Optimus Farm

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Optimus Farm Offering a variety of services to meet both human and equine needs. Check out our Services or About tab to learn more!

Physical Therapy In My Home or Your Home or Office
Physical Therapist with 28 years of experience working all over the country and in virtually every type of setting possible is ready to provide you with your own specialized care! I can come to your home or office if desired, and provide the optimal care which you deserve. My program is not anything like you would receive at a corporate Physical Therapy clinic, as my home in Bluemont has a private treatment room as well as an in home gym. I specialize in manual therapy techniques as well as treating athletes, especially riders who are status post trauma or are with overuse injuries. Difficult cases encouraged as I fix those who have never been fixed! I also have a great deal of experience with Pediatrics, Geriatrics and assessments with Equines for rehab, and am a great alternative for those who don’t do well in busy office settings or have trouble traveling. PM for rates or visit www.optimusfarm.com/about-us to see more info about my experience.

3 Part Physical Therapy for Riders and Their Horses Course

Get a jump start on getting you and your horse properly aligned, moving well, and strong for the spring!

Day 1: Saturday February 3, 11:30 – 1:30. Injury prevention and use of proper body mechanics while handling and caring for horses. Simple exercises to get you stronger to prevent common overuse or repetitive stress injuries.

Day 2: Saturday February 17th; 11:30 – 1:30. Common rider imbalances, how this affects your horse, and how to make changes to become more symmetrical in your body.

Day 3: Saturday February 24th; 11:30 – 1:30. Common horse imbalances, how this affects you as the rider, and how to make changes in your horse to make them more symmetrical.

Course will be held at Optimus Farm in Bluemont, VA and is given by a Physical Therapist with 28 years of experience in the field, and 42 years of experience with horses.

Course costs $50 per person per day. Minimum of 9 participants. Will also travel to your barn to give the same course depending on level of interest and my availability.

Questions? Please call or text 703-283-4887 and or visit www.optimusfarm.com. Please message me to sign up! Get ready to be involved in the most interesting medically based clinic you will ever see with guaranteed results!

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Physical Therapist with 27 years of experience working all over the country and in virtually every type of setting possible is ready to provide you with your own specialized care! I can come to your home or office if desired, and provide the optimal care which you deserve. My program is not anything like you would receive at a corporate Physical Therapy clinic, as my home in Bluemont has a private treatment room as well as an in home gym. I specialize in manual therapy techniques as well as treating athletes, especially riders who are status post trauma or are with overuse injuries. Difficult cases encouraged as I fix those who have never been fixed! I also have a great deal of experience with Pediatrics, Geriatrics and assessments with Equines for rehab, and am a great alternative for those who don’t do well in office settings or have trouble traveling. PM for rates or visit www.optimusfarm.com/about-us to see more info about my experience.

***UPDATE***
Last call at current number of carrots
Ozzy has been entered in Training level at Sporting Days in Aiken, SC on 1/6/24. For the past three weeks, Ozzy has been consistently schooling Training level xc questions. He schooled Hunt Club's entire Training level course without batting an eye, and did some of their Preliminary jumps as well. He has been to other farms to school Training level combinations into and out of water, as well as one stride coffins at 3'3”. He will also be schooling Loch Moy's Training level course on 12/16. Ozzy is currently in the middle of the low 5's starting with a 2, which will change once he completes at Training Level.

On 11/11/23 Ozzy scored 28.9 on his dressage test at Hunt Club's Eventing For The Cure Event. He had one rail which was 100% massive rider error (think 50 year old lady who hasn't ridden much since July 1 due to another horse breaking 5 of her ribs, and jumping the fence height for the 1st time during the competition. Not to mention we only 5 weeks to prepare for the event...so a much better result is in there! I did a classic chase the horse for the huge distance with a colossal miss...the horse was a saint to jump!), and was super duper clear xc with a very bold, quick, and confident run!

Sollozzo is an Imported from Ireland Irish TB who looks like today's modern warmblood with thicker bone than the average TB. He is 16+ hands, 7 y/o, and is dark bay in color who has had nothing but professional training since coming off the track 2 years ago. Extreme care has been taken in training him slowly and methodically, and he is now ready for his forever partner in crime! Ozzy is a spur ride for dressage, yet he is very forward and athletic for jumping, and as such he is not for a beginner. Since he was trained to be a Steeplechaser in Ireland, he has jumped the massive 5 rail fences at speed, and he is a xc machine.

Ozzy is a super personable, sweet, and outgoing horse who loves his people. He will entertain the masses with his tongue tricks. He loves to snuggle and wants to be a lap dog. He is great for the farrier, vet, bathing, clipping, trailering, etc. A super bonus is that he is a very easy keeper. He even needs to wear a muzzle during turn out to limit grass intake because he gets fat on air. Recently, he even gave my non rider friend who is dealing with breast cancer a safe supervised pony ride.

Please PM me or call/text 703-283-4887 or check him out at https://optimusfarm.com/competition-horse%3A-ozzy for more info. Located in Bluemont, VA.

Videos:
1st time through 3 part water complex: https://youtu.be/P6ZFj0KAByg

High gymnastic: https://youtu.be/RjoVXCRpLLE

Training level xc exercises in arena: https://youtu.be/mCTo7f0evOI

Training level xc exercises in arena part II: https://youtu.be/p4y46mHRw3E

Trot dressage in a lesson: https://youtu.be/qBVccybtG0g

Canter R in dressage lesson: https://youtu.be/VGCNfmIuhMQ

walk, trot, canter L dressage lesson: https://youtu.be/JBLgFLXoeDo

Novice Dressage at Hunt Club: https://www.facebook.com/1146521434/videos/1315528243176859/

XC at Seneca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7G16Ka0VvA

SJ at Seneca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ZD3h87iz8

***UPDATE***
Yesterday 11/11/23 Ozzy scored 28.9 on his dressage test at Hunt Club's Eventing For The Cure Event. He had one rail which was 100% massive rider error (think 50 year old lady who hasn't ridden much since July 1 due to another horse breaking 5 of her ribs, and jumping the fence height for the 1st time during the competition. Not to mention we only 5 weeks to prepare for the event...so a much better result is in there! I did a classic chase the horse for the huge distance with a colossal miss...the horse was a saint to jump!), and was super duper clear xc with a very bold, quick, and confident run!
Sollozzo is an Imported from Ireland Irish TB who looks like today's modern warmblood with thicker bone than the average TB. He is 16+ hands, 7 y/o, and is dark bay in color who has had nothing but professional training since coming off the track 2 years ago. Extreme care has been taken in training him slowly and methodically, and he is now ready for his forever partner in crime! Ozzy is a spur ride for dressage, yet he is very forward and athletic for jumping, and as such he is not for a beginner. Since he was trained to be a Steeplechaser in Ireland, he has jumped the massive 5 rail fences at speed, and he is a xc machine.
Ozzy is a super personable, sweet, and outgoing horse who loves his people. He will entertain the masses with his tongue tricks. He loves to snuggle and wants to be a lap dog. He is great for the farrier, vet, bathing, clipping, trailering, etc. A super bonus is that he is a very easy keeper. He even needs to wear a muzzle during turn out to limit grass intake because he gets fat on air. Recently, he even gave my non rider friend who is dealing with breast cancer a safe supervised pony ride.
Ozzy is currently competing at Novice, and will easily be ready for Training level during the winter in the south, or the spring in the north. If I take him to Aiken in January or February, his price will go up. He is offered in the middle of the low 5's starting with a 2. Please PM me or call/text 703-283-4887 for more info. Located in Bluemont, VA.
videos:
Dressage at Hunt Club: https://www.facebook.com/1146521434/videos/1315528243176859/
XC at Seneca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7G16Ka0VvA
SJ at Seneca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ZD3h87iz8

***Self Care Board in Bluemont, VA***
$270/mo per horse

Rare openings for self-care board of up to 6 horses available. Current self-care boarders are leaving, as they bought a property of their own an hour away from here, and are bringing their horses closer to home.

Farm has a 12 stall barn, 17 total acres of fenced pastures with run in sheds, lovely 195’ x 95’ riding arena with good footing and superior drainage, and all the ride out / hacking you could ever want and then some. There is also a very spacious hay loft, a tack room to die for with a laundry room and a half bathroom as well as a posh wash stall and a round pen. You would have your own close to 6 acre field with a large run in shed to use however you'd like, as well as a dry stall per horse.

This private and quiet farm is located in a great area which is literally on the same street as some hunt fixtures and is only 10-minutes from the Upperville horse show. Unlimited xc schooling venues as well as horse shows and horse trials within a 30 minute drive. Everything you could ever need for your horse well within reach!

Ideal candidate would be a quiet single horse person who would like to care for their horses, who would also want lessons for themselves and/or training for their horses. Your trainer is welcome, so long as he or she provides an insurance certificate of liability coverage, and has us as a named insured. Our trainer can cater to beginners all the way up to advanced. Use the vet and farrier of your choice or ours.

We do have an RV hook up for temp housing. Tenant is expected to share in the barn electric bill and do their own manure removal, as well as care for their pasture. Call or text 703-283-4887, visit www.optimusfarm.com or email [email protected] for more info.

October is National Physical Therapy Month!
10% off your 1st service for new clients. Refer a friend and both of you get 10% off your 1st service during the month of October
Private Physical Therapy In Your Home Or Office Or Mine! Physical Therapist with 27 years of experience working all over the country and in virtually every type of setting possible is ready to provide you with your own specialized care! I can come to your home or office if desired, and provide the optimal care which you deserve. My program is not anything like you would receive at a corporate Physical Therapy clinic, as my home in Bluemont has a private treatment room as well as an in home gym. I specialize in manual therapy techniques as well as treating athletes, especially riders who are status post trauma or are with overuse injuries. Difficult cases encouraged as I fix those who have never been fixed! I also have a great deal of experience with Pediatrics, Geriatrics and assessments with Equines for rehab, and am a great alternative for those who don’t do well in office settings or have trouble traveling. PM for rates or visit www.optimusfarm.com/about-us to see more info about my experience.

FOR ALL OF YOUR HORSE AND HUMAN REHAB NEEDS... 19606 Ridgeside Rd. Bluemont, VA 703-283-4887 [email protected]

It is my distinct honor and privilege to introduce to you the newest member of my family. "Love The Hustle" is a just turned 3 y/o 16hh+ TB mare who has been off the track for a couple of months, and had only raced twice in December. She had only been ridden a few times off the track before I rode her on Friday.

Did I want a 3 y/o? No. Does having a 3 y/o delay my goals? For sure, yes. But when you find one this trainable you buy them and hold onto them! And when you speak to her jockey and he says she was well mannered and an easy ride, you have even more confidence in the purchase.

Chessie is in an awkward and gawky stage of her development. As a result, she will be turned out to grow for a while, and will just be taken on some hacks a couple of days a week. Based on a growth test we did to her, I suspect she will finish between 16.3 and 17 hands.

This mare is extremely well bred (Curlin and Kitten's Joy are her grandsires!!! Smart Strike, El Prado, and Unbridled are her great Grandsires!) and is easy peasy to handle in all ways. Ride outside of an arena for the 1st time? Check. Jump a cross rail? Check. Jump a line of cross rails with a trot in and canter out like she had done it her whole life? Double check. Pick up the right lead canter on the 1st try? Yep she did that too. Stand quietly in a trailer for a long haul which included a 1.5 hour stop without making a peep? No problem folks! Blend in seamlessly with a bossy gelding and help to keep him calm? You bet! Soft mouth? She has that too! Be extremely tolerant of my ridiculously thorough pre-purchase exam? Absolutely.

Love me a great Chestnut mare! True conformation pics which will be her "before" pics will be taken in the next few days. Then wait for the "glow up" in a few months...She will be spectacular when done growing!