November 2020 Issue

Page 26 November 2020 EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN Real Estate Don't Miss the December/January issue of East Coast Equestrian! The December/January issue will include a Holiday Gift Guide featuring pre-Christmas sales, holiday specials and Christmas gift ideas for horse owners! Page12 December2016 PENNSYLVANIAEQUESTRIAN Get involvedwith horses this holiday seasonwithShady HollowAssistedRiding!Shady Hollow provides a supportive equine environmentwhere indi- vidualswith physical, cognitive, or emotional challenges can experience therapeutic, social, and educational rewards.This December,ShadyHollowAssist- edRidingwill celebrateHolidays in theBarnwith “Hooves and HotCocoa” and aHolidayHorse Camp. OnSaturday,December 10, 1-4pm, commemorate the season withHooves&HotCocoa. Enjoy homemade cookies from theDanielBooneKeyClub, area CelebrateHolidays in theBarn! GirlScoutswillhost a holiday craft table for the kids, ever flowinghot chocolate,picture opportunitieswith thehorses, listen to carolers fromDaniel BooneHSChoir andSantawill read a storywith theminiature horses. It's a fun holiday event for thewhole family and you can feel good knowing you are supporting an areanonprofit!Admission is $6per person, children 2 and under are free. December 27-29, joinShady Hollow for aHolidayHorse Camp for children ages6-12. Thehorsesguide theway though Holidays are the specialty at HorseLoverZ.com , starting with aHorseLoverZHorse& RiderMake-OverSweepstakes! In addition to their120,000+ products,HorseLoverZpresents Oneof thenation’s largest custom equine jewelrymanufac- turers,KellyHerd Jewelrydepicts theworldofhorses and the special relationship theyhavewith their owners.Thisholiday season,give that specialperson agift thatwill be treasured for a lifetime. 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Funyet elegant,KellyHerd Jewelry is available atTheBoot &BridleTackShop, located in Clermont,New Jersey.TheBoot &Bridlewill be available at TheDevonHorseShow,Bran- dywineValleyHorseShow, and thePennsylvaniaNationalHorse Show.Theirwebsite iswww. thebootandbridle.com.Contact them byphone at609-624-3054 or email directly at andreabry@ comcast.net.GiftCertificates are available! (Continued onpage 21) To advertise or for more information, call (717) 509-9800 www.eastcoastequestrian.net The news East Coast horse owners need to know Deadline: November 12 Showing no signs of rust despite a long layoff, former hurdle competitor Officer Sydney glided to a three-length victory in the inaugural running of the $7,500 Louis “Paddy” Neilson III apprentice timber race at Wil- lowdale October 17 over Sherry Fenwick’s As You Like It. Making his first start over timber -- and facing the starter for the first time since the Jonathan Kiser novice hurdle stakes at Sara- toga in July 2018 -- Officer Syd- ney honored the race’s namesake, who passed away a year ago, with a popular win for the intertwined Neilson and Hendriks clans. Officer Sydney Wins Inaugural Neilson Apprentice Race at Willowdale Owned by Wendy Hendriks, the 8-year-old son of Lawman is trained by her son, Ricky, and ridden by grandson McLane. The runner up, As You Like It, is trained by Sanna Neilson, Pad- dy’s daughter, and was piloted by her son, Parker Hendriks. The winner’s circle celebra- tion was truly an extended family affair that also included Paddy’s other daughter, local trainer Kathy Neilson, who was instrumental in obtaining sponsorship from BNY Mellon Wealth Management and Selkirk Partners to put up purse money for the race at the Kennett Square, PA, course. So what’s been going on with Officer Sydney that caused his lengthy absence? According to jockey McLane Hendriks, the gelding suffered a bowed tendon while racing in the colors of owner George Mahoney of Rosbrian Farm. George turned the horse over to Ricky Hendriks, his trainer, who worked with Unionville-based equestrian and Olympic eventer Bruce Davidson to teach the horse a new jumping style. The team also consisted of rider Sara Gartland, who helped get Officer Sydney fit for racing. As for McLane, “I hunted him a bunch last season. He re- ally impressed me out there with his jumping. This spring I was very excited for his return to rac- ing, but we hit the pause button with him (because of Covid). It was a true team effort getting him to where he is today. He's a fun horse to ride because you can tell he's having so much fun himself.” There were three other non-sanctioned races on the card, and jockey Gerard Galligan was victorious in the two over jumps. Galligan captured the open timber event with Nancy Reed’s Awesome Adrian, who broke his maiden over the course by 17 lengths in 2019, for trainer Kathy Neilson. The 2018 Pennsylvania Hunt Cup winner, Stand Down, was second. In the maiden timber event, he piloted Buttonwood Farm’s recent acquisition The Silent Trainer to a close but facile score over Upland Partners’ Shootist, who is transitioning from flat racing (22 starts, mostly at Penn National and Gulfstream Park) to jumps and has yet to make his first sanctioned effort. The Silent Trainer, a five- year-old Irish-bred son of Shan- tou, began his career in a timber maiden at Middleburg Spring (Continued on page 31)