As a Charlottesville Real Estate Lady at the New England Medal Finals, I divided my time between watching horses jump around the course and talking real estate.  Since my area of specialty is Virginia horse farms it is easy to combine horses and real estate. One thing about traveling to a horse show in a different state people are still ready to talk horses and real estate and as a result you end up making many new friends.

As you know when you are selling a Charlottesville home curb appeal is of paramount importance.  No matter how nice your home is on the inside if the outside does not present an attractive appearance clients will never get in to view all of the special features that your home may possess.

In the stabling area of any large horseshow, you see another form of curb appeal.  Most of the horse farms represented at the show have tack stalls and many of these are decorated.  At the New England Medal Finals we saw tackroom decorations with an autumn theme.

After seeing New England fall foliage all last week, I am home in Virginia where the leaves are changing as well.  The Charlottesville real estate market is ready for fall and this is one of the prettiest times of year to hunt for a Virginia horse farm. 

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As a Charlottesville real estate lady who specializes in Virginia horse farms and Charlottesville country homes I enjoyed going to the New England Medal Finals.

What do horse people do when they go on vacation?  Chances are it is something horsey.  And this week I was no exception.  I traveled to West Springfield Mass. to watch my daughter Gwynn ride in her first New England Medal Finals. It was a fun trip, meeting horse people from the northeast, watching horses go and hanging out with my daughter.

The first day was like any other set up day: shipping in, setting up stalls, organizing the tack stall and schooling horses.  The Springtide Farm group was all pitching in.

Of course no matter where I end up the talk seems to roll around to horses, Charlottesville real estate and Virginia horse farms.  In fact standing in the barn area I received a call from a lady who lives in Boston who will be coming to Charlottesville in two weeks to search for the perfect Virginia horse farm.  She was surprised when I told her I was standing at the horseshow in Mass.

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There are lots of opportunities for quality riding instruction on many of the Charlottesville horse farms.

The above video shows one of the students at Shadowfax LLC jumping her pony in her lesson.  Whether you own a Charlottesville VA horse farm or take lessons at one ofthe area stables there are many options for instruction.

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A movie on the great racehorse Secretariat has started filming. 

"Big Red", considered by many to be the greatest racehorse ever was born on a Virginia horse farm in Doswell about 20 miles outside of Richmond.  The chesnut horse with the huge heart went on to win the Triple Crown and captured the hearts of millions in the process.  I remember eagerly following this amazing equine athlete's career.

The movie which is set amid the back drop of the Vietnam War and Watergate will focus on how Penny Chenery was able to breed and race this amazing horse in what was a male dominated sport at the time.  Secretariat gave Americans something to cheer about at a difficult time in the country's history.

The movie is projected to come out in the fall of 2010.  I know that I can't wait!

Read more about the movie.

If horses are your passion, whether it is racehorses, hunters or any of the other equestrian disciplines, Virginia is the perfect place to live.  There are many Virginia horse farms for sale in a wide range of price ranges and the fall is the perfect time to come home to Virginia.

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