E3 – Maintaining Your Performance Horse

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Date: Thursday, November 16th

Time: 5 pm to 7 pm 

Location: Waredaca, Damascus Road, Laytonsville, MD, USA

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WIN A LESSON WITH EMA KLUGMAN: International 5* Eventing Rider!!! 

**Must be registered and present at the event to win.

Join us at E3 – Maintaining Your Performance Horse, a must-attend event for all horse enthusiasts! Whether you’re a seasoned rider or just starting out, this event is designed to help you optimize your horse’s performance and keep them in top shape. Our expert speakers will cover topics such as nutrition, gastric health, therapies, and injury prevention. You’ll also have the chance to network with fellow horse lovers and discover the latest products and services in the equine industry. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to enhance your horse’s performance and meet like-minded individuals. Mark your calendars and get ready for an unforgettable day at Waredaca in Laytonsville, MD, USA!

Register online at Eventbrite

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GREAT JOB KEITH AND ZACH!!!

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11 DC-area craft brewers bring home Brewers Association medals

September 27, 2023, 10:19 AM

Eleven craft brewers in Maryland, Virginia and D.C. came home with medals — including five golds — from the prestigious Great American Beer Festival, held over nine days with awards presented on Sept. 23 in Denver.

This year, 250 judges from 10 countries sipped and sniffed more than 9,400 entries from all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico. There were 99 beer categories and more than 170 beer styles that were judged.

A total of 303 medals were awarded to 263 breweries, some of which came home with multiple wins. Medals are awarded as Gold, Silver and Bronze.

The nonprofit Brewers Association has nearly 6,000 U.S. brewery members and 37,000 members of the American Homebrewers Association.

The Great American Beer Festival is sponsored annually by the Brewers Association, which is the nation’s largest craft beer festival.

Here are winners from Maryland, Virginia and D.C., their medal, and beer category:

  • Gold: Kodiak Kolsch, Bear Chase Brewing Company, Bluemont, Virginia (German-style Krolsch)
  • Gold: Rock Hill Irish Red, Barley Naked Brewing Co., Stafford, Virginia (Irish-style red ale)
  • Gold: Scout, Vibrissa Beer, Front Royal, Virginia (Sweet stout or cream stout)
  • Gold: Oktoberfest, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, Virginia (Vienna-style lager)
  • Gold: Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged Atom Smasher, Rock Bottom Brewery, Bethesda, Maryland (Wood-and-barrel-aged strong beer)
  • Silver: Passionfruit on Acid, Blue Mountain Barrel House, Arrington, Virginia (Fruited wood and barrel-aged sour beer)
  • Silver: Milk Stout, Waredaca Brewing Co., Gaithersburg, Maryland (Sweet stout or cream stout)
  • Silver: Oktoberfest, Silver Branch Brewing Co, Silver Spring, Maryland (Vienna-style lager)
  • Bronze: Buttons the Bear, Bear Chase Brewing Co., Bluemont, Virginia, (Oatmeal stout)
  • Bronze: Silent Neighbor, Atlas Brew Works, D.C. (Stout)
  • Bronze: Midnight Rider Imperial Porter, Great American Restaurants — Sweetwater Tavern Merrified, Falls Church, Virginia (Strong Porter)

Guess what the Waredaca Pony Club can do for you this weekend!

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Waredaca Pony Club will be set up in the parking field and are selling Breakfast sandwiches and coffee. Misty Mint treats, horse ornaments and magnets are being offered for sale too. Bring a photo for a custom keepsake! Started in August and was very popular, WPC members will be on hand all day to clean your tack for a donation to the club! Just bring your tack by the booth after you are finished riding. All proceeds from the booth directly support WPC members. THANKS

Meet our August Experts: Allison Springer and Stephen Bradley

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Join us at Waredaca on August 16th, 2023, for a jump clinic with international equestrian, 5* Eventer & top trainer Allison Springer! 

Springer is a veteran 5* event rider, accomplished trainer, and popular Young Rider coach who actively competes across the country as well as internationally. As an accomplished equestrian, she has been named multiple times to the United States Equestrian Team’s High Performance List and she was an alternate for both an Olympic and World Equestrian Games Team. 

Springer trains and shows horses for clients, and teaches professional and amateur riders. She is a Pony Club Graduate and a USEA ECP instructor. Her commitment to the sport of Eventing includes servings as a founding member and former President of the Professional Riders Organization and she has seen the organization’s evolution into the Event Riders Association of North America (ERAofNA.org). Read more about Allison Springer

Join Olympic equestrian and Burghley Horse Trials winner Stephen Bradley at Waredaca on August 22nd, 2023, for another one of Waredaca’s popular Expert Day jump clinics.

Bradley won England’s prestigious Land Rover Burghley CCI4*, becoming one of only two Americans to do so. His mentor, Bruce Davidson, won the title 23 years prior! Bradley also won Canada’s Checkmate International CCI3* an unprecedented three times in a row. He is a two-time Pan American Games Gold medalist and was named Equestrian Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee. He is a Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Champion, and Stephen has been named to one U.S. Olympic team, one World Equestrian Games (WEG) team, and has been short-listed for 3 out of 5 U.S. World Equestrian Games teams, and 4 out of 5 U.S. Olympic teams.

Bradley is not just a competitor. He brings a wealth of horsemanship to his students and his team and shares his expertise teaching all over the country. He has even shared his knowledge on television, first reaching the national airwaves when he was featured on TBS’ U.S. Olympic Gold and then on George Michael’s Sports Machine. Bradley went on to anchor twenty-six episodes of Horsing Around with Stephen Bradley, an informative equestrian show that aired on Outdoor Life Network. He has also been published in The Chronicle of the Horse, Eventing USA, and Practical Horseman. Read more about Stephen Bradley