Fox Chase Farm is ending the lesson and boarding at their site in Middleburg, VA to focus on more horse shows, clinics and events.

Owner Mrs. Eileen Hanley who owns the barn, and her daughter Maureen Hanley, who runs the facility said on Monday, "We are NOT going out of business; we are just changing our focus. We feel that there isn't a great location to have horse shows anymore." Maureen Hanley said, "Fox Chase Farm is in a great location in Middleburg on Route 50 for horse shows, clinics and events and because of the massive lesson and boarding program that we have had here, we couldn't do as many horse shows as we would have liked to do. We now have the opportunity to do a Winter Series and more clinics AND we still plan on continuing our very successful horsemanship camps in 2006."

All lessons and boarding will finish on September 30, 2005. At that time, most of the school horses will be for sale at auction at the farm.

Fox Chase Farm already has 3 shows and a 2-day Joe Fargis Clinic slated for October. For more information on the farm go to: www.foxchasefarm.net or call 540-687-5255.