CornerStone Equestrian

A fun show weekend at GDCTA Summer Finals! Lots of ribbons and year-end qualifying scores to celebrate. Huge congrats to all our CSE riders and coaches!
🌟 Don & Kara
🌟 Foxy & Kaylee
🌟 Foxy & Chloe
🌟 Goose & Carrigan
🌟 Leo & Eliza
🌟 Sunny & Gabbi
🌟 Sunny & Wendy
But, really, it’s what happens outside the ring that keeps us waking up at 5AM day after day - the growing bonds between horses and riders, the enthusiastic cheers from families and the unwavering support from our coaches. And, of course, just spending the weekend and making memories with the best barn family!

RIP Fergie 2006ish-2026
Tracy and I found Fergie at the Gwinnett County Animal shelter in 2009. She was extremely timid and wouldn’t let anyone touch her. I wasn’t sure how old she was, but I thought wow this cat is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. I left the shelter without her and as we drove towards home. Tracy looked at me with tears in my eyes and turned the car around to go get her and 7 other cats that were scheduled to be euthanized later that day.

She lived with me in the camper trying to get her use to Humans. It didn’t work, so she became one of Seldom Rests barn cats. She was friendly with only one person at the barn, Stella. Stella Sutton, Granny, was the one person who could touch Fergie. After Stella passed, Fergie wanted to continue her barn life so she came to Cornerstone.

No one could touch her but she was always ready for food no matter what time. One day in 2023 I walked into the barn and Dr. Gabriel was petting her. I was shocked and after that day she let all of us pet her.

Her last few years she enjoyed Chick Fil A on a weekly basis, all the wet cat food she wanted, and laying around watching over the barn entrance.

She will missed and always loved. She was laid to rest in the shade by the dressage arena.

Cornerstone riders had an awesome day at the Big Cheese Schooling Show on Saturday! Great rides and pretty ribbons all around despite the nearly 90°F heat and 90% humidity!

Congratulations to our riders:
🏅 Bridget & Kodak
🏅 Eliza & Leo
🏅 Wendy & Sunny
🏅 Gabbi & Sunny
🏅 Kara & Don
🏅 Julie & Poppins

A huge shout-out to our coaches, Kelsie and Marian, for keeping everyone smiling, supported, and riding their best through the summer heat.

Way to go, Team Cornerstone! 🖤💛🖤💛

Congratulations to our riders and horses for their hard work and accomplishments at the Bouckaert Farm Dressage shows this past weekend - chasing new goals, earning qualifying scores and building confidence and experience!

🌟 Sarah & Choice
🌟 Kristen & Walle
🌟 Karen & Myles
🌟 Lizzy & Careful

And none of it would have been possible without our amazing coach, Marian. Thank you for your endless support, and all the behind-the-scenes work you put in to help us succeed! 🖤💛

Full Gallop HT recap 🔥

A few of our riders headed out to Full Gallop for a hot but fun weekend.

Carrigan & Goose took home the win in their Beginner Novice division 🥇
Chloe & Hermes stepped up for their first recognized Novice together ✨
Bridget & Kodak put in some lovely rounds in the Starter 👏

Proud of the progress across the board and excited for what’s next for these pairs!!

Carrigan & Goose had a fun and educational week at Eventing Camp at Stable View, riding with some incredible 5* eventers and learning so much along the way!

A few weekends ago, Cornerstone Equestrian headed to Bouckaert Farm for a fun day of showing, learning, and making memories! 🩵🐴

From a few exciting firsts to confidence-building rounds, we’re so proud of every horse and rider who represented our barn.

A huge thank you to our riders, families, and trainers for another great day. We can’t wait for the next one!

One of the hardest things to learn in horse training is that not every problem is a today problem.

Sometimes the horse needs another ride.

Sometimes they need another month.

Sometimes they need another year.

I think we get ourselves into trouble when we become convinced that every weakness, every hole, and every imperfect moment needs to be addressed today.

It is not possible to human whack-a-mole every issue all at once.

Things improve a little here and a little there, one issue at a time, as the horse gets stronger, more educated, and more confident.

Good training requires action, but it also requires restraint.

The work of parenthood isn’t easy, especially alongside the physical and mental demands of eventing. But riders are finding ways to stay devoted to both horses and parenting. Rider Cornelia Dorr Fletcher says she found her capacity growing to meet the demands of her sport and her family.

“It’s been surprising for me to feel my bandwidth expand,” she said. “I’ve always been like, the more I do—if I get frazzled—I don’t perform well. So I have enjoyed watching myself struggle but also figure out how to manage more while I compete.”

We talked to eventing mothers about the specific challenges of raising small children while pursuing the sport, from rankings and qualification points to napping ringside at horse shows—and the things people warned them about that turned out not to be true.

Read the story at the link in our comments, available with a COTH subscription.

📸 Mady Hsue/TidBits Media

Another great weekend at Bouckaert Farms 🐴✨

Not our best photo day, but some seriously big wins in the ring:

✨ Karen & Myles earned a First Level qualifying score for Regionals and added their second Second Level score toward their USDF Bronze Medal.

✨ Eliza & Fury delivered a huge milestone, earning their USDF Silver Medal after competing PSG on Saturday.

So proud of these horses and the work behind every test🏆🥂