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Sweet Oak Farm Sold Four of the Top NAJYR Horses

7/19/2015

Two of the Gold Medal horses were previously Sweet Oak Farm Horses - Unique and Anders Wictor L. and two of the Silver Team horses were as well - Triviant and Ugaf.

ANDERS WICTOR L (Alden Burlington) SWB/2004/GREY G (CASINO 559 x MANSTRIMMA)
UNIQUE (Mackenzie Mc Gehee) KWPN/2001/BAY G (CANTOS x PATRICIA)

TRIVIANT (Daisy Farish) KWPN/2000/BAY G (VOLTAIRE x NIGRANTE )
UGAF (Emma Wujek) unk/2001/BAY S (MR. CARTANO x FONTE CLOSE)

See horses for sale for other available Sweet Oak Farm Horses

Gold and Bronze Medals for Zone 4 at NAJYRC

7/19/2015

Kaely Tomeu (Young Rider) and Brett Burlington (Junior Rider) represented Zone 4 at the North American Junior and Young Rider Championship in Lexington, Kentucky. Starting the intense four days of showing was Kaely Tomeu taking 8th in the Young Riders Welcome Class.

Next Up was the Jr. Team competition on Saturday. And under the amazing Chef D'Equipe Kim Land, Zone 4 Junior team, Mackenzie McGehee, Sophie Simpson, Brett Burlington, and Louise Graves,stood on top of the podium with the Gold Medal. With only one fault they won with a commanding lead over Zone 5/9 that ended up with the Silver Medal with 12 faults. Mexico North won the Bronze with 20 faults. Awesome job to the entire team and all the people who helped make this moment happen

Sweet Oak Farm's Brett Burlington and Anders Wictor L - member of winning Gold NAJYRC Junior Team - helped Zone 4 to the Gold with two clear rounds. Brett Burlington and Anders Wictor L finished 10th in the NAJYRC Finals for the Individuals. Individual results were the accumulation of 5 rounds of showing over the 4 days. Great to watch her take her victory gallop with the top ten.

Next up was the Young Riders division. After a very tight hard fought battle, and the results coming down to the last fence with the last rider, Zone 4 finished up with the Bronze Medal for the Young Riders Team. Sweet Oak's Kaely Tomeu on Fidalgo Van Het Leliehof was on winning Young Rider Bronze Medal Team along with Brittni Raflowitz, Kelli Cruciotti, and Victoria Colvin . It was a great day for the Zone 4 teams in both the Juniors and the Young Rider Teams. Congrats. This was a huge event for all and one of the most exciting for the year.

For full results:
http://www.usefnetwork.com/overlays/938.aspx

Great writeups and photos from USEF and Phelps Sports:
www.usefnetwork.com/news/12891/2015/7/17/gold_medals_go_to_zones_4_and_35_a.aspx
www.phelpssports.com/viewarticle.php?id=10013592

Mr. Magoo Champion at Tryon Summer 3 and Jumpers keep on Truckin'

7/13/2015

Christine Rogalny and Mr. Magoo do it again in the Green Pony Hunters! Champion at Tryon Summer 3 winning two of the over fences classes! Christine also picked up some top ribbons in the Medium Pony Hunters on Halisko and was 4th in the very competitive $500 Pony Hunter Classic.
Skylar Rogalny was awesome in the Low Jr./AO Jumpers on Quiloa - 2nd (out of 40) and Darrant was 8th out of a big class of 52 in the Open Jumpers and 5th in the Open Jumpers.

The boys were continuing their winning ways too in the jumpers. Casper and Lorcan took away a nice pay check in the $34,000 1.5 Welcome Class (5th) and another pay check on Clapton in the Open Jumpers (3rd out of 52) and Cantero Da Lagoa. Lorcan got another pay check with the very consistent Esquina Van Klapscheut taking 7th in the $34,000 1.45 Challenge.

Tom Foley continued his Tryon success with a 2nd on Hilma in the 1.40 Open Jumpers and 6th and 7th in the highly competitive U25 Welcome Classic and Grand Prix on Carisma.

A number of these horses (and others) are for sale or lease. Check out the sales page - click here.

Congratulations to all the riders and owners!

Lots going on 1,085 miles apart...from Calgary to Tryon

7/6/2015

CALGARY - Spruce Meadows North American Horse Show

1st, 2nd, and 4th in the Coril Holding Junior/Amateur Jumpers - Lindsey Tomeu on Bonapart is 1st, Logan Marksbury on Evano S is 2nd and Claire Bakewell is 4th on O'Splendido.

Coril Holdings Junior/Amateur Mini-Grand Prix 1.10m - 1st Lindsey Tomeu on Bonapart

$15,000 Friends of the Meadows Junior Amateur Cup - Kaely Tomeu is double clear on Capitol and takes away 3rd in this big class.

Friends of the Meadows Junior/Amateur Barrage 1.20m - Abbey Soffer 5th on Violetta
Friends of the Meadows Juniof/Amateur Barrage 1.10m - 2nd Claire Bakewell on O-Splendido and 3rd Logan Marksbury on Evano S, both double clear and within .6 seconds of each other.

Coril Holdings Junior/Amateur Jumper 1.20m - Abbey Soffer 1st on Violetta and 5th on Lundback T Hastak

Purdy's Chocolatier Junior/Amateur Challenge 1.4m - Lacey Gilbertson 8th on Easy Money

$3,500 Jr./AO Mini Grand Prix - Abbey Soffer and Lundback T Hastak are 3rd out of 54.

TRYON - Meanwhile 1,084 miles away in North Carolina

$127,000 Ariat Grand Prix 1.55m CSI 3* FEI - Lorcan Gallagher is one of only 6 clear rounds on Casper and ends up 5th in this very big class. A big congratulations.

Ariat Adult Medal - Tracey Gorin-Byrne winner on Rehy Wonder Boy

$34,000 1.50 Speed Stake - Tom Foley winner on Beluga (also 11th in the U/25 Grand Prix) and Lorcan Gallagher 3rd on Esquina Van Klapscheut

$1,000 Open Jumper - Tom Foley 2nd on Hilma

Low Jr/AO 1.20m - Skylar Roglany 3rd on Quiloa

Green Pony Hunters - Reserve Champion, Christine Rogalny on Mr. Magoo

Medium Pony Hunters - Reserve Champion, Christine Rogalny on Halisko

Shane continues "In the money" results at Spruce Meadows North American.

7/5/2015

Main Road had two double clear rounds in the 1.30 division landing in 5th place in both classes. Easy Contact Humlan continues his consistent top placings in the 1.50M including a 10th place finish in the $210,000 Classic Derby on Sunday. And Eregast vant Kiezelhof was 8th in the very difficult $210,000 Cenovus Energy Classic Derby.

Read RTE/Sport Equestrian's Article on Shane Sweetnam's Spruce Ride on Chaqui Z to 2nd Place Win

6/30/2015

Cork's Shane Sweetnam came very close to delivering a fourth major win for Ireland this weekend when he placed second in the four-star Grand Prix in Spruce Meadows, Canada, on Sunday.

The 34-year-old, piloting Spy Coast Farm’s stallion Chaqui Z, registered one of just five double clears in the contest, but was just over a second shy of catching Egypt’s Sameh el Dahan and the Irish Sport Horse Sumas Zorro, which is jointly owned by the rider and Ireland’s Joanne Sloan-Allen.

The Egyptian rider collected €28,000 for his win, while Sweetnam picked up €17,000.

Sweetnam had already claimed three third places on consecutive days at the Canadian venue.

Earlier in the day, Tipperary’s Trevor Breen won the famous Hickstead Derby for the second year in a row, this time riding Patricia Brown’s Irish Sport Horse Loughnatousa WB, while in the Netherlands, 19-year-old Wexford rider Bertram Allen won the Geesteren Grand Prix with Ballywalter Farms’s mare Molly Malone V.

On Friday night, Clare’s David Blake was victorious in the Tryon Grand Prix in North Carolina, USA, with Pine Hollow Farm’s Binkie.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/equestrian/2015/0627/711017-sweetnam-places-fourth-in-spruce-meadows/

Sweet Oakers are Super at Spruce, Too!

6/28/2015

From Tryon to Spruce Meadows the Sweet Oakers are doing what they do best…have fun and be in the ribbons. This week Logan Marksbury rises to the top winning the Junior/AO 1.10m at Spruce Meadows, placing 3rd earlier in the week in the Prix des Nations, and 3rd and 4th in the other 1.10m Jr./AO classes with a double clear rounds. Everyone came away with money in their pocket this week at the incredibly competitive Spruce Meadows show. Abbey Soffer on Violetta was double clear in the 1.20 Prix des Nations, Brett Burlington was 5th and 10th on Anders Wictor L in the 1.40m Jr. /AO Jumpers, Lacey Gilbertson on Easy Money took away prize money in the Canadian Utilities Jr./AO class and Lindsey Tomeu on Bonapart did the same in a Jr./AO class, and Kaely Tomeu had a double clear on Capitol in Sunday’s 1.30m Jr./AO class landing herself in 5th place.

Shane is Super at Spruce Meadows

6/28/2015

Shane Sweetnam was a consistent money winner this week in Spruce Meadows, ending the week with a double clear 2nd place win on Spy Coast Farm’s Chaqui Z in the $126,000 Imperial Challenge. Earlier in the week this same pair was 3rd in the 1.50m Cargill Cup. Spy Coast Farm’s Cyklon 1083 was also consistently in the money – 4th and 6th in the Friends of the Meadow Cup 1.45m division. And Spy Coast’s Venturo 9 was 11th in the 1.50m Duncan Cup.

Sweet Oak Farm’s own Bijzonder was another money winner taking 7th in the 1.45 Division and 9th in the 1.50m Canadian Cup. Shane’s new mount Easy Contact Humlan is proving to be quite the superstar with double clear rounds in the 1.45m and CIBC 1.50m classes landing in 3rd place in both classes.

Images of Spy Coast Farm's Chaqui Z (left), Cyklon 1083 (Center) and Venturo 9 (right)

Thank You Sweet Oak Riders - It's a WEF Circuit Wrap

4/3/2015

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter and Happy Passover. We want to thank all of our clients for an extremely successful WEF Circuit! The Sweet Oak team thanks everyone for their ongoing support, awesome riding, patience (even after 12 weeks) and fun (even when the going gets tough)! You are a great group and you are all Sweet Oak winners.

Final Circuit Series Results - Miss Olivia Sweetnam was not only Reserve Circuit Champion on Strawberry Shortcake and but also 3rd overall on Smartie Pants in the Cross Rail Hunter Younger Division. Lindsey Tomeu was Reserve Circuit Champion on Bonapart who had an exceptional WEF circuit in the Adult Jumpers 18-35. Lindsey was also Reserve Champion on Holiday at WEF 12th landing her 6th overall in the Circuit standings in the Adult Amateur Hunter 18-35.

Sweet Oak Farm ended up 6th overall in the Top Jumper Owner Award.

How Sweet It Is

3/31/2015

From Left to Right: Smartie Pants and Olivia Sweetnam Champion at WEF 12 with the whole family - Jerry Sweetnam (Grandad), Maria Sweetnam (Granny), Pat Sweetnam (Great Uncle), Mercy Fleming (Friend)