October news update

Hi all, It continues to be a busy month in October. Our 2yo filly Quintessa (or as we now call her "the lovely Quinn"), was reserve champion at the American Hanoverian Society futurity class, and both Debbie Bly and I were very proud owners!!
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Devon update from Susan

Our two year old filly, "Quintessa" made us all proud at the Dressage at Devon breed show by scoreing a 79.4% in theUSDF/Great American Ins Filly Championships. She was in very good company... competing with the best of the best, and ended up in 5th place!! We were all very impressed with her stunning presence and good manners on show grounds. Many thanks to Brendan Curtis for a super job of handling! Quintessa is owned by Susan and Debbie Bly (all photos by Debbi ).

September show update!

Susan and Huey (aka "Revelle") competed at the VADA/Nova dressage show at Morven Park and were 1st and 2nd in their 4th level classes. They end their 2012 show season at 4th level with an impressive USDF median score of 69.375!!

“Revonne” Update!

From Susan ...

Hi all! Our latest news is that our Oldenburg filly “Revonne” was judged a premium foal at  her inspection! This is Huey’s full sister : )

More Summer Photos

Revelle (aka "Huey") at the MDA Heavenly Waters Show. 

Quintessa (aka "Quinn") at the Virginia Summer Dressage Show

Quintessa (aka "Quinn") showing off her ribbon from the Virginia Summer Dressage Show

Revonne doing what new foals do ... be cute!

Summer Update from Susan

Below are some quick updates about Susan and the horses of Wolfhaven. As you can tell, it's been an exciting summer!

May Updates

\Susan and Revelle (aka “Huey”) resumed their partnership to compete at the MDA Heavenly Waters show. It was Huey’s first time at 4th level, and he won 3 classes with scores up to 70%!

June Updates

What a big month!! On the 16th, both Huey and Quintessa competed at the Virginia Summer Dressage show at Culpepper, VA. Huey won both of his 4th level classes, and “Quinn” won the 2yo filly class and was champion filly!

Then on the 22nd our much-awaited foal was born at 7PM. We are thrilled to now have a beautiful new filly by Rosenthal out of Liberty Belle. We have named her Revonne, and she is a full sister to Huey!! Both Quintessa and Revonne are owned by Susan and Debbie Bly.

On the 23-24th, Huey and Susan compete at the PVDA Ride for Life show, earning two first with scores of 71%!

 

Catching up!

I know it's long overdue, but I wanted to give a quick update on everything that has been going on over the winter.

On the business side, I am now officially an LLC--Susan Graham White, LLC--which is something that I've been working on for a while now. Nothing really changes except for those three extra letters!

In October, I was able to go to Italy for an FEI seminar in Cameri (in northern Italy) and work with the legendary Christopher Hess for the dressage portion. Luckily, my husband Richard was able to join me for the trip, and we stayed for an extra week to tour Italy. Definitely a trip of a lifetime!

Later, in December, I was asked to attend the USEA Annual Meeting in Nashville to chair the Future Event Horse conformation discussion. It was a productive meeting, and I was so glad I made the trip out there.

After December, things started to settle down more in terms of traveling, and I was able to get ready for my first winter at home in Maryland in quite a few years. To say that I was not looking forward to cold temperatures, snow and ice is an understatement! But, luckily, the weather seemed to take pity on me, and we enjoyed a mild winter. I stayed extremely busy all winter, teaching at the farm, and then traveling two hours north in Maryland to A Bit Better Farm for a series of clinics organized by Margaret Rizzo of Mythic Landing Enterprises. I also continue to do regular clinics at Allan & Clover Sport Horses. It's been great to watch my students progress over the winter months, and it will be exciting to see what the spring season brings!

Looking forward, I have a busy season of judging ahead of me. You'll see me at horse trials, dressage shows and breed shows. I'll also be traveling to Rolex Kentucky in April to take part in a Future Event Horse demonstration. After that, I'm excited to be judging at Jersey Fresh International Three-day Event in May.

On the weekends that I'm not judging, I myself am hoping to compete! Huey has been training so well all winter, and we've been able to participate in a series of clinics with Bent Jensen. He will start the show season at 4th Level this spring.

And while Huey is working on the more serious dressage movements, Quinn is just starting her journey to becoming a dressage horse. She'll be turning 2 this year, and already measures over 16h! She has started light longeing and has even worn a bridle. Just like Huey, I think this filly is going to be something special.

I think that's it for now. Until next time ...