CJL at Centenary

Congratulations to Grier van Rooyen and her ponies on a great showing at CJL at Centenary last weekend!

This was her first show with All Inclusive, and they rode to Reserve Champion in the Small/Medium Children’s Hunter Pony.

She also rode Amor de Tortuga to Reserve Champion in the Large Children’s Hunter Pony. Congratulations on a great weekend of riding!

THIS NHS Adult Eq Championship at the National Horse Show in Lexington, KY

Signature Stables had a great time showing in the THIS NHS Adult Eq Championship at the National Horse Show in Lexington, KY.

Laura van Rooyen rode Don Stewart Stables “Goodwill S” and advanced to the second round and finished in the top 25 of the championship, and placed 7th in one of her age group equitation classes as well.

Allison Fernandez rod Liz Durkin’s “Virtuoso” and put in a great trip as well, where she finished in the top 10 of the age group equitation over fence classes . Allison came back to the sport a year ago after a 15 year hiatus for family and career.

Later in the week, Laura van Rooyen piloted her own “Biarritz” to a 5th place finish in the 3’3” Amateur Owner older Stake class. So proud of all our riders in their achievements this finals season, looking forward to what’s to come!

Huge thank you as well to our entire team for all your hard work and taking the best care of our amazing horses. ⭐️

Pennsylvania National Horse Show

Signature finished up at Zone Finals in Harrisburg last week with some great riding. Amy Porchetta and Colour Magi ribboned in all but one class in the Adult Amateur Hunters, with their best score breaking into the 80s

Laura van Rooyen and Biarritz competed in the Amateur Owner 3’3 Hunters and had some good rounds, including a win with the top score of 86.

Thank you to the Zone II management and committee for putting on a great show as always. Thank you to our amazing sponsors for helping us to look and feel our best for these events. And big thank you to our staff at home and on the road for everything you do for us ✨ horses ⭐️

Congratulations to Amy Porchetta

Congratulations to Amy Porchetta on the purchase of Ademaro Van Encanta! We’re very excited to have him in the barn and can’t wait to see what the future has in store for these two ✨ Big thank you to @mcadowmolly for helping us create this pair!

Congratulations to Grier van Rooyen

Congratulations to Grier van Rooyen on her lease of All Inclusive! We are looking forward to watching this pair compete in the Medium Pony Hunter division. Special thank you to Stonewall Ponies and Emily Elek for helping us put these two together ✨

Marshall & Sterling Finals

Our riders just completed a great week of riding at Marshall & Sterling Finals and we couldn’t be more proud of their achievements.

Grier van Rooyen and Amor de Tortuga started the week by riding to center stage on in the HITS Working Hunter 2’ at Marshall & Sterling Finals. The pair bested a field of 21 to earn the Championship title. This is Grier’s first National Finals and she is so excited about riding her boy Turtle to the champion title 🏆

Laura van Rooyen rode Goodwill S to a third place finish in the Dover Adult Medal Finals. Thank you to Don Stewart Stables for helping put this pair together at the last minute

Allison Fernandez rode Virtuoso to a fifth place finish in the Dover Adult Medal Finals. This was Allison’s first Finals in 15 years as she recently started riding again.

Congratulations to all on a successful finals, and huge thanks as well to our entire team for all their hard work and helping us to have moments like these ✨

HITS On the Hudson

Signature Stables had quite the week last week at Hits on the Hudson

Jenn put together great rounds with the horses in their respective professional divisions, and got the ball rolling for a winning week ahead.

🏅 Lizzie Marano and Sephora were Champion in the HITS Hunter 1 division

🥇 Grier van Rooyen and Amor de Tortuga were Reserve Champion in the Large Children’s Pony Hunters

🥇 Maggie Greene and Rio Java House were Reserve Champion in the Adult Hunter 18-35 division. They also finished 2nd out of a competitive group in their Classic

🥇 Laura van Rooyen and Biarritz were Champion in the combined A/O Hunter 3’3 / 3’6, and also won the combined 3’3 / 3’6 Junior/Amateur Classic

Congratulations to all on a great week of competing, and huge thanks as well to our entire team for all your hard work and taking the best care of our amazing horses ⭐️

HITS On the Hudson

Our team just completed a wonderful week at HITS On the Hudson!

Jenn rode the horses to great trips and ribbons in their respective professional divisions and really set the tone for the week of showing Highlights:
🏆 Biarritz and Laura van Rooyen Champion in the 3’3 A/O older section
🏆 Gandalf and Laura van Rooyen Champion in the Adult Equitation middle age group
🏆 Quickstep and Liz Sobel were Reserve Champion in the Low Adults, (her first show back after a 17 year hiatus)
🏆 Amor De Tortuga and Grier van Rooyen were Reserve Champion in the Large Children’s Pony Hunter
🏆 Sephora and Lizzie Marano were a class winner in the USHJA 2’ out of a very large group.

Honorable mention to all of our other riders who put in beautiful trips and earned well deserved ribbons, proud of all that was accomplished this week!

Vermont Summer Festival Wrapup

We wrapped up a wonderful two weeks at Vermont Summer Festival!

Congratulations to Rock With Me and Laura Richardson for finishing Reserve Champion in the Modified Adult Hunters, and Amor de Tortuga and Grier van Rooyen for completing their first ever derby and taking home 11th.

Congratulations to all on a great couple weeks of competing, and huge thanks as well to our entire team for all your hard work and taking the best care of our amazing horses 🌟

Vermont Summer Festival

Signature had a great first week here at Vermont Summer Festival! Thank you to our incredible staff and sponsors for their hard work and talent in keeping us show ready, and congratulations to our horses and riders on a wonderful week of rides.

Clair de Lune 🌙 and Jenn Tirrell were Reserve Champion in the Baby Greens out of a competitive group 🥈

Biarritz 🕺🏼 and Laura van Rooyen were Reserve Champion in the 3’3 Amateur Owners, with a 4th place finish in the Classic. Jenn also piloted Biarritz to 2nd and 3rd in the 3’3 Performance Hunters 🥈

Virtuoso 🐻 and Allison Fernandez made their horse show debut (after a 15 year hiatus for Allison) winning the Ariat Adult Medal as well as top placings in the Dover and NHS 🥇

Gandalf 🧙🏼‍♂️ and Laura van Rooyen were 2nd in the NHS Medal. Jenn also rode Gandalf to 2nd place trip in the 3’6 Performance Hunters 🥈

Rio Java House ☕️ and Maggie Greene had some nice rounds in the Adult Amateur Hunters including a 2nd over fences. Jenn also rode Java to 2nd and 3rd in the Low Hunters 🥈

Rock With Me 🎸 and Laura Richardson had some great rides in the Modified Adults and Low Adult Equitation

Amor de Tortuga 🐢 and Grier van Rooyen rode well and finished with great ribbons in the Restricted Child/Adult Hunters & Maiden Equitation

Looking forward to the week ahead!