Hilltop News
Hilltop Farm is excited to offer a new Working Student position with our Assistant Trainer Jessica Fay. Ideal candidate will have a strong interest in learning about starting and developing young dressage horses. Duties include full horse care such as helping with stalls, feeding, grooming, tacking, blanketing, clipping, etc. Some travel to shows. Applicants need to be responsible, reliable, attentive to detail, and enjoy working in a team environment. Candidate must be able to bring their own horse with them. Housing, board for horse, lessons, and a small stipend is included. Minimum of a 6-month commitment. Please send resumes to jess@hilltopfarminc.com
Stallion News
Hilltop Archives
Each year the United States Dressage Federation honors one breeder as the USDF Dressage Breeder of the Year and we are very excited to share that Hilltop Farm was the recipient for this award in 2013.
Royal Prince (Rohdiamant-Prince Thatch xx) offspring typically share their sire’s stamp of refined, modern type, a correct foundation, and quality movement and those attributes are well-rewarded in the breed show ring. We are excited to share the news that Royal Prince has won the USEF Dressage Breeding Sire of the Year for the FIFTH consecutive year...
Hilltop Articles & Interviews
In the second day of competition at the 2008 Markel/United States Equestrian Federation (USEF) National Young Horse Dressage Championships presented by Collecting Gaits Farm, claiming the title in the four-year-old division was Michael Bragdell and Selten HW besting 19 other horses to win with a score of 8.56.
The phone rings at Hilltop Farm and breeding manager Natalie DiBerardinis answers. Just as she suspected, it is a mare owner looking for advice. Which stallion would be a good match for her mare, the caller asks anxiously. With scientific advances in artificial insemination, the choices for a perfect partner have never been greater, but that doesn't mean the selection process is any simpler. DiBerardinis asks the owner a few questions about her mare and suggests she complete Hilltop's online questionnaire. After reading it, she and the caller will talk again to discuss the options.
