Minerva currently stands at 16.3 hands. She is an absolutely magnificent horse and must be seen in person to really appreciate her presence and beauty. She is six years old and raced only one time at Saratoga. She retired from racing completely sound. She just didn’t like it.

Our approach is methodical and progresses at the pace of each individual horse. She is fantastic to ride.

Minerva just came back from Aiken, SC where she was trained and ridden by Sally Cousins. She went xc schooling many times during the three months she was there. Minerva has demonstrated the talent and temperament to go in this direction. She is fearless to the jumps has learned how to address the cross country questions from Sally.

Minerva Doubleplay has been professionally trained since leaving racing. She was let down and evaluated by Kimberly Godwin Clark of Thoroughbred Placement Resources, Inc. From the age of 2 when she left the track her training was carefully developed at Leighton Farm, home base of TPR. When she demonstrated significant potential as a Hunter, she was put in the capable hands of Beth Destanley and showed at many hunter shows in the Middleburg area.