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STRIDE CLASSIFIED ADS – August 2010

Advertisers: Check your ad for end date [in brackets at end of ad]. To renew, send email to ads@stridedressage.org.

FOR SALE – HORSES

Kite, rose-grey Trakehner filly, 3 yrs old, Stiletto daughter. Has 60 days training under saddle at Valhalla Farms. See photos on sales page of www.valhallatrakehner.com (last hourse shown). See her video (“Kite in the arena at Valhalla” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvNhFkYCkEM. Call to see her and 10 others at my Brooksfield farm. Gloria Kane, 352 796 2586 or amerikanehorses@bellsouth.net

Young TBs. None have raced. All have had some retraining. Sane and sound. One excellent event prospect. Good homes required. Call Collette Miller at (352) 591-5375 or (352) 286-6599. [June/August 2010]

INSTRUCTION

Training by experienced professional. Dressage, Equitation, as well as Hunter-Jumpers. Travels to your farm. Beginners welcomed. $65/hr unless extensive mileage is involved. Jared Hohenberg: (352) 207-6678. [Aug/Sept 2010]

Driving instruction and/or training for horses and drivers by FEI level competitor with international experience in competition. 15 years instructional experience. Will work with all levels of horses and drivers. Dressage, marathon and cones. A confidence-building, low-keyed, enthusiastic program to help drivers achieve connection and perfection with their horses. Dressage ring, cones and obstacles available, or travel to you may be possible. Fred Merriam, (859) 707-0662 or maxfmerr@gmail.com. New location: 4101 NE 35th Street, Ocala, FL 34479. [Aug/Sept 2010]

Dressage Instruction and/or training for horse & rider. 30 years experience, specializing in confidence building, balanced seat training for Dressage or other disciplines. Timid riders and beginners accepted. Reasonable rates, at your location or in covered arena with mirrors at Rebel Ridge. Also available to train, ride, and/or show. Vickie Rollack, A.S. Equine Studies with honors. (352) 425-4000 or vickier352@aol.com . [August/Sept 2010]

SERVICES

Ancient medicine still working today. Have you ever wanted to try Acupuncture but did not know where to go or who to trust? I am finishing my degree in Oriental Medicine and would like to help you feel better and live a more fulfilled life. I am a fellow equestrian and have ridden for years so I understand first hand about a riders aches and pains. I would like to invite you to call me or visit our Student Clinic and learn about the benefits of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture. 2 hour appointments 35$ with additional discounts for students. Cynthia Hammond (352) 989-6422 or chammondsjr@hotmail.com [June/Aug 2010]

Penny's PonyXpress: Horse blankets and sheets washed and repaired. Farm pick-up. Six years in business - many happy customers including large TB farms and STRIDE members. Call for quote: (352) 591-1915 or cell (352) 425-8417. [June/August 2010]

Need braids for that professional and polished look? Jeanne Abbott is available for braiding/grooming your Dressage or driving horse at most local (Marion/Alachua) shows. Mane pulling and body clipping also available, call for rates. 352-266-7994 or e-mail mjabbott@windstream.net. [June/August 2010]

Professional Body clipping, show braiding & grooming, farm & pet sitting. Excellent references, reasonable rates. Vickie Rollack (352) 425-4000 or vickier352@aol.com [August/Sept 2010]

BOARDING

Horses boarded in southern Marion/Lake Co. line in Weirsdale at Oak Hill Farm, close to Villages and Continental Acres. 20 X 40 Dressage arena, farm adjacent to and access to orange groves and piney woods, great for trail riding! 3 horse trailer goes to most STRIDE shows and Arabian circuit shows. Box stalls w/fans and shavings. $325 a month includes stall and turnout, feed and hay, and blanketing in winter. Contact Lonni at oakhilleclipse@yahoo.com or 352-821-3459 [August/Sept 2010]

TACK and EQUIPMENT

Freddy Rossli Dressage Saddle, 16.5" seat, Medium tree, medium length flaps. Dark Brown. Narrow twist, if you are little you understand the importance of this! This saddle is great for a short coupled horse, the mare I rode in it is now having babies so I have no use for it. $1,500 or best offer. It is here in Ocala. Margaret Mayer 630.220.1521. [Aug/Sept 2010]

DRESSAGE APPAREL

Petrie Dressage Boots $500 like new Size 8-81/2. Knee-high work boots $25. Also have full seat breeches, some Pikeur $25 each or best offer. SharonHohenberg@yahoo.com. [Aug/Sept 2010]

Used ladies Dressage apparel and tack. Custom dress boots Effingham, black, zippers, ladies 9, very slim leg and foot $100. Semi-custom dress boots Effingham, black, average leg, extra tall, ladies 9.5 $75. Dressage jacket Beaufort, 100% wool gabardine, ladies 16R, black, brass buttons front and back $75. Ratcatcher shirt like new Ovation poly/cotton, ladies 16, white short sleeve, arm and back vents $20. Ratcatcher shirt Eque Fashion 100% cotton, ladies 8, white short sleeve $15. Ratcatcher shirt brand new Devon-Aire, poly/cotton, ladies 34R, white short sleeve $15. Breeches full seat, white, Equi Comfort, ladies 32R, $40. Breeches full seat, white, Pytchley, ladies 34, $40. Breeches full seat, black and gold plaid, ladies 32, $40. White pre-tied stocks two different styles, $10 each, one classic stock tie $5. Bits: 6” double bridle bits, kk snaffle and short shank, low port curb $75 for both. Gel pad, black cover $15. Clippers, Oster A-5’s, assorted snap on blades $50. Call Lee Fiore (352) 209-5623. [June/August 2010]

Ladies size 10R brand new Classic Shadbelly Coat, with vest attachments. Fits more like an (American) size 8. Never been worn! $200/OBO. Contact Lonni at Oakhilleclipse@yahoo.com or 352-821-3459. [Aug/Sept 2010]

HORSE TRAILER FOR SALE

FOR SALE: 1996 Featherlite 3-horse slant gooseneck, Model 8410, slide-in Lexan to enclose horse area, Aluminum color, 12’ awning on curbside and 1 awning over each gooseneck window. Excellent condition. Asking $14,500. Joan Baur (Home: 622-9975 or Cell: 427-5657) [Aug/Sept 2010]

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

10.8 ACRE FARM IN OCALA DOWNS. This 2007 built home will appeal to the most discriminating horseperson. Its open design offers a great room, formal dining, gourmet kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and an office/4th bedroom. Features include wide plank Hickory floors, soaring ceilings, and a remote controlled gas fireplace. The center aisle show barn has 6 matted stalls, air conditioned tack & feed rooms, hay garage, and two extra large storage bays (easily two more stalls).This equine friendly neighborhood offers community bridle trails and a great location, just minutes to town (north of Hwy 326, off Hwy 441/301). $849,000. Carol Rike, Broker, United Realty Corp. of Ocala, 352-351-8047, www.unitedrealtyocala.com. [Aug/Sept 2010]

40 acres with granddaddy oaks. 3 miles from Goethe Forest, 7 miles from Black Prong Trail head. Contact: Julie Anthony 352-317-7055. [June/August 2010]

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