News and Updates:

08/07/10:  Welcome Mr. Tall, Dark & Handsome!  Falcor has joined the program! At 6yo & nearly 1500 lbs he is definately for our more skilled riders, but we expect him to clean up at the local shows! 

07/11/10: S.T.A.R.S welcomes four new horses this month! Rocky, a bay paint gelding, Bandera, a red roan mare, Nemo, a chestnut QH gelding, and Thunder, a paint gelding. Our monthly Jumping Clinic with Former Olympic Games Rider, Jyl Purdy, is a big hit with our aspiring jumping students!  First they did trot poles, then cross rails and a vertical, now they've moved up to oxers & next month they'll try a course! 
   


06/20/10: Our Level Up Pot Luck was lots of fun!  Thanks to everyone who attended and congrats to all our new Novice and Intermediate students!!! 


06/16/10: OUR NEW TSHIRTS HAVE ARRIVED!!!  Staff is now sporting the royal blue, and each level has it's own color... Navy is Beginner; Hunter Green is Novice I; Maroon is Novice II & Purple is Intermediate I.  Come join us at our first Level Up Pot Luck this Saturday June 19th from 6-8pm at our barn at Triple L & there will be a last chance level testing from 5-6pm.  Everyone is invited, so bring your friends & family too! 

05/25/10: Daizey, a 7yo Morgan cross is joining the program!  She has experience from trail riding to jumping courses!  And yes she is for lease!!!


05/24/10: Welcome to Veil, an 8yo Quarter Horse mare and look out, we may get lots more new ones in June too!!!   In negotiations are three horses & two minis (aw, new little friends for our mini, Magic) 

05/01/10: Welcome to Reba & JBar, our two newest additions to the S.T.A.R.S. horses (pictures coming soon) and HAPPY 1mo Birthday (5/4) to Paschal! Other birthdays this month are Sterling (5/3), Zach (5/21) and Magic (5/25) who has moved to the barn!  

04/18/10: What a great day at the show! Once again we competed in three divisions and took home four high point and reserve awards! Congrats to everyone on thier ribbons, especially to our first timers Rebecca & Bailey and to our division winners Kendall for reserve in beginner (she's in first for the year-to-date in her divis...ion too), Jillian for high point and Rachel for reserve in Novice (both top three in thier division for the year-to-date) and to Virginia for reserve in Adult Novice!

04/04/10: S.T.A.R.S. is proud to welcome our first baby!  Sterling brought us a special Paschal treat Sunday!  A beautiful baby boy!  Looks like he'll be a big bay like his daddy.
 

03/28/10: S.T.A.R.S announces FUN FRIDAY NIGHTS!!!
Western Club & English Club!
Western Club is 5:30-7 & English is 7-8:30
April 2nd - Beginner Club
April 9th - Novice Club
April 16th - Intermediate Club
April 23rd - Teen/Adult Club
Novice Club Space is limited so call Danya to reserve your spot!!!

03/15/10:
Congrats to the show team for an incredible performance yesterday!!! We competed in three divisions and took three medals! Virgina took High Point in Adult Amateur, Kendall tied for High Point in Beginner and Rachel got Reserve High Point in Novice. Thanks to everyone! 

Alexis's First Gymkhana

 

Rachel and Zach

Baby watch is beginning for Sterling :D Our first official S.T.A.R.S. baby is almost here!!!  
Another new horse has joined the program! Carrera is a beautiful Arabian show horse owned by Amy Cash. Thanks Amy for bringing her to our barn!
Also, the new horses page is up! Make sure to take a look!


02/17/10: Congrats to the gymkhana team!!! What a great season starter on Valentines day!  Every team member won at least one ribbon, and we won lots of first place ribbons in our three divisions (Beginner, Novice & Adult Amateur), plus in two of those divisions we won the high point reserve medals - Rachel on Zach in Novice Division & Virginia on Salty in Adult Amateur Division.  Congrats to all our riders!  Beginner Division: Ellie & Kendall; Novice Division: Abrienne, Aisling, Alissa, Jillian, Kaitlin & Rachel; Adult Amateur Division: Virginia
01/23/10: The 24th gymkhana has been cancelled due to the heavy rains. The next one will be on Valentines Day, Febraury 14th!
01/10/10: Stars students attended their first english show today! Kaitlin and Fancy took champion in the walk/trot division! The next show will be the gymkhana on the 24th. Stars also now has two more horses. Muscat and Zantasia, two beautiful Arabians. Their pictures will be coming soon!
11/11/09: We got another new horse!  Sterling is a registered QH in foal with a spring baby on the way!
11/01/09: Another Gymkhana was held today! Next month will be the banquet and the Gymkhana's will start back up for the new year in January.
10/04/09: The October Gymkhana at Horse Lovers was today! Abrienne and Annie took high point once again!
09/27/09: The September Gymkhana at Horse Lovers was today! There were plenty of ribbons and Abrienne and Annie took high point! The next gymkhana is this coming Sunday.
09/05/09: The gymkhana has been cancelled due to rain and rescheduled for Sunday    morning the 27th. The next gymkhana is the following weekend October 4th.
08/31/09: The next gymkhana is this Saturday, September 5th!
08/23/09: Mouse! Another new addition to the horses Mouse is a beautiful bay throughbred.
08/15/09: Gymkhana at Horse Lovers Park!
08/11/09: Another new addition to the S.T.A.R.S Horses! A Missouri Fox Trotter mare named Foxy.
08/01/09: A new addition to the S.T.A.R.S Horses! Salty, a grey Quarter Horse gelding.

 

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