Sending Mother’s Day wishes to all! 💐🌷🌸🌻
Happy Mother’s Day!
HITS VIII
Congratulations to all of our horse and rider combinations at the HITS VIII show last week. Special shout out to our tri-color earners:
🏆 Biarritz and Laura van Rooyen were champion in the 3’3” Amateur Owner hunter 36 & over division.
🏆All Inclusive and Grier van Rooyen were reserve champion in the small/medium children’s hunter pony division.
🏆Universal Sound and Grier van Rooyen were reserve champion in the large schooling pony hunter division.
🤩 Uruguay and Laura van Rooyen finished 12th overall in the USHJA Adult Jumping Seat Medal Finals.
Congratulates Grier on the lease of Universal Sound
Congratulations to Grier van Rooyen on the lease of Universal Sound. This special pony was 6th place overall in the large green pony hunters at Pony Finals this year. Thank you Jackson Creek Stables for sharing Timmy with us. We are looking forward to the year ahead with Grier and Timmy in the large pony hunter division. 🤩
Princeton Summer Encore August
Signature Stables had a stellar week at the Princeton Summer Encore August 23-27.
Jenn started the week earning well deserved ribbons on all the horses. She and 🌻 Clair de Lune earned the Championship title in the 2’9” USHJA Hunters. Jenn also rode 🌻 Biarritz to the 3’3” Performance Hunter Reserve Championship.
Additionally, owner 🌻 Laura van Rooyen rode Biarritz to the Reserve Championship in the 3’3” A/O Hunters. She also rode 🌻 Gandalf to a second place finish in the A/A Hunters older section. Laura put in wonderful trips in the Adult Medals on the Stefano Baruzzo LLC owned 🌻 Uruguay. Including a pair of seconds.
🌻Amor De Tortuga 🐢 and rider Grier van Rooyen weren’t going to be left in the dust. The pair earned the Children’s Pony Hunter Championship, won the Children’s Pony Medal & won the Children’s Pony Hunter Classic 🤩 Grier also rode 🌻 All Inclusive to the Reserve Championship in the Children’s Pony Hunters. And Laura Richardson rode her lovely mare 🌻 Deva to nice trips in the Low Adult Hunters.
Thank you to Princeton Show Jumping for putting on a great show! And thank you to our team who make it all possible!
National Dog Day
Happy National Dog Day to Porter. Let’s be real-he’s the real boss here at Signature. 🥰😎
USEF Pony Finals
We could not have asked for a better first Pony Finals for Grier van Rooyen! Grier and her pony All Inclusive qualified for both the Medium Pony Hunter division and the Pony Medal Finals. The pair did very well in their hunter classes in the Rolex Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. They went on to lay down a beautiful first trip in the Medal Finals held in the Alltech Arena. They made the cut to the second round and finished 20th out of the 187 riders who qualified throughout the country. We are so proud of Grier for her wonderful rides on Ali at her first National Championship!
HITS Saugerties
We had another stellar show last week at HITS Saugerties, NY. It was the first time we’ve been to this venue since the upgrades and we love what they are doing!
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*Biarritz was ridden to the 3’3” Performance Hunter Reserve Championship by Jenn earlier in the week. Then owner Laura van Rooyen picked up the reins to earn fab ribbons including a win in a class in the 3’3” A/O hunters.
*Jenn continued the Reserve Championship streak with Rio Java House in the USHJA 3’ division. She also rode Gandalf to the Reserve Championship in the USHJA 2’9” division. And Clair de Lune put in beautiful trips in the 2’9” as well.
*Laura van Rooyen rode Uruguay owned by Stefano Baruzzo, LLC to the Adult Equitation Championship. They were also second in the USHJA Adult Jumping Seat Medal.
*The Turtle 🐢 strikes again! Amor De Tortuga and his partner Grier van Rooyen rode to the Children’s Large Pony Hunter Reserve Championship. The pair were also third overall in the HITS Children’s Large Pony Hunter Finals.
*Grier rode All Inclusive to a twelfth place finish out of 46 in the 2’6” Bit O’ Straw Derby! This was their prep for Pony Finals! 💪🏻
*Maggie Greene rode her Rio Java House to nice ribbons out of a competitive younger Adult Hunter section. The pair was also our high score winner of the week with an 86!💫
Another amazing week with such a lovely group of horses and riders! Thank you to our team behind the scenes who help make the magic happen!
Thank you to our partners and sponsors
*Biarritz was ridden to the 3’3” Performance Hunter Reserve Championship by Jenn earlier in the week. Then owner Laura van Rooyen picked up the reins to earn fab ribbons including a win in a class in the 3’3” A/O hunters.
*Jenn continued the Reserve Championship streak with Rio Java House in the USHJA 3’ division. She also rode Gandalf to the Reserve Championship in the USHJA 2’9” division. And Clair de Lune put in beautiful trips in the 2’9” as well.
*Laura van Rooyen rode Uruguay owned by Stefano Baruzzo, LLC to the Adult Equitation Championship. They were also second in the USHJA Adult Jumping Seat Medal.
*The Turtle 🐢 strikes again! Amor De Tortuga and his partner Grier van Rooyen rode to the Children’s Large Pony Hunter Reserve Championship. The pair were also third overall in the HITS Children’s Large Pony Hunter Finals.
*Grier rode All Inclusive to a twelfth place finish out of 46 in the 2’6” Bit O’ Straw Derby! This was their prep for Pony Finals! 💪🏻
*Maggie Greene rode her Rio Java House to nice ribbons out of a competitive younger Adult Hunter section. The pair was also our high score winner of the week with an 86!💫
Another amazing week with such a lovely group of horses and riders! Thank you to our team behind the scenes who help make the magic happen!
Thank you to our partners and sponsors
Vermont Summer Festival Week 3
The Signature Team had another wonderful week at the Vermont Summer Festival week 3. Jenn started the week off again with a bang with solid rides and ribbons in the professional divisions. The Signature riders kept the momentum going throughout the week and rode to much success!
🏆 Rio Java House was a little greedy this week by taking the win in three out of four over fence classes in the Adult Amateur Hunter 👍 division. Maggie Greene and Java secured the win in the Classic as well!
🏆Amor De Tortuga is on fire 🔥 He and Grier van Rooyen rode to the Championship in the Schooling Pony Hunters as well as the Children’s Large Pony Hunters. The pair earned third in their Classic!
🏆Biarritz wasn’t leaving the show without another tri-color. He and Laura van Rooyen jumped to the 3’3” Amateur Owner Hunter Reserve Championship. The pair were second in their Classic!
🏆Laura van Rooyen also rode Uruguay owned by Stefano Baruzzo, LLC to the win in the USHJA Adult Jumping Seat Medal. This qualifies Laura for the Finals in September!
🥇 Blue Ribbon Winners:
All Inclusive
Amor De Tortuga
Biarritz
Clair De Lune
Gandalf
Rio Java House
Uruguay
Special thanks to our team who make the magic happen!
Congratulations to Laura Richardson
We are very excited to congratulate Laura Richardson on her lease of Rock With Me! Looking forward to watching them take on the Adult Hunter ring this season. Special thank you to Sam at The Meadows Farm for helping to pair these two together!
Happy New Year from Signature Stables!
Before we head into the new year, we wanted to take a minute and recognize what an incredible year it has been here at Signature. We’d like to thank all of our clients and families for all of their time, love, and dedication to the sport. Thank you to our amazing horse care team for keeping our horses happy and healthy and performing their best. We wish you all love and success as we head into 2022, the future is looking bright ✨