I’ve obviously had a frustrating year this year, with a couple of surgeries on my hips and groin muscle. My body has had years and years of wear and tear and I had to get a bit of repair work: I had scar tissue that had calcified and turned into bone that they had to extract, and while they had me opened up they shaved off some bone spurs as well. Basically it’s been like a sharp sword tearing the muscle for the past five years and I just kept working through the pain.
I have been doing consistent Read more...The August 2020 Update: It Takes A Village at Windurra USA
August 24, 2020 by
I’ve obviously had a frustrating year this year, with a couple of surgeries on my hips and groin muscle. My body has had years and years of wear and tear and I had to get a bit of repair work: I had scar tissue that had calcified and turned into bone that they had to extract, and while they had me opened up they shaved off some bone spurs as well. Basically it’s been like a sharp sword tearing the muscle for the past five years and I just kept working through the pain.
I have been doing consistent Read more...Silva’s Trip South: Ten Days in Aiken
February 20, 2020 by
The boys and I are just back from ten days in Aiken where we really enjoyed some time with Boyd, and I was able to compete in a couple of shows. We took our babysitter Susannah and her son Bobby, and I had three horses, so the truck was full and the trailer was nearly full for our journey south.
It was fun to see Boyd, obviously since the boys and I hadn’t seen him for awhile! We got there Friday and I showed that Sunday in the Grand Prix at Stable View. Rosa was really good and it was fun, Read more...Silva Based at True Prospect Farm for Winter
January 2, 2020 by
Silva likes to joke that she is moving south for the winter - about three miles south, to be exact. With Nox in school five days a week now, it is more practical to keep the dressage horses home in Pennsylvania, and with icy winter weather in the forecast, the indoor arena at Phillip and Evie Dutton's True Prospect Farm makes it the ideal winter base.
"The horses traveled really well on the big trip south," joked Silva as she longed a frisky Rosa Cha W. "They're all settled in and happy as Read more...Luke 140 Schooling Flying Changes
November 1, 2019 by
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I am fortunate that my wife Silva is willing to spend time schooling the event horses and fine tuning their dressage skills. At the moment Silva is working with Luke 140, a horse we syndicated earlier this year. Silva’s main goal has been teaching Luke the flying changes. Next year Luke will need to do flying changes in his dressage tests at the 4-Star level. When we purchased him earlier this year, he had not been taught them yet, but sometimes this is better because Read more...Rosa’s Comeback and the Young Horses Excel at Dressage at Devon 2019
October 1, 2019 by
It was an exceptional week for Silva and her team at Dressage at Devon. Not only did Silva experience two significant wins on her exceptional mare, Rosa Cha W, but she also had a fantastic show with two young prospects and an imported FEI talent that she began training last March.
4 Year Old Materiale Horses
Let's start with the youngsters in the 4 year old Materiale class. Silva rode Mystic He, a 4 yr old gelding by High Scope, who was bred by the infamous Mary Hazzard. Boyd and Silva Read more...Hylofit Instrumental in Upping Windurra’s Fitness Game!
May 2, 2019 by Leave a Comment
There's been quite a bit of buzz recently within the equestrian community regarding an emerging fitness technology company called Hylofit. As with all of our sponsorship relationships at Windurra USA, we're very careful to test out products to ensure that we can stand behind that company and that their products bring value to our horses and training program. With that in mind, we wanted to share the backstory of how Boyd and Silva came to be introduced to this Hylofit. Read more...Tsetserleg Waltzes Into the Top 3 After Dressage!
April 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This morning, when asking Silva about Boyd’s and Thomas’ preparation for this year’s test, she said, “I don’t want to jinx it, but we may have a top 3 finish.” Clearly Silva is clairvoyant…..or perhaps she and Boyd have been working pretty hard towards today’s score of a 27.9, which was good enough a press conference appearance as the scoring top American!
Since Boyd’s dressage test was near the end of the day, we also had the opportunity to visit with a few of our sponsors in Read more...Back to Stable View
January 4, 2018 by 1 Comment
After a tortuously cold December in Pennsylvania we’re happy to report that we’ve relocated to Stable View Farm in Aiken, South Carolina. It's a little chillier than usual right now but it beats the snow storm hitting the northeast at the moment!
This year we’ve got an awesome team of staff and we’re very lucky to be in such a world class facility. Compared to our stable block at home in PA, we’re spoiled to be in this luxurious barn and we’re also very lucky to have Read more...Rosa Cha W Update
October 19, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Hello Everybody,
Here is our girl Rosa, still in her stall after being diagnosed with Potomac Horse Fever just before Dressage at Devon. But she is so much more comfortable and is moving around her stall much more comfortably. Dr Griffin told me that she is doing as well as she could be at this stage in her recovery. We still have no further diagnosis but I am just happy that she is not in pain for now. Luckily Rosa does not mind being in her stall 24 hours a day!
Silva
Read more...Registration Open for Memorial Day Weekend Clinic at Fitch’s Corner
April 15, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Come Ride with
BOYD & SILVA MARTIN
At the Fitch’s Corner 2017
Memorial Day Weekend Eventing Clinic
Saturday May 27th, Sunday May 28th, Monday May 29th
In spite of increased demands on Boyd and Silva’s time, as ambassadors of the sport and high-level trainers and competitors, the Fitch’s Corner Memorial Weekend Eventing Clinic maintains an honored spot on their calendar! We are excited to welcome them back for their 9th year.
Boyd:
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