What happened to the Pineland Farms dressage program? (Did it move?)

[amb]

For a bunch of years Michael Poulin has been spending summers at Pineland Farms (New Gloucester, Maine), they’ve had a KWPN breeding program, and they’ve hosted a whole bunch of awesome dressage symposia. Outside of the symposia they also welcomed people to come and hang out and watch, and there was usually some high-class schooling going on, which was great. (Watching people who are really good solve training problems was super-educational! A fine place to eat a quiet lunch.)

This year, it appears to be all gone. Anyone know what happened? Has the dressage activity moved someplace nearby, or has it all scattered to the four winds?

[soloudinhere]

My understanding (very secondhand) is that Pineland didn’t wish to own horses or support the training program any longer.

I know Gwenyth MacPherson is out on her own, her business is Forward Thinking Dressage.

[Dutchmare433]

Broad Park Equestrian

[amb]

Thanks for the info!

I also ran across this on wikipedia: “Bates College operates a Dutch Warmblood horse breeding at the Equestrian Center at Pineland Farms.” I don’t think they’d actually been involved for ages, but it’s a bit of info I hadn’t known on (presumably) the origins of the program.

BTW, the equestrian facility isn’t empty, it’s full of Morgans now, and it’s still open daily 8am-1pm. Nothing against them!

[Equibrit]

Local article; http://www.sunjournal.com/ride-of-her-life/