St. Bride's Farm

03/20/2022

So proud of Confu and Laura Kraut for winning the $216,000 Horseware Ireland Grand Prix CS14* during the “Saturday Night Lights” WEF 10! Photo credit: .photovideo

02/14/2022

Congratulations to Julie Welles riding St. Bride’s Farm’s Jacquard🥇in the CSI4* Small Tour 1.35m Fault and Time Class at week one of the Andalucía Sunshine Tour!!

01/14/2022

Congratulations to Laura Kraut on being named the 2021 USEF International Equestrian of the year! We are so proud to be a part of her team!! https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/laura-kraut-hunt-tosh-named-2021-equestrians

01/02/2022

09/17/2021

The NetJets Jumping Team win the Aachen Mercedes-Benz Nations’ Cup. Congratulations to Laura Kraut riding St. Bride’s Farm’s Baloutinue and the entire USA team!! Shannon Brinkman Photos

08/07/2021

USA Equestrian Team Win Silver After Dramatic Jump-Off

08/07/2021

Good luck to Laura, Baloutinue and the USA team in tomorrow's Team Final!🇺🇸

08/05/2021

Looking forward to the Team Qualifier!!

07/26/2021

The horses are on their way! We look forward to watching Baloutinue, Laura, and the U.S. team compete!

07/05/2021

Congratulations to Laura and Baloutine for making the United States Olympic Show Jumping Team! 🇺🇸

Congratulations also to Jessie, Kent and McLain!

Photo Credit: Sportfot

04/28/2021

Excellent work opportunity at a top class show jumper farm in Northern Virginia! Seeking an honest, hardworking, professional groom to join our team. Position is full-time, competitive pay, five day work week (Sunday through Thursday) with 8 hour shifts and full benefits package. No boarding or housing available though we can assist with locating housing.

Responsibilities include:
• Daily care of horse and facility
• Grooming and tacking
• Upkeep of barns, paddocks, and indoor arena

Requirements:
• MINIMUM 3 YEARS EXPERIENCE HANDLING STALLIONS AND YOUNG STOCK

• Valid driver's license required
• U.S work authorization
• References will be requested
• Must be able to pass a criminal background check
• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Ability to Commute/Relocate:
Upperville, VA

04/20/2021

Congratulations to Laura Kraut riding St. Bride's Farm's Baloutinue on their first win together! We look forward to watching the future success of this great new partnership.

𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤!
Laura Kraut now rides St. Bride's Farm's Baloutinue, the speedy 11-year-old gelding Adam Prudent recently won the last CSI4* Grand Prix at WEF with. And, totally up to Kraut’s and Baloutinue’s high standards, the pair won their first Grand Prix together, the $137,000 Bainbridge Companies Grand Prix CSI3* on the grass Derby Field at Equestrian Village in Wellington, FL.

𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞
“I’m just absolutely thrilled,” exclaimed Kraut. “What I always loved about him is that he reminds me of a Thoroughbred. He’s got a lot of blood, he is brave, scopey, and has all the best qualities that a Thoroughbred has. He’s just a fast horse. That’s the Thoroughbred type of quality because I didn’t ride a fast round. I did more strides than other people, but he’s just that quick. He lands and he gets away from the jump very, very fast, so I think that was where I got the edge.”

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝
Kraut has been interested in Baloutinue (Balou de Rouet x Landor S) for many years, but never had the chance to buy him, up until April 3, right before Adam Prudent won the $214,000 Wellington Agricultural Services Grand Prix CSI4* with the talented horse. The Prudents approached Kraut to say that they would finally consider selling him.
“I’m fortunate enough to be very good friends with the Prudents,” said Kraut. “Everyone in the world has asked to buy him, including me many years ago. It was a great horse for Adam to have to go to the highest level, which he did and did very well, so when the opportunity presented itself, I was very fortunate to have an owner who was ready to step in and buy him for me. Katie and Henri [Prudent] have the utmost faith in him and think he’s one of the best horses in the world, and so do I. I can’t even believe it; I feel like the luckiest person to have him.”

Source: ESP
Photo: Sportfot

12/14/2020

Confu & Laura Kraut's winning round in the $214,000 Spy Coast Farm Holiday II Grand Prix...

12/14/2020

Laura Kraut rides for the win on St. Bride's Farm's Confu in the 4* Spycoast Farm Holiday Grand Prix!

09/17/2020

Congratulations to Julie Welles riding St. Bride’s Farm’s Jacquard for winning the Six year old 1.25m jumper class week 1 of the Sunshine Tour

09/15/2020

Congratulations to Laura Kraut riding St. Bride's Farm's Casco Bay for winning the first Autumn Tour Grand Prix and Olympic Qualifier in Cadiz, Spain!

Laura Kraut wins the first Autumn Tour GP and Olympic qualifier for the USA, with St Bride’s Farm’s.👇
🇬🇧 https://www.sunshinetour.net/en/new/laura-kraut-wins-the-first-autumn-tour-gp-and-olympic-qualifier-for-the-usa-with-st-brides-farms-sta

La americana Laura Kraut se impone en el primer Gran Premio del Tour de Otoño con Casco Bay.👇
🇪🇸 https://www.sunshinetour.net/noticia/la-americana-laura-kraut-se-impone-en-el-primer-gran-premio-del-tour-de-otono-con-casco-bay

09/07/2020

Congratulations to Laura Kraut riding St. Bride’s Farm’s Casco Bay for the victory in the Prijs Clipmyhorse.tv - CSI2* Grand Prix at Sentower Park in Opglabbeek, Belgium!

09/07/2020

St. Bride’s Farm’s Galliano VD ridden by Laura Kraut won the Prijs My Showadvisor - CSI2* Two Phases Special - 1.40m and was second in the Prijs Immofluisteraar - CSI2* Table A against the clock - 1.45m at the Sentower International Horse Show, Opglabbeek, Belgium!

07/11/2020

Welcome to our new filly by Flexible out of Jacquard!

02/17/2020

St. Bride’s Farm’s Confu jumped two clear rounds with Laura Kraut as part of Team USA’s victory in the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup of the United States of America, held at Deeridge Farms, Wellington, Florida.

10/29/2019

Watch Laura and Fleurette's winning round - Longines FEI Jumping World Cup - 2019 Washington International Horse Show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odonUfN_I1Q

Enjoy watching the Winning Round of the Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ NAL in Washington DC! The American Show Jumper Laura Kraut just knew what to do: She ...

10/28/2019

Congratulations to Laura and Fleurette! A well deserved win - a long time coming.

Did you know why yesterday’s win was extra special? 🥰

This has been a class I've wanted to win for many, many years. I've had quite a few seconds, thirds and fourths, but a win always seemed to elude me. At the beginning of the week, I said, 'This is going to be my week.' I felt good about it.

❤️Thank you to the owners, sponsors and whole team who supports me everyday. This would not have been possible without you all.

Of course, thank you to Fleurette, for her passion and determination 🐎

Thank you for making it a day to remember. 🍀

📸 FEI

02/28/2019

Homebred Coronado Beach has started the 2019 show season at Spain’s Sunshine Tour with rider Julie Welles! Coronado Beach is a 6 year old Holsteiner gelding by Coronett II.

02/18/2019

The story behind St. Bride's Farm and its successful partnership with Laura Kraut.

The couple sat down to reflect on their experiences being a NetJets® U.S. Jumping Team horse owner

02/18/2019

A beautiful clear second round for St. Bride's Confu and Laura Kraut and a bronze medal for the NetJets USA Jumping Team in the Longines FEI Global Nations Cup at the Palm Beach Masters - congratulations!

02/16/2019

Great job Laura and Jakarta!

Very proud of Jakarta's performance in today's $210,000 LONGINES Grand Prix of the Palm Beach Masters. As always, thank you to St. Bride's Farm for the ride on this talented mare!

Looking forward to the weekend and representing the NetJets USA Jumping Team in the LONGINES FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ USA CSIO5*! Come out to Deeridge Farms to cheer us on, Sunday, Feb. 17, at 1:30 p.m. EST!

02/07/2019

While the St. Bride's show horses were jumping to victory in sunny Wellington, the staff and equines (and donkeys) at the farm were busy weathering Mother Nature's polar vortex!

01/29/2019

Laura Kraut and St. Bride's Farm's Confu win the Turf Grand Prix at the Ridge at Wellington!

And we have a new leader in Laura Kraut and Confu, winners of last week’s Grand Prix! Let’s see if anyone can catch their jump off time of 32.304 or if they will once again win here at The Ridge Turf Tour!
pc: RG Photo Equinium Sports Marketing Laura Kraut Prestige Saddles Prestige Italia

01/22/2019

Another stunning shot of Laura Kraut and Confu ✨ who will be our Rising Star and Grand Prix winners this week? Take your shot and find out beginning tomorrow at Santa Rita Polo Farm 🐎
pc: Equinium Sports Marketing St. Bride's Farm Laura Kraut Nick Skelton

12/08/2018

It's great to see some well-deserved recognition of Dale Hailstone, Laura Kraut's head show groom, who takes wonderful care of St. Bride's Confu!

It’s a situation that happens often—a horse-crazy kid has to put his favorite hobby on hold to attend university. That was Dale Hailstones' path. Hailstones, a native of Glasgow, Scotland, studied musical theater in school and received his mas...

10/16/2018

St. Bride’s Farm’s resident pony Tinkerbell finished eighth of 31 finalists at the Theodora Randolph North American Field Hunter Championship Finals at Glenwood Park in Middleburg, Va. They were chosen by an international panel of judges from an initial field of 60 horses and riders during a week of hunting in Northern Virginia. Tink and Katy regularly hunt with the Piedmont Fox Hounds and Barb serves on the PFH Board of Directors.
Photo by Joanne Maisano.

08/09/2018

After retiring from competition, our jumpers are transitioned into new jobs at the farm. Whether they become broodmares, foxhunters, or pleasure horses (like Ziedento, pictured here), they lead an active and happy life!

07/23/2018

What an inspiring video with Laura Kraut and several of her horses including St. Bride's Whitney!

06/25/2018

Read about Laura Kraut's insights on how to successfully perform in the show jumping arena!

A person can spend a lot of time trying to figure out the secret to succeeding in this mentally challenging sport. In Nöelle Floyd and my next book, I’m trying to remedy that situation by going straight to the source: interviewing some of the top-ranked riders in the world to find out what makes ...

05/14/2018

Laura Kraut and Confu take the lead of this week's ROLEX/USEF Show Jumping Ranking List after 🔝 placings at the Longines Global Champions Tour Madrid CSI5*!

➡️ https://www.usef.org/compete/rankings-results/rolex

05/14/2018

Whitney and Laura Kraut win the Manama Two Phase International Jumping Competition - CS15* at the Royal Windsor Horse Show!

05/09/2018

FOR SALE: Tinkerbell (registered name Halleberry) is a 14 hand, 2006 Registered Welsh-Thoroughbred cross. A legitimate first field mount, she has been foxhunting for two seasons with the Piedmont Fox Hounds, where she has amassed a large fan club for her ability to jump fences she can barely see over. Tinkerbell has successfully led the PFH second field on many occasions, hunted with Orange County Hounds and Middleburg Orange County Beagles, and competed in jumper classes and pony club activities. An extremely athletic horse in a small package, Tinkerbell is not only bold and brave, but kind and safe. She stands at checks, gets gates, will leave the field, and doesn’t pull. She is most suitable for a keen junior or petite adult. $12,000. Please PM us for more information. Photo by Liz Callar.

03/23/2018

St. Bride's Whitney ridden by Laura Kraut win the 1.50m Big Tour D class out of a field of 78 horses at the Sunshine Tour, presented by Hipotels in Cadiz, Spain.