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Welcome to the News portion of HEF's Website
Here you will find out whats new and exciting, how everyone is doing at shows, and what to look for in the future.
9-22-11
Congrats to assistant trainer Alana Frey on the purchase of her horse Guvener. Guv is a beautiful 10 year old Austrian Warmblood. Alana will be showing Guv in the trainer Eq classes, the jumper ring, and maybe even some hunter derbies!! Guv may be up for lease to the right rider mid season 2011.
8-1-11
Congrats Kathy Brooks & family on the lease of Aria. Aria is a wonderful jumper that will be teaching Kathy the art of the jumper ring!
7-1-11
Welcome to Danica Hammond and Patrick to the barn. Welcome to the HEF Family
6-1-11
Welcome to Tiffany Clayton and Lindbergh to the barn. Glad to have you here.
Congrats to HEF on the purchase of Georgio, a 9yr old Oldenburg gelding imported from Germany. He will be joining our lesson program, or available for a show lease to a serious client. Thank you SIG International for helping us find this amazing horse.
Congrats to Cheryl Mitts on the purchase of Corsaire from SIG International. Corsaire is a 7yr, imported Selle Francias gelding.
5-27-11
Congrats to Madison Wedderspoon on her purchase of Rockwell's Finest. We are so happy to see this pair together for the long haul now. Madison has been leasing "rocky" for almost a year.
5-5-11
We now are happy to offer our clients free Wifi and fresh filtered hot & cold water.
5-1-11
We moved! We are up and running in our new facility. It is beautiful!! We are so excited for our bright future in Las Vegas' premier facility.
5-1-11
Congrats to Katie Hanssen on her new horse Crazy in Love. Katie was surprised by her father with her new horse. "Love" is an 8 year old Oldenburg Stallion. Love will be taking Katie through the levels in the jumper ring. He is a very sweet and talented young horse, and we look forward to many years of watching them grow together.
5-1-11
Congrats to Laura Fernandez on her lease of HEF's show horse Made Ya Look aka Dugan. Laura leased Dugan for 6 months back in Feb, and has decided to extend her lease an additional six months to the end of Jan, 2012. Laura and Dugan are becoming a great team. Looking forward to taking them to some shows real soon.
5-1-11
Congrats to Vida & Cherie on the lease of The Hanssen's family horse Blake. Blake is also up for sale at HEF. We are extremely excited to watch you guys grow with Blake. He is an amazing teacher.
4-25-11
Congrats to Telly & Caroline Eliades on the purchase of "Littorio". Littorio has been with HEF for the past three years. He is sadly being sold by Angelina before she moves. We are so glad Littorio will be staying with HEF, and getting a great new family! We are also very sad to see Angelina go, you will be greatly missed! Good luck to everyone!
3/19/2011
WE ARE MOVING!!
All of us at HEF are very excited to announce the we are moving to a new, larger facility. Exact moving date is yet to be determined, but is looking like 5/1/11. This website is now up to date with new information and prices.
With this new facility, we will have 3 arenas so that we can better serve our clients. Lesson schedules will now be more flexible as Denise, Alana, and Taylor will all have space to teach at the same time!!
3/7/11
It was a sad day Sunday at Thermal when Zeus and Iceman were loaded onto a van and headed away to their new home. Erin, who is a long time rider at HEF and also Denise's little sister, is moving with her family to Northern California. Zeus was with HEF for 6 1/2 years, and Iceman for 2 1/2. They were part of our family, and their stalls are so sad without them in them. We wish Erin and her boys much luck on their new adventure together. We miss you already.
12/25/10
Congrats Julia Hanssen on her new horse Buddha!! Thank you Kim at So Cal Hunter Jumpers, and Michelle Parker for helping us find this wonderful and talented horse. Julia will be mainly showing in the equitation with Buddha, however with his talent can show in any ring she'd like.
12/04/2010 For immediate press release:
LAS VEGAS (November 29, 2010) - Hunter’s Edge Farm, in partnership with Horses4Heroes, invite you to attend “Holiday for Horses” on Saturday, December 4th, 2010 from 11:00am to 3:00pm. The fun-filled holiday event will take place at Hunters Edge Farm, located at 7475 Cameron Street. Admission to the event is free.
This holiday event will feature carriage rides, pony rides, boutique shopping, food, silent auction! “Holiday for Horses” is a family event that has been created to help raise funds for Horses4Heroes, a charity that makes it affordable for and accessible to the families of heroes in our community.
The silent auction at “Holiday for Horses” will feature tack from Antares Sellier, designer handbags, riding lessons, kobe beef, auto detailing and so much more!
For more information, please visit www.huntersedgelv.com.
More about Hunters Edge Farm:
Hunter's Edge Farm is small private facility offering full service boarding and training in a beautiful park like setting. HEF is conveniently located in the South/West area of the Las Vegas Valley off both the 15 & 215 freeways. At HEF you will experience a family atmosphere and deep camaraderie among its students. The facility focuses on training horses and riders to be competitive in the disciplines of Hunters, Jumpers, and Equitation. HEF shows locally and out of state at all levels.
More about Horses4Heroes:
Horses4Heroes, Inc. is the leading family horseback riding program that enriches lives and empowers our youth by offering affordable, able-bodied horseback riding programs that emphasize fun and safe activities with horses, mounted and un-mounted for all ages.
Participants learn valuable leadership and teamwork skills, make new friends, and develop a lifelong love of horses! Our organization serves all servicemen and women, First Responders and other heroes in communities across the country.
Contact:
Denise Finch, Hunters Edge Farm, Denise@huntersedgelv.com, (702) 496-2752
8/10
Congratulation to Analiese on the purchase of her new eq/hunter Timeless. Thank you to The Endicotts of Pegasus in Rancho Santa Fe, and Kim of So Cal Hunter Jumpers for helping us find this amazing horse. Analiese will be moving up to the Children's Hunters & 3' Medals in 2011!
8-01-10
Congratulations to Keegan Rawls on her half lease of Analiese's "Luke Skywalker" We know that Luke will take Keegan far!
Congrats also go to Madison Wedderspoon on her half lease of Rockwell's Finest.
7-28-10
Congratulations to Analiese on her new Equitation/Hunter mount "Timeless". Thank you to Kim from So Cal Hunter Jumpers on the help in finding us Tim!
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HEF gets a Therascope
HEF is pleased to offer Therascope treatments to its clients (both horse & rider). We have seen the results work. Therascope treats soft tissue injuries from Suspensories to Laminitis. We have also used it on cuts, burns, and rider injuries. The Therascope is also being used at horse shows to prevent injuries and relieve aches and pains. Please see Denise to schedule Therascope for you or your horse.www.Therascope.com
12-22-11
What a fantastic year 2011 was. We were so busy with the move, lessons and showing that I completely let the show updates go here on the website. We had a great season, and I wish I could remember all them any highlights. Congrats to all that went out and showed with us this year. I'm very proud of everyone.
We started off the show year at HITS Thermal weeks V & VI. 9 horses attended week V which happened to be the largest horse show HITS Thermal has EVER seen!! Classes were insanely large and we stayed competitive with wins in the jumpers, eq and hunters. Congrats to Erin Walters on her Championship on A Nice Horse in the AA Jumpers week V with over 30 entries in her division. She was the only rider to place every day! Angelina Casiello also competed in the AA jumpers on her Notorious staying competitive as well. Congrats to Keegan Rawls and her Luke Skywalker on the win in her Hunter classic as well as wins over fences in the hunters. Maddie Wedderspoon won her 13-14 EQ flat on Rockwell's Finest out of 26. Marriane Love and her green horse Steele pinned in their hunters, eq over, and even took a 2nd out of 17 in the hunters U/S. Analiese Bernhard and her Timeless rode in the hunters together and really worked on just figuring each other out. They stayed in the ribbons, with a 3rd in their hunter classic! Katie and Julia Hanssen were stars on their horses Anonymous and Buddha in all three rings. There are so many results, it would be hard to put them all out there. But congrats to the horse and rider teams that competed.
Erin Walters on Corporate Funds
Erin Walters on A Nice Horse
Angelina Casiello on Notorious
Katie Hanssen on Anonymous
Julia Hanssen on Buddha
Marianne Love on Steele
Keegan Rawls on Luke Skywalker
Analiese Bernhard on Timeless
Madison Wedderspoon on Rockwell's Finest
2010
Well I already know what my new years resolution is going to be... Keep the website up better in 2011. I'm sorry for not getting show results up this year like I used to!
Congrats to all that showed on HEF's show team this year. I couldn't be more proud! We had a great season from Thermal to Vegas and every where in between.
For up to date results please look on www.horseshowtime.com and search Denise Finch as trainer. Thanks!
Blenheim Summer Classic 1 @ The Oaks
Only 3 horses/riders attended this show, but boy did we hold our own! Each horse and rider combo took home multiple blues, a Champion AND a Res. Champion ribbon. Congrats to Marianne & her "Steele" on their first show ever, Katie Hanssen and her "Anonymous" on yet another great showing (Winning both her eq flats again!), and Analiese & her "Luke Skywalker" on another Championship in the Hunters! You girls could not have made me more proud. Way to go!!
Santa Barbara National 'A' -July
Six horses attended with seven riders. Many of which had big first such as first show with HEF, first show on a new horse, first A show, first show ever, or first show in over 25 years. Everyone did amazing!
Kelly took her Rockwell's finest to not only their first show together, but Kelly's first show ever! She showed him in the Long stirrup division taking Res. Champion and winning her eq over fences 2'! Keegan also rode Rockwell's finest in the Short Stirrup and Juvenile jumpers with great pinnings. Keegan catch rode Rocky as her horse she was going to show, was pulled only two weeks before we left! She rose the occasion and we were all impressed with her horsemanship & sportsmanship!
Erin took her "A Nice Horse" to show in the Low AA and High AA jumpers. She was steady in the ribbons all week pinning in the top 3 consistently in the Low AA's to take the Res. Champion out of 35 entries. Way to go Erin!
Bonnie took HEF's Notorious to show in the Low and High AA jumpers as well. This was Bonnie's show of big firsts. She hadn't shown in 25 years, had never shown in the jumpers, with Notorious or HEF! She pinned amazingly in all her classes and was even 6th in the AA classic!
Analiese took her "Luke Skywalker" and showed him in the Short Stirrup, Juvenile Hunters/Eq, and the Juvenile Jumpers. They were Champion of the Juvenile Hunters/Eq and pinned high in the rest of their classes.
Julia Hanssen took her new horse "Carpe Diem" to their first show together only having him for two months. They really got to know each other showing in the same classes as Analiese. There was much knowledge gained, and a pile of ribbons to take home at the end of the week. Even taking great ribbons in the jumpers (Charlie is not so much the jumper!)
Katie Hanssen took her "Anonymous" showing him in the same divisions as her sister and barn mates. She was Reserve Champion of her Juvenile Hunters/Eq, won both her equitation flats over the week, and was Champion out of 15 in the Juvenile Jumpers. It was their first A show, second show together ever, and first time ever doing jumpers!
Oaks BES County - March
Congrats to all riders who attended the BES show in March. We had a terrific show against great company.
Analiese Bernhard and her Luke Skywalker went the their second show together showing in Crossrails & Short Stirrup with a great results. Crossrails: 1, 3, 3, 4 Short Stirrup Hunters: 1, 4, 6 Short Stirrup Equitation: o/f 2, 6 flat
Katie Hanssen took her Anonymous to their second horse show together, her first out of state show, and her very first time showing over fences. Her results were amazing. Way to go Katie!!
Crossrails: 1, 4, 4, 3 Short Stirrup Hunters: 2, 3, 5, 7, Short Stirrup Eq: 1 on the flat, 4 o/f.
Julia Hanssen borrowed Analiese's Luke Skywalker for the show. (Also her first out of state show, and first time competing at 2'6") Only having ridden him 5 times prior to the show they sure hit it off!! They were Champion of the Green Rider Hunters with two 1sts, and two 4ths. They were also first in the Maiden Eq O/F, and 2nd on the flat. Way to go Julia!!
Keegan Rawls borrowed HEF's Platinum Edition for her first out of state show. She overcame some personal demons and ended on a high note. While she was not victorious in ribbons, I think the lessons learned were priceless & we will see good things from Keegan this year. Way to go Keegs!
Thermal Week IV Feb
Thermal Week IV Feb
Wow what an amazing first show. Angelina & Notorious moved up to the 1.20M jumpers with an amazing first effort finishing the course with 2 rails. Congrats on some great riding!!
Erin & A Nice Horse were in the ribbons all week long finishing with a win in the AA 18-35 Jumpers
Madison Wedderspoon & Class Act attended HITS as their first show together. They were constantly in the ribbons (2nds, 3rds) in the competitive 12-13 age div Equitation, were reserve champions of the Novice Junior Equitation, and Won the Bit O'Straw Hunter Classic together. As well as top prizes in the Modified Childrens Hunters. Way to go Maddie!
Roxy & Accenti CH had some wonderful personal victories and I think really figured out some things together this show. While no top placing in the ribbons happened at this show, I see a bright year ahead of them! Sometimes the personal victories out weight the ribbons anyway!
Analiese & her Luke Skywalker had many first together at Thermal. It was Annie's first A rated show, first out of state show, first show over fences moving up from walk trot, first show on Luke, and only her second horse show ever. Annie kept herself & Luke in top placing in the Pre-Ch Hunters, took home two thirds and WIN in her Short stirrup equitation over fences and she also WON the Pre-CH/AA Hunter Classic!!
Max Factor went to be schooled around and was taken by Del Mar Meadows on trial. We miss him here at home but hope he is being the saint we know he is for Del Mar Meadows.
With our whirlwind of summer and fall shows I completely forgot to update the website. Sorry!
Show Park - July
Straight after packing up at SB we headed down to Del Mar, CA for a show at Showpark. Sending a few home, and bringing a few others we had yet another great week. Results to come soon!!!
Thank you to Everardo Hegewisch for "baby sitting" Naturally The Best for 3 weeks and showing him in his first time ever doing the jumpers, and on the grass. He LOVED the grass field and kept himself in the ribbons the entire time. He is going to make an amazing jumper for someone. Looking forward to sending "Tommy" back to Everardo in the fall for some more show time.
Santa Barbara National - July
With 8 horses attending we had an amazing week.
Cathy Nicastro took her new project horse "Mighty Mo" for schooling around the jumper ring and put some great positive miles on Mo. We learned a lot about him and are looking forward to the next show!
Diane Vogelzang took her daughter's "Asterix 311" to spin him around the 2'9" jumpers, and the Adult Hunters. They pinned in all their classes, and were double clear in 3 out of 4 rounds only to pull a rail in one of jump offs. Congrats Diane on an amazing show. For sure your best one ever!
The England Family sent their young pony "My Private Jet" down to be ridden by Maddie W. for some schooling. Jet jumped around the rings drawing everyones eye. He also was ridden by Madison England in the Leadline which was completely adorable. Gracie Mendoza rode Jet in her first ever Walk Trot show receiving three 3rds and a 2nd. For green riders and the green pony it was a great show.
Laura Tracy and her Twenty Twenty went to their first show together! They pinned 2nds in their over fences and top of the class for their flat!! Twenty Twenty was also ridden by Phoebe Mendoza who was Reserve Champion in walk/trot, also won the eq. This was Phoebe's first show ever! Great riding ladies!
Roxanne Tracy took her Accenti CH and rode for the first time "indoors" in the dome. They sure learned a lot and by the end of the week were kicking some butt! Roxy also took Accenti in some small hunters and eq and did extremely well!
Delani Denton went to her very first 'A' rated show with amazing results on her amazing horse Class Act. Moving up from doing 2'6" - 2'9" at our local shows to 3'0-3'3" at the SB National. She pinned 2nd in her first class of the week the 1.00M open jumpers. She was also Champion in the Juvenile Hunters, and took a piece of the Low CH/AA Jumper Classic. You impressed us all Delani.
Madison Wedderspoon rode Max Factor for the Meyer/Vogelzangs in some pony classes and some juvenile hunter classes to school the young pony around. They took home great ribbons and looked like a polished pair by the end of the week. Thanks Maddie for your hard work riding the ponies! (she also rode My Private Jet for the England's)
Denise took her Naturally The Best just to school around and travel with the barn. He got to show for 3 more weeks in showpark...
Show Park June Jamboree-
Congrats to Erin Walters on her 2 wins in the jumper ring, and winning the Limit Eq flat.
Stephanie Meyer took home a win in the Modified Am. Jumpers on her Lalique and had some amazing equitation rounds on her Asterix 311. Congrats
Diane Vogelzang competed for the first time ever on Asterix 311, and on the grass field in the jumpers! 3 first for her, and she rode amazing even pinning in some tough competition. Welcome to the jumper world Diane!
2009
Congratulations to Angelina Kozlowski and her "Notorious" on being Late Circuit Champions in the AA 18-35 jumpers. Champion week V, and placed well in the classics. Always in the ribbons.
Angelina also leased John Endicott's "Ice Man" for the last two weeks of showing. They won their first two classes in the AA 18-35, beating herself into 2nd place on Littorio. They were Reserve Champion Week VII. Thank you John for letting us borrow this amazing horse.
Stephanie Meyer moved up to the Low A/O with her new mount Lalique. The courses were tough and I know Stephanie learned a lot. Congrats on your ribbons.
Stephanie also piloted her Asterix 311 up to the Modified Jr/Am jumpers with success. Congrats on all your ribbons on Asterix in the Mod!!
Roxanne Tracy took her new horse Accenti CH to Thermal and for the first time not only rode in the 3'3" classes, but the jumpers, on a brand new horse. Congrats on your ribbons and gained knowledge. You did great!
Roxanne also rode her mother's horse Twenty Twenty around the hunters and equitation rings. She was Reserve Champion of the Junior Limit Equitation Week VII, and they won the Bit of Straw Hunter Classic.
Tagging along was Denise's horse "Naturally The Best"
2008
This just in... Asterix 311 was named USEF Zone 10 Horse of the Year!! Congrats to Stephanie and her horse Asterix 311 on this huge honor.
I would like to be the first to congratulate Stephanie Meyer and Asterix 311 on their Year End Championship wins in both the PCHA (Pacific Coast Horse Show Association) and the USEF Zone 10 in the Children's Jumpers. Zone 10 is all the riders in the states of Nevada and California.
