Summer at Fox Lake Farm
Our summer has been filled with wonderful moments and lots of lessons! New faces have joined the crew and we are gearing up for a great fall! We want to wish all our riders and friends a great remainder of 2025.
Showing is well underway for our AHJA team!
We had a blast celebrating hard work and dedication of our riders at the AHJA year end awards banquet this past Saturday. Congratulations to all of our ribbon winners and perpetual trophy winners.
Other ribbon winners include Mary Boykin Jones, Catherine Harbert, May May Harbert, Sydney Santamour, and Noor Awad!
Special congratulations to our perpetual trophy award winners!
Little Equestrian That Could: Lydia McCay
Spirit of The Horse: Karen Howerton & Charleston Harbour
Savannah Smith: Abby Beaty
Outstanding Parent “A Bit Above” : Russell Beaty
The Rise AHJA Service Award: Dylan Martin
The Jerry Morrison Award: Guerry Force
The Pat Hoyle Sportsmanship Award: Emma Madison
During week 6 at Tryon Jen, Mimi, and Hannah all competed in the USHJA Zone Jumper Finals.
We want to wish a big congratulation to Mimi Colette Frei and Emir on taking the overall gold medal for the individual finals held on Saturday during week 6 for the children’s zone jumpers!
Hannah Banks and Ghiradelli took home 5th overall for the children’s zone jumper finals and Jen Hauser and Luau Cove CSF took 8th for the 1.30m platinum zone jumper finals.
All three ladies came home with medals during their respective team days with Luau Cove CSF, owned by Lori Davis and ridden by Jen Hauser taking a bronze medal, Mimi Colette Frei and Emir also taking a bronze, and Hannah Banks with Ghiradelli and her team taking home a silver medal!
Hannah Banks & Ghiradelli - member of the zone 4 silver medal team - children’s jumpers.
Mimi Colette Frei & Emir - members of the zone 4 bronze medal team - children’s jumpers.
Jen Hauser & Lori Davi’s Luau Cove CSF - member of the zone 4 platinum 1.30 meder jumper bronze team.
Hannah and Mimi celebrating their team medals.
Huge thank you to our entire team for making the 2023 USHJA Zone Jumper Finals such a success. From our wonderful grooms to the amazing work of our trainers, parents, grandparents, farrier, veterinarians, and horses. We thank you! We can’t wait to be back in Tryon next year for the 2024 finals.
We made our annual trek to Tryon, NC for two weeks of showing this past July and it was just as much fun as last year.
Lillian and Juliette De Spalbec Z had great rounds week 5 and made the move up to the low junior jumpers during week 6.
Julia McAdam and HM Beaulieu had a fun two weeks and took home the champion honors during week 6 in the 3’3” Younger A/O Hunters.
Morgan Madden and Con Air had a great two weeks laying down some consistent rounds in AA hunters.
Sydney Madden and Carele continue to grow their partnership and are looking at a bright future.
Truth Be Told and Paulina Frei showed week 6 in the huge pre-child hunters!
Katie Parnell Robinson joined us for both weeks showing Alpine’s Revolution
Cake Walk and Lauren Velazquez took champion honors in the older large 3’3” junior hunters.
Mimi Colette Frei and Emir showing in the 1.10 Children’s Jumpers.
Hannah Banks and her own Ghiradelli had a great warm up week in preparation for the USHJA Zone Jumper Finals held during week 6. This is cluded a class win during week 5.
Holly Howerton and her ever adorable Made by Kostolany.
Luau Cove CSF owned by Lori Lynn Davis and Jen Hauser tackle the 1.35 in preparation for the USHJA Zone Jumper Finals.
Pamela Adam and Love Letter had great rounds in the older children’s hunters.
Juice Curtin and Mimi Colette Frei’s Jus D’o take another win in a $10,000 Brownland Farm Hunter Derby!
Congratulations to the whole team!
We just wrapped three weekends of AHJA shows at the farm. We had fun, learned a lot and loved every minute of it! Thank you to the Huntsville Pony Club for choosing Fox Lake Farm as the location for their 2023 show.
Highlights include
Abby Beaty & Que Pasa winning best Turnout at the Fox Lake Farm Jumper Show.
Mae Moody being name best child rider ring I during the Fox Lake Farm Hunter Show.
Romney Velazquez & Balladeer winning the $500 Fox Lake Farm Challenge
Paulina Frei & Truth Be Told winning the $500 Bill Wolf Memorial Challenge at the Huntsville Pony Club Show.
Plus multiple champion and reserve champion honors each week from the long stirrup to the Jr/Am Hunters.
Thanks to Richard Force Photography for the great pictures of our hunters.
Jen and Julie have shipped off for two weeks of showing at Brownland Farm.
Spring has sprung in Alabama and we are so excited to get to spring showing!
Jen and Julie loaded up and headed to Chattahoochee Hills Eventing for the Atlanta in the Spring hosted by Elite Show Jumping
Luau Cove CSF and Jen were speedy to take second place in the $5000 SBW Welcome Stake on Thursday.
Photograph owned and shown by Julie Curtin was champion in the 3’3”/3’6” Green Hunters
Jus D’o was reserve champion in the 3’6” performance working hunters.
The team saw loads on success in the USHJA National Hunter Derby by taking 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th!
1st - Que Pasa - owned by Abigail Beaty and ridden by Julie Curtin
2nd - Jus D’o - owned by Mimi Colette Frei and ridden by Julie Curtin
3rd - Balladeer - owned by Romney Velazquez and ridden by Julie Curtin
5th - Cake Walk - owned by Romney Velazquez and ridden by Jen Hauser
Julie and Photograph looking picture perfect in the Greens.
Photograph was also champion in the Adult Amateurs with Keri Rankin riding
Vivienne Kelly made her USEF show debut with Pumpkin Pie! Pumpkin is a barn favorite and loves to teach new riders the ropes.