Cindy Stys Equestrian & Country Properties, Ltd.

Support the Lehigh Valley Dressage Association by buying a raffle ticket at any of their events or at our Equestrian Social on April 1, 2010 at the Eastion, Holiday Inn Express, Easton, PA 7:00-9:30 pm

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Dressage Lovers Don't Miss this Event!

USEF/Collecting Gaits Farm Dressage Festival of Champions and World Equestrian Games Selection Trials

DATE: August 6 - August 8, 2010
TIME: 8:00AM-5:00PM
LOCATION: USET Foundation, Gladstone, NJ
This is the first of two consecutive Festival weekends.

Festival of Champions will include Grand Prix and Intermediaire I National Championships as well as Junior and Young Rider Championships and Brentina Cup.

The Grand Prix Championship will serve as the final selection trials for the World Equestrian Games Dressage Team.

http://www.uset.org/events.php?highlight=108

Details, schedule and tickets TBA. Spectators welcome.

Please stop by our booth at the PA Horse Expo in Harrisburg, PA February 25 - 28, 2010 and enter a free drawing for a $100 gift certificate to Horse & Rider Tack Shop in Kintnersville, Upper Bucks County (1 mile from the Bucks County Horse Park).  This very cool tack shop offers a wide selection of both English & Western tack and apparel, featuring a large variety of brands and the latest in both show clothing and fun wear.

Looking forward to seeing you at the Expo!

 

 

 

 

Perfect Horse Property!

• 2,220 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story - $479,000

Bernville, Berks County  -  Fantastic very well kept horse property! Sits way back from road. Perfect layout for the serious equestrian. Most of land consists of 5 fenced pastures. 60x120 indoor arena w/ 6 attached 12x12 box stalls w/ auto waterers & rubber mats, room for 7th stall, wash stall, hot & cold water, tack room, hot walker, run-in shed. Separate paddocks attached to stalls make for ideal turn-out or layup situation. 2 large sheds included. Lovely, tastefully decorated home w/ bright kitchen, romantic master suite, inviting family room w/ fireplace w/ insert, Geothermal heating! Laundry facility conveniently located off upstairs hall. Nicely landscaped. Long paved driveway. Lot in front can be purchased separately or included in sale for an additional price. Very convenient to Route 78. Zoning is C-3&Rural Perservation. Possession on June 1st. Seller not responsible for rollback taxes if buyer removes property from Act 319. Can possibly have boarding facility but buyer must confirm this with zoning. SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY - PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE BACK TO PROPERTY WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT & ACCOMPANIED BY A REALTOR.

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Reduced by over $400,000 and now seller is slashing price again by 63,000 for the weekend of January 9 - 10, 2010!! - Snow date - January 16 - 17, 2009

Highly functional equestrian facility on 30+ acres less than 10 minutes from Rt. 78. Total of 40 stalls - 28 of which are 12x12, 72x160 indoor arena with skylights featuring 2 viewing rooms and restroom for clients' convenience. Main stable houses 28 spacious stalls with automatic waterers (which work in spring, summer and fall). Additional stalls can be found in the well preserved bank barn which has several attached turn-outs & smaller barn with more stalls. Also included are 2 run-in sheds for 24 hr. turnout, 14 paddocks & large outdoor riding ring. Appealing 4 bedroom stone farm house enhanced by large sunroom with slate flooring. New kitchen floor. Wide window sills and random width floor boards. Efficient central closed loop water system w/ heat pump also produces central air. Perfect facility for any discipline including racing!

Mountain Springs Arena in Shartlesville, PA was the latest venue our company sought out to promote our listings during a race horse sale on August 23, 2009.  Quite a good crowd turned out and some lovely horse flesh was being auctioned off.  There were a few unruly colts who gave their handlers a run for their money but for the most part I was surprised how well behaved these often flighty horses were (someone suggested tranquilizers perhaps).  Rich Miller put on a good event and owns an impressive number of Thoroughbreds himself. 

 A training track has been added to the facility which is a sign that race horses are here to stay at Mountain Springs. The auction was held in the commercial sized indoor arena complete with a beverage bar, fans to help keep the crowd cool and flower baskets to brighten up the sales ring.  As proof that the word got around about this sale, I met a trainer from Chicago who was scoping out the area for his clients who were looking to make a move to PA to take advantage of the PA bred incentives.  The last time I was at Mountain Springs it was to watch a rodeo about 18 years ago.  At that time it seemed so far away but as my company has expanded its service area to counties beyond the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos, this time it seemed rather local.

 

 

As some of you know I lost my beloved riding partner and company mascot, Cosette, last August to dreaded colic.  Since then I have been looking for another horse and a good many hours were spent on the internet searching for my next mount which had to be a Lusitano or Andalusian.  Last September my husband accompanied me to Northern Vermont to look at a 3 year old Lusitano which had just been started under saddle.  Sadly after making the long car trip up there the horse was displaying a head-shaking type problem which turned me off.  After that I stayed more local for a while looking at a few horses in NJ, none of which struck my fancy.  The winter was cold and my desire to start a young horse at that time was non-existant.  Then once spring arrived with all its flowery splendor, my passion to ride started to make its strong presence once again known.  Realizing to find my dream horse I may have to travel to the west coast where the Iberian horse is more prevalent I started to expand my search.  Through much networking a breeder in Kentucky told me about a breeder in Oregon who was liquating her herds.  With a lot of persistance on my end to gather more information, I was convinced I would find my next horse there since they had a fair amount of horses for sale.  I booked my flight and traveled to Oregon in the middle of June.  It was a wonderful trip. From Newark, NJ I went to Salt Lake City then flew into a tiny 2 gate airport in Lewiston Idaho which was the closest airport to my destination, Lostine, Oregon.   I traveled 2 hours by car on a very windy road along steep clifs.  Luck was on my side as the road was free of the sometimes occasional boulder which would roll down and block the way so I was told.  Having no cell phone coverage would have made it a bit more of an adventure than I cared to experience.  Anyway the weather was picture perfect and I arrived in Lostine in no time.  The views along the way of this pristine countryside were glorious (sans developments, strip malls or condo buildings).  The folks where the sale horses were being kept were delightful and the owner/seller showed me Amatoro first as he knew this horse had the movement for dressage.  Right from the start I really liked his calm eye and disposition, sensitive nature and lovely movement but coming over 3,000 miles away I wanted to see more horses.  And so I did.  Spending the next day with herds of Lusitanos and Andalusians on a mountain top in northern Oregon was a soul touching experience. None of the horses had been handled very much and some were extremely timid.  Having the horse trot on a lead line was not going to be happening here!  After seeing many prospects I decided to make an offer on Amatoro.  The next day I was able to see Amatoro again which confirmed my decision that he was the horse for me.  An hour later I had to head back to the airport and witnessed a cattle drive somewhere in Washington.  This definitely was a charming completion to my trip as this easterner headed back home. 

Hooray for an Steffen and Ravel - one of the first times I remember an American cleaning up in dressage at Aachen.  He ousted Anky Van Grunsven on her Olympic mount out of the Grand Prix, the Grand Prix Freestyle and Grand Prix Special!  Steffen was born and raised in Germany and migrated to the US 20 years ago so in essence he is German but he says his heart is in America.  Watch their performance at the following link: http://www.dressagedaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4272:09ach-petersfs&catid=288:09aachen&Itemid=386