Pear Tree Show Stable

05/25/2026

05/07/2026

New GGT/ Sand Footing/ level Set In Our Outdoor Ring 💥 Thank You Michael Sinkbeil and By Way Farm For A Quality Job!

04/22/2026

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Final call to qualify for the USHJA Amateur Hunter Championships - East, Presented by Frank & Eileen ⭐

Amateur Hunter riders—this is your chance to compete at a premier championship at the Kentucky Horse Park!

🔥 New in 2026: The American Quarter Horse High Score Award, presented by AQHA with Judy Canfield Power, and Rick & Lori Bucholz, will honor the highest-scoring AQHA-registered horse.

📅 Qualifying ends: May 10, 2026
📍 Championship dates: June 24–28, 2026

✅ How to qualify:
Earn Champion or Reserve Champion at a USEF-licensed Channel I or II competition in:
• 2’6” Low Adult Amateur
• 3’ Adult Amateur
• 3’3” Amateur Owner
• 3’6” Amateur Owner

Learn more at ushja.org/amateurhunterchampionships.

📷 Winslow Photography LLC

04/17/2026

Great Perspective ⭐️

Horse shows are not known for their gentleness. They are loud with comparison. Who moved up. Who moved down. Who got the catch ride. Who won the hack. Who was called back first. Who wasn’t.

Reputations travel quickly, and it’s easy to see competitors as threats. Scarcity can feel real. There is only one tricolor. Only one blue ribbon. But author and performance coach Brad Stulberg offers a different lens that may fundamentally shift how riders experience competition.

“The word compete,” he explains, “comes from the Latin roots co, which means with or together, and then petere, which means to aspire or to rise up.” In its truest form, he says, compete means “to rise up together.”

Riders often assume that in order to perform well, they must detach from the people around them. Stay focused. Avoid eye contact. Block out the competition. But Stulberg argues that competition, when understood properly, is not about isolation. It’s about elevation.

“The whole point of competition,” he says, “is to rise up together to get the best out of yourself.”

Wanting to win is not the problem, but ego can be.

Stulberg makes a critical distinction: “Do you want to win? Absolutely. Is it okay to want to win and have intensity around that? Yes. But if you sacrifice the joy of the sport for that… then you’ve lost.”

That sacrifice can happen quietly. Riders stop appreciating beautiful rounds because they didn’t ride them. They start measuring their own worth against someone else’s ribbon count. They allow another rider’s success to diminish their own effort. And in doing so, they misunderstand what competition is offering them.

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/04/16/rethinking-rivalry-in-the-show-ring/
📸 © Olivia Danielle Photography

03/20/2026

Florida 2026 Is A Wrap For 🍐🌴
Many Great Memories Were Made, New Horse Partnerships Established And As Always Great Learning!

02/26/2026

Next Generation Of Horsewoman In The Making💙🦄
Emily Terry Peterson
Leslie Terry

01/29/2026

Thank You Sidelines Magazine For Sharing Part Of My Amazing Journey With Horses, Love, And Adversity 🐎

"The new airport owners unleashed a five-year lawsuit that cost us nearly everything, including the marriage. Essentially, we had purchased a landlocked property 23 years earlier." Giving up was never an option for Liz.

01/26/2026

The Journey Teaches More Than The Podium Ever Could 🐎🍐🌴

01/24/2026

Congratulations Izzy And Hirabia🥂
Winning The 1.15M JR/ AM Class This AM In The Stadium⭐️⭐️⭐️