NEWS 2019

He is a 2010 Lusitano gelding imported from Brazil (Solar dos Pinhais x Trevo dos Pinheiros), owned by dr. Hilary Clayton. He will be in training for a little while and then for sale

Proud day today as I become a new rider sponsored by CUSTOM SADDLERY Thanks so much to Chelsea Barrett, from OM Equestrian Saddle Fitting, who facilitated it!

Had a great time teaching my fist clinic at Horses Unlimited in Albuquerque, New Mexico, despite the very cold temperatures we had the first two days. It was very rewarding to see how horses and riders improved over the days. Very nice to see also that there is a clear system to develop the horses they breed into the sport. Here is a link to an album I posted on my Facebook page.

Winter graduated to double bridle! We are very proud of this gelding owned by Sophia Damasceno.

June 15-16: Two more wins for Sophia and Welly in Fourth Level at the Gold Coast Summer Solstice show held at the Palm Beach Equine Sports Complex!!! A bit rainy the first day...

JUNE 21-23 Had another clinic at Horses Unlimited in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Traveling was an absolute nightmare but couldn't be happier with how horses and riders performed. Looking forward to the next one in August!. Picture is from my drive from Phoenix to Albuquerque as I couldn't get there by plane....

We had a fantastic weekend at the White Fences Summer Fun II show held at the White Fences Equestrian Center on July 6-7. BP did two very amazing tests in 4-3 scoring up to 69%. Two blue ribbons but we were the only ones in each class. Amazing feel of getting a horse prepared and receiving all he had. Thank you to the whole village! The gratitude towards each one of you is immense.... Sophia did two super rides on Welly in 4-2, showing more and more maturity. Slowly turning into a small tour combination! Emily did her first show debuting also San Quinta in dressage. Did First level test 1 and 2 with scores up to 68%. Unbelievable to see them! Go to San Quinta's page for more information, pictures and videos (click here) A special THANK YOU to Sue Jaccoma, Judith Cardella and Evan Hubner who helped with Emily's show attire! And King competed L Patron HU and Wruby Noon HU for the first time in Florida. Both horses were a joy to work with, scores were conservative as the rides, since we didn't know them much. Can't wait to see them develop more and more!.

So happy and proud!

Submitted the picture a few months ago and forgot about it. It was so nice to receive this email!!!

Our dear Winter had a severe colic and went into surgery at Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington on Saturday, July 27. So far surgery was successful even though surgeons said it was a very difficult case. Sadly complications with Laminitis are keeping him in the clinic. Please help us with sending him good energy, prayers and positive thoughts. Our heartfelt THANK YOU to Kim Jackson, Dr. Jee Grewal and Jessica, to Dr. Michael Myhre, Dr. Weston Davis, Dr. Byan Dubynsky and to all the interns and staff that have given Winter all the best care possible.

Update: Winter made it back to May Faire Oaks farm, despite complications with laminitis, and we were happy with his little but consistent improvements. Sadly on the morning of September 10, he wasn't feeling right and we rushed him to the clinic where we were able to get him comfortable but we had to make the very hard and sad decision to let him go. It was fair to him... I'm very touched with how good he was treated by everyone in Palm Beach Equine Clinic, by Sophia's family that went above and beyond to try to help him and with Kim and everyone at May Faire Oaks farm. Thank you to all of you that cared!

Reconnected with my student for many years Lauren Friedland who moved to Connecticut some time ago. They invited me for a fantastic weekend there, where we had the pleasure to work together again and do some tourist activities. Thank you so much Deirdre and Lauren! Great job with Ted!

Last weekend of August I had another fun and productive clinic in Albuquerque. Everybody made improvements and it's always nice to see the positive effect made on horses and riders. Looking forward to one more at the beginning of October! Maybe one day Pool Noodle HU will be ready for one of my clinics! We had time to play tourists and went to the Sandia Peak, AMAZING!

Sophia stayed on track after a very tough and sad week with the loss of our dear Winter, she produced two very solid rides and even won her 4-3 class! King presented again Wruby Noon Hu and L Patron HU in 1-3 and there were big improvements with their performances. I'm so happy! Thank you to the village!

Oh how lucky we were to dodge the bullet again (as it happened with Matthew and Irma) to be missed by a major hurricane. Dorian was headed our way as a powerful Cat 5 storm and turned north on the coast of Florida after destroying big part of the Bahamas. We had decided to stay in the area, had a good plan in place to move to safer barns (thanks to very generous neighbors) and we were glad we didn't have to do any major changes, besides picking up and putting everything back in place....

Went for the first time to the Colorado Horse Park in Parker, CO, to coach Anne Sparks and Cecilia Cox at the show. They had really good rides and it was very good for me to see them performing. Thank you for the trust in my system!

Our last clinic of the year at Horses Unlimited was held the weekend of October 4-6. Very proud of the results and very grateful with all the participants and specially Anne for hosting me. What a great time we had as it was International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque!

​Look what arrived in the mail! Proud of this achievement and hope to be able to keep learning from this fascinating part of our sport and give back. Thanks to Michel Assouline and Laureen Johnson for all the help, encouragement, guidance and support.

I am very lucky to have been able to attend, for the second time this year, a Master Class with the Queen!

But this one was even more special than the first one as it was held at Haras Hacienda and I got the honor to be able to help them during the weekend.

Will never forget this experience! Please click below to read the articles published in Spanish in Lily Forado's website and in English in Dressage-News. There is also a link to an album with pictures

Check out the new website of the farm! I had a lot of fun helping putting it together

A lot of new things happening this month... like receiving this new unicorn owned by one of my dearest friends. Welcome to Florida Tiberius LE! He is a 6 year old PRE gelding

We welcomed Fiado back at the farm for a few months. He is such a kind soul, exactly like his mother Susan.