Just a short video with some of our jumpers practicing…
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Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great holiday season! We sure did! Many thanks for all my wonderful Christmas presents. I think everyone wants me fat! We still have cookies and candies on our kitchen counter.
The barn is full and our lesson program is awesome. We have 18 students signed up for RIFNA and hopefully all will be qualified for Regionals this Spring. Our next meet is January 28th & 29th at In Your Dreams Farm. We will host a meet February 28th.
January 16th we have our first Fun Day of the year! 9:00 to 3:00 – $45.00 for lesson students and $55.00 for non-lesson students.
Our Drill Team is picking back up and hopefully, when we have a Spring Fundraiser we will be able to perform. Very excited about this.
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We actually sent out Christmas cards with links to this video December 14th. Apparently a lot of them never got delivered. (Long story).
Plus Shelly made me redo the video as I had left out some – well – participants you might say.
We hope you like our little Christmas tradition.
We may not say it enough, but we are so very grateful for all the High Country Stables supporters, from the lesson students (and their parents!) to the readers of the website. From all our wonderful boarders to the people who come visit for trail rides, camps and birthday parties.
While many business have really been hit hard lately, you have made it possible for us to stay open and provide what we hope is a good and safe time for all!
Happy Holidays!
Shelly, Miami, Ian, Ryan and Gooser!
High Country Stables
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving, full of love, good friends and lots of turkey! We spent the weekend in NC at my parents. Took them a cord of wood and brought home 25 Frasier Fir trees! Let me know if you haven’t gotten your Christmas Tree. We still have a few left!
Welcome to Maddie and Snickers!
Snickers, 25ish year old Walking horse!
December 2nd is our annual Christmas party. 
We are spending the week decorating the farm if all this rain doesn’t wash us away. But you should see the grass. We fertilized, seeded and limed the 1st of October and now everything is so green – early Christmas present to all the horses!
December 27th – Boxing Day – we are having the last Fun Day of the year!
Fun Day - Ride English or Western or go for a trailride!
December 30th is our first RIFNA meet. Wish us luck!!
From everyone at the farm! Happy Holidays! And as always thanks for all the wonderful support you have shown us throughout the years!
The HCS Gang!
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Wow, so much going on; end of season shows, trail rides, birthday parties and new horses arriving at the farm. We were sad to say good-bye to Kiwi! She went home to her owners. I know Sara was happy to have her back and ready to start riding her again.
Kylie and Cowgirl at the October Charity Show
We want to welcome Sugar and Busta to the farm. Sugar is a rescued Mustang who needs lots of love and carrots. Busta has come down from Ohio. He is an Arab who has shown dressage in the past and a very sweet boy! Snickers will be arriving at the end of the month. He is going to take Sherle to State in the running events!! Go, Sherle!!
HCS has a new horse – Chance! He is too cute, goes English or Western and we are excited to add him to our lesson program.
Our RIFNA team is up and running! We will have our first meet in December over the holidays.
October 29th was the last PCSC show of the season. So, proud of Emily and Rosie – it was Rosie’s first show – and they did awesome!
Emily and Rosie winning their jumping class!
The girls came up with some great costumes for the Halloween Class! To see all the show pictures – facebook!
Taylor and Romeo
Miranda and Midnight
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the farm!!
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Savannah began riding at High Country Stables less than a year ago.
What a great video! We are so proud of her.
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Hey all,
RIFNA (Riders Interscholastic Federation of North America, Inc.) is a national organization whose mission is to introduce and expand equestrian sports to students in grades 6-12. RIFNA assists barns and educational institutions to create equestrian clubs. RIFNA riders must maintain the educational standards of other athletes in their schools.
Riders Interscholastic Federation of North America, Inc. (RIFNA) is a national organization that functions as an interscholastic governing body between schools and farms to promote and award college scholarships to student riders of all riding levels and economic backgrounds the opportunity to:
Participate in an organized interscholastic equestrian club, sanctioned by RIFNATake riding lessons in up to three disciplines (Western, Dressage, Hunter/Equitation) from a RIFNA Coach Ride and compete at RIFNA facilities
- Gain show experience and confidence by competing in RIFNA sponsored meets and shows locally and nationally that are run in an intercollegiate format.
- Be recognized as athletes in their schools by working with the state governing board to meet the requirements necessary to become a sport
- Gain access to various sources of college funding, including the awarding of scholarships directly from RIFNA
- Learn the basics of barn management by involving students in the day-to-day care of the horse, horse stall, and equipment
- Attend educational clinics to further the student’s knowledge of horses and horseback riding
I need to know who is interested in joining the RIFNA team.
There is a $50.00 annual fee per rider (paid to RIFNA with application).Each show your child competes in will average $40.00. Click for Riders Application.
RIFNA is open to Middle School and High School students. If you are interested I need to know the name of your school and district. Home Schoolers are listed as Independents.
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At 12 years old – in 1999 – Kyria Henry started a non profit called paws4people™ to use her dogs to help others have better lives.
What were you doing at 12 years old?
Today – in 2011 – paws4people™ has over 175 dogs who are certified and working or in their training program throughout nine Mid- Eastern states. paws4people™ specializes in placing dogs with children and adolescents, active duty soldiers and veterans with physiological, psychological, physical, emotional and other challenges. The difference a dog makes in these people’s life is profound.
Dogs are trained in federal prisons by female inmates in another program started and run by Kyria – paws4prisons™. In this way, our programs are allowing these ladies an opportunity to give back to society while caring for a dog 24/7/365. Again, the affect is profound.
More than 150 people volunteer with the program. We use dogs to teach kids to read, help kids to walk, visitations at senior homes and so much more.
We invite you to learn more about Kyria and her dreams – there are some amazing stories and some amazing opportunities for you to change your life here!
We ask you to learn more about us. If you like what we are doing, please donate what you can, or join a raffle where you might win $50,000 while helping us to place our dogs!
Kyria’s dreams are still huge and with your help will affect an amazing number of lives – including yours. High Country Stables is grateful to be a part of this! Didn’t know how many commands one dog could learn! For more information http://www.helpkyria.com
The High Country Stables Gang!
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Happy Fall!!
Emily and Kiwi in their callback class!
We were sad to see Jeri, Rascal and Mexico leave. Jeri has bought her own farm in Blue Ridge. If you know anyone in that area looking for natural horsemanship training, Jeri is taking on new clients!!
Willie has gone into semi-retirement, helping Keri at her farm with all the beginner riders! We will miss him terribly but at least he is close enough for us to visit whenever we want!
Rosie is fit and sleak and ready for her first show this weekend!
Cowgirl, our newest addition, is also heading to the show. She is a three year old Hancock bred blue roan and absolutely the cutest thing ever!! She is also Shelly’s reining horse!
Kylie and Kiwi taking fourth in Queen class
Kylie and Midnight winning the youth Country Pleasure Racking
Dustin and Preacher running poles!
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