So I finally have a few minutes to make a post that many of you have already heard through the grapevine. Paul and I have decided to sell Timberlane Farm. I am taking a job riding for Patrick Burssens at IDA Farm in Wellingon, FL and will develop a business as a freelance instructor and trainer in South Florida as well. Patrick is the owner of Don Fredo and I can't even begin to express how excited I am to pursue this new phase of my equestrian career. However, it is a bittersweet decision, as I have absolutely loved my life here at Timberlane Farm. I have so many wonderful friends, passionate clients, talented horses and vivid memories. I will miss everything!! However, I am not planning to disappear to Wellyworld never to be seen again! The only way I could sell the farm was to be assured that everything that is Timberlane could continue to develop. As sometimes happens in life, all the stars aligned, and as the opportunity with Patrick presented itself, an opportunity to sell the business also presented itself. My former student and young rider star, Stacy (Gormley) Posthumus moved back to Michigan this spring, bringing her training,import and sales business to town. After getting married in the summer, she and her husband Bryan decided they would like to have their own farm. A match was made! Stacy and Bryan will continue all the programs at Timberlane: training programs, the riding academy, clinics, showing, and pony camps. I could not be more thrilled to be passing the reins, so to speak, to one of the original talents to come out of Timberlane. So, in less than a month, Paul, Sage, Poppyseed Gelato, Stewart Paxton Moore 1, and I will be packing up and heading to our new adventure in Wellington! Thank goodness for Facebook so I will be able to keep in touch with everyone on a minute by minute basis!!
Love to you all,
Laurie
