a super star!!!
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Stephen clinic!

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Lesson

Here we are at our Susan G White lesson!
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Go Hannah and Buckshot!

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Millie splashing!

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Packer Splashing!

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Fw: Darenth Dressage show!

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What a blast!!! The Fabrys cleaned up with both Hunter and Piper getting blue ribbons!
Pipes got a 27 on her intro a test, and Hunter got a 30 on his Beg. Novice test!!!
Everyone rode so well, and for lots, this was there first show!
Jane rode Buckshot to a red ribbon victory, and little Brianna won her first dressage show on Hayleys little mare, Lila!
Of course, Maggie won her class of 1. She did a walk down center line and had amazing form!
Everyone did great!
Good job Mary,Grace,Allison,Annie,Piper,Hunter,Megan,Jane,Brianna!!!!
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Fw: Loch moy short course!!!

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What a GREAT day!
Alexis won ending on her awesome dressage score! Julia got a white ribbon at her first show with Darenth Farms Millie!!!
We had such a great day with beautiful weather.
Millie was a little worried when we first arrived, but settled in beautifully as the day progressed. Millie jumped with confidence and clean and careful, to finish on her dressage score of 37!
Alexis and Packer were in it to win it from the get go. After a perfect jumping/XC, she won, ending on her dressage score of 33!
Go team Red Hawke! The program and all the hard work has paid off.

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Rubicon and other things

Poor Emily and her family can't catch a break!!!!!

The day started off well, we walked cross country and all of the courses looked pretty easy this fall! The show jumping appeared to be windy but pretty standard for Rubicon.We had high expectations, couldn't wait to get started...........and then Charlie had a fit and got stuck in the trailer/hay net.

He is fine, a little cut up but needless to say, Em did not ride him!

I will tell you though. She would have been in the top three!!!!!

In other news, The Beast seems to be back in action!!!

We will be starting both mares back up after a little rest/vacation.

Both my girls will be getting ready for dressage and jumping lessons, from Susan G White, Stephen Bradley, and Fred Weber. We may also sneak in a clinic or two.

We will continue work through the holiday seasons and then perhaps take another break sometime in the more snowy months!

We are getting ready for some dressage shows and jumper shows, but first, next week is Loch Moys short course!

Red Hawkes students Alexis L and Julia F are prepared and ready to go!!!!!

We will be going to Full Moon Farm, and then getting ready for Serra Valleys jumper show.

We have all volunteers and riders organized and ready to go, and can not wait for a day of friends, food, jumping, ribbons and most importantly FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cross country schooling!!!!

We had a blast! Julia rode Millie, Katie rode Riley, and Alexis rode her very own Packer!

Riley was very excited to be out!

Katie and Julia schooled baby beg, and beg novice questions, to preapre for the upcoming shows they have planned! Alexis and Packer worked on beg novice, with a few novice questions thrown in. Everyone did great, and jumped all their fences on the first try, in good form!!!!

California Comet 1st beg novice Waredaca

Waredaca unrecognized

So much fun!

Charlie got a 31.5 with that horn on!!!! Emily did such a fabulous job this weekend!!!

Charlie seemed a little tired on this day, which worked in Emily's favor, she could really ride him in the show jumping!

Needless to say, they had an awesome show jumping, and a great cross country, minus one "grey" moment at the white lattice!

It was the perfect tune up for Rubicon!

Emily ended in 8th place and did it in style!

Gearing up for Rubicon this weekend.

Check back and see how my amazing students do!

P.S. Thanks for the Ledos' birthday bash on Sun! It was great.

Also thanks to those students that have so much to teach me.

Everyone has been so supportive and understanding the last few months, it means so much.

True friends may not always understand but they always support and except. Hmmmmmm sounds just like our four legged, hay eating friends!