A. Loprete Stables

A. Loprete Stables Boarding, lessons, sales, training and competitive coaching. Specialists in TB retraining and rehabs. Located in Colts Neck, NJ A.

Loprete Stables (formally Country Club Farm) is a professional full service, competitive show stable, as well as an excellent Lay-up and Rehab farm. Andrea Sgro-Loprete has over 30 years experience as a professional with both Race and Show horses. Located at; 39 Willow Brook Rd Colts Neck, NJ 07722. A Loprete Stables offers lessons and training of all level horses and riders. From beginners to

National Level riders. No matter what your level we can help you reach your goals. All of our riders receive a strong foundation of skills to provide them with a lifetime of safe, enjoyable and successful riding. We take extra care to find the right horse for the right rider, whatever the budget might be. All types of Hunter / Jumper riders are accepted as boarders and students. Competitive show riders, beginners, pleasure riders, fox hunters and trail riders. Andrea Sgro-Loprete has produced riders that have competed at the National Championship Finals, including the Pony Finals, Medal Finals, Maclay Finals USEF Talent Search and Marshall & Sterling Equitation, Jumper and Hunter Finals, Adaquan Finals, Zone 2 Hunter Finals. Our riders have competed at Devon, Hits, Capital Challenge, Pennsylvania International, Winter Equestrian Festival and the National Horse Show. We have a quiet and relaxing atmosphere for both horse and rider. We are a full service barn offering different levels care. Showing is not mandatory and lessons are suggested, training rides and exercise rides are also available. We keep a clean barn have large matted stalls, wood fencing, well maintained paddocks and lovely outdoor arena and polo field for hacking. We accept all types of horses for long or short term care including TB Race horses fresh off the track and post-surgery horses. Your valuable horses will be cared for and handled by professionals. We have a 100% return to racing and 98 % Win record including Stakes winners. Some of NJ's finest owners and trainers have trusted us with their horses. We have experience in all post -op care including; tie-back and palate surgery, pins and screws, geldings and colic surgery. By working closely with the veterinarian's we can provide all special care and needs. We have years of experience in the re-training of TB's off the track as successful show and pleasure horses. They have all competed at "A" horse shows and some have made it to the national championships as hunters, jumpers, equitation horses, event horses and dressage horses. Some have also made wonderful pleasure mounts and fox hunters. We also do consultations for owners, evaluations of re-training prospects, ship in lessons, and help with problem horses. The horses always come first whether it is your pleasure horse, national level show horse or high priced racing investment.

08/09/2026

New analysis provides the first public benchmark for tracking Thoroughbreds beyond racing and breeding, while identifying the populations most likely to fall out of industry records.

Details in the comments.

Who can name this horse & rider. Extra points for the photographer.
07/15/2026

Who can name this horse & rider. Extra points for the photographer.

07/02/2026

Have you ever woken up one day sick of rummaging through social media to try to track down which Thoroughbred sires and dams have produced Thoroughbred sport horses? Kimberly Kovacik asks. But since you’re a numbers person, you want actual numbers that show who these sires and dams were that have produced offspring that potentially raced/did not race and competed in USEF rated shows.

Well, I did one morning back in January 2025.

As an internal auditor by trade who loves to play in Excel and Power BI, I got an idea. I reached out to USEF, and Allyson Mattingly provided a population of 23,909 Thoroughbreds with USEF recorded events. As an auditor, I sat here wondering what attributes I even wanted to consider looking at.

At the end of the day, the information I looked at for these horses included the following attributes:

Year foaled
State foaled in
Breeder
Sire
Dam
Physical attributed
If they were an OTTB
# races ran
$ won
# years they raced for
Age they started racing
Distance/Sprinter horse
Turf/Dirt/Steeplechaser
Was Mr. Prospector, Native Dancer, or Northern Dancer in their pedigree
Was Secretariat in their pedigree, inbreeding through the 5th generation
and other notes (notable progeny, notable races won, notable names in pedigree etc.).

Did I do this for all 23,909 horses? Well, not quite, just 937 horses—45 mares, and 892 stallions. The 937 came from the aggregate of Thoroughbred stallions that produced 6 or more offspring with USEF records, or mares with 4 or more offspring with USEF records.

📎 Continue reading this article at https://www.theplaidhorse.com/2026/07/02/the-thoroughbred-project-are-you-afraid-of-a-ghost/

06/25/2026

Next Weekend - join us at the Bonus Point Show !

06/25/2026
06/25/2026

⏰ Reminder for Junior and Adult Amateur Equitation riders!

The qualifying deadline for the 2026 Marshall+Sterling/USHJA 3’3” Jumping Seat Medal Finals and Marshall+Sterling/USHJA 3’3” Adult Jumping Seat Medal Finals is August 1 for both East and West Finals. Riders must earn the required qualifying points between August 2, 2025, and August 1, 2026.

🐴 Junior riders need 15 points to qualify.
🐴 Adult riders must earn 10 points or complete three qualifying classes.

Don’t wait, make sure your points are in before the deadline! View qualifying details, standings, and Finals information here: ushja.org/JumpSeatMedal.

📷 Winslow Photography LLC

06/25/2026

Good style starts with solid fundamentals.

Veteran Equitation trainer and USEF “R” judge Patricia Griffith emphasizes that judges aren’t looking for stiffness, but a correct, workmanlike position and the confidence in the ring that comes from strong basics.

Big Congratulations to Ali & Amicus!!!!!! 2nd in the  GLADSTONE CUP! It was a long ride toKentucky but we are so glad we...
06/24/2026

Big Congratulations to Ali & Amicus!!!!!! 2nd in the GLADSTONE CUP! It was a long ride to
Kentucky but we are so glad we made the trip to watch you shine 'it through all three rounds Amicus was consistently in 2nd and never wavered! We are so proud of how far you have come!

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Colts Neck, NJ
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