We have heat, and pictures!

The heat is hooked up and working in the viewing room and it is delightful!  Also, lots of pictures from the Holiday Walk.  Everyone had a great time. 

Krissy with her favorite horse ....

Chuck and Buddy -- is that a smile???

Lauren and Zeus

Winter Riding session

Hope everyone is enjoying the Thanksgiving week.  Just a reminder that next week is the end of the fall riding packages.  We will have sign up sheets in the barn and with instructors for the winter season.

We are asking everyone to commit to the season even if they don't decide to pay for the full package up front.  The pricing for the session is very attractive in recognition that there are lots of holidays and cold days in the coming months.  Please have a discussion with your instructor regarding your desire to continue riding through the winter!!  And if it tips the balance, we have scheduled the work to have the heating unit installed in the viewing room next month.

WINTER session:

December 6th - March 4th
13 weeks of lessons (with no weeks off)
Group price, 1 hour lesson:    $300
Semi private, 1 hour lesson:    $400
Private, half hour:                   $400

Thanks everyone!  Happy Turkey Day.

Schedule: Thanksgiving week and Winter

Our girls played their last fall sports games this weekend and we are looking forward to having kids playing basketball again this winter -- which starts Monday.  Here at the barn, we ran the 'fall' riding packages through November, but we know some of you might have scheduling changes due to the transition from fall to winter sports.

Anyone who needs to change their lesson day needs to contact Karrie -- by phone or email to reschedule a lesson.


Additionally, if you know whether you are going to ride or not this winter, please give Karrie or Chuck some indication soon.  We are going to offer some different kinds of lease/lesson packages for the winter so stay tuned.

There are NO LESSONS the week of Thanksgiving (this was accounted for in the packages).  However, we are going to have sign up sheets for one-time lease rides that week.  All lease rules will apply (adult supervision necessary) and it is important to sign up if you are going to ride so that there is horse and arena availability.

Additionally, Karrie is going to offer at least one trail ride lesson on the Friday after Thanksgiving -- two if there is interest.  She will do the regular Sunday Trail Lesson as well if there is interest.  Our own version of the Turkey Trot!  I will put sign up sheets in the barn next weekend.

Stay warm!

Final Halloween

Here are the final pictures from halloween.  I am going to post all three of Krissy's full albums on the Farm's Facebook page.

The best part of the week's activities was seeing riders of all ages able to just relax and have fun.  The beginner riders probably learned a lot more about maneuvering their horse than they realized!  All the supplies (not the candy!) are getting packed away for next year.  This was definitely something we'll do again!

.... more Halloween fun

Lessons going great.  Lots of fun.  Even Sarah rode yesterday!!

SPOOKY lessons!

We kicked off our special Halloween lessons yesterday and it seems like everyone is having fun!  I know my two lesson riders are excited for their experience today!  Pictures in a jiffy, thanks to Krissy.

Nelly & Logan & Secretariat

As most of you know, we have a new horse at the barn -- Nelly is hard to miss!  She is a cross draft and paint and has the biggest head I have ever seen on a horse.  I have ridden her now twice including a trail ride yesterday.  She is a really fun horse and I know has already been ridden by quite a few of our students.

As I think I have mentioned earlier, we have swapped Buck and Logan across the fence for the winter.  Buck really deserves a break and Logan will benefit from regular work.  In fact Karrie rode him on our trail ride yesterday.  Yesterday morning Logan and a few of our horses were right up on the tree/fence line -- the girls and I assumed Buck was on the other side.  It was very cute.

Lastly, Chuck, the girls and I all went to see Secretariat last night.  It is a wonderful movie for families and horse lovers of all ages.  Even though you know how it ends, it is still suspense filled and thrilling.  A wonderful Disney movie.  I think that DVD is destined for the barn collection for rainy summer  days!  I think I can embed a link to the trailer here:

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/secretariat/?cmp=dmov_dpic_sec_psg_title_secretariat%20disney_Extl

Halloween Programming

As you may have noticed if you've been in the barn this week, Krissy LOVES Halloween.  The decorations are festive and have made the blah weather this week a little easier to take.  And I guess we did still need the rain.

The week before Halloween we are going to try something fun and different during regular lessons. 

First, any rider is welcome to wear a Halloween Costume to their lesson.

Second, rather than the regular riding program we are going to do a circuit of Halloween themed activites.  Think Horses bobbing for Apples (while being ridden).  And it wouldn't be Halloween without candy!

Trumbull Mountain Farm Hunter Pace

Could not have been a more beautiful day for the Hunter Pace.  All three of our teams (7 horses/riders total) had a wonderful day.   Hopefully, "Junie" didn't mess up her ankle seriously ...

Here is one picture that Chuck took on his cell phone.  And thanks to Lauren for all her help!



Junie, Karrie and Annie; Reno, Hunter and Bradley



Thanks, Liz!

Liz M. dropped off her pictures (or a select group of such) yesterday at the barn.  You can see the entire album now posted on Facebook.  She has a very high resolution camera which combined with the beauty of our horses and riders, makes for some phenomenal pictures.  Here are just a few:

The Birthday Boy with Vixen

<3 Bam

Blue Ribbon!

Happy Rider

The cast matches the fly bonnet

Is the smile for the ribbons or Robin Whitney's Candied Apples?