I hope everyone is having a great summer! We have been very busy here at Phoenix Rising. This past school year we began middle school and high school interscholastic riding teams. The teams competed across New England and several individual riders and our middle school team made it to Nationals! The middle school competed against teams from Colorado, Georgia, Ohio and 13 other states. They placed 6th in the U.S.! This program is fantastic- here's the website for more information: www.rideiea.com. Speaking of the interscholastic teams... our first meeting for the '08-'09 school year will be Friday Aug. 15th. If you are interested in joining or more information, give us a call.

Additional congratulations are in order: Congratulations to Marissa Murray on her new horse Bentley, Victoria Morel on her horse Casper, Caitlin McManus on her horse Norman, Dylan Spets on her horse Tai Bo, Jen Wall on her lease of Maximum Power, Rachel Fox on her lease of Nice Advantage, Lauren Doberstein on her lease of Amigo, Rebecca & Danielle on the lease of Cedrick and Chanelle on her lease of Milo. Lots of blue ribbons and qualifying going on!

More congratulations to pony club for their many blues at show jumping rally!

We welcome Chris Darosa and her program Custom Made and Amanda Greene and Silver Lining Stables to Phoenix Rising - many thanks to Janice Delfarno and her pony Oreo for teaching us and our campers how to drive a cart!

We had a great time at Grazing Fields for their Head of the Bay week long horse show in July - what a wonderful show with lots of old friends and great competition! Tayla & Emily with their horse Kayla were the stars of the week in the jumper ring!

Speaking of shows - The Phoenix Rising Schooling Shows have been lots of fun and very well attended this summer. Now the exciting news... we are doing our first Rhode Island Horseman's Association affiliated show on August 23rd. We will be offering all the medal classes if you are still looking to qualify for the Rhode Island Equitation Championship on September 7th. If you need a prize list or entry form, you can go to the show page to download them. Hope to see you!

Well...back to cleaning stalls and painting fences.... Debra McManus