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9/15/2011 Again, updates galore! Divinity has reached it high goal of students and success of "all" programs beyond expectations. Vision of our own indoor soon to be. Meanwhile we continue to utilize those of fellow professionals. We have managed 3 horse shows this summer succeeding in all. Miss Maria received double Reserve Champion, 3 -1st's, 2 -2nds. She continues to ride and train in dressage with Keith Anstadt weekly and teach over 30 students per week alone. Not including our Hippotherapy program. Our 4-H club rocks! Miss Maria will be demonstrating round-penning and it's benefits, as well as a Bitless Bridle presentation at Divinity Farm date's TBA. We are officially a Western Dressage Facility and proud members of the Western Dressage Association of America. 7/7/2011 So many updates where to begin. the busy season is upon us. Divinity and it's programs have grown leaps and bounds. As we work toward our non-profit status, we continue to provide the "best' horses for all ages and diciplines. Divinity coached and showed students and 4-Hr's this summer at Hidden Hollow Farm in E. Kingston. A big thank you to Dennis! Ribbons and fun for all. Ms. Maria showe3d off Poco Zan girl, our newest addition of only 2 weeks placed 1st in several class's including barrels, pole bending, keyhole and more. Many Divinity Student's attended and showed, as well as the "Little Trotters". Zachary and Dream were an excellent team, showing what a "relationship" is all about. Angelica riding her Poco was amazing too. Divnity Students really showed their dedication to their lesson programs, including our littlest of all "Maddy" who was simply amazing. Everyone did excellent and most of all had a blast! Also, Divinity introuduced showing to students at Rowley Riding and driving as well as Budlight went to his first show, placing 2nd in Halter. Lacrim'e took 1st place in Western Equitation & Pleasure. Dream and Angelica took a big second in hand. Rachel took 4th in her first show ever on Dream in leadline.
Maria & Barbara along with aid's, volunteers lots of help,not to mention the dependable, beautiful Dream have made our Hippotherspy Program a huge success. We have wonderful and very special clients that make Divinity what it is today. Thank you Angelica for being such a big help, as a junior instructor in training, an OT aid in training, as well as all the invaluable things you do, thank you. Zachary continues to school Dream and jump the moon. Maria continues her in education and training with Keith Angstadt of Bradford Equestrian. After months and month of 5 days a week training with Keith: Coming soon,Look for Budlight in a dressage ring near you. Maria's clientle has expanded outward, as she travels to clients and works with students as well as horses. Providing a remarkeable education for horses and their people. The new arena, footing, fencing, gorgious new horses have been such a blessing to our farm, students and clients. Our horse are expertise in their abilities & diciplines and all have a very unique relationship with all who come here. A spriritual bond forms with each and evey individual and the horses and ponies they are paired with. 4/17/2011 9 am - 5pm Kendra Owens Riley Clinic at Divinity Farm. # 1 Rated Judge and well known Instructor. Email now, space is limited. 4/5/2011 Spring lessons & programs are underway. Show and clinic dates are posted. Divinity welcomes it opportunity to run it Hippotherapy program with an old friend and respected horsewamn/collegue Danielle Gaston at Gaston Farms. We have offically added Gaston Farms as our location in Boxford and are so very excited tho share in so many learning opportunities with other great equestreain facillites. Divinity Farm continues to be the Equine Educational Facility for Pentucket Community Education offering yet another season of great programs at incredibly affordable rates for community members. Our brand new out door arena has prooved to be constructed top notch with the appropraite drainage and materials we bounce back instantly from Mother natures meltdowns and floodiong leaving us with perfect footing and a great riding area. We continue to offer new threaputic programs, along side of our hioppotherapy, riding lessons and of course our 4-H Club, Little trotters. We also offer a working student program, apprentice programs and recently we have another subcontracter a licensed LMHC for those looking for no just only mental health threaputic riding and education but a Mental Health Therapy with licensed personell. Please inquire to Divinity Farm for more information. We also continue to offer our Equine spiritual guidance programs. Something for all! Reflections of 2010 Divinity Farm has become the home to the "Little Trotters" 4-H Club. The homefront of Divinity Farm has been completley updated. After hiring a licensed professional and top rated contractor. Working closley with our City & Town Officials ie: Conservation, Building Inspector etc. Divinity destumped and removed approximatley 43 trees, leveled the area and created a beautiful place to be. We now have a 200 x 70 riding arena with awesome footing. Brand new fencing, new paddocks and gates. Divinity refers to our 3 horse gooseneck with dressing room as what we call the Divinity Transport or Divinity Shuttle. In the process of being personalized with Logos reflecting Divinity & Little Trotters 4-H. The year 2011 will be much of the same and much more in regards to our success!. Our Theraputic programs, Hippotherapy, lessons, Recovery at the Ranch, Mommy and me, Lick and Chew and much more will continue and become better than ever. We have great assistants, more locations. As we get thorugh winter riding in the indoors a and out door We are preparing for spring activites. We are so greatful to have healthy happy animals and so many wonderful students and participants. Maria continues to further her experience & education. After 40 years, in the industry. The latest accomplishments has been to successfully expediate summer camps through Pentucket Community Education, run a successful Hippotherapy Program, Vaulting Program, Equine 101 and many variations of riding instruction as well as Horsemanship. She has also successfully branched out to other locations, Groveland, Haverhill and Boxford. She commits to frequents clinics does studies and observes video's and training video's along with riding lessons. Much of her enjoyment for in home study comes from "dressagetrainingonlione.com", Stacy Westfall's library as well as Monty Roberts subsription. Her Instructors over the last + years have consisted of Ron Levesque, Martha Endicott & Judy Lawless. Maria's latest commitment of intense training and riding instruction is with Keith Angstadt of Bradford Equestrian Center. Riding with Keith 1-2 lessons per week under saddle & Long Line training. Her goals are to become the best rider she can and to utylize her experience with Keith to help her advance in her Dressage skills , as well as long line training and driving. This experience will be passed down to students of Divinity, as well 4H'ers. 12-23-10 Divinity Farm has officially become the home of the "Little Trotters" 4-H Club. We are so excited to have children of our communites of all ages, coming from as far as Winthrop MA. Please stay tuned for pictures, updates and a web page of their own. If you have questions about 4-H, please visit mass4-h.com or email us with questions. Thank you to all my assistant volunteers and parents helping to make us a great club for our future leaders, public speakers and experienced Horseman and woman. We have a full schedule going forward for the year of 2011. Meetings, field trips great topics, breeds and as always the practice of safety in all we do. Emails and monthly newsletters will go out frequently, email now to be added to our email list. We are busy and already preparing for a great fun show season in 2011. You do not need to own or lease a horse to be a member of our club. No child will be turned away for any reason fianancial or otherwise, until the club is full of members. We are filling quickly! 11-18-10 Divinity spent the weekend attending clinic after clinic at the Equine Affaire, Springfield brushing up on skills and education to take back and pass on to our students and horses. Great conversations with Monty Roberts, Chris Cox and Stacy Westfall. Lots of material availailable via books and DVD's for all the students of Divinity Farm, ask for our Library collection where books and Dvd's may be checked out and borrowed. You will find many of all the same techniques and goals already used and studied here at Divinity. OUr 4-H Club is off to a great start. With lots of support from ohter local Equestrian Centers, Dover Saddlry, NEER, MSPCA and much more. The year ahead is full of fun and great field trips. 4-H Page coming soon. Welcome Essex County Equine, Horse Lovers "Little Trotters" 4-H Club. Leaders meeting on Oct. 20th Topsfield Fair Grounds 4-H Building 7 p.m What........another Program for Divinity in the works? Yes, Divinity Farm at Stone Ridge announces it's "Thereautic Mental Health Program" "A Bridge to Serenity" another horses helping humans program. Email for more information. Stay tuned for official updates. Summer Fun:
7/19/2010 To all that attended our Equine recreational program at Stone Ridge in Haverhill! It was a blast! Don't forget to study your horse facts! Thank you for great memories, you are all so very special to us! Hope to see you soon for lessons! Love, Ms. Maria, Ms. Judy, Ms. Juliana, Ms. Kaleigh, Dee, Charmer and Dream.
6/29/2010 A Big Thank You to all my students and Divinity Supporters! I'm on the mend, thank God. Almost 2 weeks in ICU with a collapsed lung, kidney failure and a very severe case of pneumonia. I am finally home and recovering with lots of help from my Doctors, husband, family, friends and all of you. Your prayers, words of wisdom, flowers, cards, love and support got me through. Thank you! Please remember Marge Kittredge. She passed away last week at age 86. She was the founder of the Windrush Therapeutic Riding Equitation for disabled riders and will be sorely missed by the equine community. Her death notice was in Sunday's Boston Globe, for those who would like to know more about this remarkable woman.Services will be held on July 6, 2010 at Cochran Chapel at Andover Academy in Andover MA. 6/12/2010
Congratulations Girl Scout Troop, Georgetown, MA. The Troop safely and successfully completed our "Equine 101 Program". Best of all they had fun!
6/2/2010 Rescue News....Tomorrow another rescue mission for NEER, as the Divninity rescue team & trailer heads out, stay tuned for pictures . 17 thoroubreds need help now!!!! Please see this link: http://angelacreshorsehavenrescue.blogspot.com/2010/06/17-thoroubreds-still-need-help-they-are.html 6/1/2010 Another great day schooling the thoroubreds at Maudsley State Park. They were so good, and really enjoyed themselves. Another gorgious day. Looked at 7 + acres in Groveland today for Divinity's expansion project...........we are growing so fast! Stay tuned for pictures of the green fields! 5/20/2010 Congrat's to Zac, Angelica on their D rating! Emily on her D-2. The trail ride with all the kids in the meadow was awessome. All the kids did great and their ponies were so well behaved. See pix of the day on Gallery page. Great job little Rachael on your neck reing, Chuck on his leading and round penning schooling. Wendy trotted with me through the meadow on Casey at Pipestave on Tuesday! Tina's lesson was awesome at Stone Ridge with Maria, she rode Dream for the very first time! They made a great team and did a great job! Ann was missed by Lacrim'e and Dream this week as she vacations in Ireland! Divinity welcomes the Girl Scout troops from Groveland and Georgetown! Our first week camp is filled already. Wow! I got a great curriculumn of fun & ponies. Divinity welcomes 2 new students Jay and Michelle, starting next week. Welcome aboard! Divinity's new sand arena's, jump course and dressage arena is complete. Fencing now being installed. Indoor to go up end of summer!!! 5/25/2010 Please Everyone say a prayer as Sharon Wright rescues a little mare from a killpen in NJ. Go Sharon, we are all praying and sending reiki for you and your little miracle mare! Thank you Jill for stepping in for me and going to the rescue via trailer transport, when I couldn't. Here she is:
5/21/2010 This is a hard update to write. Ms. Bianca Marie Rose, our beloved Belgian Quarter horse went to live at her new home last week. After careful consideration, it was the best thing for her. Her new Mom and family have been sending updates daily. Her new job will be spending most of her riding time on the trails and her ongoing practice of round pen and ground training will continue. Her time off will entail grazing in the grass fields. 5/19/2010 Today was great! Mr Verdi came home. We got a visit from Les Godin our local Building/Health Inspectional services person. He gave us his blessing on our new arena. He counted 3 healthy heads (Horse Heads that is) and off he went. So great to have such supportive City Workers!( LOL) Divinity at Stone Ridge welcomes new clients Sandy & Paula starting our Llick and Chew" Program. Chuck, Rachael, Ann & Wendy in our "Heels Down Program"! Thanks to all my students for your dedication & loyalty. Divinity at Stoneridge has so much to offer with our Hippotherapy program. Amanda is working so hard with me in her apprentice program. Great job bringing Zach and Angelica along in their lessons at Divinity at Stoneridge. Preparing for their Rating's, Rallys & shows. Big improvement on equitation & jumping.
5/17/2010 Maria Hurley & Mary Martin giggled through the meadow heading sheep at NEER this week. We cleaned the ponys infection and have high hopes he will get funded for the surgery he desperatly needs. Getting ready for our Games Rally for Merrimack Valley Pony Club support. Please email with any donations through Divinity for the silent auction. Thanks Judy Lawless and Mary Martin for your support and of course Salisbury Go-carts. MRPC appreciates it. Angelica and Zach are preparing for their D rating and jump rally Go Zach and Angelica! Also, Pony Clubbers are welcome to home base of Divinity in Groveland to utylize the new riding arena. As this is free of charge, personal & recreational. 5 Trailers should fit in the Driveway, and there is parking in the street. 5/15/2010 Great big things happening for Divinity's homesite. Our new tack room is finished. Finally the riding area of our dreams is actually becoming a reality. New fencing too. We may even be able to put and indoor. We got a great contractor, licensed and insured, Nunan Construction of Georgetown. The Conservation department has been great in assisting us too. We are unstoppable!! Go Divinity. Announcing modern technology and safety practices for Divinity. We are really getting state of the art. LOL. Our home stable and surroundings are now equipped with new camera's to monitor our beloved horses and to monitor the facility 24/7. We can now see our horses sleeping, eating and playing. We can also be on the look out for predators and intruders day and night. Thus keeping our babies safe and sound and our tack safe too! Happy Mother Day Maria. A new show horse for Maria from her husband Brian, and kids Zac & Angel. Here's Verdi, 16.2 a gorgeous white Appendix Gelding. Dreams do come true.
5/14/2010 The NEER Auction was a huge success. It was a pleasure to be such a big part of it. I enjoyed working for such a great cause. I'm also looking forward to volunteering and using my skills to ground train and get horse's schooled under saddle. Getting them ready for their new forever homes. Also, keeping the ball rolling at NEER has become such an important goal for Divinity Farm. Go NEER! Divinity Farm is so very proud to be a supporter and sponsor of New England Equine Rescues!! 5/2/2010 Divinity Farm, a proud member of Rowley Riding and Driving. We attended their annual May show. Wow! Look how well we did and how much fun we had! (see the Gallery page for more pictures of the show)
5/1/2010 Divinity Farm retired this location & program in Salisbury. Fun while it lasted.
4/18/10 Divinity Farm is a proud supporter of Neer: NEER's 1st Annual Silent Auction and Art Show! Tickets: $15.00 4/8/2010 As spring training has begun. Maria has been schooling Lady. Maria has successfully trained Lady was to be ridden "bridless" at the walk, trot and canter. Truly another great member of our team. Stay tuned for Maria's training video's. 4/7/2010 Welcome to the Divinity Stone Ridge Team, my new assistant and apprentice Miss Amanda Krickhahn and Charmer of Stone Ridge. Charmer is our new partner for Hippothreapy and beginner's mount for lesson programs. Angelica Hurley has taken Charmer as her new Pony club mount.
4/5/2010 We are so excited to announce A & Z Pony Rides at Salisbury Beach! Contract signed and we are ready to go. As of May 1st you can come and visit our fun, loveable ponies down at Salisbury Kartland. Come on down to The Salisbury Corral for a pony ride and/or go-kart ride. We are offering private birthday parties as well. Call to book yours now or just come down and get your pixcture taking on the cutest ponies ever!! 3/12/2010 Off to a great start of Spring. Divinity has joined forces with Stone Ridge Farm in Haverhill, together we bring to the community many new programs. Featuring Hippotherapy. Barbara Smith, Maria Hurley & Judy Lawless have been working getting the ponies ready for our new program. We are so excited. Also on board are several new volunteers to make the programs work! Read more about Barbara & Judy on our Hippothreapy page. We are offering camps this summer and great new programs. Stay tuned for updates. 11/22/2009 Hats off to Ironstone Farm. I was honored to be invited to attend their Sprit of Giving Gala last evening for the second year. I enjoyed working and volunteering and supporting their cause. I am so grateful to still be a part of. It is a place where miracles happen and my roots of Hippotherapy. It was a huge success!! What a blessing to have Ironstone Farm in this world, its truly gifted horses, ponies and people! What an honor for Divinity Farm to support such a God given gift...................Ironestone Farm!
10/11/2009 What a great experience for Divinity Farm today. Today I had the awesome opportunity to Scribe for the Dressage part of our 3 Phase for WNRDC. Such a pleasant experience to work with such a great club and knowledgeable judge. Thank you WNRDC! Also at the same time run our bake sale for MRPC. Such great postitive experiences. Thanks to all us Moms who baked and those who helped today at our table! 9/28/2009 Great job Lacrim'e & Maria showing over the weekend for our club WNRDC. Reserve Champion! Great job 1st place on the Trail Class and many other 1st and 2nd place ribbons. Thanks to all my supporters on the sidelines. It was so much fun. I could not stop smiling. Our Merrimack River Pony Club Bake Sale fund raiser will take place at our 3 phase on Oc.t 11th at Pipestave. I will be scribing for the dressage judge so look for members of Divinity Farm as well as Merrimack River Pony Club. My students are doing awesome! I'm so proud of all of you. Your seats have all improved so much, it bring tears to my eyes to see the relationship and the bonds you have built with our horses as well as your own. I now you have all enjoyed dabbling in our vaulting lessons as well. Now that our fencing is almost complete, Divinity has purchased new equipment to work with and we will have music for your riding pleasure. Learning to "Ride to the Beat" is our next line up for lessons. Learning Beat, tempo and experiencing the feel if impulsion. "Dancing with the horse" Yippee. I have been honored for my demand for vaulting clinics. They were so successful at Hunters Haven & Pipestave. Thank you Heidi for helping Divinity Farm support Merrimack River Pony Club! Thank you WNRDC for allowing us to host our bake sale at the upcoming events. We continue to become more and more educated by attending clinics and our weekly dressage lessons with our personal Instructors. Thus to insure to offer the best education to our students. Thank you all for your support going forward, especially to my wonderful students, and their parents. I enjoy teaching all of you! We got great things happening in our future, as we are unstoppable! Maria, Lacrim'e, Carolyn Drover and her horse Parker had a fabulous time at WNRDC Trail Adventure, swimming with our horses was the best part. Stay tuned for the Grand announcement of Divinity Farm coming soon! Great things are in the making.
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Go Divinity!
Poco, Ms. Maria, Katherine, Hanna, Rachael, Angelica & Maddy
Dennis Perkins Owner of Hidden Hollow Farm & Angelica Hurley.
Zachary reflecting on his success.
4-H Meeting.
Rachael & Lacrim'e 
Charmer and Makalya
Angela & Dream
Divinity Farm at Stone Ridge Summer Equine Program for Pentucket Community Education, a success!
Bath time for Dee.
Suds and more suds!
Squeaky clean, thanks Ms. Juliana!
Cheers Ms. Judy!
Our Group with Arabella and baby filly!
The Anatomy game! Dee is a good sport!
Charmer played too!
Our poster projects!
Great job!
Head of Staff Ms. Maria & Dream!
Thank you Ms. Kaleigh
Ms. Katie riding Dream Catcher
Ribbons for all! Closing Ceremony.
Great memories!
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Angelica & Verdi
Welcome Verdi.
Miss Amanda, my Intern coach of the day for Ms. Angelica & Charmer. Great Job!
Mom & Lacrim'e got a ribbon too! 
We got support from our Divinity Students too!! Thank you Wendy!
Angelica's #1 fan, her Daddy, with love.
Amanda & Charmer at Stone Ridge 
Congrats MRPC on Quiz Rally 2010
Job well done!
Maria & Jaimie at Spririt of Giving 2009 for Ironstone Farm
Marie & Maria at Spirit of Giving 2009 for Ironstone Farm
Reserve Champion Lacrim'e
Zach and his horse
Lift those legs!
Canter Please, canter!
Over the bridge to 1st Place in Trail Class
The Equine Family....Maria, Zachary & Angelica and of Course Reserve Champion Lacrim'e
Angelica swimming with her pony Heid
Carolyn & Parker 
Swimming with my guy!
Ha! Hold on Carolyn weeee!
Whew we made it!
Heidi loves to swim too!
End of a great Day!
