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Fall Fun at Our Farm!

It was an especially fun day for this Mom/website designer & blogger, who rarely gets to spend the day with the Foxtale Farm crew at a horse show!!  I packed up one furry grey pony & one excited daughter to join Linda & crew yesterday at Our Farm.

All the kids had a successful day in the indoor, with Keilly taking the Championship ribbon and MacKenzie taking Reserve in the Pre-Children's combined division.  It was my first opportunity to watch MacKenzie on her fabulous new horse, James,  and they truly are a great new match!  I also understand that prior to my arrival, Emily did a great job riding Caillou in her earlier pony division.

Kendal stepped up from the Short Stirrup division to ride against the bigger kids in the Modified Hunters.  This was her first horse show doing 3 full, back to back courses, and I was so proud of she & little Rocket Man, who jumped so well & took home Reserve!


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We headed home around 2, while Linda was in for the long haul with several more divisions before heading home herself.  It was a great treat to have Katie home for the weekend, riding Joker to the Adult Amateur championship and proving that time off to work retail has not hurt her riding ability!

Linda's getting us cranked up for the indoors, and who knows, maybe I'll be trading in my event coat for a winter of indoor hunter/jumper shows!  LT

Summer Photos

Many thanks to Shannon Kozik for these summer photos from Pony Camp and Ludwig's Corner!

Ludwig's Corner!


August Pony Camp!

A Great Show at Bridge Acres!

Photo credits Shannon Kozik

The whole Foxtale Farm crew had a great show yesterday at Bridge Acres, with many ribbons and lots of fun!  We had a full dance card with several adults and kids riding in the show.

Linda Eldon rode her own Bugsy Malone and was champion in the Baby Greens and Reserve Champion in the Open Hunters, Adele Grady rode Bacchus in the Baby Greens and was Champion in Pleasure and Shannon Kozik rode Cort in Pleasure and was Champion in the Open Hunters!

It was a big day for Elena DeMotta who competed in her first horse show on Foxtale Farm's Bailey, winning great ribbons in the Mini Stirrup and the 12 & Under divisions.  Abby Brauer rode Michelle Roger's pony, Edy Rose to Reserve Champion in the Pleasure division, Jess Patterson competed Caroline Cable's Bells and Whistles, having a successful day in the Baby Green & Modified divisions, and Alix Wilson was Champion in the All Age Hunter division on Sashay!!

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped......it was a great day!

Summer Wrap Up!

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Foxtale Farm had yet another busy summer with pony camp, horse shows and preparing for the USEF Pony Finals in Lexington, Ky!  We had several new kids at pony camp and a couple newcomers to the horse show world with Alix Wilson riding Sashay in the Jr. Beginner Rider & Modified Hunter divisions and Grace Gdowik riding Picture Perfect (Mariah) in the Jr. Beginner Rider division as well.

The 2011 USEF Pony Finals was an exciting trip with several of our riders qualified & traveling with Linda down to Lexington, Ky. to ride against the best in the country!  Out of 74 Large Green ponies,  Alex DiMaggio riding her own Final Designer was 9th over fences & 9th overall, and Hannah Fisher, riding Sequoia's JJ Flyer, was 17th over fences & 21st overall.   Alex also won the Best Presented Pony award in the model class for the entire division!

In addition, Emily DiMaggio competed in the Small Green Hunter Pony Division on Redfield Farm's Page 6, where she was 5th in the model, 12th under saddle & 21st overall.   Our jumper team also had a great showing at Pony Finals with Nicole Kehrli on Northwind's Opus,  Lauren Anatassio on Rascal and Alyssa Kurtz riding Captain.  A special thanks to Maria DiMaggio, Traci Fisher, Sloan Fisher, Shannon Kozik and Maren Nordhoy for all of their hard work and to Laurie and Keilly Kirkpatrick for coming to support out team!

As always, the annual Labor Day show at Ludwig's corner was extremely busy again this year with approximately 20 students competing with Foxtale Farm in multiple divisions from Leadline through the Jumpers.  We want to congratulate all of our competitors who rode so well, and although it would be tough to list of all our results, we want to mention a few of the highlights:

Our huge cheer goes out to our resident photographer and groom extraodinaire, Shannon Kozik, who was Champion in the Adult Beginners on her new horse Cort!  Chelsea Thompson was Reserve in the Chester County Hunters on (sister Bernie's pony) Pendermere Legacy, our youngest competitor Isabella Conway was the Leadline Reserve Champion on Twilight's Whisper, Emily DiMaggio was Reserve Champion in the 13 and Under Eq. on Cailliou, Nicole Kehrli was Reserve Champ in the 14 - 17 Eq.  on LJS Red Deco & won the Schooling Pony Jumper Class & the Child Adult Jumper Classic! Whew!!

A special thanks to Shannon Kozik, Abbie Brauer and Jess Patterson for their tireless efforts grooming the entire weekend....and for all the friends and parents who come out to support all of our riders at the area's largest local show!

We hope you enjoy the slideshow of pictures from these two shows & will continue to add photos from Pony Camp & our fall shows to our blog & website. Check back soon for more updates!!

Best of Luck at Pony Finals in Lexington, Ky!

Foxtale Farm would like to wish the following riders best of luck at Pony Finals! 

Alexandra DiMaggio & Farnley Designer “Fendi” - Large Green Pony Hunters

Hannah Fisher on Sequoia’s JJ Flyer “JJ” -  Large Green Pony Hunters

Emily DiMaggio on Page 6, aka “Fire” - Small Green Pony Hunters

We’d like to thank Emil Spadone & Redfield Farm for giving Emily the opportunity to compete Fire and Penny Silcox and Sequoia Lane Farm for Hannah's opportunity aboard JJ!

The Pony Jumper Riders will also be out in full force representing the pony club team at finals!  Good luck to Nicole Kehrli on Northwinds Opus, Lauren Attanasio on Rascal, and Alyssa Kurtz on Captain.  

There's some exciting news in the barn with the recent in house purchases of two of our home breds -   Adele Grady has purchased Bacchus and Shannon & Joe Kozik have purchased Cort.  We are so happy to see both these partnerships come to fruition and for these horses to stay in our barn! 

Rider Spotlight: Shannon Kozik!

Shannon Kozik is a rider from Reading, PA who has been with Foxtale Farm since 2001. During her time with us, Shannon has spent her weekends working as a show groom for Linda and enjoys working behind the scenes to ensure things go smoothly on show days.

Shannon is currently leasing Cort, a young Thoroughbred-Cleveland Bay cross who is a homebred from Linda's parent's farm in Va. She enjoys bringing him along with the help of Linda and Katie, and hopes to begin showing him soon in the Baby Greens.


Shannon is an integral part of the Foxtale Farm family & we are very thankful for her constant support & photographic contributions to this website!!