For those of you interested in our Winter Festival for something other than riding in the show, we hope we will still see you all for pony rides, hay rides, crafts, and much more on Saturday, April 3rd!

Thanks again to our show title sponsor!

Beginners: Ages 8 and under
July 7 – 9
July 12 – 16
Beginners: Ages 8 and up
July 19 – 23
July 26 – 30

Only 8 available slots for each session ● In case of camp overflow we will offer additional sessions in August

KIDS! Are you ready for some FUN on the farm with horses, ponies, a goat, a pig, dogs, cats, and more!?

PARENTS! Looking for a day camp with structured learning and the best beginner riding instruction around?

Snacks provided by MTS ◦ Bag lunch required

Mane Top is offering a day camp packed full of horse and pony fun! Riding 2 times a day, learning horse care, exciting CRAFTS every day, and much more!

10 % discount if you sign up before May 1st!

Need an earlier drop off time or a later pick up time? No problem! Only an extra $20 per day

Monday – Friday, 8am – 3pm : $400 per child

$100 NON-REFUNDABLE deposit required with application

Thursday night SLEEPOVER!
Weather permitting ◦ For 8 and older campers only

Horse Show Finale on Friday!

Camp PARTY to follow Friday Horse Show

Mane Top Stables promotes proper horsemanship through the education of horse health, care, and safety. We produce
confident, independent, responsible riders with correct technique and good feel.

We will be changing to a monthly membership. Basically moving from 6 lesson packages to 4 payments that will be due the first lesson of every month.  The months that offer 5 weeks for certain days will be offered to boarders at the discounted monthly price or to non-boarders at the individual lesson price.  Cancellation is required 24hrs in advance in order to make up your lesson.  Of course, in emergency situations we will try to be as accommodating as possible.  Kristen will be offering make-ups mostly Thursday and Sunday and Codi will be offering make-ups on Wednesday and Sunday.  If the cancellation is due to weather or Mane Top, you will be guaranteed a makeup without restriction and in extreme prolonged periods (unpredictable circumstances) a discount on the following month’s membership fee will be applied.  Please call if you have any questions or concerns.

The new prices are as follows:

1 private lesson: $55             

1 group lesson: $45

1 pony ride: $35

1 private lesson once a week (4 lessons for month): $210

2 private lessons a week (8 lessons for month): $410

1 group lesson once a week (4 lessons for month): $170

2 group lessons a week (8 lessons for month): $330

1 pony ride a week (4 lessons for month): $130

2 pony rides a week (8 lessons for month): $250

We value your business and deeply appreciate your support. Thank you Thank you!

**If your package is up before March 1st you may pay $29/group or $39/private per lesson until the end of the month or if you have lessons left over, you will be credited $29 or $39 for each remaining lesson toward your membership.

Saturday, Jan. 23rd, Mane Top will be hosting one of their monthly festival shows. The show begins at Noon and will continue until about 4pm. Whether you are a rider or just looking for something to do on a Saturday afternoon, you will enjoy this event.

Division sponsors include:

Nelson and Co. Contractors

Y-Nots Jewelry handcrafted by Linda Melton

Thanks to all Mane Top Family and friends who help make our shows a success!

Award winners for Mane Top included:

4th place in the Small/Medium Pony Hunters-  Remington Steele (ridden and owned by Mackenzie and Reilly Krason)

5th place in the Small/Medium Pony Hunters- Mane Top’s Dixie Charm

5th place in the Large Pony Hunters- Mane Top’s Silver Slippers (Thanks to riders Alex Beth and Mackenzie Parks)

9th place in the Large Pony Hunters-Salvandi Mojo (Thanks to rider Alex Beth)

10th place in the Large Pony Hunters-Chance Encounter (Thanks to rider Megan Trum)

12th place in the Intermediate Hunters- Silver Slippers (Thanks to rider Grace Gardner)

Also a special congradulations to Mackenzie Parks for winning the SWVHJA Pony Medal at the Annual Show on Mane Top’s Silver Slippers!

What a great 2009 year for Mane Top! Now let’s go out with an even bigger bang for 2010! Watch out SWVHJA, here we come…

Happy Holidays to all!

Dressed up for Halloween

Charlotte is a 5 year old, 13.2 medium dapple grey Welsh pony mare. She is a DREAM to work with. She is currently being used in our lesson program doing everything from teaching the most beginner children to showing in SWVHJA in the Medium Pony Hunters and Equitation classes with more advanced riders. We plan on making our debut in a few A-rated shows come 2010 if she is still with us. Charlotte is ready to be the next big rated Medium Pony winner. She is a 10 mover and jumper. Although she will tote around the up-down riders and do cross-rails with little effort, she needs an intermediate-advanced ride to the bigger, fancier jumps. With more experience she has the attitude to be bomb proof for any level rider.

Asking price: $15,000

SMARTY PANTS “Trigger” Offered for sale by Mane Top for $12,00o

“Trigger” as he is fondly known around the barn, is a 7 year old, Halflinger/Shetland,paint pony gelding and an all around winner. At 12.2 he is the perfect size for any child rider to learn on. Currently being used in our lesson program for all level riders. He will tote around a child who is just learning to walk/trot/canter and jump as well as step into the show ring and catch the judges eye with his fabulous markings, cute movement, and AMAZINGLY correct jump. Snatch him up before someone else does!

We started the fun at Noon and kept it going  till 4pm. The weather was perfect, the ring was beautiful (thanks to Kristen’s footing obsessions, taken after JT Tallon I would assume), and all the horses and ponies were PERFECT!

The show ran smoothly with more and more community members showing up as the day went on. We had pony rides thanks to Sarah and her pony CoCo, hay rides thanks to Mr. Krason, a great craft of painting little Bryer horses thanks to Western Ways and Pet Craze, awesome vendors including Narrow Gate Tack (check out their website, they have tons of awesome stuff), great jewelry for sale thanks to Y-Nots by Linda Melton, and awesome food thanks to the Lambert family!

The raffle was awesome thanks to our most fabulous ticket salesman, THANKS MORGAN! Spectators could purchase a $1 ticket to place with the raffle item of their choice and at the end of the show we drew a winner for each item. The raffle items included:

A necklace by Y-Nots Jewelry

Free private lesson at Mane Top Stables

Free tub of a well known Ulcer supplement from Augusta Co-op

$100 off a spray in bedliner from Nelson and Co.

Gift certificates from Harris Tire including one free tire rotation

Gift certificate from Accutemp

We also gave away some great DOOR PRIZES including some Mane Top t-shirts donated by the Delany famliy as well as a bunch of other fun gifts and toys!

Cars filled the parking lot by the end of the day and kids were screaming and crying as their parents drug them to the car… exactly what we were hoping for:)

Pictures from our wicked awesome event will be posted soon!

Please join us for our next Winter Festival event on Dec. 19th!

From the moment that all our wonderful Mane Top families joined us at the show we had a blast. We brought Mane Top’s Silver Slippers, Mane Top’s Dixie Charm, Miss Charlotte, Remington Steele, and Hershey Kiss.

Tons of pictures were taken of all our beautiful ponies and riders so check them out at csyoung.smugmug.com.

Jenny Melton rode Mane Top’s Dixie Charm in the Hopeful Hunters with

Dixie and Jenny

some real finesse. She did an awesome job showing off our beautiful pony just as we hoped for:)  Great job Jenny!

Grace Gardner showed Mane Top’s Silver Slippers in the Intermediate Hunter division doing a fabulous job for her first big horse show.  She even ended up with some high ribbons and was 3rd in the Intermediate Derby! Rock on Grace!

Grace with Slippers and her trainer

For the Medium Pony Hunters Megan McMahon was supposed to be preparing Hershey Kiss for the SWVHJA Pony Medal Finals that Sat. evening. Unfortunately our poor perfect Hershey was not feeling well and we decided to scratch him from the show, leaving Megan with no pony… Jenny was gracious enough to let Megan take over the ride on Dixie for the Hunter Division as well as the Medal Finals. It turned out to be a FANTASTIC match. Megan looked wonderful on the beautiful bay pony and Dixie was so on her game and ready to win. They showed in the Hunter division with only minor mistakes holding them out of the ribbons. Megan went on to show Dixie in Finals that evening. With the pressure on, Megan schooled Dixie like a MILLION BUCKS! It seemed too good to be true as they walked up to the in-gate for their turn in the ring. Although their round may not have been the most smooth or most perfect ride of Megan’s life, they still went out there and performed. For their first time as a team we were EXTREMELY proud of both pony and rider. Megan is one of the hardest working and most focused riders Mane Top has the priviledge of calling their own and we couldn’t be more excited for the future rides and wins we will have together.

Charlotte, Jordan, and their trainer Kristen

Miss Charlotte with rider Jordan Josefczyk were also very pleasing in the Medium Pony Hunters. This green 5 year old pony proved to be one of the most fancy competing. She had a perfect jumping style over every fence and with the help of her fabulous rider she pulled out a 5th place ribbon over fences and got a 2nd on the flat proving everyone better watch out for this one next year! Thanks Jordan for your great riding and patience with the ponies.

Remy and his girls

The whole Krason family, including Remy’s other rider, Reilly Krason, made for a great cheering section from the stands of the Coliseum. Not only did Mackenzie have the best rides of her horse showing career, but her pony wasn’t too shabby either:) They ended up withsome GREAT ribbons against some of the most competitive ponies around. GREAT JOB!

In the Leadline class

Slippers and Mackenzie Parks with their Champion ribbon

and we couldn’t have been more pleased with the outcome of this perfect pairing. Slippers WON all 3 over fences classes making them Champion of the Large Pony Hunters as well as GRAND CHAMPION PONY HUNTER of the horse show! Mackenzie also took home the award for best Child Rider on a Pony and after an EXCELLENT ride, they also won Pony Medal Finals! WOW, does it get any better than that?

Join us for our FAMILY FUN horse shows featuring:

• Pony Rides
• Raffle
• Petting Zoo
• Hay Rides
• Vendors
• Door Prizes

Schedule

Dates: Nov. 21, Dec. 19, Jan. 23, and Feb. 27

For inclement weather, events will be moved to Sunday

Time: From 12 Noon until late afternoon

Location: Mane Top Stables, 150 Linden Ave., Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg’s historic stable beside Presbyterian Homes & Family Services

Mane Top Stables promotes proper horsemanship through the education of horse health, care, and safety.

We produce confident, independent, responsible riders with correct technique and good feel.

For more information, contact Mane Top Stables today!

Kristen Ackerson: 603-496-4624

Codi Lambert: 703-887-4146

Barn: 434-384-3776

Email: ManeTopStable@hotmail.com

Prize List

Sponsored by the Animal Hospital of Lynchburg

Classes are $8

Schooling from 11am-12pm

12:00pm Start Time

1. 2’6” Equitation on the flat

2. 2’6” Equitation over fences

3. 2’3” Equitation on the flat

4. 2’3” Equitation over fences

5. 2’0” Equitation on the flat

6. 2’0” Equitation over fences

7. Cross rail equitation on the flat

8. Cross rail equitation over fences

Schooling break

(Not to begin before 1:30)

9. 2’ Hunter over fences

10. 2’ Hunter over fences

11. 2’ Hunter flat

12. 2’3” Hunter over fences

13. 2’3” Hunter over fences

14. 2’3” Hunter flat

15. 2’6” Hunter over fences

16. 2’6” Hunter over fences

17. 2’6” Hunter flat

18. 3’0” Hunter over fences

19. 3’0” Hunter over fences

20. 3’0” Hunter flat

(Not to begin before 2:30)

21. Leadline

22. Walk Class

23. Walk, 2-poin, Trot with a friend

24. Walk/Trot class

25. Walk/Trot/Canter class

26. Trail Class

27. Ride-a-buck

28. Carrot race