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Greetings From The Farm!
We may be taking a competition break, but our Summer Clinic Series is in fine form! We'd love to have you join us for a few exciting events, and we've got some super new lesson options to help you achieve your goals. Read on to learn more!
What's Up
We came, saw and conquered at Dressage at Lexington, and I feel like I'm still recovering almost a month later. Here are a few of the highlights:

Beth Zielinski & BSF Ducati
2nd Place Second Level 1, 66.216
2nd Place Second Level 1, 64.595
3rd Place Second Level SHAC
Bronze Medal 2/3rds done! Onto changes, thank god

Heather Richards & Halcyon
3rd Place Third Level 3, 64.5
3rd Place Third Level 3, 61.625
2nd Place Third Level 3, 60.75
5th Place Third Level SHAC

Peggy Minnich & Westbrook
1st Place Intermediate I, 63.382
Intermediate I SHAC Champion!

Sam Laurel & Jodie Harney's Sullivan
2nd Place Third Level 1, 62.027
5th Place Third Level 1, 63.108

Abe Pugh & Elaine Warner's Rintse van de Marne
4th Place PSG Challenge, 60.735
2nd Place Intermediate I, 62.206
2nd Place Intermediate I Challenge, 63.088

Abe Pugh & Alice Drayer's Elfenperfekt
1st Place FEI Freestyle Challenge, 72.738

Rachel Pugh & Lynn Phillips' Willow ISF
1st Place First 3, 67.222
1st Place First 3, 65.833
3rd Place Second 3, 62.857
2nd Place Second 3, 62.857
Quite the recognized show debut for Rachel!

Lauren Sprieser & Mary Ewing's Coilldermad Rowan
3rd Place Training 3, 70.517
2nd Place Training 3, 72.759
And QUITE the dressage debut for this superstar!

Lauren Sprieser & Madiene
1st Place Training 3, 73.793
3rd Place Training 3, 70.862

Lauren Sprieser & The Elvis Syndicate's Guernsey Elvis
2nd Place FEI Freestyle Challenge, 71.25
1st Place Grand Prix "Maestro Cup", 69.239

And I was honored to win the Trainer's Award for the whole show!

A HUGE thank you to VADA for an excellent show and their support of the Challenge classes, and to Peta Jean Wylie for her generous sponsorship of the Maestro Cup! And as ever, thank you to photographer extraordinaire Heather for being our team shutterbug.

Abe and Elfenperfekt are off to the Festival of Champions in a few weeks, and after one more outing to Morven Park, we head to the USDF Regional and National Championships. Email me if you'd like to join our wildly successful show team!
What's New
We have a few SUPER exciting clinics on our event-horizon! Coming up first is one you truly cannot miss if you have any boobs at all. Yep, I said boobs: at long last, we're thrilled to welcome expert bra fitter Alison O'Neill for two days of bra fittings. We've been trying to bring Alison to the VA farm since before COVID; we managed to bring her in for a clinic in Florida that was so popular we added TWO more days! Being fit by Alison has been described by all our participants, across the board, as "life changing." Seriously, sign up here at Strider.

The same weekend we're thrilled to welcome Suzanne Galdun for yet another excellent rider biomechanics clinic. Ride spots are, as ever, full, but we're happy to welcome auditors at $35/day in advance, or $40/day at the door. Only those who sign up in advance can get lunch, so it's worth the effort! Sign up at Strider here.

Assistant Trainer Sam Laurel and I are teaching up a storm. If you missed her introduction last time, Sam joined us last year, and has spent the winter advancing to Assistant Trainer. With a long eventing history, Sam's worked with horses of all types to encourage a solid and correct foundation towards a career in any discipline. Sam is a USDF Bronze Medal and an FEI rider in both dressage and eventing, and has also been invaluable to me this winter with her young horse experience. Please sign up for a lesson with Sam at TimeCenter, and take advantage of her special introductory lesson rate, especially for the return of Cavaletti Sundays!

But what's REALLY exciting is this: refer one, get one! Refer a new student for a lesson with Sam and we'll give you one free! Email Sam to learn more.

Sam and I also have availability for hub lessons throughout the area, so if you've got three or more riders, we'd love to come to you. Reach out via email and we'll get started.

While we're open as usual for trailer-in folks, we're thrilled to announce that I can now offer virtual lessons worldwide with sign up via Strider! We finally have internet at the farm that isn't powered by squirrels, so I can now fit your virtual lesson in to my normal teaching schedule. All you need is a solid internet connection, a cell phone, a pair of wireless headphones and either a Pivo (my favorite!), a Pixem or a dedicated cameraperson. I have virtual students across North America! Email me to learn more.

We can't wait to see you, whether in person or behind a screen, so you can get to achieving all your dreams!
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Sincerely,

Lauren Sprieser
Sprieser Sporthorse
6782 Olinger Road
Marshall, VA 20115