Skyland Farm

12/18/2020

So thrilled for Meghan Finlay, earning the 2020 Virginia Horse Shows Association Children's Jumper Championship and Children's/Adult Jumper Grand Championship riding Sofia Car! Congratulations on your awesome year!👏🌟🏆

12/18/2020

Huge congratulations to Mosie Pennington on earning the 2020 Virginia Horse Shows Association Small Pony Hunter Championship and Grand Pony Hunter Championship with Dreamscape🎉🎈! We are so proud of you and your accomplishments! 🤩

12/14/2020

Congratulations to Mary Lou Glover’s Blush and Caroline Pennington on their Small Pony Championship first time out at The Barracks Horse show this weekend! Super proud of the team. Look out Pony Finals!

12/04/2020

A huge congratulations to Mosie Pennington and Dreamscape for earning the 2020 Virginia Horse Shows Association Grand Pony Hunter Championship and the Showday Magazine Trophy! They also earned the Small Pony Hunter Championship for their superb and consistent performances throughout the year. 🎉🎈🏆

😎A cool coincidence is that trainer Denice DeRisio Perry was the cover girl on the Showday Magazine in November 1974!

12/01/2020

Congratulations to Mosie Pennington on earning the Virginia Horse Shows Association and Maryland Horse Show Association 2020 Small Pony Hunter Championship with Dreamscape! In addition, Mosie was VHSA Small Green Pony Hunter Champion with Yours Truly and second in the MHSA Pony Equitation standings!

Congratulations to Meghan Finlay and Sofia Car for their championship title in the VHSA Children's Jumper standings! Meghan and Chabalouba Sun also finished fifth in the 3'3" Older Large Junior Hunters.

We're so proud of all you accomplished in this challenging year! Special thanks to our entire team, especially trainer Denice Perry!

11/23/2020

Congratulations to Mosie Pennington and Dreamscape and Meghan Finlay and Chabalouba Sun on a fantastic finish to their year at the Turkey Trot Horse Show at the Virginia Horse Center. It was Mosie's final show on Dreamscape as she will now move on to her next little child. It was Meghan’s last show of her junior career. We wish them great success in their next chapters. It was a super day!

11/15/2020

Skyland’s Farm trail ride through middleburg today Michelle Perry Pais Laura N. Pennington Michele Trufant Meghan Finlay

10/27/2020

Congratulations to Reagan Jarrett and Farnley Marathon on their new journey together! Special thanks to trainer Denice Perry and riders Emma Pell and Kacy Baumgart for making it all happen!

Please contact us for your next show ring champion pony or horse and visit www.skylandfarmva.com for more information!

10/26/2020

Costumes and Champions Highlight Virginia Fall Classic

Skyland followed the yellow brick road to success and fun at the Virginia Fall Classic!

Team “Wizard of Oz” Once a year horse shows and Halloween cross paths, and the results are often fun and entertaining. This year’s Virginia Fall Classic Horse Show was no exceptio…

10/17/2020

Congratulations to Prime Time and Michele Trufant, Champions in the Thoroughbred Hunters, and Meghan Finlay’s Chabalouba Sun, Champions in the Modified Hunters at the WIHS Regional competition. Skyland Farm wishes everyone the best of luck over the weekend! 🍀

09/28/2020

Congratulations to Meghan Finlay and Sofia Car for their second-placed finish in the NAL/WIHS High Children's Jumper Classic at the Piedmont Jumper Classic! Way to go!

09/21/2020

Skyland's home team and special visitors had a great show at the Middleburg Classic! Highlights included our dear friend and visitor from California Virginia Fout and her horse Carma earned the grand Amateur-Owner Hunter as well as older 3’3” Amateur-Owner hunter championships.

Mosie Pennington and her Dreamscape had top ribbons in the highly competitive Small Pony Hunter division. She rode beautifully!

Meghan Finlay and her Chabalouba Sun had nice ribbons in 3’3” Junior Hunters as well as ribbons with Denice Perry in the 3’3” Performance Hunters.

Dancing Ollie, owned by Michele Trufant, had nice ribbons in the Middleburg Hunters with Amy Zetler. Carol Eichner’s Wynnbrook Rose Point, ridden by Eddyn Molden, won top ribbons in the Small/Medium Green ponies.

Congratulations to all!

09/14/2020

Congratulations to the Skyland Farm team for a great show at the Maryland Horse & Pony Show!

Highlights included Chabalouba Sun and Meghan Finlay capturing the reserve championship in the 3’3” Older Junior Hunter section with two blue ribbons over fences. Meghan also won the MHSA Medal with an excellent ride. Out of their five jumping rounds, the pair scored in the 80s and some 85/86 scores. Additionally, Denice Perry showed Chabalouba Sun in the 3’3” Performance Hunters, earning good ribbons in all the classes in a very competitive division.

Additionally, Meghan rode four double-clear rounds in the jumpers, including third in the 1.10m Children’s/Adult Jumper Classic, never a rail during the show and ribbons in all classes.

Mosie Pennington jumped to a win and top ribbons in the highly competitive Small Pony Hunter section on Judith Hahn's Twizzler. She also had super ribbons on her Dreamscape in every class. Mosie was also sixth and 10th in the Pony Hunter Classic out of all sections of ponies. It was a competitive show with numerous entries in all divisions.

Denice also showed Skyland Farm's Superman in the 6 and under and USHJA Hunters with ribbons in most classes.

Congratulations to all!

08/25/2020

Huge congratulations to Emma Pell and Catano 29 for winning a 1.40m Junior/Amateur-Owner class at HITS Constitution Classic at Culpeper with the only double-clear round! They also placed sixth in the $5,000 Classic. Way to go Emma!

08/18/2020

Congratulations to the Skyland Farm team on a fantastic show at the HITS Winston National! Farnley Marathon and Emma Pell won all their jumping classes in the Virginia-bred section for the championship, and Twizzler and Mosie Pennington captured the reserve tricolor.

Mosie and Judy Hahn's Twizzler also made their Small Pony Hunter debut, resulting in championship honors. Mosie also earned the reserve on her Dreamscape for a sweep!

Additionally, Emma Pell and Santos placed third in the Medium Junior Jumper Classic as well as second in the USET Talent Search. Emma and Catano also received awards in the prix on Friday as well as fourth in the high Junior Jumper speed. Congratulations to all!

08/10/2020

Excellent Results at Lexington National

Great times at the Lexington National! Congratulations to everyone on a wonderful week!

Meghan Finlay and Sofia Car The Skyland Farm team made their presence known in all three rings during the Lexington National Horse Show, held August 5-9 at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington. M…

08/02/2020

Emma Pell and Santos preparing for the Lexington National sans bridle! Awesome! 👏

07/27/2020

Congratulations to Sarah Freidah's Farnley Marathon, ridden by Kacy Baumgart, for earning the VPBA Pony Hunter Championship at Rose Mount! Farnley Marathon is available for sale or lease and is eligible green for 2021!

For more information and a video, please visit our website: https://skylandfarmva.com

07/27/2020

Congratulations to the Skyland team on a fantastic show at Rose Mount!

https://skylandfarmva.com/2020/07/27/raking-in-rosettes-at-rose-mount/

07/15/2020

Congratulations to the Skyland Farm team on a super successful HITS Culpeper from the Small Ponies to the Grand Prix!

https://skylandfarmva.com/2020/07/14/skyland-has-super-success-at-hits-culpeper/

07/08/2020

Emma Pell and Catano 29

Check out Emma Pell and Catano 29 making their Grand Prix debut at HITS Showday National!

07/08/2020

Congratulations to the Skyland Team for a successful week at the HITS Showday National! A special shout-out to Emma Pell for making her Grand Prix debut with Catano 29 and tying for the Junior/Amateur-Owner CWD 1.40m High Jumper championship!

Congratulations are also in order to Mosie Pennington for earning the Small Pony Hunter championship aboard Dreamscape!

06/24/2020

It's great to be back in the show ring!

https://skylandfarmva.com/2020/06/24/skyland-returns-to-the-show-ring-at-tryon/

06/08/2020

Happy Birthday to Emma Pell! It was a fun weekend of celebrations at the farm with our Skyland family! 🥳🎉🎈🐴💕

06/04/2020

Congratulations to Emma Pell on receiving Foxcroft School's "Best Younger Girl - Riding" Award!

We're so proud that your many achievements in the 2019-2020 school were recognized and rewarded! Hard work and dedication pay off! 🎉🤩🏆

06/01/2020

Such a fun day as we all hacked over and had a jump school and lunch at Plain Bay Farm yesterday. It was really fun to see all our neighbors, too, including Jan Byyny and Kaylin Dines. Downtime from showing does have a silver lining!

05/24/2020

Plain Bay Farm play day at Skyland Farm! So much fun to have Katie and Henri Prudent and their students hack over for a jump school and a picnic today! Lots of great course work and instruction while social distancing! In addition, two fantastic trail rides around Hickory Tree Farm to make a great day greater!

05/20/2020

There's nothing like spring in Virginia! It's been a beautiful week to ride! 😍

05/17/2020

Conquering the Stone Walls!

Conquering the Stone Walls!

05/17/2020

More Fun in Virginia Hunt Country!

More Fun in Virginia Hunt Country!

05/17/2020

Living in Hunt Country

A three-hour ride around our beautiful Virginia Hunt Country!

05/17/2020

Quarantine time at its best!

04/21/2020

Welcome back! The Skyland Farm team is happy to return to Virginia after a fun and successful winter circuit in Florida.

While we continue to remain home from the horse shows, we've spent time and TLC on our Middleburg farm, painting, organizing and spring cleaning. We're closely following the Governor's mandates on social distancing and sanitizing to protect our staff and clients.

We have a 350' x 180' ring full of new jumps and a healthy and very controlled environment. Therefore, we're welcoming a select few ship-ins to join us for the next six weeks for private or semi-private lessons as we prepare for Virginia to fully reopen. Please contact us for details and to make an appointment, and visit our website www.skylandfarmva.com for additional information on the Skyland Farm facility, team and program.

03/18/2020

Skyland Farm finishes WEF 2020 with blues and best finishes!

https://skylandfarmva.com/2020/03/18/wef-2020-concludes-with-wins/

03/03/2020

WEF 8 is Great For Skyland Farm

Congratulations to Leslie Clark Kopp for her Masters Adult Amateur Jumper championship with Doman during WEF Week 8! Read more about all of our successes below!