Top 10 Finishes for Woodstock Eventing at Fair Hill International

Cooley Flight (PC) Angie Leihy

Ryan is back at the local Fair Hill International Horse Trials with three horses contesting the Open Intermediate Division! Cooley Flight was the weekend’s top finisher as he came in the top 5 after adding just a bit of cross-country time to his dressage score of 30. In 8th place, Check Point added the exact same amount of cross-country time to his dressage score of 34.6. Just behind him, Cooley Continental finished the weekend in 9th place.

Lillian’s program has officially joined Ryan and his team at the new Lanefield Farm and all of the horses are absolutely loving it. Thank you to everyone for reaching out and supporting all of us during this big year.

Check Point (PC) Angie Leihy

Cooley Continental (PC) Steve Berkowitz

Woodstock Eventing Takes Plantation Fields May Horse Trials

Fernhill Domino (PC) Steve Berkowitz

Ryan is back from another weekend at Plantation Fields Horse Trials with three horses having produced great results at the training level. Fernhill Domino was the highest finisher, taking Third Place on his dressage score of 28.6. Castle Cavalier was just a couple points behind and finished in Fifth Place. Only adding cross-country time to his dressage score, Excel Star Heartthrob came home in Eleventh Place.

Thank you to Ryan’s incredible employees, his sponsors, owners, and every volunteer for making these shows possible! Summer is coming and it feels great to have a top team behind Woodstock Eventing.

Excel Star Heartthrob

Castle Cavalier

Woodstock Eventing is Back North with Two Horse Trials

Cooley Continental 

It has been a big couple of weeks for Ryan as he and his team have moved back up to Pennsylvania into a new facility at Lanefield Farm! This is a gorgeous property in the heart of Unionville, and what better way to celebrate than kicking off the spring season with an event right in his back yard at Plantation Fields Horse Trials!

With three horses contesting the training level Ryan produced some great results at this local show. Excel Star Heartthrob was the highest finisher at 5th place after maintaining his dressage score of 31.9. Not too far behind was Fernhill Domino, who finished on his dressage score of 36.7 for 9th place. Finally, Castle Cavalier jumped from 17th to 9th after two double-clear jumping rounds!

Fernhill Domino

The next weekend at Fair Hill International, Check Point and Cooley Continental ran their first 3*’s of the year. Cooley Continental— or “Chip,” as he’s known in the barn— only added cross-country time to his dressage score for an 11th place finish in the division. Just behind him, Check point added one rail and a bit of time across country for 12th place.

It is great to be back home, and even better to see the continued support of familiar faces near and far!

Check Point

Woodstock Eventing Takes Top Honors at Chattahoochee Hills

Cooley Flight (PC) Liz Crawley Photography

Ryan has revisited the Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials this past weekend with three upper level horses taking the top three spots of their divisions. After some serious rain, it was incredible to have the horses still compete in at their best ability around some tough tracks.

The highest honor went to Check Point who just added cross-country time to his dressage score of 34 and won the Intermediate division! Cooley Continental was just behind him for second place, adding one rail and time to his score of 35.4.

Check Point

Cooley Flight finished in third place in the Advanced/Intermediate division, getting some solid practice in preparation for the spring FEI’s coming up.

Ryan and his team are very much looking forward to rounding up the Aiken season with Stable View around the corner and a big caravan back up to Pennsylvania after that. As always, thank you for tuning in and for the continued support!

Woodstock Eventing Takes on Chattahoochee Hills for the First Advanced of the Year

Cooley Flight

Ryan took a trip further south to Georgia this weekend to run the Chattahoochee Hills Horse Trials. Cooley Flight set out to compete in his first Advanced division of the year while Check Point competed in the Intermediate.

Check Point only added one rail and some cross-country time to his dressage score of 34 and finished in 3rd place! Cooley Flight earned himself a 34.8 in dressage and jumped clear around show jumping and cross-country, just adding time on the cross-country to finish in 8th.

Check Point

The gears are still grinding and the third Pine Top H.T. Is this coming weekend with many more events just around the corner. We are very much looking forward to seeing Ryan continue his impressive record and making his way back up north next month!

Eventing Grand Prix and Top Results at Sporting Days HT

Cooley Flight

It has been another jam-packed weekend for Woodstock Eventing! Ryan took Cooley Flight to the Eventing Grand Prix at Bruce’s Field and five horses to Sporting Days Horse Trials. It was a great chance for “Blue” to run through a Five-Star test and for the young horses to gain some more mileage at a familiar event. 

Ryan and Blue did the combined test at Bruce’s in preparation for Chattahoochee Hils Horse Trials on March 11th-12th. He will run his first Advacned of the year while Cooley Continental and Check Point are entered in the Intermediate division.

Cooley Flight

All five horses produced Top-Five results at Sporting Days with sales horse Kiltubrid Harley winning his Novice division on a 21.7. This is surely a horse for the future so do not hesitate to reach out with any inquiries! Fernhill Domino also took home the top honors in his Training division after a wire-to-wire win on a 24.3. Not too far behind, Castle Cavalier finished his Training division in 2nd place. Excel Star Heartthrob stayed on his dressage score of 27.2 for 2nd in the Novice division while Excel Star Wildwood came in 4th on a 29.4. 

It is incredible to such a solid group of horses taking everything in stride just within the first few months of the new season. There is more to come with Chattahoochee, Pine Top III, and spring FEI’s so stay tuned!

Woodstock Eventing’s Upper Level Campaigners and Young Contenders Bring The Heat in February

Check Point at Pine Top

As we close out the second month of competition this year, Ryan and his team look back on several great weekends across the board for horses at all levels. Pine Top I marked the first big track that the upper-level horses will take on this season, and the local Jumping Branch Farm Horse Trials gave the youngsters a chance to shine. Finally, Pine Top’s Advanced and second event of the year was this weekend with some awesome Preliminary courses.

Check Point, Cooley Continental, and Cooley Flight all took easy goes around the Preliminary divisions at the first Pine Top but gave some great feelings in all three phases. At the second Pine Top, Check Point only added time to his stellar score of 29.7 to finish 4th in his big Prelim division! Cooley Continental and Ryan’s catch-ride on Isabelle Bosley’s Night Quality had solid rounds to finish 12th in both of their divisions.

Cooley Flight

Ryan took five horses to Jumping Branch Farm to run the lower-level horse trials and produced all Top Ten results! Ben Lomond took the win in his novice division after maintaining a killer 22.2 in all three phases. Not far behind was Excel Star Wildwood who finished on a 27.8 for 3rd place and Excel Star Heartthrob who finished in 9th. Castle Cavalier took home 3rd place on a 31.4 in the training division and Fernhill Domino proved to be the highest climber of the day, jumping six places to finish in 10th in the training! Notable mention: superstar groom Caitlin Reamy placed 3rd in her training division on El Patrone.

Next week the Eventing Showcase at Bruce’s Field and the next and final Pine Top is just around the corner. Thank you all for your continued support and we cannot wait to be back with more updates on these big events ahead!

Cooley Flight