Spinoff: Anyone looking for long lost barn pals?

[quakergirl]

Pat with Canter Merry

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I too, am looking to re-connect with Pat Cole of Canter Merry Stables, of Manassas, Virginia. She may have changed her name.

Her ponies however, were legendary:
Morgan ponies: Merry Peach and her foal Merry Go Round were always Grand Champions in their class. I showed them often and was always very proud to do so. Also, 'Puff 'n Stuff", her Welsh pony was my favorite and he was my pal till he was sold in 79.

I am also looking for my fellow students under her, including Shelley McCauley and Liz Barth.

I rode for Pat in her earliest days as a stable owner/trainer, and trained on some of her best/earliest ponies. I did go on to 3 day eventing/steeplechase and finished my training in Germany.

If anyone knows Pat, or any of her students, I would love to chat and catch up on the “old days”.

Peace and hope to all,
Suzanne aka “Suzy”

PS - someone else, earlier in this thread, noted that Pat was “eccentric”. NO KIDDING! LOL! Understatement of the decade…anyone who trained under her, will know what we are trying to say. NO faking on that one. :)[/QUOTE]

HI
Her name is Pat Epstein and she is on Facebook - still a sweet dear soul. She has an Antique Shop in Ravenel SC and lives on Edisto. A wonderful person and so full of life and joy.

[quakergirl]

Look on FB under Pat Epstein

[morganjumper]

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Now that I’m living in MA, I wonder how many people there are around here who knew my first real eventing trainer, Carol Nichols, back in the 80s and early 90s. She ran the equestrian program at Mount Holyoke for quite a while. I haven’t exactly lost track of her–I know people who know where she is, and I think she’s working at a therapeutic riding center in Montana (or at least was at one time), but it would be fun to meet people who knew her before I did.[/QUOTE]

Hi, I know you said you wanted to meet Carol before you knew her, but I thought I’d chime in anyways. She was my Pony Club instructor for several years (around 2010 I believe) in Helena, MT before my family moved. We kind of kept in touch and I found out that she had moved to Missoula. Well six years later I am now a high school graduate and will be attending college in Missoula this fall, and happened to remember that Carol had moved there several years before. I had to do some minor stalking on several equestrian facility websites around Missoula but I did manage to track down her email. I am so thankful I did, we chatted a bit and got caught up just like old times, she found me a place to board my eventer prospect gelding with a friend of hers who manages a horse barn right down the rode from her and I will be able to resume taking lessons with my first Pony Club Instructor after nearly seven years! (:

[Bells]

Carol Nichols is now on FB. Awesome MorganJumper that you get to see her again. She was super fun to know in the 80s

[trailride]

I rode with Helen Button at La Jolla Farms 1970/1971 for a few years. Then I also moved to Sorrento Valley Farms

[DanielleB76]

@syntheeya

Count me in!

Looking for anyone who rode at Natalie Johnson’s Stables in Doylestown, PA, (Bucks County) back in, say, 1986-1993… ish? I went to horse camp there for many years until I moved to Timber Edge Farm from 1993-1995. My younger sister also rode there.

My mom owned a horse named Camelot, and I owned Rodney and then Copper (reg name: My Happy Pappy). When Nat passed away, we later “adopted” Eddie, Billy, Sassy, Flower… and maybe more that I’m forgetting at the moment.

These are a few of the names I remember… Katie Fitzpatrick, Elaina (Peria?), Jenn Kane, Amy Price, Lindsey (rode Camelot), Kimmy & Lauren White, Mary (was a camp counselor w/curly hair)… and there are many more people I remember but forgot the names!!

I have some video of shows from this era, if anyone knows of these folks or someone who might have rode at NJS in the late 80s/early 90s, there’s some classic footage.

I remember Camelot. He was a palomino, right? I don’t know if you or your mom remember me, my name is Danielle. Camelot was about the only horse I rode there. I sent you a PM. Please contact me, I’d love to talk.

[walkerlvr]

I rode there starting in 1980 until 1992 under Jennifer and I actually went out there today and start working next there next week!