Serene Acres Riding Center

12/30/2024

A dirty horse is a happy horse 🐴 Best December day!

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas to all my amazing students; old & new! Hope your day was merry & bright 🎄

09/29/2024

Very wet, long horse show days at HITS Culpeper but a great week.

Savanah & Amaro taking home Reserve Champion in the high children’s, having some of her best show rides and really showing she is 100% ready for this move up. They brought home a 3rd out of 19 on their first day, 4th on her second day being the only JR in the class (combined her with the Amateurs…and some of those jumps were 100% 1.20m). The more I watch these two together, the more excited I get for them on their journey up the levels.

Alina & KT Origi had some hard rounds but some solid/amazing rounds in their move up to the Amateur 1.0m. Alina is really working hard on figuring her horse out and getting the dinosaur around the ring.

Sarahgrace & Snow Day had huge improvements from last show. So confident in their rounds and you can truly see how much this horse loves her. They took home some good ribbons. I’m excited to see these two keeping slaying the Hunter ring.

Anika & Sparo had their first show together, and Sparo took her around with such confidence. He truly is an amazing horse. He made the .80 & .90 look so easy, maybe we will see them in the TB 1.0 next Spring. They brought home a 6th out of 19 and a 4th out of 7.

Siena & Where’s Walter conquered their second show together. Had a hard first day coming apart around a turn, but brought home a 4th in her classic out of 10 riders. Walter truly is loving his job in the jumpers and giving such amazing rounds to Siena, allowing Siena to grow so much in the jumpers. They are truly becoming such a great pair.

Arabella & Anything but Ordinary had a great show together. Savanah gave Della some amazing rides on Friday to give her tons of confidence for Saturday. Arabella & Della competed in the Children’s Large and in Junior Equtation. They brought home great ribbons in all rounds but her very last round of the day earned her a 1st place. This pony has come so so far, making the 2’6” look like nothing. Huge thank you to Savanah for continuing to give her great warm up rounds.

Thank you as always to the parents for allowing the riders to take up your weekends and helping out at all times.
Thank you Victor for being the best groom/hauler/dog holder/food fetcher and so many other tasks he takes on.

Next up the Zone Championships

09/22/2024

What an awesome last day to our advanced camp! Vaulting & XC Schooling.

Vaulting was a huge hit, they got to learn a new discipline and test their gymnastic skills on horseback.

XC was full of spicy excited ponies and horses. I think the water was everyone’s favorite part.

Can’t wait for Advanced Camp 2025!

09/16/2024

Such an amazing weekend! We have some new partnerships with horses at a show, new show team buddies and new heights! Such a great, fun show!

Savanah & Amaro showed at the 1.10 for their move up and made it look easy. They will now be competing in the High Childrens and we are super excited to see the amazing things this season at this new accomplishment.

Savanah also piloted Bombita around the 1.0 & 1.05, having a nice spicy Bomb the second day, but doing a fantastic job on her.

Alina & KT Origi conquered their first 1.0 and a classic of .95-1.05 and did it so effortlessly. They will not be competing in the 1.0 Junior/Adult

Siena & Walter had their first show together at the .70’s. Walter was very eager to be back in the jumper ring to show his new rider how it’s done with lots of speed. Siena handled him so well and was able to have some amazing rounds. Excited to see this new relationship blossom.

Sarahgrace attended her first show as an adult amateur with Frostee and did so amazing! Coming back into this sport as an adult is not easy, the fear sets in, but she handled the feisty Frostbite amazingly and had some beautiful/confident rounds. So happy to have her attending shows with us now.

We have a few local & Rated shows coming up. If you’re interested in attending, let me know and I’m happy to send details.

09/14/2024

Unloaded and settled in for a great show weekend at VA Horse Center-House Mountain Horseshow! (Missing Siena from the Picture, will post more tomorrow)
Savvy is here with Bombita & Amaro
Alina with Ori
Sarahgrace’s with Frostee (Their first show together and Sarahgrace’s since a young rider 🐴)
Siena with Walter (Their first show together 🐴)

Good luck to all the riders!

08/22/2024

Happy First day of school to all my amazing riders! So crazy seeing your first day pictures and how grown up some of you have become. Have a fantastic day!

Just a few photos from our amazing week of advanced camp.

08/11/2024

Amazing show day yesterday at Morven Park! So proud of all these riders for always working hard. Long day, but so worth it. My heart was full seeing all of them ride!

07/28/2024

What a weekend!! Closed out today with two amazing rounds from these two. Double clean for Savvy & Amaro to take second in the 1.05 classic. One rail for Haley & Jolene S taking a 6th in the 1.05 classic.

Great show weekend! Next show Morven Park local.

07/27/2024

Another amazing day at Swan Lake!

Savvy & Amaro taking a 2nd & 3rd in two competitive 1.0m Jr classes.

Haley & Jolene S taking a WIN & 4th also in the Jr 1.0 classes

Ava & Bombita doing amazing with a 2nd in the .80 & 2nd in the .90 stakes class. This weekend was Ava’s only 2nd show ever and first show on the bestest bomb!

Alina & KT Origi had 2 amazing rounds in the .90. Unfortunately had a run out to a skinny jump and took a little wrong turn in her jump off, but has made HUGE improvements.

We ended the day with a little chase around Littlestown, PA when bomb and ori took off running, but thanks to all the Swan Lake Horse Shows crew, we were able to catch them.

So so proud of these amazing ladies! Back tomorrow for the 1.05 Classic for Savvy & Haley!

07/26/2024

07/26/2024

Amazing first day at swan lake!

Ava taking a 3rd in the .80’s. Savvy taking a WIN in the .90’s. Haley taking a 3rd in the .90’s. Savvy taking another WIN with Amaro in the 1.0 (she may have told me 100 times in her lesson the turns were way too tight for her and him, but man did they pay off) and Haley & Jolene taking 6th in the 1.0, pulling a very unlucky rail in her round.

So proud of these ladies and their progress in such a short period!

Day two tomorrow 🐴

07/17/2024

🐴 Still space available in all camps 🐴

2024 SARC Camp Dates!!

July 22-26 All Levels
Aug 5-9 Advanced Camp (must have started jumping)
Aug 12-16 All Levels

All Level Camps for ages 4-15

Time:9am-3pm
Cost: $500, $150 deposit due at sign up to save spot

Sibling discount $20 off per child
Attend more than 1 camp receive $10 off

All camps include riding daily, horse management lessons, crafts, helping with daily barn chores, along with tons of fun and making new friends!

Advanced Camp
Time: 8am-5pm
Cost $1150, $250 deposit required at sign up

Advanced camp is ONLY open to those already jumping. Campers will ride twice a day with Olivia Huff and a guest instructor daily, guest instructors including top eventers and hunter/jumper riders. We will do flat work, grid work, course work and cross country (for those that want, or they may opt to stay back and work on their show jumping).
This camp will be ran following the pony club rules. They will have tack and horse inspections daily. Horse management lessons taught by guest speakers and Olivia Huff.

For any pony club member wanting to rate up that attends the camp, can do so on the Friday.

To sign up please email [email protected] with which camp, campers t-shirt size and send deposit to Olivia-Huff05 on Venmo.

07/08/2024

Great show yesterday at Sandstome Farm!

Izzy kicked the day off strong with a first in the Eq on the Flat and then had some super rounds in her Eq over fences and Pony Hunters.

Arabella and Della had a great day at their first time in the 2’6. Some amazing rounds. Huge thank you to Savanah for getting her going in the morning and putting in some nice rounds.

Ava competed in her first show on the famous Taste the Rainbow. He was a superstar for her and took care of her all day. She had some great rounds in the hunters and in the eq.

Haley took Daisy for some exposure and confidence in the show ring, putting in some quick but solid rounds. Twix went back and did awesome in the 2’ division and pleasure.

Great job riders!! So proud of all of you for working so hard and dealing with the heat like a champ.

Thank you parents for your continued support to SARC and your riders.

07/08/2024

Serene Acres Riding Center is looking for a barn manager! Position will start July 29th. Looking for someone to work Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Sundays. Hours vary.

Duties include:
*Feeding horses
* Bringing horses in/out
*Grooming/Tacking
*Managing farrier days
*Holding for vet
*Assisting in lessons
*Dragging fields

Candidate musts
*Reliable
*Hard working
*Own transportation
*Good with kids
*Horse experience (I can teach you certain things, but need you to be able to confidently lead horses, notice an injured/sick horse, groom/tack)

Competitive pay. Riding opportunities available.

There is NO mucking, except the occasional picking out stalls.

PM message me if interested or text me 540-905-0104

06/11/2024

2024 SARC Camp Dates!!

June 17-21 All Levels
July 8-12 All Levels
July 22-26 All Levels
Aug 5-9 Advanced Camp (must have started jumping)
Aug 12-16 All Levels

All Level Camps for ages 4-15

Time:9am-3pm
Cost: $500, $150 deposit due at sign up to save spot

Sign up before March 1st to receive early bird discount of $20 (only eligible per family, one time use).
Sibling discount $20 off per child
Attend more than 1 camp receive $10 off

All camps include riding daily, horse management lessons, crafts, helping with daily barn chores, along with tons of fun and making new friends!

Advanced Camp (ONLY early bird discount available, $50 OFF for this camp)
Time: 8am-5pm
Cost $1150, $250 deposit required at sign up

Advanced camp is ONLY open to those already jumping. Campers will ride twice a day with Olivia Huff and a guest instructor daily. We will do flat work, grid work, course work and cross country (for those that want, or they may opt to stay back and work on their show jumping).
This camp will be ran following the pony club rules. They will have tack and horse inspections daily. Horse management lessons taught by guest speakers and Olivia Huff.

For any pony club member wanting to rate up that attends the camp, can do so on the Friday.

To sign up please email [email protected] with which camp, campers t-shirt size and send deposit to Olivia-Huff05 on Venmo.