Old Orchard Farm, Moffat Ontario

08/18/2024

Registration is Now Open for our 6 Week Early Fall Lesson Session! See link below for registration link and information including important instructions for new rider registrations. Please have your registrations in by August 23rd.

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6 Week Session begins September 16th 2024 The 6 Week Early Fall Session Starts September 16th 2024 Dear current and prospective clients, Can you believe it's already time to start thinking about fall

08/14/2024

I LIED! There is more hay coming today after all. I thought we were done, but there is still a big field of grassy hay to put away.
Who needs a work out?

08/05/2024

More Congratulations to our division and class winners today!

Ella Fedchshyn & Bein’ Green are our champions of the Jr/Am 0.6M Jumper Divison sponsored by

Cathy Lucas-Brisebois & Lotus Lane are our reserve champions of the Low Adult Hunter Division sponsored by Heather Morris Certified Equine Massage Therapist

Zara Lennea & Make Mine a Latte are our champions of the Jr/Am 18” Hunter Division sponsored by Rockwood Financial

Makenzie Bailey & Double Down are our Champions and her sister Emma Bailey & Ginsberg are our reserve champions of the Jr/Am 0.7M Division sponsored by ! Sister champ domination 👯‍♀️

Wise Don & Abigayle Umrysh are our 2024 Damshacuir Thoroughbred Classic winners, sponsored by

08/05/2024

Congratulations to the Champions of our first four divisions of our August Schooling Show

Ainsley Clarke & Come From Away are our champions of the Beginner Equitation Division sponsored by

August Kennedy & Grayden’s Pixie Dust are our champions of the Jr/Am 2’0 Hunter Division sponsored by

Kayla Pettit & Piper are our champions of the Jr/Am 2’3 Hunter Division sponsored by

Madeleine Roberts & Melbourne are our champions of the Cross Rail Jumper Division sponsored by .h.farrier

07/31/2024

August Show Day Notices

1. Registration is now open and will close for pre-entries on Saturday August 3rd at midnight. All entries posted after that time will be subject to a $2 post entry fee per class.
2. In order to keep the day running smoothly, the Lower Sand Ring will start early with warm-ups starting at 7:30 and Equitation flat classes starting at 8:30 AM. All other rings will start with warm ups at 8:00 AM and classes at 9:00 AM as usual.
3. All equitation flat classes run consecutively FIRST THING in the Lower Sand Ring with the equitation over fences classes running open card at division heights throughout the rest of the day. DO NOT LISTEN TO ESM TIME ESTIMATES, ESPECIALLY FOR EQUITATION CLASSES (Scroll down our feed to find our “Open Card Equitation: How Does it Work?” post if you are unsure what this means).
4. ESM time estimates do not take open card equitation classes or division warm ups into account, so they are NOT accurate for our shows. Please check in with your rings in-gate attendants regularly instead.
5. You can still add the August special class to your entry now or on Monday morning in the show office. The August show features the Damshacuir Memorial Thoroughbred Classic. This class jumps up the stairs from lower sand ring into grass concourse above. Open to Thoroughbreds Only. Compete at your division height starting at 2’0. Formal Attire is Requested. Trophy awarded to the winner.
6. Parking attendants will be on site in the morning to direct cars and trailers. Please cooperate with the attendants.
7. Well behaved leashed dogs are welcome at owners own risk. Please p**p and scoop.
8. Office and Food booth on site accept cash or cheque only.
9. Please check all attending horses temperatures the night before and the morning of the show. Resting temperature should not be above 38.6 degrees Celsius. If any horses at your barn, showing or non showing, has a higher than normal temperature, please do not bring any horses to the show.
10. Our show series is generously run almost entirely by our wonderful volunteers, including our office staff and in-gate attendants. Please show your appreciation and be kind!

07/30/2024

We have just had ONE spot open up for next weeks Riding Camp! First to register gets the spot!
https://oldorchardfarm.formstack.com/forms/summer_camp_registration

07/30/2024

Four good reasons to drive carefully and respect the posted speed limit of 15km/hr on OOF property! These dogs are our family and unfortunately they are not always the wisest around traffic. Please help us keep them safe! ❤️

07/19/2024

Hay coming for real this time! Eight baskets Saturday afternoon. Come for a workout and snacks.

07/16/2024

Congratulations to the new owners of Caraway Brio!

We will miss his sweet face around the barn and wish him all the best in his new adventure in Ottawa 💙💚

.eqq

07/13/2024

A look inside Barb’s beehives at the farm!

Barb Robinson Tri-City Bee Rescue

Learn about Guelph's honey bees through a tour of a site with 21 hives

07/13/2024

A look inside Barb’s beehives at the farm!
Barb Robinson Tri-City Bee Rescue

Learn about Guelph's honey bees through a tour of a site with 21 hives

07/12/2024

Kinsale✨ A hunter Selah appreciation post before she transitions to the dark side 😈 Can’t wait for her jumper ring debut with today at Silver West 3!

07/10/2024

We have had Summer Camp spots open up in weeks 1 and 2!

More Info Here: https://oldorchardfarm.ca/services/ridingcamp/

Sign Up Here: https://oldorchardfarm.formstack.com/forms/summer_camp_registration

07/09/2024

Spot the Difference 🔎👀

07/08/2024

BY DAPHNE THORNTON OF TWO BIT TRAINING As horse trainers, we all see a lot of angst, drama, fear, and anxiety at horse shows. Sometimes, it’s not even ours. Kids and drama seem to be able to find each other in a crowd. When you add in horses, judging, and parents spending a ton of money… […]

07/02/2024

Another great show day today 🇨🇦 at Old Orchard Farm. Congratulations to the winners of the Hunter 2.0’ division sponsored by Greenhawk Campbellville.
Champion: August Kennedy (pictured)
Reserve Champion: Kate Lennon-Davey.

06/30/2024

For our Canada Day Show, numbers have been assigned to all entries. You may see how many people are registered in each division on the main page of our show registration system. Please note that all scheduling is approximate only. https://eqshowmanager.com/individual_shows/595

06/29/2024

We may have shared this before, but this an excellent breakdown for riders and interested parents alike.

BY DAPHNE THORNTON OF TWO BIT TRAINING We are pretty committed to client education at Two Bit Training. Our unmounted lesson topics range from leg wrapping to taking a temperature and pulse to walking a course to explaining hunter judging. We’re big on writing our thoughts down and sending them ho...

06/27/2024

MAY SCHOOLING SHOW PHOTO LINKS! 📸

Photos by Alex D
https://photosbyalexd.pixieset.com/oldorchardfarmschoolingshow1/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1le-V77GhDIHWJSbCEaxQD4b8_WRYFxASceBF6CfgtpvGZwYTBJVWmdK4_aem_VGIihMfEunIegbv6MBIRUg

Georgia Ruggles Photography
https://georgiarugglesphotography.pixieset.com/oofmayshow2024/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1n9t7tzW3XNAElbP86dY_WpdYlVX_AinxSXVFn5cY7Kc0SHZmETnN4aE8_aem_Xjw0IBz5i_LcSif3nKHEBA

Kayjay Photography (May OOF show split into numerous albums)
https://www.facebook.com/share/Q5kH5QXvYS18rr3n/?mibextid=JRoKGi

06/26/2024

Very Important Question… Hunter Ham or Jumper Jam? 🧐

Montego Grey (Jamaica) & looking great in both rings at Silver 1 & 2!

Pc

06/21/2024

Avoid the late fees and get your entries for this Sunday’s OOF Schooling show in by tonight at Midnight!

Don’t forget to find a partner and enter our 2’3” Open Hunter Pairs Costume Class which will run in the Grass Ring. 👯‍♀️

Full show program available on our website or through the link in our bio!

06/21/2024

The always impressive ALL IS ON blowing us away with her scope once more. ✈️ If only she was 16.3 instead of 13.3! 🥲💙

Pc

06/18/2024

Tonight’s lessons postponed until next Tuesday June 25. Stay cool and hydrated everyone! 🌡️🥵

06/18/2024

SOLD - CARAWAY BRIO - Large Pony Hunter/Jumper/Dressage School Master. This sweet and handsome Connemara has all the buttons and is dressage trained to 3rd Level. He is currently competing in the .80M Jumpers and Large Pony Hunters on the Silver West Circuit with a teen who will be heading to school abroad in August. Brio will come with his remaining Silver West Pass. Brio has an auto change, takes a joke, is an easy keeper, loves to hack, is dog and traffic safe, and turns out happily in a group. Minor maintenance consistent with age required. More information and video, including with an 8 year her first time on him, can be seen here: https://oldorchardfarm.ca/horses/list/

06/17/2024

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06/17/2024

Katie Steele and All Is Well looking sharp at the start of their first full season of !

Allie pony clearly takes after her mom All is On in the “knees to nose” department 👀 Thanks for the great shot 💙

06/13/2024

Registration is now open for the June show featuring our annual Open Hunter Pairs Costume Class!

https://eqshowmanager.com/

06/12/2024

Silver West 1 Highlights!

Champion 0.7M Jumper - Silent Humor & Mia Sabetti
Champion 3’3 Open Hunter - Kasch & Vanessa Daunt
Champion Cross Rail Jumper - Effervescent & Emilia Dominato
Reserve Champion 0.9 Jumper - All Is On & Gabriela Gogazc
Reserve Champion B Equitation Division - Ruby Fraser Underhill & El Pavo Real
Reserve Champion 2’9 Mod Adult Hunter - Bear With Me & Julie Menary
Reserve Champion 2’9 Open Hunter - Andarna & Paige Haddad
0.85 Laughton Memorial Prix Winner - All Is On & Gabriela Gogazc
0.75 Laughton Memorial Prix Winner - Caraway Brio & Felicia Koch
3rd Place Silver Prix - Amberdore & Madison Bonus

Excited to head back for Silver West 2 tomorrow!

06/04/2024

I feel that this is very true! Stay the course. Get control of your own body and everything that follows will be easier.

I read a theory about why so many riders lack a deep command of basics, and it was explained like this---

Correct basics are hard to master because there is an enormous amount of repetition involved, and if someone has tried something hundreds, possibly thousands of times, and still can’t do it, it is easy for the person to conclude that he/she is taking on an impossible challenge.

In his book “Mastery,” George Leonard wrote that on the quest to become good, there will be long stretches of “seeming non-improvement.”

Like watching grass grow, change is happening, but so slowly that it can’t be measured daily, weekly, or even monthly. But at some point, for those who stick with it, “suddenly” they can do things that before they couldn’t do.

The issue is giving up in frustration before putting in those many many many many months of practice.

That is ONE theory. I am sure there are many others, but this one does ring true.

05/23/2024

Congrats and Andarna on great start to their partnership this season!