Open
7 days/week, Year ‘Round (Visitors & Lessons by appointment)
Farm Phone: 757-854-1320
Cell: 757-990-0017 E-mail: QueenHiveFarm@verizon.net
Home of World Champion Morgan Sire
FCF Esprit de Lark
and home of
JW Millionaire,
Holder of 6 World and National Championship Morgan Titles
Horse World Magazine Judge’s Choice and People’s Choice Winner
JW Millionaire (Jennifer Cording, up)
Who we are
Queen Hive Farm is a premier lesson, boarding
and training facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, just 12 minutes from
world-famous vacation destination Chincoteague Island, and the pristine beaches
of Assateague Island National Seashore. We offer many services for visitors to
the area, as well as local clients. These include:
·
Riding Lessons (Private & Group)
Book a riding
lesson on one of our gentle, well-trained lesson horses. Fun for any age; no
experience necessary! $25/half hour or $35/hour
·
Trail Riding Lessons
Entire families
enjoy this option! No experience necessary. We have a horse for everyone – even
Dad (200 lb. maximum due to size of our horses). Start with a tutorial in our
fenced riding ring. Basic instruction provided for everyone. Experienced riders
can enjoy trotting, cantering and jumping in our ring. Then we go out on the
trail around the farm. Small children will be led, and an instructor will lead
the way on foot. Very scenic – sometimes we see wild turkeys, ring-necked
pheasants, eastern bluebirds, and white-tailed deer. Visitors of all experience
levels rate this ride very highly! $35/person (50-55 minutes)
Boarding
(Full-time or Vacation)
Bring your own
horse and ride on Assateague beach or nearby trails. (Sorry, we don’t rent out
horses to ride on the beach, nor does anyone else in the area). See our Rates
& Services link below for various boarding options and costs.
Training
(Full-time or Vacation)
Bring
your horse for a tune-up while you’re on vacation! We can train your horse in
the ring or on trails
while you relax on the beach. Later, you
can visit the farm for a demonstration ride, or take a lesson or
trail
ride on your newly tuned-up horse. See Rates & Services link below for
costs.
Leasing
(Regular students only)
Students
can lease a QHF horse to ride two extra days per week, including trails.
Horse
Shows
Queen
Hive Farm hosts about a half-dozen shows per year, including our Spring
Schooling Series, our
Fall Fun Show
and two Eastern Shore Short Circuit Horse Show Association shows. QHF’s show
has been voted the Short Circuit’s Favorite Show by participants for the last
three years! We also attend a variety of rated and non-rated shows at other
locations each season.
Parades
We
ride on the local parade circuit, including parades in Chincoteague Island,
Onancock and Pocomoke
City,
Md.
Competitive
Trail Rides/Endurance Rides
Queen
Hive Farm students are regular attendees at competitive and non-competitive
trail rides and
endurance
rides.
4-H
We are
affiliated with the active Eastern Shore Trail Blazers 4-H Club, which welcomes
new members. Trail Blazers is an equine-centered 4-H Club with an emphasis on
trail riding. New members are welcome. Horse ownership is not necessary to join
and participate. Inquire at QHF and we’ll set you up with Trail Blazers.
Below: Ava Rose Cording feeding “Keith”
(Dragonsmeade
Taylor Made) owned by
Byrdie
Donaldson.
Current Events
Happy Birthday, Peanut!
Rustler’s Red Wing, better known as Peanut, celebrated his 30th birthday on Sunday, Feb. 8 at Queen Hive Farm. Long-time local horsefolk will remember Peanut from the 1980’s as a consistent winner on the Short Circuit and Combined circuits in English and Western divisions. More recent horsefolk may know him as a QHF lesson horse, or “the horse that drools a lot because he has no teeth left!” Jennifer fondly thinks of him as her first horse. We celebrated the big day with a party for Peanut attended by many QHF folks. We had a carrot cake, and Peanut had a plate of treats, thanks to one of his many fans. One of the moms even rode him on the big trail ride that followed.
29th Annual
Eastern Shore Short Circuit Horse Show Assoc. Awards Banquet
QHF students and families attended the annual Short Circuit awards banquet on Sat. Jan. 31 at the Exmore Moose Lodge. Everyone enjoyed a great dinner, awards ceremony, silent auction and dancing! Gunnar and Ava Cording attended for the first time, and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Gunnar won his Special Needs Leadline division, and Ava celebrated by doing the Electric Slide with the big girls (see picture below), and attempted to emcee the ceremony by commandeering the microphone on stage during the dancing. Fortunately, the microphone was turned off at the time.
From left, front row: Mark Cording and Gunnar Cording; middle row: Madison Jensen,
Stephanie Heideman, Susan Dedicatoria, Taylor McNure; back row: Alyssa Behr,
Shelby Bishop, Lauren McCready, Becca Tieskotter, Ava Cording, Sara Miles
QHF winners were:
Shelby Bishop & Set the Tone
Long Stirrup Champion
Junior Pleasure Champion
Student Equitation Champion
Beginner Hunter Reserve Champion
Equestrian Pastimes High Point Equitation Perpetual Trophy Winner
High Point Equitation Award Winner
Junior Achievement Award Winner
Susan Dedicatoria & Mr. Zippy Cyclops
Short Stirrup Champion
Limited Trail, 3rd
Stephanie Heideman & Amazing Grace
Beginner Equitation Champion
Limited Trail, 5th (on Dealer’s Choice)
Gunnar Cording & Amazing Grace
Special Needs Leadline Champion
Lauren McCready & Blazen Again
Green Horse & Pony Reserve Champion
Limited Trail Reserve Champion
Beginner
Hunter, 4th
Taylor McNure & Miss New Jersey Sweetheart
Beginner Equitation, 3rd
Limited Trail, 4th (on Miss Dottie West)
Madison Jensen & Shake Rattle & Roll
Student Equitation Reserve Champion
Long Stirrup, 4th
Junior Pleasure, 4th
Alyssa Behr and In Your Wildest Dreams
Halter, 3rd
Showmanship,
5th
Performance/Conformation, 5th
Sara Miles & Mr. Zippy Cyclops
Open Equitation, 3rd
Gunnar Cording receiving his Champion ribbon for the Special Needs Leadline division.
Pictured with Mommy (Jennifer Cording) and banquet organizer Martha Simpson.
Our bashful little girl, Ava Cording, doing the Electric Slide on the stage.
Other recent news:
We recently finished the 2008 Christmas parade circuit with two first place wins -- a Best Equestrian Unit plaque from the Pocomoke City Christmas Parade and Best Senior Equestrian Unit from the Onancock Christmas Parade.
2009 Queen Hive Farm Events Schedule
Click here for copy of Queen Hive Farm Spring Schooling Series prize list
Click here for copy of Spring Series entry form
Sat., Feb. 21 – Autumn Grove Horse Show, Berlin, Md.
Sun., Feb. 22 – QHF Trail Ride at E.A. Vaughn Wildlife Area in Stockton, Md.
Sun., March 7 – E.S. Trail Blazers & MS Gallop for a Cure Beach Ride on Assateague Beach
Sat., March 21 – QHF Spring Schooling Series – Show #1 at Queen Hive Farm
Sat., April 4 – QHF Spring Schooling Series – Show #2 at Queen Hive Farm
Sun., April 19 – Eastern Shore Trail Ride sponsored by Nassawadox Fire Co. in Machipongo, Va.
Sat., April 25 – QHF Spring Schooling Series, Show # 3 at Queen Hive Farm
Rates and
Services
Queen Hive Farm
2009
rates (as of Jan. 1, ’09)
Full Board
$275/month; includes 12' x 12' matted stall (some larger stalls available) with
pine pelleted bedding; daily pasture turnout; grain and hay; supplements/medications
administered; riding ring; wash stall with hot/cold water;
temperature-controlled tack room; client bathroom in barn. (Extra charge for
extra feed and/or bedding. $2 per blanketing fee.)
Short-Term and Vacation Board
1-5 days: $25/day
6-13 days: $15/day
14-75 days: $12.50/day
3 month commitment: $175/month
Field Board
$175/month; includes 5 acre pasture, 12 x 24 run-in, full-time access to hay,
grain once daily, tack room, wash stall & riding ring privileges
Lessons*
Trail Riding Lessons -- $35/hour per person
Group - $100/month for weekly one-hour
lessons with a group
(your horse or QHF horse)
Private - $100/month for weekly half-hour
lessons
Private - $30 each for one-hour private
lesson on your horse
$20 each for half-hour on your
horse
Or $35 each for one-hour private
lesson on QHF horse
$25 each for half-hour private
lesson on QHF horse
Lessons generally available by the
month, but some extra spaces may be available “a la carte.”
*All regular lesson spaces (this
does not include trail riding lessons and "a la carte") are by the
month only. Missed lessons can be made up, but the charge for the month is
still the same. It is not reduced if you miss a lesson and choose not to make
it up.
Training
We can train your horse (English/western/over
fences) as space allows.
$20/half-hour $30/hour
5 days training: $85 (half-hour sessions)
10 days training: $160 (half-hour
sessions)
20 days training: $275
30 days training: $375
Other services available
Trailering: 75 cents/mile
Leasing a horse (two rides
per week; available to students only): $125/month plus
one-half of horse’s farrier costs and
ordinary, routine medical expenses
Other travel: 50 cents/mile
Coaching at show/parade/other event:
$25/one-half day (4 hrs. or less,
including travel time);
$35 for full day (More than 4
hrs., including travel time)
Horse rental for show/parade/other event: $25/event
Braiding mane, forelock: button braids - $25/job; French braid - $10/job
Braiding tail: $10/job; Clipping - $10
Grooming (includes currying; brushing; toweling; hooves picked and
medicated, if necessary; bridle path, whiskers clipped; etc.): $10/session
Worming (includes wormer, rotated and administered every eight weeks or
at owner's preferred schedule, whichever is more frequent): $15/worming
Meet the Trainers
About the
instructor/trainer:
Jennifer Cording is a Shore native with nearly 30 years of riding and horse-care
experience. She learned the basics of hunt seat, saddle seat and western
riding, and the art of showing horses, under longtime local instructor Mary Ann
Bradley.
As a young adult, Jennifer furthered her education in the hunt seat and saddle
seat disciplines under Kathleen Peeples of New Jersey and Scott Thacker of
North Carolina, both world-caliber trainers and instructors with multiple world
and national championships to their credit. Kathleen showed Jennifer's
home-trained Morgan, JW Millionaire, to six national and world titles in 1996
and 1997.
Jennifer has extensive show-ring experience, and has won on a regional level.
She has trained numerous horses of many breeds, including green and very young
horses. A bachelor's degree in
education and several years of classroom teaching experience add to her
experience in instructing riders.
Jennifer combines the skills she has learned from many people (and horses!) to
teach her students and train her horses. She believes there is no single
"right" way to teach a rider or a horse, as long as the result is
respectful and successful for both and does no harm to either.
Jennifer driving the late
Shalom Acres Miracle (Benson) in summer, 2004, at Queen Hive Farm
About the assistant
instructor/trainer:
Sara Miles, a longtime
student of Queen Hive Farm, has returned as an adult to serve as assistant
instructor and trainer. Sara’s accomplishments include many championships on
the Eastern Shore Combined Horse Show Association, the Eastern Shore Short Circuit
Horse Show Association, and on A-rated circuits. Sara is also a certified
riding instructor.
Jennifer
and Sara (mounted) with JW Millionaire (Bucky) at a show at Queen Hive Farm.
Meet FCF Esprit de Lark
FCF
Esprit de Lark has made his mark on the Morgan world –
And now
he can make his mark on yours!
Blessed
with extreme natural action and upheadedness, dynamic hocks,
exquisite
face, and a perfect gentleman’s disposition, Esprit is the horse that mare
owners want to reproduce. And they do – Esprit is one of the most consistent
sires anywhere.
With a
“who’s who” pedigree of famous Morgans behind him, Esprit is the sire of
numerous World and National champions, who are now producing champions of their
own. Among his best-known offspring are FCF Val d'Isere, Stonecroft Esprit, FCF
Capestranno, FCF Dearest Illusion, FCF Angelo, FCF Capezio, FCF Passion, JW
Romance, Absolut Appeal, FCF Protege, FCF Lantanna and many others.
Contact
Jennifer CordinnHiveFarm@verizon.netthe 2009 season at The Harris
Farm in Federalsburg, MD
Live cover or AI ~ Stud fee: $1,500 LFG
He is by Waseeka’s Skylark, one
of the breed’s most successful stallions and full brother to Waseeka’s
Moonshot, Waseeka’s Killarney, Waseeka’s Joy and Waseeka’s Charm.
(Esprit pictured with late
Morgan trainer Paul Stephan)
To
see a gallery of some of Esprit’s champion get, click here!
Esprit will be standing the 2009 season at the
Harris Farm in Federalsburg, Md. The Harris Farm is a well-known Stallion
Station that specializes in all aspects of breeding including live cover, AI,
embryo transfer, mare care and foal-outs for quality mares of all breeds.. See
their website at www.HarrisPaintHorses.com
2009 Stud Fee: $1,500
LFG Live cover and AI available
Contact: Jennifer Cording,
757-854-1320, QueenHiveFarm@verizon.net
Meet JW Millionaire
“Bucky,” raised from a yearling by Jennifer, was purchased at the 1989 Sale of the Century in Lexington, Ky. His talent as a hunter pleasure horse was evident from the beginning as he won the large open hunter championship as a 3-year-old at his first A-rated Morgan show. In 1996, Morgan trainer Kathleen Peeples showed Bucky to several regional and national titles at the Morgan World Championship Show in Oklahoma City, including World Hunter Pleasure Reserve Champion. In 1997, Bucky returned to the World Championship Show and claimed several more titles, including World Ladies Hunter Pleasure Reserve Champion.
Bucky has also won numerous times on the local show circuit,
and currently gives lessons to more advanced students when not eating, which is
his favorite activity by far.
Farm
Philosophy
It is the goal at Queen Hive Farm to teach our students the rewards of skilled
riding and the proper handling of horses. Few joys in life can compare with a harmonious
relationship between rider and horse. Of course, there are responsibilities
associated with riding and handling horses, and we teach those skills as well.
Respect and proper care for the animal are paramount at Queen Hive Farm.
We know our students want to learn more about horses and riding - and to have a
good time doing it. Therefore, we strive to make every experience fun and
educational.
However, we must emphasize that no skill is learned overnight. A beginner can't
"learn to ride" in a month, or even a year. In fact, even an
equestrian with 20 or 30 years of riding experience doesn't know it all.
Learning to ride is a never-ending journey with many challenges and infinite
rewards. At Queen Hive Farm, we are happy to share the journey with you.
Last revised: Jan. 18, 2009