Life on the Horse Farm

Another Sunday, another show.  This time we hit the road with four students for the schooling show at Stockade. The facility is so nice there.  The ground is flat, there are a smattering of trees, (meaning shade is possible), and the footing in the arenas is really nice.  Our rider’s did well and everyone had [...]

This is the time of year that you hardly get to catch your breath before there’s another event to plan and pull together.  We just finished up Sunday’s Dressage Show and now the next show is posted. The Emma Durrant Dressage and Combined Training Show is open for entries.  The show date is June 17th.  [...]

When I wake up the morning after a show I feel like I must be hung-over.  Some much happens in a single day.  There’s the set-up, helping riders overcome worries, nerves, and difficult horses.  In between there’s the riding of a horse, the tractor-pull to get a truck out of the mud,  and the problem [...]

The Mother’s Day Dressage Schooling Show is now posted with ride times.  You can get them right here on the website under the shows-entries menu.  It’s looking like a great show with lots of rides from Intro Level to First Level.  We offered the Dressage Equitation classes again and they are very busy.  Happy to [...]

Show season normally doesn’t start for us until the month of May.  This past weekend we got a head start with a little in-house show geared exclusively to our kid riders.  It was the first try for such an event. The idea was to give our younger riders a chance at a little competition.  The [...]