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Morgan Geller and Henley Adkins dominate at the “Ronnie” Mutch Equitation Championship!
March 19, 2012Morgan Geller returned for the second round of the R.W. “Ronnie” Mutch Equitation Championship in second place, and she was feeling the pressure. “I was really nervous! I thought I might throw up,” said Geller with a laugh. “But [Fabricio] was really good the second round. He was even better than in the first. I [...]
ELVENSTAR CONGRATULATES OUR DESERT CIRCUIT WEEK VI WINNERS!
March 19, 2012Kira Zelman and Vitoria – 1st level 1 jumpers, 3rd, 6th low children’s jumpers Taylor Harris and Candi – 7th A/O medium jumpers, 8th JR/AO Young Rider Qualifier Taylor Harris and Missy – 1st A/O medium jumpers Taylor Harris and Poker – 6th A/O medium jumpers, 6th JR/AO jumper classic Sydney Hutchins and Orlando – [...]
Gold Coast I Winners
February 21, 2012Congratulations everyone! For the first time in a couple of years there was wonderful weather for Gold Coast I. Elvenstar riders cam home with many ribbons… A great way to start Gold Coast 2012 season. LeeLee Buckingham and Malakai – Res Champion “A” 11/under, 6th “A” LAHJA Horsemanship medal, Res Champion “B” 11/under, 6th “B” [...]
Riders Announced for the 2012 George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session
December 21, 2011Lexington, KY – The United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) will ring in the New Year with the sixth annual George H. Morris Horsemastership Training Session presented by the United States Hunter Jumper Association (USHJA) and Adequan. The Palm Beach International Equestrian Center in Wellington, FL, will once again host 12 of the top young riders [...]
2011 LAHJA Year End Winners
December 13, 2011WOW! Congratulations to all on a fantastic year… Katie Schwarz – Champion Large Pony Hunter Katie Schwarz – Res champion overall high point Pony Division Kira Zelman – Champion Low Ch/AA Jumper Katie Schwarz- Champion Pony Equitation Ivey Burns – Champion “B” 11/under Hunters Ivey Burns – Champion “B” 11/under Equitation Ivey Burns – Champion [...]
LA National Preview Winners
November 14, 2011Congratulations to all the LA National Preview ribbon winners… Cami Pease and Cal – Champion LAHJA Senior Medal Final! 3rd CPHA Amateur Medal Haley Mosdell and Orlando – 4th 16-17 Eq over fences, 6th, 8th Children’s Hunters Kira Zelman and Doc – 9th place LAHJA junior medal final, Champion 12-13 Equitation, 1st THIS medal 6th, [...]
Congratulations Interscholastic Equestrian League (IEL) Winners
November 2, 2011And the results are… NOVICE DIVISION: Hunters (55 entries) Paige Thompson and Chester – 7th Handy Hunter (53 entries) Paige Thompson and Chester – 5th Keeley Davies and Ulysses – 7th Eq over fences (55 entries) Keeley Davies – 2nd Paige Thompson – 11th Equitation on the flat (55 entries) Paige Thompson – 2nd Keeley [...]
Winners at the Verdugo Hills Preview Horse Show
October 31, 2011Elvenstar congratulates our clients on another great show! Elizabeth Anastasi and Malakai – Champion Restricted division Ivey Burns and Conlee – Reserve Champion equitation 11/under, 2nd, 2nd, 4th 14 & under hunters Mary Anastasi and Duke – Reserve Champion 12-14 equitation, 5th, 6th 14 & under hunters Sarah Sharou and Vera – 1st .80 jumpers, [...]
Announcing the 2011 Gold Coast Series Champions
October 26, 2011Congratulations to all the Elvenstar Champions – great riding! “B” 11/under Hunters: Reserve Champion – Maddie Shack and Cooper “B” 11/under Equitation: Champion – Maddie Shack “B” 12-14 Equitation: Reserve Champion – Mary Anastasi Restricted Division: Champion – Elizabeth Anastasi and Malakai “A” 11/under Equitation: Reserve Champion – Kayla Lott “A” Large Pony Hunter: Champion: [...]
Gold Coast 7 Winners
October 26, 2011Congratulations to every Elvenstar ribbon winner at the Gold Coast 7! Elizabeth Anastasi and Malakai – 6th overall CPHA Horsemanship Medal Finals (27 entries), 2nd in Round 2 CPHA Horsemanship Medal Finals, 5th, 6th, 6th Restricted Division Mary Anastasi and Orlando – Champion 12-14 “B” equitation (clean sweep of all three classes), 3rd Rosewood medal [...]
Incredible Results at Camelot Classic
October 17, 2011After two extremely hot and miserable days we had a wonderful show at the Camelot Classic in Santa Barbara. Congratulations to all competitors! In a Schooling Class of 31 entries Elvenstar earned 3rd (Megan Polikretis), 5th (Leah Gunn) & 7th (Kayla Lott) Elizabeth Anastasi and Malakai – Champion SFHJA 13 & over Medal Finals, Reserve [...]
Morgan Geller Second in North American Equitation Championships
October 3, 2011It was a big day for California at Washington’s Capital Challenge. Out of 80 competitors, Morgan Geller earned second overall. Excerpt from Capital Challenge Press Release Upper Marlboro, MD – October 2, 2011 – Hayley Barnhill, of Collierville, TN, earned an exciting victory today as she topped the North American Equitation Championships at Capital Challenge. [...]
Morgan Geller Tops North American Flat Equitation Championships
October 2, 2011Morgan Geller Tops North American Flat Equitation Championships on Opening Day at Capital Challenge Upper Marlboro, MD – October 1, 2011 – The 2011 Capital Challenge Horse Show began competition this morning at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. The Show Place Arena hosted competitors for opening day of The North American [...]
Associated Press: Henley Adkins, 15, makes National Program
October 1, 2011Ventura County Star Published: Oct 1, 2011 EQUESTRIAN Adkins, 15, makes national program Henley Adkins, 15, of Moorpark is heading to Mundelein, Ill., in November for the Emerging Athletes Program Level III National Training Program. Adkins is a local equestrian who trains at Elvenstar Farms in Moorpark with Jim Hagman. Hundreds applied and only 12 [...]
Morgan Geller Tops North American Flat Equitation Championships!
October 1, 2011The 2011 Capital Challenge Horse Show began competition this morning at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center in Upper Marlboro, MD. The Show Place Arena hosted competitors for opening day of The North American Equitation Championship Weekend, presented by BigEq.com, with many exciting wins for the country’s top young riders. Competition continues through October 9 with [...]
An Amazing Week at the LA International
September 26, 2011Congratulations to everyone at Elvenstar – what a great showing you all had at the LA International. Taylor Harris and Miss Magic: USEF Talent Search Finals With minimal practice due to her studies up at Berkeley, Taylor and MM secured an impressive 4th place overall. After a flat phase, gymnastic phase and a jumping phase, [...]
Morgan Geller Gets the Top Prize in the ASPCA Maclay Regional Finals
September 19, 2011San Juan Capistrano, CA – September 18, 2011 – Thirty-six leading West Coast junior equitation riders competed in Blenheim Farm’s covered arena on the evening of September 17th in the ASPCA Maclay West Coast Regional Finals. With thirty returning for the flat phase and four for the work-off, it was Morgan Geller aboard Fabricio who [...]
Congratulations to Elvenstar students at Gold Coast 6 – Medal Finals and more
September 8, 2011LAHJA Medal Finalists Rule the Day at Gold Coast 6 Excerpt from LEG Press Release – full release Competitors from around the Los Angeles area met over Labor Day weekend at Gold Coast 6 (Sep 1-4) to compete in the LAHJA Rosewood Medal Final (presented by DaMoor’s Feed and Tack), the LAHJA Horsemanship Medal Final, [...]
Elvenstar wins big at Gold Coast 6
September 6, 2011CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL ELVENSTAR WINNERS AT GOLD COAST 6, LAHJA HORSEMANSHIP AND ROSEWOOD FINALS! Elizabeth Anastasi and Malakai – 4th LAHJA Horsemanship Medal Final, Champion Restricted Division Mary Anastasi and Orlando- 3rd LAHJA Horsemanship Medal Final, 2nd Rosewood Medal Qualifier, 3rd, 5th, “B” Eq 12-14 Megan Polikretis and Lincoln – 6th LAHJA Horsemanship Medal Final, [...]
Gold Coast Success for Sydney
July 25, 2011In the jumper ring at the Gold Coast 5 Horse Show, young Sydney Hutchins (Kay Altheuser, trainer) was a star in not only the .80m Jumpers but the .85m and .90m Jumpers as well aboard Arco (Kira Zelman, owner). The pair won almost every class they entered; in fact, Sydney is a very successful rider [...]
Great Results at Las Amigas De Las Lomas
July 18, 2011Elvenstar congratulates Brooke Erickson and Deuce, winners of the Las Amigas De Las Lomas Grand Prix! Elvenstar OC and Rachel Kummer have done a fabulous job training this pair. The weather was ideal and our results fabulous at this wonderful charity show in Palos Verdes. Here are some of the highlights: Brooke Erickson – Best [...]
Spruce Meadows Skyliner Tournament
June 24, 2011Team “Princess Plus 3″ Wins the 1.30M Paramount Resources Prix de Nations at Spruce Meadows Skyliner Tournament. The four star riders and horses were Alec Lawler aboard Crown Princess and his three ‘ladies’ included Abrakadabra and Alexa Anthony, Miss Magic and Taylor Marie Harris and Ulano 13 with Vani Khosla. Custis Ferguson of Elvenstar was [...]
USHJA In Stride – Gallery of Stars
June 20, 2011Nicoletta Heidegger of Stanford University in California earned the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Zone 8 Team Open Hat Championship riding Elvenstar’s Nickelodeon. All of the horses were borrowed for the Zone Finals competition, and those loaned by Elvenstar won 11 of the 15 classes.
James Hagman, Head Clinician at Stanford University Equestrian Team
May 11, 2011A pivotal moment in this Ventura County native’s life was when Jim’s parents purchased a 12.5 acre parcel of rugged, rocky California hillside and created “Elvenstar Riding Academy and Show Stables” in 1980. Jim’s passion for horses began at the age of nine, trail riding in the beautiful mountains between Hidden Valley and Thousand Oaks. [...]
Marla Amormino Has Worked Hard To “Emerge” As A Pro
March 8, 2011March 8, 2011 By: Molly Sorge, reprinted with permission from the Chronicle of the Horse One of Marla Amormino’s most successful mounts in 2010 was Oscany Inc.’s Illusion, who showed in the regular working hunter division. Photo by Mollie Bailey. This young professional’s limited funds haven’t stopped her from living her dreams. I’ve emerged!” joked [...]
Elvenstar LA Winter Show Winners
January 1, 2011LAEC Opener Horse Show January 1, 2011 The Childrens Hunter Championship went to 12-year-old Sydney Hutchins (Jim Hagman, trainer) after emerging victorious in each of her jumping classes and earning second place in the under saddle with Cappuccino. Sydney also was a success in her equitation classes, earning blue ribbons in the Onondarka and LAHJA [...]
Elvenstar Farm News – Volume 1
December 15, 2010To view the newsletter, download the pdf here.
Olivia Esse Named Grand Junior Hunter Champion at the 52nd Annual WIHS
October 30, 2010Illusion and Olivia Esse Named Grand Junior Hunter Champions at the 52nd Washington International Horse Show Goodson-Cutt Sweeps Older Junior Hunter Championships, Casady and Cachet Capture Younger Large Junior Tricolor Esse trained with James Hagman of Elvenstar for several seasons including Indoors 2010. Washington, D.C. – October 29, 2010 – The best junior hunters in [...]
IHSA National 2009 Hunt Seat Team Competition
July 10, 2010DEFENDING CHAMPION WILDCATS SETTLE FOR SECOND; CYCLONES RULE SUPREME FOR FIRST TIME SINCE ’79 MURFREESBORO, TN – Once again fans received more than their money’s worth at 2009 IHSA Nationals (which as usual were free to the general public) as the race for both the high point hunter seat and western teams went down to [...]
Top-notch Martel is Triumphant for Karazissis in Hunter Derby Debut
June 16, 2010by Meg Boberg for PhelpsSports.com