Happy Holidays
Happy holidays from everyone at barn 4! We hope your holiday season is joyous and 2019 brings many wonderful things your way!
Happy holidays from everyone at barn 4! We hope your holiday season is joyous and 2019 brings many wonderful things your way!
On October 17, Schwartz received his Groom Elite certificate and is our newest graduate! Dr Reid Mclellan was on hand to present his certificate, and our barn manager CJ congratulated him on his high score! Our new class of men, as well as several board members, were also there to show support. We are so…
Our 2018 Fall Open Barn was a huge success, with a wonderful turnout! Thank you to everyone who visited, and also to all our board members and volunteers!
Barn 4 had a hay loft cleaning day to make sure we’re ready for everyone at Open Barn on September 29! We’d like to thank all of the board members that came out to help, as well as Officer Clarke and the Groom Elite men! It certainly took a village!
Last week we welcomed Burn Up the Wire and Oh No Apolo to Barn 4. They are beautiful and kind and will be terrific additions to our herd. The men are very excited about getting to know these sweet geldings, and so are we!
Recently, a few VCU students did their research project on our Greener Pastures program at James River. Their short documentary film recently aired on PBS, and is now viewable on YouTube. Click the link above to view the video and hear our current Groom Elite group talk about what the program means to them!
This year we held our annual Derby Party at The Meadow, and it was a huge success! Our team worked hard and threw a wonderful party!Congratulations to Justify!
Our very own Robin Traywick Williams joined Leeanne Ladin (from The Meadow Event Park) on CBS’ Virignia This Morning to promote our joint Kentucky Derby Party! Watch the video and come join us (and Bill Bevins!) at the party on May 5!
Another Open Barn, another sponsor! This time, Sweet Olympio (or at least one end of her!) won over the heart of Michelle Crawford, her new sponsor!
This year, we teamed up with Secretariat’s tourism team at the Virginia Horse Festival to promote our joint Derby Party at The Meadow! We had multiple board members manning our booth over the weekend, spreading awareness of the party and James River Chapter in general!