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Sally Buffington USEA Certified Instructor also is an accomplished professional artist. She specializes in portraiture and also has a line of Limited Edition prints that have been in Southern Living Magazine as well as Coastal Living Magazine. She has painted such notables as General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, the Honorable Henry Cisneros, Mayor of San Antonio Lila Cockrell and Mayor Nelson Wolf among others.

Her work has been covered by many television stations throughout the southeast and she has many portraits in private collections from North Carolina all the way down to Florida and across to California.

Her Limited Edition prints are all from award winning paintings and complete with the story behind each painting. The famed Orange Beach, Alabama series received national attention and the Governor of Mississippi presented her with gifts from the state during an official ceremony at the un-veiling of the final original of the series, 'Dolphins!'.

The painintgs and prints are in the process of being presented on this website. Stay tuned!

Below are some images of Sally and Absolut IV at the 2006 American Eventing Championships Preliminary Level.

Lessons, Boarding, Coaching, Sales.

Sally Phillips Buffington is a USEA Certified Instructor who has competed through the FEI levels of Eventing. She is a member of the USEA, USEF, FEI, and GDTCA. Sally has successfully competed her thoroughbred gelding Absolut at the Intermediate Level as well as through the FEI CIC * level. Her students consistently finish in the top ten placings of their respective level in the USEA every year.

Clinics taught by Sally have been well received and contain in depth teaching in all three phases of eventing as well as written material given to further support the knowledge shared in her clinics. Her clinics stress the safety needed in this sport through deep teaching of proper balance and a work ethic built into the training of the horse. She helps each rider see the whole picture so they can go back and retrieve missing elements of the training scale.

Sally is available for Coaching at Horse Trials as well as training riders and their horses at Stone Creek Farm located just 6 miles north of Madison, Georgia at 1700 Plantation Road. Weekend informal clinics are available at your farm or one near you. We offer a cross country course with some jumps designed by John Wells. We have a sunken road complex, a prelim trahkener and ditch and wall, a training trahkener and ditch and wall as well as a novice trahkener and ditch and wall. Steeplechase fences and a galloping track are also here as well as prelim and training level corners. Groups travel from other cities and have a weekend of in depth instruction in 'off' weekends during show season. She also meets some long distance students one day early at horse trials to give them help prior to the competition.

For:

clinic rates / training and coaching rates / sales /contact Sally Buffington via email at SallyPBuffington@gmail.com or call 210 421 1534 cell. Clinic information and training rates can be seen below.

Board:

$700.00 per month main barn. Fly Spray system, closed foam cell padding under mats, private walk through exterior doors and patios, individual turn out, 4 board fencing surrounds property and large private grass paddocks, lighted arena with shredded carpet footing, mirrors. All wood round pen with free jumping avaiable, 20 x 60 m grass dressage arena, galloping tracks, cross country fences, top rated farrier and veterinary services.

$650.00 per month exterior open air stalls with patios and 4 board fencing. Electrical and lights, rubber mats.

CIC * Greenwood Farms 2006

Sally and Absolut AEC Dressage phase Sept. 2006

Sally and Absolut AEC Stadium Phase

Of forty four Champion Preliminary horses Absolut was one of only a handful that finished double clear on their dressage score over what proved to be an exceptionally difficult cross country course.

>CLINIC RATES

To host a clinic the minimum requirments need to be met, please. A minimum of ten pre-paid participants for two days. Airfare or ground transportation, housing and meals provided by host. The cost per person is $100.00 per session per day. Private lesson if time permits is $85.00 for one hour or $65.00 for forty mintutes. No more than four riders per group.

Three day clinics and week long clinics meet the same criteria.

TRAINING and COACHING RATES

Private lessons $85.00 per hour at the farm. If you ride our horse there is an additional $20.00 charge.

2 days per week $400.00 per month

3 days per week $500.00 per month

*Coaching at USEA Horse Trials $180.00 includes Fri. dressage prep or $50.00 per phase.

*Coaching at Schooling Horse Trials $140.00.

Coaching at Championships $200.00*

Coaching Cross Country Schooling $100.00 per day.

Flagmount's Irish Riverstone Holly Hill USEA Horse Trial

Fourth birthday / Final placing 3rd.

"I highly recommend Gateway Precision reins. These reins offer the rider the feel of a non-sliding rein through a hand held loop. As a result the rider learns to ride 'through the elbow'thus feeling the importance of elastic elbows and a true connection. These reins are also great for horses who are reluctant to bend properly at the poll. The riders hand become stabilized and they can then feel the magic of sitting long in the saddle with a true connection allowing the pelvis to come forward into the hand. They are a fabulous invention and endorsed by many of our Olympic riders." Sally Buffington. The banner above is a hot link and will take you to the website for Precision Reins. The left side of the banner features Absolut and Sally jumping the stadium phase.

Stone Creek Eventing Show Season 2010 !!!

USEA LEADERBOARD FINAL RESULTS 2010

2010 Novice Horse Of The Year 'Flagmount's Irish Riverstone' bred by Sally and Leslie Buffington, ridden and owned by Sarah C. Murphy.

Trahkener Of The Year 'Dorsola's Happy Liam' Bred by Ana Shravasande, ridden and owned by Parham Wallin.

2010 Champion Jr. Novice Rider Sarah C. Murphy Flagmount's Irish Riverstone

#3 in the nation Beginner Novice Lindsey Graulich Finders Keepers

#10 in the nation Betsy Kaywood Kentucky Trust

What a fabulous year ! Stone Creek would like to thank our sponsors...County Saddlery, Neddy's Breeches, Pro Cushion Flooring, Point Two Pro Air Jackets and Equi Fit. We appreciate your support! We would also like to thank our amazing team Veterinarians Dr Daniel Pike and Dr John Elliot of Piedmont Equine. Another integral part of a successful eventing team is our farrier, Wayne Nunn. You guys were always there if we needed you. Thank you gentlemen!

Stone Creek's own home bred Flagmount's Irish Riverstone and Sarah Murphy capture the Land Rover 2010 American Eventing Championships Junior Novice Championship !

Out of a field of fifty nine Champion horses and riders from across the United States Sarah and River were second after dressage with an incredible average between the two Judges of a twenty eight! After a grueling cross country course that had multiple rider falls and eliminations Sarah and River glided into first. They had a stellar, balanced and powerful double clear stadium round to claim the Championship !

What an emotional win this was with the crowd erupting! Our Team Stone Creek came running and all of our supporters joined in. What fabulous memories of an incredible three day performance! This young horse is out of my daughter, Dr Leslie Robinson's upper level mare, Stone's Throw */*/. Leslie bred her to Flagmount's Freedom and he was born at home March 4th, 2003 early in the morning. He slept in our laps and comes inside every Christmas and New Years party to this day. He is an incredible athlete and carries his Dams beautiful movement and incredible jump.

We are starting his younger brother Brandenburg Windstar's Stone's Southern Cross. He won his first 3 phase outing on his fabulous dressage score! Currently Sarah and River remain # 1 on the USEA Leader Board for Junior Novice.

Stone Creek, where a young girls' dream began in October when she saw his baby pictures on this website and came to fruition beyond her expectation the following September.

2008 Wellpride Eventing Championships CONGRATULATIONS PARHAM!!! Fourth Place in Junior Novice finishing on her dressage score under 10 inches of rain !!! We are SO PROUD OF YOU AND AIDEN!

Pictures to follow.

2007 American Eventing Championships
Dr2EW-4519%20AEC%20Sep%202007.JPG Absolut competed in the Preliminary Horse Championships against talented horses from around the country. The two and a half day haul from San Antonio to Chicago was well worth it as he finished with clear jumping in both cross country and ever so challenging stadium. His dressage was marred by peaking early in the long warm up so some movements, while obedient, were not as fluid and flowing as I would have liked. The competiton was difficult with Darren Chiacha and Clark Montgomery scoring in the twenty's. Absolut was in the mid forties.

At the completion of the open and galloping, then sprinkled with compression questions cross country we were clear moving up to 28th with 3.9 time penalties as a result from an over eager rear in the start box which botched the start at ' Go!'. However, he will have a handler next horse trial to settle and hold him. He loves cross country! 4XCFK-5541%20AEC%20Sep%202007.JPG He was spot on for every question and brilliant in his open gallops. I could not be more pleased.

Stadium was maxed out and challenging and changed the placings fairly dramatically on Sunday. Absolut was strong, yet he went double clear and we moved up to finish in 25th place.

The atmosphere was riveting and the crowds were huge. The USEA has done a remarkable job of building the AEC's into a national event not to be missed. The cross country course was adequately roped off and the crowd's were bulging against the ropes.

I heard from friends across the country who listened to our stadium round in the live feed streaming in real time. What an awesome addition to a fabulous, difficult and exciting experience!

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Update on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 08:41AM by

Sally Buffington

SUMMER CAMP

Although we were in the midst of a heat wave our 2011 summer camp was fun. We spent two days at Pine Top schooling cross country and swimming the horses in the lake! Then we went to Aiken and rode in the beautiful Hitchcock Woods. That was a great day and the horses loved the informal gallops and steeplchase fences.

The rest of the week the girls rode different horses as well as their own and worked on dressage and stadium. They found it fascinating to try the same lifting technique on different horses and feel the same result. This solidified how to encourage your horse to come up through the withers as opposed to pulling backwards with your rein. The difference in their horses rhythm and freedom of their shoulder was amazing.

Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at 04:51PM by

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The Wedding ...Mr. Ian Graham Robinson & Dr. Leslie Buffington Robinson

Posted on Monday, July 2, 2007 at 04:57PM by

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2006 Awards

We are proud to announce Absolut IV ridden and owned by Sally Buffington is the recipient of the Area V Walter Strauss Perpetual Trophy as the Preliminary Horse Of The Year for Area V.

He also finished as High Point Horse for Central Texas.

Sally is the Preliminary Senior Rider Champion for Area V. She also is the High Point Professional for Central Texas as well as the Preliminary Rider Champion for Central Texas.

2007 AWARDS Absolut has been honored by the North American Thoroughbred Society for his performance at the 2007 Wellpride American Eventing Championships! In 2007 Absolut only competed in the fall season. Even so he finished Reserve Champion in the North Texas Eventing Association and fifth in Area V at Preliminary Level with only four shows for the year. He was Reserve Champion in the Area V Preliminary Championships, he finished in second at Wayne DuPage Horse Trials in Chicago and second at Holly Hills Horse Trials in Shreveport missing wiining both by less than two tenths of a point. Marisa Myers and For The Record completed their first Training Level 3 Day Event in the ribbons! They finished upthird in Area V at Senior Training and in the USEA Top Ten for training! Parham Wallin and Dorsola's Happy Liam took Beginner Novice by storm! 'Aiden' is the NTEA Grand Champion Horse for 2007 winning th emost points of any horse at any level! They also finished in the USEA Top Ten for 2007! She is Reserve Champion in Area V and Beginner Novice Junior Champion in North Texas! Amy Miller and Irish Whiskey had a banner year as well. They are first in North Texas Eventing Association at Senior Novice and third for Senior Novice in Area V! Becky Rickly finished 3rd in North Texas at Senior Beginner Novice with only two shows! Irish Riverstone, our homebred Irish Sporthorse finished in a tie for fifth in Area V even though he only went to one show! It was a great year for us all. Not to mention the fun we had! Leslie Elise Buffington Our daughter has been honored by the United States Veterinary Society of Equine Practitioners with a rare scholarship. She is a fourth year Vet student at Texas A&M. Each year all of the veterinary schools in the United States nominate their top pick for one of only eight scholarships to be awarded. At the Equine Practitioners Convention in Orlando December 2, 2007 the eight were announced and Leslie was one of the eight! We are so proud of her! She is a talented rider as well as a dedicated medical student. This was quite an honor and a reception followed Saturday evening with the previous winners from 2006 present.

Posted on Monday, January 29, 2007 at 10:20AM by

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Dr. Leslie Buffington DVM ! Now Dr. Leslie Robinson, DVM !

Congratulations to Leslie in fullfilling her dream! She is pictured here with her fiancee, Ian Robinson, of Zambia. They plan to marry January 17th, here in Madison, Georgia. Afterwards they will return to Zambia and live on Ian's family farm. Leslie will practice equine medicine there. Leslie%20Graduation056_edited.JPG Our Stone Creek Farm is developing so nicely and will be the setting for the reception. We will post pictures soon!

Enclosure

Posted on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 01:25PM by

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