Four generations -- since 1940

Quotes We Like

 

"Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown."

~ Ross Perot

  

"Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven."

~ Henry Ward Beecher

 

"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children."

~ Gandhi

  

 "No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The mission of every true educator is to unlock that treasure."

~ Emma Goldman

 


"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."

~ John W. Whitehead 

 

The CLS Mission Statement

 

The mission of Cash Lovell Stables is to be a magical place where horse and horse lover come together. We will be the best riding academy in the country, measured by our commitment to safety, honesty, service, excellence in every task, hard work, kindness, an unmatched work ethic, and a commitment to bettering communities near and far. We will innovate constantly and set the standard for the horse industry.

 

Cash Lovell Stables team members dedicate ourselves every day to our personal families and to our barn family. We are role models for our riders, and loving stewards of our horses. We work every day with God's grandest creatures: His children and His horses. We never forget that this work is a Supreme honor and privilege.

 

We believe that people who are born loving horses are kindred spirits. We believe that children who learn to ride, care for and show horses grow and learn unparalleled life and leadership skills. We believe that people of all ages live better lives because of the joy our barn and our horses bring.

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Barn Phone
336-784-6385

 

Physical Address:
2210 Darwick Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27127

Lovell's Mailing Address:
2915 Shetland Drive
Winston-Salem, NC  27127   

 

   

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 Message from Parker  
 
 Dear Friends,
  
The official name of the award our children earned is "Youth Club of the Year!"
 
This means that  officials at the American Saddlebred Horse Association evaluated the work of riding academies and their youth programs from around the country. And once again, Lovell's Little Bits, earned the top spot. In addition, 2012 marked the 10th year in row that our children have raised the most money for charity of any Saddleseat barn. And with our work in Ghana last year, we became the first barn in our industry to complete an international service project and trip.
It's like herding cats when I arrive with our rowdy bunch each year at the ASHA convention! They definitely hear us coming!
 
"Lovell's Little Bits sets so many standards for the Saddlebred industry," said Brenda Newell, Sr. Programs Administrator at ASHA, when presenting the award during the association's annual convention, held recently in Lexington, KY.
 
Jamie and I, and several of our Little Bits and parents,
No trip to Lexington is complete without a visit to the famed KY Horse Park. Ainsley, Ivanna, Cashlyn and Irina spent an afternoon there while Ms. Parker attended boring meetings!

were there to accept the award. I wish barn mom Kim Stewart could have been there too. She is the mastermind behind our yearbook, and nearly all of our service work. I wish barn mom Medge Owen could have been there also. Medge made our work in Ghana possible on so many levels. Frankly, I wish the whole dang barn family could have been with us, because in ways large and small every day, every person here makes our work possible. 
Kylie and Biscuit winning the cake decorating contest at the Youth Fun Night in Lexington, KY
 

"I wanted to tell you I've been watching and listening to you on and off for the last year or two --  at shows, birthday parties, at the safety meeting today, or just when I've been around the barn with Caroline.  And I wanted to thank you for all you do for all those kids, and the special way you do it.  You're helping them learn about resilience, and caring, and strength, and grace -- that a good life isn't one that revolves only around them, and how great it is to be a part of something bigger than yourself:   all things we should be trying to help them understand better every day.  I know they will remember your voice and your words as they grow -- and they'll be able to call to mind those lessons at just the critical times in life when they'll need them. Again and again! 

 

 
Maryanne and Caroline enjoying our tour of the Louisville Equestrian Center

Nobody can know how deeply these words affect me -- much deeper than any award. As those who know me well know, I struggle when I see my former newspaper colleagues changing the world with their important work. On a much smaller scale, maybe together we're all doing some important work out of this old, dusty barn too. 

 
Please, please, please, mark your calendars for March 9. Bring your family and come to the barn to help us celebrate our many blessings. Cash is turning 65. Ms. Jeanine is all ours now after retiring from her 30-year school teaching career. And Lovell's Little Bits have earned Youth Club of the Year!
 
The tire swings will be up! The band will play! And we will gather with our barn family to laugh and celebrate. We're expecting you! 
 
Parker

National Medal Winners News
For the 2012 Academy Show Season, an unprecedented 41 Cash Lovell riders earned National Achievement Medals for
 their show ring successes. 


Some of these winners were in attendance for the Medal Ceremony held last month at the ASHA convention in Lexington, KY. Those who weren't will receive their awards at the BARN PARTY on Saturday night, March 9, 2013. See below for details. Plan to join us for to celebrate these special riders' achievements!
 
Master Bronze
Avery Rose McCutcheon
 
Master Silver
Felicia Elliott
Margaret Bassett
Emily Stokes
 
Bronze
Meredith Paige
Izzy Wright
Sara Baker
Caroline Lindsay
Faith Nickerson
Brittany Lawrence
Max Michalek
Haley Rutledge
Allison MacLean
Stephanie Sanders
Abby Dwiggins
Caroline Smythe
Chloe Baker
Sidney Glenn
Jennifer Fales
Carolyn Parker Eanes
Bobbie Hughes
Ivanna Roa-Perez
Claire Lewis
 
Silver
Gracie Bargoil
Chanler Cook
Blair Huff
Kylie Jankowicz
Lily Jordan
Emma Grace Lovell
Alaya McCarter
Morgan Miller
Carley Ramey
Victoria Voletto
 
Gold
Madelaine Seeber
Sarah Musser
Bella Wiese
Ritter Dodson
Willard Dodson
Elizabeth Stewart
Kim Stewart
 

Barn News
This is the book that earned Lovell's Little Bits the Youth Club Of The Year honors! If you would like a copy . . .

The annual book which documents all of the happenings and good work of Cash Lovell riders and families can be ordered from www.cashlovellstables.shutterfly.com.


Or just . . .

 click here and enjoy!  2012 Lovell's Little Bits Scrapbook 
There also is a hard copy in the CLS lounge. Happy Reading!
 
 

 

Winter Tournament News

 

February 9, 2013: Whan an awesome day! Our riders rode the hair off those horses!

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                                     Results!    

Chloe Baker
11-13 WT Equitation Split C- Sixth Place
11-13 WT Showmanship Split C- Second Place


Jamie Brown

Adult WTC Equitation Split B- First Place
Adult WTC Showmanship Split B- First Place


Alicia Chacko

11-13 WT Equitation Split B- Second Place
11-13 WT Showmanship Split B- First Place


Caroline Clifton 

7-8 WT Equitation Split B- Fifth Place
7-8 WT Showmanship Split B- Fifth Place


Jennifer Fales

Adult WTC Equitation Split A- Second Place
Adult WTC Showmanship Split A- Fourth Place


Lily Foerster

9-10 WT Equitation Split B- First Place
9-10 WT Showmanship Split B- First Place


Khloe Jankowicz

8 Under Leadline Equitation- Third Place
8 Under Leadline Showmanship- Third Place


Brittany Lawrence

Adult WTC Equitation Split B- Third Place
Adult WTC Showmanship Split A- Second Place


Alyssa Leach

6 Under WT Equitation- Third Place
6 Under WT Showmanship- Third Place


Cashlyn Lovell

WT Show Practice Pleasure 12 Under-First Place
WT Show Practice Eq. 12 Under-First Place


Emma Grace Lovell

9-10 WT Equitation Split A- Second Place
9-10 Command Class- Third Place


Allison MacLean

6 Under WT Equitation- First Place
6 Under WT Showmanship- First Place


Kaitlyn Maser

6 Under WT Equitation- Second Place
6 Under WT Showmanship- Second Place


Max Michalek

9-10 WT Equitation Split A- Third Place
9-10 WT Showmanship Split A- Fourth Place


Laurin Mothershed

7-8 WT Equitation Split B- Sixth Place
7-8 WT Showmanship Split B- Second Place


Juliana Ortiz

7-8 WT Equitation Split B- First Place
7-8 WT Showmanship Split B- First Place


Meredith Paige

14-17 WTC Equitaiton- Second Place
14-17 WTC Showmanship- Fourth Place


Carley Ramey

11-13 WTC Equitation- Second Place
11-13 WTC Showmanship- Second Place


Haley Rutledge

14-17 WTC Equitation- Third Place
14-17 WTC Showmanship- Second Place


Cindy Sanders

Adult WTC Equitation Split B- Second Place
Adult WTC Showmanship Split B- Second Place


Stephanie Sanders

7-8 WT Equitation Split A- First Place
7-8 WT Showmanship Split A- Second Place


Madelaine Seeber

9-10 WT Equitation Split C- Third Place
9-10 WT Showmanship Split A- First Place


Ashley Stewart

Show Rider Showmanship- Fourth Place
Command WTC Split A- First Place


Elizabeth Stewart

7-8 WT Equitation Split A- Third Place
7-8 WT Showmanship Split A- First Place


Kim Stewart

Adult WTC Equitation Split A- First Place
Command WTC Split B- Second Place


Claudia Van Dyke

14-17 WT Equitation- Fourth Place
14-17 WT Showmanship- Fourth Place


Isabel Warren

8 Under Leadline Equitation- Second Place
8 Under Leadline Showmanship- Second Place


Shelbi Weatherman

14-17 WT Equitation- Fifth Place
14-17 Showmanship- First Place


Bella Wiese

10 Under WTC Equitation-First Place
10 Under WTC Showmanship-Second Place


Isabel Wright

9-10 WT Equitation- First Place

9-10 WT Showmanship- Third Place  

 

Congratulations TEAM! What a way to kickoff the 2013 Show Season!

Fun Friday!

Sign Up Now for CLS's Award Winning Summer Camps! 

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The CLS website is brimming with details about our award-winning camps! Click here to read all about it -- and to sign up!

Sign Up Now for Raleigh Spring Premier Horse Show -- Our First Big Show of the New Year!
 
 

 Festus says . . .
  Join us on Saturday night, March 9, for a big ol' barn party!

 
This is the partyingest barn family . . .
 
Attention Academy Show Riders!

The 2013 CLS Academy Team members are invited to a cookout to kickoff Horse Show Season! 

 

Kim Stewart and her family have graciously offered to host an Academy Season Kickoff Party at their house.  This will be a great time, and your entire family is invited to attend, brothers and sisters too. The Stewarts have SIX children and only two ride. So even the non-riders will have a ball!

 

Party Date:        Sunday, March 17
 
Time:                   5:00 to 7:00 pm
 
Location:           2780 Wellsprings Drive, Pfafftown, NC                                     27040
 
What to Bring:  Last name begins with A - L, please bring a dessert. Last name starts with M-Z, please bring a side dish of some sort that will go with hotdogs and hamburgers. Parker and the Stewarts are providing  the rest, including beer and a couple of boxes of wine! Classy. We know.
 
RSVP:                  kimstewart123@gmail.com

 

 

 

 Please join us! Academy Team Photos will be taken!
Artistic help needed . . .
 
Barn Safety Meeting Update
 
 
 
More than 50 students and parents turned out for the barn's Safety Meeting on February 23.  Thank you for such an 
overwhelming turnout!
 
We have updated the Approved Pasture List as a result for those helpers who are at least 10 years of age. But remember: Those who are new to the list are still on restriction. New approved pasture safety helpers must:
 
1. Only go in the pasture with someone who has been on the pasture list for at least two years.
 
2. Follow every safety rule to the letter -- 
see posted signs -- or risk permanent removal from the list.
 

Mark your calendars now: 
 
The next SAFETY MEETING and BARN HELPER TRAINING CLASS will be: Sunday Afternoon, April 7 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm
 

Tack Shop News!
 
Just in time for show season, let's make our caboodle list and check it twice ...  
     
Do we have . . .

A pretty painted show helmet?










 
 
Back number magnets?




Bun bows and jeweled tie bars?



A sassy boot, helmet and glove bag?


And so much more! Visit Ms. Parker's office for a HUGE display of goodies!


Riding Lesson News: 
Ms. Jeanine's lesson schedule for intenstive pre-show lessons is booking up quickly!

 
Ms. Jeanine and Avery Rose working with leg weights and stretch bands
 
Private lessons, especially lunge lessons, are awesome for building muscle strength and memory. Every successful show rider incorporates lunge lessons into their training. Through the use of weights, bareback pads, balance balls and other exercises, riders develop skills and balance that are nearly impossible to achieve otherwise.
Cashlyn in a lunge lesson learning vaulting -- a form of gymnastics on horseback
 
Please note that CLS riders who are beyond the beginner stage can schedule private lessons in addition to their group lessons. Both types of lessons are critical for a rider's development. But in order to take private lessons at CLS, intermediate and advanced riders must also take at least one weekly group lesson.
 
Since Ms. Jeanine recently retired from teaching school in the Forsyth County system, she is adding teaching days. Her private lesson times are already filling up! If you're interested, contact our office as soon as possible.
 
Show season is just around the corner!
  

 
2013 Calendar of Important Dates

 

 

 

 

 

March 8          Fun Friday, 6-9 pm

 

 

March 9          Big Barn Party for Cash's 65th Birthday and Ms. Jeanine's School Teaching Retirement AND Our Youth Club of the Year celebration!

 

 

March 17    Academy Season Kickoff Party at Kim and John Stewart's house 5:00 to 7:00 pm

 

March 21-23    Raleigh Spring Premier Horse Show (Academy Saturday)

 

 

Sunday, April 7  

Barn Safety and Barn Helper Meeting  2:00 to 4:00 pm (Two meetings per year are mandatory for all barn helpers. If you attended the February meeting and stayed the entire time, you may skip this meeting.)

 

 

April 12 - 13       Raleigh Invitational Horse Show (Possible show. Academy Saturday.)

 

 

April 17 - 20      JD Massey Horse Show, Clemson, SC (Academy early Saturday)

 

 

May 4      Annual CLS Spring Charity Fun Show and Derby Party!

 

 

May 8    

Story Time at the Winston Salem Children's                  Museum with Jesse James!

 

 

May 10-11     Little Asheville Spring Horse Show (Possible Show. Academy Saturday.)

 

May 14      Forsyth Family Mother's Morning Out at                        CLS 

 

May 15 - 18  Asheville Lions Club Horse Show (Academy Saturday.)

 

 

May 24-25     Dallas Spring Classic Horse Show (Possible Show. Academy Saturday.)

 

 

May 31           Fun Friday

 

 

June 2 - 8      Blowing Rock Horse Show (Academy Saturday)

 

 

June 10 - 12     Lil Tots Camp

 

 

June 17 - 21  Beginner Camp

 

 

June 27 - 29     Charlotte Summer Classic Horse Show (Academy Saturday)

 

 

July 5      National Academy Finals Team Invitational/Informational meeting

 

 

July 7-13        Lexington Jr. League Horse Show, Lexington KY  (No Academy)

 

 

July 8 - 12     Beginner Camp

 

 

July 19-20      Little Asheville Summer Show (Academy Saturday)

 

 

July 22-26      Intermediate WTC Camp

 

 

Aug. 1 - 3       ETSA Horse Show, East Tennessee (Possible show. Possible Academy show)

 

 

Aug. 18 - 24  World's Championship Horse Show (No Academy)

 

 

Sept. 6 - 7      Little Raleigh Horse Show (Possible show. Academy Saturday)

 

 

Sept. 11 - 14      NC State Championship Horse Show (Academy Saturday)

 

 

Sept. 25 - 28      ASHAV Horse Show, Lexington VA (Possible Show. Academy Saturday morning)

 

 

Oct. 4       Fun Friday and Fall Safety Meeting

 

 

Oct. 12       Fall Charity Fun Show at CLS

 

 

Nov. 1 - 3       National Academy Finals, Murfreesboro, TN

 

 

Dec. 7       CLS Annual Christmas Party!!

 

 

 

The glamour life . . .
 Several years ago, a young lady called wanting to be our summer intern. She arrived, wide-eyed and star-struck. It didn't take long for the stars to disappear from her eyes. Early one morning, about 2 am, it was nasty hot still and we were up doing laundry and packing for a horse show. I don't think I had bathed in about three days. We were miserable with exhaustion, heat, and grumpiness.

This young lady said, "Ms. Parker, may I tell you something? You know when I used to see you in all the horse magazines looking so pretty and glamorous and all -- well, you're nothing like that."

Alas, this young lady learned her lesson and is no longer in the horse business. When I saw poor Sondra this week, looking like a drowned rat after bringing in horses all morning in torrential downpours, I had to laugh.

The glamour life indeed . . . 
  
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