“A Royal Place to Ride”
Open
7 days/week, Year ‘Round (Visitors & Lessons by appointment)
Farm Phone: 757-854-1320 Cell: 757-89-5678 E-mail: QueenHiveFarm@verizon.net
Click here for our Spring
Series prize list.
Physical address: 11172 Atlantic Rd, Assawoman, VA 23302 (UPS or Fed Ex address only)
Mailing address: P.O.
Box 84, Assawoman, VA 23302 (US Postal Service address)
(If you mail a letter to our street address, it will be returned
to you. Please use mailing address.)
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. (See directions to farm below.)
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
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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 or horseback depending on the riders’ experience and comfort
level. 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) (Trail photos by Scott Chesson)
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Boarding
(Full-time or Vacation)
Bring your own horse
and ride on Assateague beach or our 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 nine shows per season, including our Spring Series, Summer Series and
Fall Series. 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, 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.
Directions to
Queen Hive Farm:
From
Chincoteague, turn west onto Route 175, Chincoteague Road. At first stoplight
(at Royal Farms), turn left onto Route 679, Atlantic Road. Continue 3.3 miles through
residential area of Atlantic to 11172 Atlantic Road. See two-story brick
farmhouse and large green barn.
Contact at farm or for more
information: Jennifer Cording
757-854-1320 or 757-894-5678 (cell).
From U.S. Route
13, turn east onto Route 175, Chincoteague Road. At first stoplight (at Royal
Farms), turn right onto Route 679, Atlantic Road. Continue 3.3 miles through
residential area of Atlantic to 11172 Atlantic Road. See two-story brick
farmhouse and large green barn.
Contact at farm or for more
information: Jennifer Cording
757-854-1320 or 757-990-0017 (cell).
We now accept Visa,
Mastercard, and American Express!
Current Events
‘Tis
the season! Queen Hive Farm makes the Christmas parade circuit! Best equestrian
unit in the Onancock Parade.
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QHF Clients Rescue Morgan Set for Slaughter
In April 09, we learned of Beau, a Morgan in Pennsylvania
that was scheduled to board a dealer’s truck bound for the slaughterhouse in
Canada. He was a lifelong Amish driving horse that was sold at auction due to
advancing age. A horse dealer had bought him, but in this economy horses are a
“dime a dozen” so Beau didn’t sell within the dealer’s allotted time. All of
this dealer’s unsold horses go directly to slaughter, so that appeared to be
Beau’s fate. Two days before he was due to leave, I received an e-mail about
him from a Morgan contact. A PA rescue group in coordination with a Virginia
rescue group was trying to collect $650 to buy him from the dealer. When my
clients heard about this, several of them pitched in to buy him in time, and
then a herd of people, including some I didn’t even know, sent more funds to
have him quarantined for a month at the rescue farm, and to cover his veterinary
and transport expenses.
Beau is now here at Queen Hive Farm! He is being used for beginner lessons, trail rides,
parades and horse camps. He is sweet and cooperative. For the first time, I am
offering carriage driving lessons, thanks to Beau and his many patrons! I think
it’s a perfect way to honor the memory of Tiffany, my beginner lesson Morgan
who passed away this spring: rescuing another Morgan from death to spend the
remainder of his life at Queen Hive Farm, giving lessons to the people who
rescued him, as well as many others.
We will be having a party soon for Beau, and we hope
that his sponsors will come to meet him and enjoy a carriage ride!
Thank you so much to everyone who contributed to his
release from “the big house.” There is a special place in Heaven (and my heart)
for anyone who helps an animal in need. Thanks also to Another Chance 4 Horses
rescue group and Forever Morgans rescue group for coordinating Beau’s rescue!
Contributors
Pony Pines Farm
Pam & Alyssa Behr
John and Melinda Tieskotter,
Stephanie and Becca
(A special thanks to the
Tieskotters for writing a large check to cover
the
amount we were lacking towards Beau’s dealer price at the end
of the day of his rescue.)
Karen and John Peck
Dr. Joan Lingen &
Shannon Bess
Melissa Rollosson & Rose
Murphy
Jenny and Jessica Rivard
Rosalie Peterson
Susan and Mandi Schmid
Colin, Colleen and Allie
Kean
Dwayne Knowles/Broadmoor
Farm in PA
Lawson and Jean Cording
Liam Smith and Laurel Brower
BJ Martin
Michelle Surran
TJ, Becky, Madison and
Morgan Johnson
Diana, Shane, Carolyn &
Christopher Kio
Charlene & Chloe Johnson
in memory of Warner Harrison
Carter and Karla Parks
Judy Zimmer
Larry & Pat Nock
Nancy & Charlie Kupelian
Cassie Bernard
Dale Rohl
Gunnar & Ava Cording
The Family of Lex & GB
Joan Kean
Jennifer Williams &
Madison Jensen
Nan Harriman
2010 Queen Hive Farm Events
Schedule
Eventing Clinic
Feb/March 2010 (Intermediate/Advanced students) Date/location TBA
Sat.,
Feb. 20 – Snowflake Series @ Autumn Grove, Berlin, Md.
Sat.,
Feb 20 – ESSCHSA banquet
Sat.,
Feb. 27 – East Coast Horse Show Association
Winter Series Show, Virginia
Beach
Sat.,
March 13 – Snowflake Series @ Autumn Grove, Berlin, Md.
Sat.
March 27 – Queen Hive Farm Spring Series Show #1 Click here
for Spring Series prize list.
Sat.
April 3 – Queen Hive Farm Open House
(free; open to public; pony
rides;
carriage rides; food)
Sat.
April 10 – Queen Hive Farm Spring Series Show #2
Sat.
April 24 – Queen Hive Farm Spring Series Show #3
Sunday,
May 9 -- Eastern Shore Trail Ride,
Nassawadox
(int/adv
riders only)
SSdbe able t Sunday, May 9 o canter)
Sat-Sun,
May 22-23 – Fair Hill Trail Ride (overnight),
Fair Hill, Md. (inter/adv
riders only)
Sat.
June 5 – Queen Hive Farm Summer Series Show #1
Sat.
June 19 – Queen Hive Farm Summer Series Show #2
Sat.
July 10 – Queen Hive Farm Summer Series Show #3
Sat.
July 17 – Miles River Farm Horse Show (Combined)
Salisbury, MD
Sun.,
Aug. 8 – Southern Maryland Horse Show Assoc.
Horse Show, Upper
Marlboro, Md.
Sept-Oct
(3 shows): Queen Hive Farm Fall Series, Dates TBA
Sat.,
Jan, 2011 (Date TBA): Queen Hive Farm Horse Show Banquet
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Queen
Hive Farm’s Summer Horse Camps were a huge hit! Click
here for pictures…
Click here for more info on the camps!
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Rates and
Services (Visa,
MasterCard and American Express accepted)
Queen Hive Farm
2010
rates (as of Jan. 1, ’10)
Full Board
$325/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.)
Reduced Stall Board
$250/month; includes exclusive use
of 12’12 matted stall with bedding; full-time turnout with horse brought in
during inclement weather, excessive insects, etc. Supplements etc.; use of all
facilities included. 3 overnights included in board; over 3 overnights, cost is
$2.50/day to cover stall-cleaning and 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
Carriage Driving Lessons:
$35/half-hour;
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
Apparel
for Sale
Queen Hive Farm now has riding gloves,
boots and helmets for sale!
Gloves: $7.50
Helmet: $35
Boots: Child: $37 Adult: $43
Beginner’s Package (Helmet, Boots,
Gloves): Child: $75 Adult: $83
We now have QHF Tank Tops, T-shirts,
Hooded Sweatshirts, Hats, Headbands, Tote Bags, Grocery Sacks & Coffee Mugs
in stock…
If you’re looking for a gift, a QHF item
is a great idea. Or if you’re giving a QHF riding-lesson gift certificate as a
surprise, wrap up a T-shirt to go with it!
Coffee Mug: $5
Hat: $12.50
Headband: $12.50
T-Shirt: $15
Tote/Grocery Bag: $15
Tanks:
Spaghetti-strap:
$17.50
Wider straps:
$16.00
Hooded Sweatshirt: $29.50
We now accept Visa, Mastercard and
American Express!
Meet the Trainers
About the
instructor/trainer:
Jennifer Cording is a Shore native with over 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 ability
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:
Katye Allen is a lifelong horsewoman born into a family of horse enthusiasts. She trained under her older sister, Kerra Johnson, and has taken lessons from Olympic rider Denny Emerson. Katye has ridden and shown in English, western, dressage and eventing. She is currently eventing her home-trained thoroughbred-cross, Andante, who recently won his division at a Maryland event.
Katye is a member of the Chincoteague Pony Drill Team, which has won many prizes at local events, as well as exhibited at the Kentucky Horse Park and events as far as Louisiana. She is also an experienced riding instructor and trainer of young ponies and horses.
Katye Allen riding her
home-trained TB-cross, Andante.
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 2010 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
2010 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 30, 2010