Category Archives: Barn News

July 2 Jumper Clinic

We are excited to be hosting Cynsie Broda, Clinician at BLF on July 2. (RESCHEDULED FROM JUNE DUE TO RAIN.

Unless you have been in Florida all winter, we are all a little rusty! Improve your jumper skills or for eq or hunter riders, try a different discipline… sessions ranging from 2’6″ to around 3′ depending on ability. We are including a young/green horse category with jumping exercises. A great way to get your young or green horses experience!

Please use this form to register for the June 18 Jumper Clinic with clinician Cynsie Broda. Riders should be jumping 2’6″ or higher. Groups will be created by jump height/ability and clinic times to be sent once entries are submitted. Space limited.

USE THIS LINK TO REGISTER.

$125 for the clinic with $50 deposit.

Questions, contact Lisa (texts are best).

April Vacation Program

Tuesday, April 18 through Friday, April 21 – 9am to 3pm. *** DAILY OPTION ADDED to registration.
Come join us for four days and tune up your riding or learn to ride! Ideally, this program is for students with stamina, 8 years and up. Daily lessons and horsemanship skills will consume our days, but be sure to pack your lunch and bring a water bottle and get ready for some fun. Mud boots along with paddock boots and helmet are needed. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER or use the form below. The session is $625. Space is limited. Contact us with questions about boots and helmets. We likely have a special gift card for Dover Saddlery in Latham!

Already have plans for April vacation? Check out our summer program opportunities or lesson program.

Williams Team member with Coach Lisa having some fun!

AUCTION UPDATE

Here is a partial list of some of our horses coming to the auction! We are getting very excited for a fun day with quality horses, tack and equipment. See the auction page for more details.

CHECK BACK – MORE HORSES BEING ADDED

APRIL VACATION MINI CAMP

Come join us during April Vacation – for new or seasoned riders!

Vacation week is a great way to start lessons, get a jump on summer programming or tune up riding after a very long winter. Program lessons are divided by ability, as needed.

April Vacation Riding Program Options –

Tuesday April 19 (Intro to horses and lessons) $150/day
Wednesday April 20 (Intro to horses and lessons) $150/day
Thursday April 21 (Tune up riding & horsemanship skills) $150/day
Friday April 22 (Tune up riding & horsemanship skills) $150/day

All sessions 9 to noon. ** Tuesday/Wednesday for new riders to advanced beginners (WTC), Thursday/Friday for those that participated in Tue/Wed or more advanced riders. You choose – one, two, three or four days… REGISTRATION FORM BELOW OR CLICK HERE.

In addition to the 9 am to noon sessions, we also will hold our afternoon lessons. Riding lessons, leasing and showing are available throughout the summer and year round. Please check out the information on our website (www.bonnielea.com) and text Lisa at 413-four four one 634nine with questions.

Spring is Coming!!

It is hard to believe that spring is coming when it is 12 degrees out right now… but it is officially only 34 days away. That means we really need to know if you are planning to show this spring, summer and/or fall. We are already busy looking at the show schedules for GMHA, Saratoga, PHA, etc. Be sure to speak to Lisa and let you know your goals for the summer. Perhaps you want to try a home show at BLF, or progress to a PHA show or two, or challenge yourself to a new experience (or return to) a multi-day show.

There are QR codes in the barn to join GroupMe texts message groups for general BLF, lessons, showing and boarders. Please download the GroupMe app so we can improve communication and share more information! We hope to hold a zoom meeting soon to share information and answer questions about showing, etc. Think Spring!

GMHA 2021

More riders learned this summer how much fun BLF has at the GMHA Hunter/Jumper shows. These are a few shots from the July show. Ribbons from all the rings – equitation, jumpers and hunters!!!!

Horse Show August 15th!

We are excited to have Ms. Andi Hengen (R) as our judge for the day. Come join us. Details can be found on the horse show page – https://bonnielea.com/blf-horse-show/.

Because of the uptick in COVID and for a much smoother show experience, we are requiring everyone to preregister by 8 PM on the Friday before the show. You can scratch without any penalty but you must preregister to get a number for the show on Sunday. Thanks for understanding.

While we will not have a food booth, there are a number of places to get food not far from us. Hope to see you soon!