What a weekend! Thank you to Laine Ashker!

Hello everyone!

The Laine Ashker clinic has come and gone and we wanted to take a minute to thank everyone who braved the 'less-than-ideal weather' to come out and ride or audit with Laine. We truly enjoyed having her here at Playland, and by the looks of it, everyone else did too! We can't wait until she comes back again sometime in the future.  If you have photos or video from the clinic and want to share them on our Facebook page with your thoughts, we would love to see them! We also want to congratulate our raffle winner, Ashley R. We hope that you enjoy your basket of goodies from our wonderful clinic sponsors:  County Saddlery, ThinLine, Mythic Landing, Retired Racehorse Project & Zoom Groom, LLC!

Also sending a special thanks to Maya Kuntze Photography for coming to take photos on Saturday & Sunday! Be sure to follow our page and stay tuned to see more photos from the clinic. 

And of course to the wonderful Laine Ashker, thank you for leaving your 80-degree Florida temperatures to come teach us in our single-digit & foot-of-snow, winter weather :)

Here are some videos from the clinic on Saturday:

Carly Easton & Cal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug-rQlnSH8U

Margaret McKelvy & Stilts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cumV6NjmU5E

Glenda Player & Clover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBAgajPQG5E

Tara Shegogue & Queenie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBFknZedyyU


*Up Next for Playland is Glenda's C.O.R.E. Rider Clinic on March 15th! Although the mounted lesson spots are FULL, there are still spots open for the Un-mounted portion of the clinic (aka "riders yoga!!") It's only $35/person for an hour and a half session so email Erinn today to sign-up! *

Playland Updates for this week!

Hello Everyone!

We hope that you are staying warm out there with these below zero temperatures & windchills! YUCK! Mother nature hasn't been too kind to us here in Maryland, and it doesn't look like it's getting any warmer any time soon.

As you may have already seen, we had to sadly cancel our C.O.R.E. Rider Clinic that was supposed to be held yesterday. Temperatures were just too miserable! The good news is, we are having another one on Sunday, March 15th and would encourage people to come out for that one! If you were signed up for the previous one and want to sign-up for March, you can email Erinn at emurphy@arbee.net to do so.

Later this week, we have the Laine Ashker Clinic coming up at the farm! Keep you fingers and toes crossed that the weather holds up and we can get Laine here to Maryland! We have three days full of exciting things planned in addition to the lessons, including a basket of goodies to raffle off at the end of the weekend. Stay tuned to our Facebook page and website for all the latest announcements regarding the clinic.

We are also really excited about one of our youngsters for sale, PL Diamond's Inspiration (aka Izzy)! Before the really cold weather set in, Glenda was able to saddle and ride Izzy for the FIRST TIME and she was great! She took to it like an old pro and is already showing the perfect "lesson horse qualities" someone would want. She is eager to please and gives all her effort during the ride! If you are interested in purchasing Izzy, please contact Glenda today, or visit our sales page for more information.

Thanks to Maya Kuntze Photography for the photos!! 

Quick congrats to Louisa!

We wanted to send a quick congratulations to Louisa W. and her horse, PL Lucky Empress, for their 6th place finish in Beginner Novice Rider at the Ocala Horse Properties Winter 2 Horse Trials.

Clinics, Clinics & More Clinics!!

Happy Monday everyone!

This morning we want to make sure we talk a little bit more about the great clinics we have in store for you at Playland.

First up in two weeks is the first C.O.R.E. Rider clinic, to be held February 15th. Then, we have another one to be held March 15th. These interactive clinics feature un-mounted & mounted riding sessions which allow participants to explore all aspects of their riding and become more aware of what they are doing and how their horse responds to it. These clinics are very personalized and can only accept a certain number of participants, so if you were thinking of trying one, don't hesitate! Email Erinn at emurphy@arbee.net to sign-up today!

The third weekend in February, we are thrilled to have Advanced-level eventer, Lainey Ashker coming to teach! She will be here Friday the 20th through Sunday the 22nd and we can't wait! She will be teaching flat lessons on Friday and small group jumping on Saturday and Sunday. You can email Margaret at margaret@mythiclanding.com to sign-up today!

Another exciting aspect is that auditing is FREE for all of these clinics! We are also hosting an open house for Playland on each of these clinic dates, so stop on out and bring your friends! Auditing for the CORE Clinics starts with the mounted sessions. Auditing for Lainey is open all day Saturday & Sunday and Friday afternoon.  (We will provide more information on specific auditing times as these events get closer!)

February is going to be an exciting month for Playland, we hope to see you at the farm!

Updated Sale Horse Pics & Exciting Announcement!

Good Morning Everyone!

We are keeping busy at the farm with lessons, training and trying to stay warm with the forecasted snow coming up! We have some very EXCITING things coming up for Playland in the next month or so. We can't tell you what they are quite yet...so stay tuned!! ;)  (Sorry! We will have to leave you in suspense for a little longer)

For now, we want to show you some recent photos of our sale horses. All of these horses are currently on a fire sale discount, and are ready for their new homes!! Don't miss out on these youngsters who are showing a lot of potential already! If you are interested in any of these cuties, please email Glenda at: glenda@playlandequestriancenter.com 

(thanks to Maya Kuntze photography for the photos!)

PL Sultry Gem, filly by PL Sultanna
2014 IDSH Filly
$6,500 Now $5,525

PL Incomparable Diamond, colt out of PL Indy
2014 IDSH Colt

$8,000 Now $6,800

PL Ardan Hill, Colt out of PL Apache
2014 IDSH Pinto Colt

$8,000 Now $6,800

PL Diamond’s Inspiration
2012 ~15.2h bay Irish Draught Sport Horse Mare

$12,500 Now $9,000

Sending Our Thanks!!

Good Morning Everyone!

With a new week here, (and a day-off for most!), we have a lot to be thankful for. This past week the Playland Facebook page hit 1,000 followers ("likes") and not only that, it has now been exceeded! There are announcements and activities coming up so if you just joined us, you joined in at the right time. Stay tuned! Exciting things ahead! 

We also had a one of our resident photographers, Maya, take some great photos of the babies this past weekend. We can't wait to share those photos with you so you can see how much they've grown and how nice they are! Don't forget that they are also all for sale, so we will be sharing their updated sales ads later this week as well. 

Once again we would like to thank everyone for their support! Although 2015 started off a bit rocky, we are confident things will only get better from here! 

Stay warm!

-Playland Equestrian Center 

Sending Gratitude and Thanks

Good Morning,

We wanted to send our sincerest thank yous to everyone for your kindness and support as we recover from the farm house fire. Your kind words have meant a lot!  We still can't express how happy we are that Mr. and Mrs. Player made it out alive and well. That is truly all that we could have asked for! Playland Farm is continuing to run with business as usual, to the best of our abilities. We are also still working to continue lessons and training. We just ask that you be patient if it takes a little bit for a response from Glenda or one of the team members, as they are splitting time right now.  The family is not asking for anything, but if you feel compelled to help they could use gift cards to places like Wal-Mart, Khols, Target, etc. so they can begin to purchase the necessities they need to re-build their home. Those can be mailed to the farm or dropped off at your next scheduled lesson time.  Once again, more than anything we want to thank you all for your continued support!