• 5/10/09 - Beginning of 2009 Show Season! We've completed our first show of the season and have hit the ground running... be sure to check out the updates on that page!
• 4/18/09 - Winter Game Finals -  Our final game day was so beautiful that we held it in the outdoor arena! The kids had a wonderful time and the overall winner for the season was Kathryn! Second Place was Beth, and Third place was Graham! Congratulations!
• 2/21/09 - Scrapbooking Horses - We'll be doing our first Barn Scrap day next Saturday starting about noon. Please call and let me know you're coming to play so we are sure to have enough space for everyone! We'll be working on the barn book to start! See you there!
• 2/21/09 - Winter Games Day! Our second game day was just as fun as the first! We played some new games and some old games so that things were mixed up a bit. Our game day winner this time was Noah!! Watch out Kathryn... you're still in the overall lead but it's close!!!
• 2/10/09 - Summer Camp!! - Yes, we're in the process of putting together a summer camp program to learn more about horses and ride and enjoy fun and games and friends! Cost will be $200 and you'll need to bring a sack lunch each day. Classes will fill quickly so if you're interested, please call me at 937-371-7128 to get on the reservation list!
• 2/10/09 - Barn T-Shirts -  We are taking orders for new barn T-shirts $10, Sweatshirts $20, and Hoodies $25 in kids and adult sizes. The back image is on display in the barn and you'll need to sign up for sizes and what type you want there.
• 2/10/09 - Scrapbooking Horses - We are looking forward to some dates for scrapbooking! We want to do one for our barn and what we did last year, so we're going to have a time to have each boarder and/or student and their parent to do facing 12 x 12 pages for our book. You supply your pictures and we'll supply everything else! Then we'll have it on display in the viewing room for all to enjoy! Then we'll have other dates to work on specific projects that you would like to do for yourselves, whether that's a horse book or one of your family, you're welcome to come and scrap with us! Call first for availability since we're doing it in my house. I've got almost a whole store in here of stuff to use. Cost $5.00 to cover supplies that you'll use out of my stock. Including papers, stickers, rubber stamps, creative memories cutters, embossing, brads and eyelets and much, much more! Oh, and I have a die cut machine and Silhouette machine as well!
• 1/24/09 - 1st Winter Game Day! We had our first Game Day! It was lots of fun, though a little cold. All who came had a wonderful time. Thanks to all those who participated and especially those who participated in the Pot-Luck... the food was YUMMY~~~ Kathryn is in the lead so far!

   Ashlyn-Kathryn-Delha      Myckala-Jordyn-Pumpkin             Beth-Noah-Raz                Ella-Thumper

• 1/9/09 - Winter Games to begin!  We are scheduling our "Winter Games" for our boarders and students... tentative dates are as follows:
  • January 24th
  • February 21st
  • March 21st
  • April 18th
• 12/13/08 - Barn Christmas Party! We had a wonderful time at the Christmas party. We had a stall decorating contest as well with the boarders doing their stalls and some of the students adopting stalls to be decorated. 
  • And the winners were: 1st Place: Tara; 2nd Place: Dawn; 3rd Place: Thumper
• 11/7/08 - Year End Awards for the Dayton Local Show Circuit!   Everyone had a wonderful time and our group did VERY well...   
  • Ground Poles Division: Ella Mays & Thumper got a 5th Place
  • Walk/Trot Crossrails: Graham Gable & Pumpkin Pie got a 4th Place
  • Canter Crossrails: Graham Gamble & Pumpkin Pie got a 6th Place (and they didn't even go over a single fence! They just did the flat classes onlY!
  • Novice Hunter: Tammy Myckala & Thumper got a 6th Place
  • Introductory Dressage-Senior: Suzanne Lenhoff & Stormy got a 6th Place
  • Introductory Dressage - Junior: Graham Gamble & Pumpkin Pie got Reserve Champion
  • Introductory Dressage - Junior: Meagan Fisher & Delha got 6th place
  • First Level Dressage - Anita Mays & Cerveza got a 4th place                 
• 10/21/08 - Everyone had a wonderful time!!! All but two of our students came for the fun show we had lots of help from the parents and our boarders and friends. Special home made food was prepared and sold by Anita's Mom, Katherine, and if you didn't have a piece of pie... you just missed out on the best! (She's taking orders now for Thanksgiving!) Ed Reeves spent two days at the farm helping to prepare the viewing room with a new wall for the ribbons. It looked great! It will be nice to fill it all back up again!
• 10/10/08 - We have it set!!! Our fun show shall be held on October 18th, 2008, at our farm. We will be having classes for all levels for our students and boarders. Please e-mail for a class list.  
• 9/23/08 - We are now thinking toward our Fun Show... I've been working on classes and logistics for them. I haven't set the date but it looks like it will be in October. Another event in the works will be a bonfire and potluck social. A fitting fun end to a great show season. Also our longest here and first boarder has purchased a place of her own and will be taking her horses home. Congratulations Kelly Nance and enjoy your new home Cowboy and Lucky! We'll be sad to see them go but that will allow us to take in two new faces, so if you're looking for a new place to call home, please contact us about boarding opportunities.
• 8/24/08 Fencing is about complete now... we're so happy to announce that. We've got two really nice big fields so there can be large group (mare and geldings separated) turnout) as well as private grazing. We now have woven wire in the big fields and no-climb horse fencing in the smaller dry lots. Only thing left is to electrify the tops. I had rotator cuff surgery on the 20th, so that will happen  when I'm back up and working with two arms well! It's nice to see a herd out grazing though!
• 8/7/08 Fences on the way down so they can be on the way up! Yep, it's finally going to happen... new fencing for the back paddocks and perimeter of the back field. We will be removing the existing "girls field" in the back because the whole thing will now be perimeter fenced and gated so we'll have a huge field for the horses to graze. Don't worry though, we'll still have our mowed paths, but they will be being grazed over too... less mowing, Great!
• 7/22/08 Another blessing to add to our list... another new lesson horse, Chiraz has arrived from a long haul in from Michigan. "Raz" is a very cute 15yr old Anglo-Arab (that's an Arabian, Thoroughbred cross for those who don't know). She is a good natured mare that will be for the intermediate kids to start with. She has done Dressage and jumped in her previous careers. She was basically a one owner horse and will have an adjustment period before she starts work so we can "test" her in all those different situations that kids find themselves in!
• 5/26/08 The barn enjoyed a fun time at the Mimaisburg Memorial Day Parade. We had three of the kids riding... Ella, Graham, and Lillian. We'd like to thank several of our wonderful supporters... Lillian's folks were our banner carriers... Miss Alison & Krista were super helpers with Krista driving Piper and Miss Alison helping lead Ella... Mr. John was a super side walker taking a hold of the horses as needed as well... and Miss Tammy brought her little boy (tongue in cheek there) Riley to walk with us... Fun was had by all, even Miss Rhonda as her girl wasn't being such a good girl! Thanks to all of you that support us... oh, and Miss Georgia Evans who embroidered our beautiful saddle pads (she came to watch her work walk down Main Street too)! 
• 5/1/08 We are basically full and are taking names if you are interested in boarding with us. I have a couple of training horses that will be going home soon, but until then, we'll have a list.  
• 41/08 Welcome back to one of our long time friends and almost one of the family... The Wilhelm's are back! They purchased a young Appaloosa mare from me a few years ago and I broke her out for them. They took her to a barn closer to them but have returned. We are very happy to welcome them back home! 
• 3/20/08 The Lord has been at work again!! He is wonderful and I cannot tell you that enough. We have been blessed to be receiving a new lesson horse, Delha (pronounced Della), a 23 yr old Arabian mare. She is well trained and has performance points in Western Pleasure Armature Owner and Youth 10 and under. She will be the newest addition to our lesson program. We also got along with her a 7 yr old Arabian gelding named Stormy! We are very excited to have them in our barn.
• We have been updating our fencing!!! We have added two new dry lots and are changing the configuration of the dry lots we call "between"! These changes should allow us to better manage our grass fields and allow for better horse groupings. The weather has us stalled now, we've got posts layed out but it's either been too wet or frozen for us to get the posts in! Oh, for want of some dryer weather... but enough rain to keep us in grass for the summer... not too much to ask?!!!
• Footing in has been added to the indoor arena and we have it completely reworked! The horses are showing us by their improved movement that it is a perfect mix of sand and wood chips for a nice lofty ride with lots of cushion!
• We are in the process of setting up our show string for the coming year's Dayton Local Circuit. We will be enjoying the company of several new young riders for this year's show season and it should prove to be very exciting to watch them grow and learn! If you're interested in joining our team, please contact us for more information. We are making this affordable for those who desire to show and learn some valuable skills along the way! At this point we'd like to welcome Ella, Graham, Lillian, and Megan to the world of competition!