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Pathfinders Event: A Great SuccessOn  October  6,  2013  Chase  Farms  hosted  the  Southern  New  Hampshire  Indian  Pathfinders  for  a  day  of  barn  acCviCes,  learning  and  riding.  This  group’s  sole  purpose  is  to  strengthen  the  bond  between  father  and  daughters.  Chase  Farms  had  a  great  turnout  for  this  event  with  approximately  25  father/daughter  teams  and  their  families.  The  day  was  packed  full  of  educaConal  and  fun  acCviCes.  Fathers  and  daughters  learned  

how  to  brush  and  tack  up  horses,  as  well  as  the  proper  conformaCon  of  a  horse.  Each  team  had  a  short  riding  lesson  to  go  through  the  basics  of  horseback  riding.  There  were  also  different  arts  and  craPs  set  up  throughout  the  barn  to  keep  everyone’s  creaCvity  flowing.  

We  had  a  great  day  hosCng  this  wonderful  group!  Thank  you  Southern  NH  Indian  Pathfinders  for  coming  to  spend  the  aPernoon  with  us!  Also,  thank  you  to  our  wonderful  staff  for  all  your  hard  work  .We  look  forward  to  being  able  to  accommodate  more  groups  like  this  in  the  future!    

Chase Farms would like to congratulate and thank their customers on a fantastic 2013 show season!

Coming Soon:

Sydney Pyenburg and Ava Mansperger enjoying the Pathfinder event at Chase Farms waiting for their chance to ride.

Chase  Farms  has  teamed  up  with  Equilesson  ©  to  provide  online  scheduling  and  billing  to  our  lesson  program!  We  are  hoping  to  

have  this  system  up  and  running  by  the  beginning  of  December.  In  the  meanAme,  if  you  have  not  filled  out  a  RIDER  INFORMATION  

FORM,  please  do  so!  We  will  be  looking  for  a  group  of  computer  savvy  parents  to  be  our  iniAal  test  groups  of  this  applicaAon,  if  

you  are  interested  in  helping  us,  please  see  Jess!  As  with  any  new  program,  there  will  be  unforeseen  glitches  and  errors  so  we  ask  

for  your  paAence  in  this  maGer  as  we  work  out  the  kinks!  Thank  you!  

The teams got a chance to learn to drive a horse!

F A V O R I T E Q U O T E : A R I D E R M U S T N O T O N L Y K N O W H O W T O R I D E , T H E Y M U S T K N O W H O W T O F A L L .

2 November 2013 rider in the spotlight

Birthdate: April 22, 1998

First horse: Romans Will (deceased)

Favorite horse ridden besides her own: Dylan’s Desert Admiral

Dream horse to ride: Courageous Lord

! Emily’s extensive show career started in 2008, under the direction of Colleen Fitzpatrick, when she showed her first horse, Roman’s Will in Walk/Trot Pleasure. Roman’s Will got extremely ill, but not before Emily & “Will” pulled a reserve championship in a very large walk/trot pleasure class. This would, unfortunately, be their last show together due to this illness, even though he made a full recovery.

The next few years of Emily’s show career would be marked by multiple show horses, horse shows and wins.

CH Rastafarian – 2008CH Ridgefield Excessive – 2010-2011Harlem’s Lunar Eclipse – 2010-2012

I’m The Man – 2011-2012Harlem’s Showoff – 2012

Kalarama’s McDreamy – 2012-2013Foxgrapes Patent Pending – 2013

Twilight Maximillion – 2013

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! 2013 was a light show year for Emily. She took McDreamy to Raleigh Spring Premier to show in 5-gaited show pleasure. Shortly after that show, it was decided McDreamy was not the right horse for Emily to show 5-gaited and the search began for a new 5-gaited horse for Emily. Unfortunately, 2013 was also a year of loss for Emily, as she lost her first horse, Will. Chase Farms was deeply saddened by this loss and Will is constantly missed. In March, the VanDuren’s purchased Fox Grapes Patent Pending “Monty” as a practice horse for Emily. Months were spent looking for the perfect horse for Emily, and after a few trips down to Kentucky, the search was over. Twilight Maximillion (Emmet) was purchased from West Wind Stables in July. This big, solid, showy gelding was exactly what they were looking for. Emily and Emmet made their debut at Octoberfest and wowed the crowd. Her first show with her new gelding resulted in a first place ribbon and a reserve championship in Junior Exhibitor 5-gaited class. This great team will be a force to reckon with next season.  

Did you know:

• Emily has a brother and a sister.

• She is the middle child

• Emily goes to The Derryfield School

• Her favorite color is baby blue or lime green.

• She spent the summer in Thailand, working with Elephants!

• She wants to be a large animal Vet when she’s older

Her favorite memory is the first time she showed in a suit class with Roman’s Will, where she took a Reserve victory pass.

Her advice to new riders is nothing comes easy so work hard!

Rider in the Spotlight:Emily Vanduren

Left to right top row: Harlems Lunar Eclipse, Twilight Maxamillion, CH Ridgefields ExcessiveLeft to right bottom row: CH Rastafarian, Foxgrapes Patent Pending, I’m the Man, Harlem’s Showoff, Kalarama’s McDreamy

Pictured to the left: Emily and Roman’s Will

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H O R S E I N T H E S P O T L I G H T

The BluesmasterThe Bluesmaster, more commonly known as Benny came to Chase Farms all the way from Flemington, New Jersey under the

direction of Kierson Farm in October of 2009. Soon after his arrival, the Dotti family purchased this spunky chestnut gelding for their daughter Allegra. Allergra started her show career on Benny in academy but soon entered the Walk / Trot pleasure division in 2010 & 2011. She received her first blue ribbon in this division at the Connecticut Summer Classic in W/T Pleasure 9-11 year olds! Once they mastered the canter, they moved up to the pleasure and pleasure equitation divisions. In 2013, Allergra & Benny found their division, country pleasure. Their first major win was UPHA Spring Premier in the Junior Exhibitor Country Pleasure. Benny makes a wonderful country pleasure horse and is always a judge’s favorite, constantly pinning in top ribbons. Benny is located in the main barn, two stalls

away from the entrance of the lounge. He loves treats and of course, playing with his jolly ball. His birthday is May 3rd and he is 9 years old!

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Barn Happenings...Chase Farms congratulates Morgan Hudon on winning the Candy Corn Guess Game. Morgan guessed 600 pieces of Candy Corn. There were 617 pieces in the jar. Congratulations Morgan! Be on the Lookout for our next guessing game

Baby Talk!

Chase Farms welcomes New York’s Inspiration, Kalarama’s Silver Queen & Kalarama’s Moonglow home from Kentucky. They were at a breeding facility! Their foals will be born around May! It’s the Scotch Talkn’ is also pregnant and due around the same time. Tiki has starting his training. Keep an eye out for him in the barn!

DreamChase Farms would like to welcome Dream to the Farm!

This handsome gelding arrived this month to the farm, and we are loving getting to know him. If you havent already said hello, stop by. He loves peppermints!

Lesson InformationLocated in the Red Barn, Chase Farms is implementing a new bulletin board system for all lesson information! Monthly statements will be available on this board to all our riders, as well as information regarding lessons and the program. Any questions may be directed to Jess!

Chase Farms RemodelChase Farms is in the process of remodeling our facilities. Thank you for your patience as we undergo these extensive remodels!

Just a Friendly Reminder.For the safety of our horses and riders, there is no yelling, running or horseplay in the barn. Thank you

Thanksgiving Day

Gobble, Gobble

Chase Farms wishes all it's customers a Happy Thanksgiving. The farm

will be closed on Thanksgiving. Lessons will be rescheduled

Chase Farms Congratulates the sale of the following horses!

Summer:Congratulations to new owners on the purchase of Summer. We hope you love her as much as we did! Summer is going to a great, loving home.

Immortal:Immortal was bought as a 5 gaited lesson horse for Kalarama Farm. We wish you all the luck with Morty! He

will greatly be missed.

Chase Farms said farewell to Our Last Memory! We wish him the best of luck.

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Did you know??? 

! Chase Farms has an excellent leasing program. Leasing is great introduction to horse’s ownership  Without the long-term commitment or the purchase of a horse.  Included in the lease are one weekly private and two  group lessons or practice rides. Working exclusively with one horse and riding more frequently helps riders to bond and develop faster as an equestrian. Monthly training, shoeing and veterinarian expenses are part of leasing.

The following horses are available for lease:

-Jewel-Chase's Family Jewel

-Veronica- Green Holme Veronica

-Itchy- Kalarama's Ultimate Student

-Vinny- Roman's Flying Genius

Please contact Colleen or Joy if you are interested in our leasing program. 

Colleen: Colleen@chasefarmsnh.com

Joy: Joy@chasefarmsnh.com

Chase Farms Leasing Program

Veronica Jewel

Vinny Itchy

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Octoberfest Horse ShowOctober 24-27

Chase Farms spent the last weekend in October wrapping up their 2013 show season at the Octoberfest Horseshow in West Springfield, MA. This exciting and festive show brought many great rides and many great ribbons to the riders of Chase Farms. A huge thank you goes to Rick & Cheryl Fitzpatrick for their over the top effort and creativity in setting up and decorating for the show. Chase Farms was decked out in Halloween gear, which resulted in winning the 2013 Best Stable Decoration award. This award was well earned! Great job and thank you again!

The start of the show started off strong with a blue ribbon for Greenholme Veronica & Abbie Palker in Pony in Hand. This is the second year in a row Veronica has taken home the blue in this division. The morning continued with Meghan Scott & Kalarama’s Briar Cliff taking a 2nd place ribbon in a large Walk/Trot 11+ class. Thursday afternoon started up with Jessica Barry & her mare Siren Song Say it Softly showing to a 6th place ribbon in a competitive Novice Horse English Pleasure class. The afternoon session concluded on a great foot as

Donna Boulanger & I Want To Tango Too won their Amateur English Pleasure class. Tango was very excited over his win which was seen through a great victory pass! Great job Donna! Thursday evening was an exciting one as Emily VanDuren debuted her brand new 5-gaited gelding, Twilight’s Maximillion to a blue ribbon in the Junior Exhibitor 5-Gaited class. Abbie Palker and New York Deliverance returned to the ring, first time since Louisville, to a 3rd place in the Junior Exhibitor 3-gaited park class.

Friday morning started off with Bella Jette showing Greenholme Veronica in Walk/Trot Saddle seat Pleasure 8 & Under to a Top 3 Ribbon! Great job Bella with our favorite pony! Gina Pucillo kicked off Friday afternoon showing Jessica Barry’s mare Siren Song’s Say it Softly to a 6th place ribbon in Junior Exhibitor’s English Pleasure. Great job with Whisper, Gina! Allegra Dotti and The Bluesmaster showed to a 2nd place in Junior Exhibitor Country Pleasure. Abbie Palker showed her mother’s mare Mia Melodia in NEHC English Pleasure Saddleseat to a great 2nd place ribbon in a big class. Friday night was play time for Chase Farms as they ventured away from the horse show to Six Flags to enjoy Fright Night! Thank you to the VanDuren’s for graciously providing the tickets for this fun night!

Saturday kicked off the Academy finals at Octoberfest! Olivia Whitten and Roman’s Flying Genius started off this busy morning by winning the WTC 12-17 Equitation Championship! Olivia took

home a 4th place ribbon in the WTC 12-17 Suitability Championship. This marks another academy win for Vinny! Linda Evans and Kalarama’s McDreamy took home 4th in both Adult WTC Equitation and Suitability classes. Linda has had a great year in the academy division and is looking forward to growing her academy relationship with McDreamy next year! Lacey Jette & Hannah Dekarski finished up the morning with pinning in the W/T Equitation / Suitability leadline classes. That concluded the showing on Saturday which left the entire afternoon to prepare for a very busy Sunday.

The last day of the show started by a great class by Bella Jetta and Veronica. Emily and Emmet showed back in the Junior Exhibitor 5-gaited class to a reserve championship. This was a great first show for this new team! Allegra showed Benny back in the Junior Exhibitor Country Pleasure championship to a tricolor win. Abbie and Deliverance took a reserve ribbon in the ASB 3-Gaited Park Junior Exhibitor class.

This was a great last show to wrap up the 2013 show season. Thanks to our hard working staff for all they do to make these shows run smoothly and as always, thank you to our great cheering section!

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Barn Show 2013

Chase Farms held their semi-annual barn show and open house on October 13th! We had the biggest turnout yet with 41 riders and 23 classes, as well as many spectators! This event was open to all Chase Farms riders and was the first show for many of them. Our participants ranged from the age of two years olds to adults and everyone did a wonderful job.

A big thank you goes to our vendors Signet Monogramming and Hawkewood Consignment. If you have not ordered your new Chase Farms gear yet, it is not too late. Please visit www.signetmonogramming.com for more information.

And as always, thank you to our hardworking staff, dedicated parents, and volunteers who help to make these events successful!

Thank you to our judge, Holly Whitney who did a marvelous job judging and placing all of our classes. We had a huge array of great food and desserts thanks to our rider’s awesome parents and family members. Kudos to everyone on a great show

Thanks to all the parents who sent in pictures to be included!

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October Meeting

The Chase Chargers October meeting was a huge success. Our young chargers

met for a night filled with fun, horses and pumpkin decorating!

Thanks to Phoebe Constanteneau for providing our snack at this meeting. Our attendants also learned all about the parts

of the saddle, before breaking off to decorate our pumpkins. It was a fun

night for all!

Please Join us for our next meeting Saturday November 16

5:30 - 7:30 pm

ASHA Recognition

The Chase Chargers are applying for ASHA recognition. For those of you who do not know, ASHA stands for American

Saddlebred Horse Association. Recognition within this association

brings many new opportunities to the Chase Chargers. We look forward to this big step in our youth group program. If you are interested in becoming a Chase

Charger, please see your instructor!

Chase Chargers Food Bank

Please Join the Chase Chargers Saturday Novembers 9 as they help “Charge against Hunger”. We will be collecting change at our local Walmart in Amherst NH for the NH Food Bank. Thank you to all our volunteers who have signed up so far. It is not to late to sign up. The sign up is located in the main barn on the bulletin board. Time slots our available from 10 am - 5 pm. Thank you for helping us support our community!

Don’t Forget:

Pennies JarLocated in the lounge please donate your spare change. It will be donated to the local Bedford animal rescue league. We look forward to helping animals in need, besides just horses. As you know we love dogs here!

Food driveFor thanksgiving we will be running a food drive. Please consider helping Chase Chargers make a difference in our community.

Coat driveWe will be running a coat drive this winter. More details to follow.

Adopt a FamilyThis December Chase Farms will be adopting a family in need. Look for more information to come out this following weeks.

Guessing GamesWe will be holding guessing games to raise money for sponsorships to help the local show circuit throughout the winter. Be on the lookout for these fun games in the lounge!

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Winter Tournaments

A Friendly Reminder from Your Instructors!

Proper riding attire is required during your lessons at Chase Farms. Kentucky jodhpurs and riding boots are preferred, although long pants and a boot with a heel are allowed. Having the proper riding attire can help a rider grow their skills. We ask that if your rider has been taking lessons continuously for more than three months that you look into purchasing your rider their own helmet, a pair of jodhpurs and riding boots. With the holidays coming up, it would make the perfect gift! If you have any questions, please ask your instructor!

There are two local tack shops where you can purchase your rider their own attire:

• The Stone Pony tack shop

110 State Route 101a, Amherst, NH 03031

• The Naked Horse

294 RT101, Amherst, NH 03031. (603) 554-1658

Chase Farms 2013Colleen Fitzpatrick— Owner/TrainerJoy Ruma— Asst. Trainer/Lesson InstructorJessica Barry — Lesson InstructorMorgan McKenney— Lesson instructorGina Pucillo— Lesson instructor

Any questions regarding lessons or lesson billing may be directed to Joy or Jess!

Joy@chasefarmsnh.com

Jessica@chasefarmsnh.com

Chase Farms146 Federal Hill RoadHollis NH 03049

Our winter tournament season is set to begin in December. These local, day shows offer a great introduction to show or, for more experienced riders, a chance to gain further showing experience and confidence for the 2014 show season. There are a range of classes from “leadline walk” to “adult w/t/c” Riders are required to wear riding boots, gloves, Kentucky jodhpurs, a helmet, and an academy shirt/vest is preferred. New riders that may not have an academy outfit can wear a fitted, solid colored vest and a long sleeve shirt. Riders must participate in two tournaments in order to qualify for the Tournament finals which are held in April in West Springfield, MA at the UPHA Spring Premiere Horse Show.  

• 12/8 Winter Tournament in Rowley, MA at Chrislar Farm. Starts at 10:00, ends at around 2:00. The cost to show in two classes is $275 (The ‘Walk Only’ class is $125) Sign-up to be posted. Lessons are as scheduled

Working Students:Riding  exchange  program:

• Students  will  receive  a  free  group  lesson  for  each  day  worked.  This  lesson  must  be  used  in  addition  to  a  regular  weekly  lesson  (not  in  place  of).

• Limit  to  two  students  per  day

• Please  sign-­‐up  on  the  calendar  for  the  days  you  would  like  to  work

• Must  be  able  to  groom  and  tack  safely  and  correctly.  

• Expected  to  be  at  the  farm  during  lesson  hours  on  volunteer  day.

• Students  will  gain  equine  knowledge  and  independence.  They  will  mentor  young  riders.

• Opportunities  to  gaining  show  experience  and  work  alongside  trainers/instructors.