Level Green Riding School

Level Green riders had a strong showing at the Lexington National in August. Congrats to all on these stellar results! 🔥💫

💕 Afonwen Rihanna Steel Your Heart and Libbie Gay were🥇Sm/Med Child Pony and🥈VHSA Pony Eq
🐢All I Want and Byrdie Paisley were ❤️💛🤍 3’6” Small Juniors and 🥈3’6” Junior Classic. Fiona and Byrdie were 💙❤️💛 3’6” Performance
🦁Ballon and Haley Redifer were🥇VHSA Adult Medal and🥉Ariat Medal
🧞Cantinero Plus SN and Meadow Miller had super rides and results in the 3’ and 3’3” Medals
🏰Casalletto and Byrdie Paisley were 💙❤️💛 Grand Junior Hunter and 4th 3’6” Junior Classic. Byrdie also was awarded Best Junior Rider on a Horse!
🕶Cio and Ryon Sinclair were🥉THIS Adult Medal. Anna Martin had the ride for 8th in the Low Adult Eq O/F
☃️Clintour De Torres and Arden Paisley were 5th in the MHSA, NHS, and Gittings Medals
❄️Coolboy and Byrdie Paisley had great rides in VHSA Hunt Seat Medal and Dover Medal
🎶Edelweiss and Jessica Ropelewski had lovely rides in the 3’0 Green Hunters
⚓First Mate and Rosalie Morton were🥇🥉3’3” A/O’s
🦊 Foxlair Tango and Polly Pace were🥉VHSA Pony Eq Flat and 5th VHSA Child Pony Medal
🐣Glenn and Caelan DiCosmo had success in the Younger Adults
👑Imperio and Madelyn D’Amato rode to excellent results in the Low Children’s
🕯Jack Be Nimble and Frances Hackett were🥇🥉 Large Child Pony and 🥉VHSA Child Pony Medal
🦘Kansas and Haley Redifer were🥈THIS Medal
🐅 Mr. Brownstone and Ann-Lilly Kim were🥉NCEA Medal and 4th VHSA Hunt Seat Medal
🍫Oreo and Byrdie Paisley took on Oreo’s first eq class in the US in VHSA Eq on the Flat
📖Quietly Thinking and Avery Lessner were🥈🥉Low Children’s and 8th in the VHC 2’9” Derby
⛅Silver Lining and Virginia Page were🥇🥈Large Children’s Pony and🥈VHSA Child Pony Medal

Our summer show schedule began its wind down with the third and final show of the Festival of Champions, the Lexington National. We saw some fantastic results in the equitation ring with all of our riders who took part in VHSA Medal finals and the Amy Y. Reistrup equitation final. Congrats on these results! 🌟

🤍4th VHSA Adult Medal - Ryon Sinclair riding Cio 
🤍4th VHSA Adult Eq Flat- Younger - Haley Redifer riding Secret. Thank you to Kim Hopkins for sharing this lovely horse!
💚6th VHSA Horsemanship Award - Ann-Lilly Kim
💚6th VHSA Children’s Medal -Arden Paisley riding Clintour De Torres
💚6th VHSA Adult Eq Flat- Younger - Lawler Watkins riding First Mate
🤎8th VHSA Children’s Medal - Madelyn D’Amato riding Imperio
🤎8th AYR Eq Challenge - Byrdie Paisley riding Oahu. Thank you to Davis Diradour for sharing this talented horse!

Byrdie Paisley rode Coolboy in his first eq final, finishing with a solid round in the VHSA Hunt Seat Medal

Ann-Lilly Kim on Mr. Brownstone had excellent trips in the VHSA Hunt Seat Medal, VHSA Eq on the Flat, and AYR Eq Challenge

Meadow Miller on Cantinero Plus SN rode to a strong finish in the VHSA Children’s Medal

Haley Redifer riding Ballon had a beautiful trip in the VHSA Adult Medal

Lawler Watkins piloted First Mate to great results in the VHSA Adult Medal

Great horses, great rides, great CHSA show weekends 🐴💚🤍🏆

☀️ Rose Mount Summer ☀️

A highlight of summer, the July Rose Mount show proved to be a beautiful week full of fun and great riding. Congratulations to all of these combinations for their hard work and super results! Many thanks to Rose Mount Horse Show for hosting such a fun show!

🐢All I Want and Byrdie Paisley were 💙❤️💛 3’3 Juniors and 🥇Junior Hunter Classic. Fiona rode Bert to ❤️💛🤍Schooling Hunter
🧞Cantinero Plus SN and Meadow Miller were 4th NCEA Medal and 5th Hamel
🏰Casalletto and Byrdie Paisley were🥇NCEA Medal,🥈3’3 Performance, and🥉Maclay
☃️Clintour De Torres and Arden Paisley were🥉Gittings Horsemanship
🎶Edelweiss and Jessica Ropelewski were 🥇🥉Younger/Middle Adults
☀️Excel Sol Quality and Mary-Margaret Kim had great rides and ribbons in the Low Adults
⚓First Mate and Rosalie Morton were🥇AO Classic and 🥇🥉🥉Amateur Owner Hunters. Haley Redifer rode Hubert to🥇Ariat Medal,🥉VHSA Adult Medal, and🥉VHSA Adult Eq Flat
🦊 Foxlair Tango and Polly Pace had great rides in the Children’s Pony Hunters and Medals
👑Imperio and Madelyn D’Amato were ❤️💛🤍 Low Children’s and had great rides in the 3’ Eq
🐻‍❄️Louis 346 and Julia Hepper had great rides and top results in the Low Children’s. Fiona rode Louis to 💙❤️💛 Rose Mount Hunters
🐅 Mr. Brownstone and Ann-Lilly Kim were🥈NHS Hamel and 5th NCEA Medal
🪄Neville and Gillian Sandhu were🥇🥈🥉Low Children’s
📖Quietly Thinking and Avery Lessner were🥈Younger Children’s
🦚Samba and Cindy Payne Pryor were🥈Low Adults and🥈Local Hunter. Fiona rode Samba to  ❤️💛🤍 Rose Mount Hunter
⚔️Semper Fortis and Mary Young were🥈🥉🥉🥉Older Children’s
⛅Silver Lining and Virginia Page were 🥇VHSA Pony Eq Flat and 🥉🥉🥉Large Children’s Pony
 1️⃣Uno Mas and Steffi Gordinier were ❤️💛🤍 Low Adults

Just a reminder Level Green Lessoners. Our wonderful schooling ponies will be on vacation from August 16th through August 22nd after 11 weeks of summer camp. Lessons will resume on Sunday August 23rd. See you then!

We officially entered the beginning of Finals season at the summer Rose Mount horse show with the L.M. “Sandy” Gerald Zone 3 Equitation Finals. Four of our riders qualified this year and had great results, bringing home ribbons in LG colors 💚🤍!! Congrats Ann-Lilly, Byrdie, Meadow and Arden!

🤍4th Ann-Lilly Kim riding Mr. Brownstone
💚6th Byrdie Paisley riding Casalletto
🌟Arden Paisley riding Clintour De Torres - Top 12
🌟Meadow Miller Riding Cantinero Plus SN

As our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ seniors get ready to head off to college and a new era begins, we wish them continued success in all of their riding and academic endeavors! We had a fun evening celebrating and reminiscing with these accomplished young women and can’t wait to welcome them back for some alumni rides in the future! 💚🤍

🎓Caelan DiCosmo
🎓Byrdie Paisley
🎓Finley Boyd
🎓Clemmie Mannell

WPS wrapped up with a festive and patriotic nod to our country’s 250th birthday for the $2500 Hunter Pony Derby. The flair was in full effect thanks to our wonderful braider Elizabeth Grubbs. Not only did our pony riders bring home some great ribbons but Virginia Page and Silver Lining were awarded Most Festive 🎉🇺🇲

❤️💛🤍 🥈Jack Be Nimble and Frances Hackett
💛🥉Afonwen Rihanna Steel Your Heart and Libbie Gay
🩵10th Foxlair Tango and Polly Pace
💙12th Mon Ami and Charlotte Nelson

🇺🇸💫2026 WPS 🇺🇸💫

The fun continued for the LG pony crew in the Virginia Pony Bred division, Hunt and Go Team Challenge, and Children’s Pony division!

💕 Afonwen Rihanna Steel Your Heart and Libbie Gay were 💙❤️💛 Virginia Bred Pony Hunter, 🥇Hunt and Go Team Challenge, and🥉VHSA Childrens Pony Medal
🦊 Foxlair Tango and Polly Pace were🥈Large Children’s Pony and🥈🥈Virginia Bred Pony Hunters
🕯Jack Be Nimble and Frances Hackett were🥇Hunt and Go Team Challenge and🥉🥉Large Children’s Pony
🥐Mon Ami and Charlotte Nelson were🥈Hunt and Go Team Challenge and had great rides and ribbons in Large Children’s Pony
⛅Silver Lining and Virginia Page were💙❤️💛 Large Children’s Pony, ❤️💛🤍 Grand Children’s Pony, and🥉Hunt and Go Team Challenge

Hi Level Green family. As some of you may have heard, our wonderful stall cleaner, Luis, had to undergo unexpected bypass surgery last week. Luis and his wife Maria have been part of the Level Green family for almost five years now, and they've been such a wonderful asset to our barn community — including their youngest daughter, who participates in our lessons and camp programs.

Luis shows up for this barn every single day, rain or shine, always with a smile and a hard work ethic. Now it's our turn to show up for him.

Recovery from bypass surgery means time away from work, and multiple medical bills. We've set up a GoFundMe to help ease that burden for Luis, Maria, and their children during this difficult time. Any amount helps, and sharing this post with friends who know and love our barn family means just as much as a donation.

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