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Jacksonville, FL- January 11, 2006- The horses and riders of Over the Hill Farm began their 2006 season with a flourish during the first of five weeks at the Jacksonville Winter Series in Jacksonville, Florida. They won three championships and five reserve championships as well as three classics in divisions that ranged from Adult Amateur to Pre-Green Pony Hunters.

Despite not showing since March of 2005, owner/rider Laura van den Berg started 2006 with a championship on Pollock in the Adult Amateur 18-35 Hunter division by taking two first places and a fourth and a fifth over fences and a first under saddle. This successful combination also went on to win the Adult Amateur 18-35 Hunter Classic. Laura is currently in school at Emerson University in Boston working toward a M.F.A. degree and must fit her riding and showing in around her studying and class schedule.

The winning combination of What D'Ya Know and owner/rider Lee Cesery carried their success from the National Horse Show in Wellington forward to Jacksonville. They won every over fences class in the Amateur Owner 35 &Over Hunter division and claimed the championship. Lee and "Snickers" then captured top honors in the Amateur Owner Hunter Classic.

Ceillia, owned by Nicole Bailey and ridden by Megan Massaro, was reserve champion in the Large Junior 16-17 Hunters. Ceillia took first, second , third, and fourth over fences and first under saddle to bring home the reserve ribbon. Honor Role, ridden by Caroline Cramer and owned by Courtney Rodrigue, captured the reserve championship in the in the Large Junior 15 and Under Hunter division with second place in all four over fences classes and a blue ribbon in the under saddle. Honor Roll and Cramer were also first in the 15-17 Open Equitation Flat class and in the Large Junior Equitation Over Fences class.

The Over the Hill ponies continued their winning ways during this first week in Jacksonville. Fashion Talk, owned by Bill Schaub and Lauren Hogan and ridden by Megan Massaro, won the championship in the Pre-Green Pony division with two first and two third place ribbons over fences and a first under saddle. Strike It Blue, owned by Bill Schaub and ridden by Massaro, won the reserve championship in the Small/Medium Green Pony division by tallying two first, a second and a third over fence ribbons and a third under saddle.

Freedom, owned by Michael Connaghan and ridden by Massaro, captured the Large Green Pony division reserve championship. Freedom's ribbons were a first, second, third, and seventh over fences and a second under saddle. Island Breeze Pretty Please, owned and ridden by Courtney Leonard, brought home the reserve championship in the Children's Pony division with a first, second, third and fourth over fences and a second under saddle. They then successfully completed the Children's Pony Classic to add the blue ribbon to their total.

Over the Hill Farm riders will compete again this week at the Jacksonville International Horse Show in Green Cove Springs, Florida.

For more information on Bill Schaub and Over the Hill Farm, please visit their website at www.othfarm.com