Twin Acres LLC

09/10/2024

Barn dog buddy watching over his “flock”😂

09/04/2024

William Woods University is seeking a Hunter/Jumper Instructor! This full-time, tenure-track faculty position will teach equestrian studies as the Hunter/Jumper Instructor for the College of Equestrian Studies. The Hunter/Jumper faculty is responsible for teaching applied riding courses, applied theory courses, and other equine and equestrian courses . This position supervises the management and care of all horses used in the hunter/jumper string. The individual holding this position will also have the responsibility of coaching William Woods’ riders at local, regional, and national competitions.

The contracted teaching load is 12 hours per semester, with the opportunity to teach summer classes and intercession courses. Full-time faculty are expected to participate in faculty and campus committees, attend faculty assembly and college meetings, and conduct program and class assessments in accordance with standards developed by the University and outside accrediting entities. Faculty are also expected to develop educational programs to be presented to the campus at large as part of the University LEAD program and to attend such programs sponsored by other faculty in the university. Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and experience.

We offer a fantastic, family-friendly work environment, with amazing coworkers and awesome benefits (including FREE tuition for employee, spouse and dependents!), check out the job posting and apply at: https://www.williamwoods.edu/employment/job_details.aspx?id=7

09/03/2024

Only an equestrian will understand :-)

09/01/2024

08/31/2024

08/29/2024

So so proud of baby Joey! First ride in the books today, and he was an absolute gem!! This horse is so incredibly smart.

Lots of groundwork made for a successful first ride. Cannot wait to see what the future holds for this cute little guy! Thanks Pamela Lee for trusting me with Joey’s training

08/28/2024

Luna sending everyone love 🤍

08/17/2024

A small stab in the heart is what you feel when you put up the day's riding list and you see riders sinking heavily in their shoulders when reading which horse they are assigned for the lesson. A small stab in the heart for that horse that for an hour will carry around a rider who has already decided that he does not like his horse. A small stab in the heart for the horse that did not choose the rider himself but still does his best, lesson after lesson.

Riding is a privilege and something you have chosen to do. If you chose to ride at a riding school, your instructor assumes that you actually want to learn how to ride. The instructor's highest wish is that you get good at it.

Often there is a plan and a thought as to why you are assigned to that exact horse. Before you mount up next time, ask yourself "what can this horse teach me today?" All horses have something to give, a feeling or a new tool in the box.

The art is actually in being able to get a lazy horse to move forward, to get an uncertain horse to gain confidence, a naughty horse to focus or a tense horse to be released. It takes work. If you think a horse is boring, it's more likely that you don't ride the horse as well as you think! It's not easy to be confronted with your own shortcomings, but it is in that very situation that you get the chance to truly grow as a rider.

The excuse that "it's not my kind of horse" is actually a really bad excuse. A good rider can ride any kind of horse. A good rider has trained many hours on different types of horses to become a good rider. A good rider can find and manage the gold nuggets in every horse.

If we absolutely want to ride, it is our duty to strive to do it as best as possible, even if it's only for fun. We owe it to every horse that carries us upon it's back.

Copied and shared with love for all of our horses, ponies and riders 🐎❤🐎

08/04/2024

Our & saddleseat boys living their best lives! Blue our saddlebred, and Remi our warmblood! So privileged and honored to be able to provide a loving home for these boys during their retirement golden years!

08/02/2024

Our Olympic Silver Medallists 🇺🇸🥹

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08/02/2024

YEAHHH 🥈

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08/01/2024

In case you missed it!

The equestrian team jumping competition got off to a hot start during the qualification round. The U.S. and Germany soared, while medal favorites Sweden stum...

07/29/2024

HAPPY RETIREMENT TWISTIE!!!

At 29 years young, she’s deserves to be a horse and “give it a true rest” for the rest of her days! I’m so grateful I have the opportunity to do this for her as she’s happy and healthy! The retirement herd is calling your name!

Thank you Twisty for all you’ve done for my program over the last 4 years! You’ve thought numerous kiddos to canter, jump, and create wonderul memories over the years! No it’s your turn to be spoiled! Appy ponies are one in a million!

Drop photos and fun memories of Miss Twist during her time with us. I know there are some great ones

07/24/2024

This goes beyond me and beyond my mission… it is a sad day for the horse & ag communities of MO Heights and I fear it’s only the beginning. The bullying neighborhood organization, Keep MO Heights Rural has won again….and it’s such a sad day.

I really wish I was celebrating our permit approval, but shockingly I’ve been DENIED. My dad and I have worked tirelessly over the last 3 years, we have been slandered and bullied for 3 years, but we’ve pushed through, and it feels as though it has been for nothing. I am grateful for my team for working their butts off as well as thankful to those of you who have supported us through this whole process. It got me through it all. But I was NOT expecting this outcome. But shame on those of the horse community who chose to take the other side. And fight against somthing that is needed, fight against your own community for absolutely no real reason or just reason. Shame on you all.

The rhetoric that my family has more money than god is also as untrue as it could be…it’s been beyond frustrating as I keep hearing the basis of “just buy another barn” (which are millions of dollars I might add) which isn’t in the cards and never has been. That’s why we worked so hard to try to make this ranch happen here…because it was within our means. Why would we have gone through literal hell for 3 years if there was an easier way…

I am worried for the continuation of horses in this valley and it should worry the horse community….its slipping away. You can kiss horses goodbye in eagle county. They’ve already done it in Pitkin.

All this hard work for over 3 years to deny the permit due to “this project is not compatible with the area”. The suburbian ranchettes surrounding my property that fought me used to be part of the property land that got subdivided off. They want to live in a rural area but not have the rural. It’s hypocritical to me. And not once in these 3 years of fighting had compatibility, size, or scale of this operation come into question. Those words only came from the nosey nimby neighbors, and conveniently of course right when they made their decision. Now we have to wait a year if we would even consider amending our application and applying again…

I guess you cannot put an updated horse ranch on a horse ranch. And Eagle County can build “soon to be the biggest” residential area in the valley (willits) but they won’t let someone build a barn on ranch land.

But mark my words. I AM NOT GIVING UP