Guess which lesson horse is going to be on television on Monday morning, April 9th? None other than our very own superhero lesson horse, Aries! Channel 23 (on channel 11 if you have Time Warner Cable) is doing a special on summer camps. Spruce Meadow Farm was contacted to see if ...
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Tagged As: horseback riding instructor, lesson horse, Spruce Meadow Farm
Posted on June 25th, 2011 by
SpruceMeadow in
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Other Fun
Have you ever wondered if horses and birds go together? I don’t have to wonder, because after years at a horse farm, it is VERY obvious that they do! In fact, most people that know me also know that 3 of my 5 birds came to live with me because of the horse farm. That ...
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Tagged As: Canada Geese, horse farm, horse farm birds, house sparrow, killdeer, starling, white dove
Posted on June 24th, 2011 by
SpruceMeadow in
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Contrary to what some of us think, I guess there actually was a spring this year…just not enough of one for us to have our annual Spring Horse Show…YET! It has been moved from the weekend of May 16th to the weekend of June 26th (oops, technically summer!) to the weeke...
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Tagged As: horse farm flowers, horse show, spring horse show, Spruce Meadow Farm
Posted on June 5th, 2011 by
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Horse Riding Clinics
Last week Erin and Jasmine were fortunate to be able to attend a horse eventing clinic taught by Bobby Costello. It was a great pleasure to find that Bobby is an excellent horseman and an outstanding riding instructor. In a short time he was very aware of each horse’s speci...
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Tagged As: Bobby Costello, cross country jumps, gymnastic exercises, horse eventing, horse jumping, horseman, jumping form, riding clinic, riding instructor
WOW! A huge congratulations to Erin Toone, our long-time friend andsummer horse camp instructor for winning her class at her last college horse show competition! This means that she will continue on to ride in the Zone Finals! Erin competes with the riding team at Alfred Universi...
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Tagged As: equestrian programs, horse camp instructor, horse show winner, lesson horses, riding team, summer horse riding camp
Posted on March 31st, 2011 by
SpruceMeadow in
Farm Life,
Other Fun
I hope you all know about the Spruce Meadow Farm VIP Riding Club! It was started just this year to help promote fun and team spirit at the farm and also as a way for us to show customer appreciation. If you would like to become a member you need to make a $5 donation ...
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Tagged As: horse riding lesson, horseback riding camp, horseback riding student, Phoenix Rising Horse Rescue, riding club, riding lesson, riding lessons, Spruce Meadow Farm VIP Riding Club
Posted on March 8th, 2011 by
SpruceMeadow in
Farm Life,
Fond Memories
Saturday, March 5th was a sad day for all of us here at Spruce Meadow Farm. Our beloved Maynard left us. It was time for him to go. His indomitable spirit never tired, but his body just couldn’t keep up. Maynard has been here longer than any of us! When we bought the farm b...
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Tagged As: best horse, horse jumping, horse show, horsemanship, how to lead a horse, riding lesson
Posted on March 4th, 2011 by
SpruceMeadow in
Farm Life
As you know, we are always in need of more horse farm repairs! It seems like a never ending battle! Sometimes I wonder if instead of a barn full of horses if we have a barn full of beavers! They will chew anything they can reach…stall boards, fencing, trees, tack, peoples l...
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Tagged As: horse farm, horse farm buffalo ny, horse farm repairs
Posted on February 28th, 2011 by
SpruceMeadow in
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Other Fun
This evening when I visited the new horse farm office I was taken by surprise…I thought Pigpen was just a character on Charlie Brown, but it turns out that he may, in fact, be an actual person! It looked like I had a real mystery to solve! It all started when Ali said she w...
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Tagged As: horse farm, horse farm office, horse owner, horse riding lesson, horse trainer
Posted on February 26th, 2011 by
SpruceMeadow in
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Would you rather be horseback riding in NY right now or playing in the sun? Tough choice isn’t it? And the answer might be different for everyone! Well, we all know our fellow horse owners and riding instructors Erin, Janine and Violet left us to go to Florida for the past ...
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Tagged As: horse farm, horse owners, horseback riding in ny, riding instructors, seahorse