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Stone Fox Farm

A family friendly farm just outside of Wichita KS specializing in training, lessons and sales of horses. We do both english and western disciplines.
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06/26/2024

Camp week 2 Day 2!

Lots of water play today! We managed to beat the heat just fine!

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06/25/2024

Camp week 2 day 1!

We ended up with a camp full of littles!!!

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06/22/2024

A successful show at the Topeka Round Up Club KHJA show :) we loaded up bright and early with a trailer full!

Max and Twister got champion in the ground pole hunters! Max remembered his courses all by himself and had a flawless flat class! Great job Max!

Then Trystan and Gwen took a first, two thirds and two fourths in the crossrail hunters and equitation. This was a big deal for Gwen, a very green pony, hopping off the trailer and into the show ring! More good miles for this pair.

Then Shay and Tuff got champion in the 18” beginner hunter and reserve in the 18” equitation. Shay hasn’t jumped much since IEA in the fall so what an accomplishment to hop on an English horse and go kick some butt! She also managed to get the TIP award for the day!

Eva and Wings laid down some solid rounds in the 2’ equitation, medal and 2’3 hunters winning a champion ribbon for her hunter rounds and getting some more points!

And little Elise went to her first horse show and knocked the socks off the lead line class judge and just lived her best life today 😂

Great job everyone!

06/18/2024

It’s that time!!!

Let’s get the 2024-25 IEA season kicked off with try outs July 27th!

Returning riders stay tuned for practice dates beginning in July 🙌

06/16/2024

Since all we do is just sit around, we took a load to the meadowlark pony club fundraiser show for funsies 😂😅

06/15/2024

We are set up downtown Augusta at the Brick Street Bazaar! Come on out and see us (and take home a kitten 😂)

06/09/2024

A very busy weekend for the Stone Fox crews!!

7 horses trekked to Vermillion Valley for a Kansas Hunter Jumper Association show. Storms did not deter our horses and riders!

Trystan and her pony Gwen kicked everyone off with a champion in the ground pole hunter division and then got some great ribbons in the crossrails including a third on the flat in a very competitive class! Trystan has been working her butt off with Gwen hauling her as many places as she can and it’s paid off!

Kaia and her new OTTB mare Cici went to their first show together and came out champions in the ground pole Equitation division. Cici really shined and proved her suitability as a hunter. Kaia also competed her gelding Dudley in the crossrails getting some good ribbons but their highlight was moving up a bit to the 18” hunter division with some stiffer competition and more complicated courses. Kaia and Dudley’s nicest round of the show was her first 18” round.

Laura and her OTTB cressi also competed at their first show together in the crossrails. Cressi clearly LOVES the spotlight and showed off her skills and earned some solid placings as well. Most importantly though, the pair left with oodles more confidence!

Eva and Wings kicked off their day winning a medal class and then venturing into a bigger hunter division for the first time. She also kicked butt in a huge class placing 2nd out of 11!

Maddie and Leo swept the pony hunter division winning all of their classes in great style and bringing home the champion ribbon! They also moved up in height and tried out the 2’3 hunters and I think impressed themselves with their success!

Kendall and Divi wrapped up the (extremely long and hot) day with a reserve champion in the 3’ open hunter division, a fifth in the hunter derby, and taking home the high point thoroughbred award for hunter day.

We weren’t sick of it yet so this morning Maddie and Leo laid it down in the pony jumpers and added one more champion ribbon to the score board!

Meanwhile the western crew ran in Haysville and Shay and Cody won the youth 2D and PR’ed by .8 seconds 🤠 Way to keep the theme of winning alive in western land this weekend 👏👏

Mother Nature said we had had enough apparently so plans for yet another Barrel race this evening were foiled by the storms last night. So I guess we have nothing better to do than go relax now 😅

Fantastic riding everyone, you’ve all been working so hard and your consistency really shined this weekend. I’m a proud trainer for sure!

Last but certainly not least, we know we can’t do this without the support of significant others, parents, grandparents, friends and the staff that keeps things running at home. From sweating it out with us in the sun, chauffeuring to and fro, and everything else you all do, I know the riders and I appreciate you. It takes a village and we have the best one 💚🖤 🦊 💚🖤

06/05/2024

Anyone wanting a kitten, the older ones need to go! Let me know when you can pick up 🐈

06/01/2024

We sure don’t waste a moment! Camp over at 12:30, and we arrived in Abilene by 5:30 for a barrel race this morning! Bemer and breakfast! 🍳 ⚡️

05/31/2024

Last day of camp week 1

Farrier 🔨 More riding 🐴 more 🍉 and 🍕 party day!!!

All campers say they are coming back 😂

June and July camps are getting busy so make sure you get your registration in! June camp deadline is June 10th!!!

05/31/2024

Camp Day 3!

Rain 🌧️ didn’t slow us down one bit!

We learned how to move our horses around with body language and set up a cool trail course. After clean up the rain FORCED us to have to play with kittens in the hay barn. It was rough 😆

05/29/2024

Camp day 2! 🐎 🛶 🎨

05/28/2024

Camp 🐴 camp 🦃 camp 🍉!!!!

First day of our first horse camp! Was a pretty morning too!

We have spots available for June and July’s camps still 🙌 shoot me a text (316-617-3273) or a message and I’ll send you the flyer with a link to sign up 😍

05/21/2024

Some views of the farm 😍 after a few years of drought I am so grateful for the green grass. It’s a breezy one today! Last day of school too! Let summer begin 🌞

05/20/2024

Have you signed up for camps yet?!?

First one starts NEXT week 🤪 I have a few spots left so last minute planners shoot me a message! Get those deposits paid!

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05/18/2024

Had a super fun mom and me lesson LOL 😆 you are never too old to have your mom join you for a ride! Great job ladies, I had fun too!

05/17/2024

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05/16/2024

Super proud of this duo today!

Trystan has hit the ground, cried, been dragged out of arena after arena, cried some more, missed out on shows, lost her temper, been red faced mad and everything in between with this pony … but she has NEVER given up on her and never stopped loving her. She has changed her mindset from a rider to a trainer and she has learned a TON, and she has done it herself. There will still be bumps in the road, as green horses will find new and creative ways to test their riders but what a partnership they have formed. Well done today Trystan!

05/06/2024

Barn fam….

We are busting tail right now making sure everyone has a fresh stall, full hay bag and is ready to weather whatever gets thrown at us today.

That being said we will be CLOSED today to prepare and so that no one gets caught out here in unpredictable weather.

Stay safe y’all!

05/06/2024

Snickerdoodle has been busy 😑 two are already spoken for, leaving three looking for new homes. I’d know Becky the fat cat… well then… you know snickerdoodle’s babies lol

05/03/2024

And this is why we require a 30 day notice for changes in training plans 😅😂

05/01/2024

A very exciting evening on the farm 😅 horses are tucked in and checked for the night. I guess we see what 3am brings ⛈️

04/28/2024

The mud will keep stallions and show ponies in so the 2 yr old fillies and their babysitters can enjoy the better grass while it’s mucky ♥️

04/26/2024

Some fabulous show photos taken by HLJ Images ♥️ to share! The gray mare and bay gelding are both for sale!!! The dun gelding is forever loved so hands off y’all 😅

04/24/2024

While half of the crew was in hunter/jumper land, the western crew went to a barrel race 🤠 Shay ran a new PR on Cody by 2/10th of a second and broke into the 15’s for the first time! She ended up 2nd in the 2D of the youth. Way to go!

04/22/2024

We ended day two (14 hours after arriving on the show grounds) with another successful day! Kaia and Dudley got their first first place ribbon and placed in every class and Kendall and W***y came home champions in the Open Jumpers 🏆 all the horses were tucked back in at home around 11:30pm last night and now we all sleep so we can do it all again soon!

Great job everyone! What a great group of people we have to horse show with, I’m proud of our crew!

04/21/2024

A successful (very long) day one at the horse show 🙌🙌 great job everyone!!!!

Here’s to another!🥂

04/21/2024

Well, got here at sunrise and we are still showing as the sun sets. Hemi did not make it to see the day come full circle 😂

04/20/2024

Good morning from the pony show!!!

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Augusta, KS
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Super proud of this duo today! Trystan has hit the ground, cried, been dragged out of arena after arena, cried some more, missed out on shows, lost her temper, been red faced mad and everything in between with this pony … but she has NEVER given up on her and never stopped loving her. She has changed her mindset from a rider to a trainer and she has learned a TON, and she has done it herself. There will still be bumps in the road, as green horses will find new and creative ways to test their riders but what a partnership they have formed. Well done today Trystan!

The mud will keep stallions and show ponies in so the 2 yr old fillies and their babysitters can enjoy the better grass while it’s mucky ♥️

The welsh pony yearlings got to have their first turnout since moving to the farm. I think they enjoyed themselves! 😆

Lots to appreciate here! This is an 8yr old OTTB who had 44 starts and won almost $85k on the track, who has had a year of restarting as a barrel horse… he has EVERY stereotype going for him to be crazy, hot, rude, hard mouthed and ride like a freight train. And yet here he is with a NINE year old who ALSO has all the stereotypes- a kid who’s primarily done only barrel racing… She’s able to ride him around beautifully off of her seat with a loose rein. I’m a proud trainer of both of this critters today! Horsemanship done right regardless of the discipline! Way to be awesome ambassadors for OTTBs, western thoroughbreds, barrel racers, kid riders, horsemen and Stone Fox Farm 🖤 💚 🦊 💚 🖤 👊🏻👊🏻

First time trotting through the pattern this spring 🥰 let’s gooooooo!

The farm got a little ranchier today 🐮 🐄

I thought for sure I would get great video of the younger stallions running around their paddocks spooking at the water tank. No such luck. I guess I win at producing quiet horses 😂

Day 2 of IEA dressage. Most of our horses are behaving lol 😆 I’ve gotten to spend the day scribing for the judge and have learned an awful lot! If you ever get the chance to volunteer to scribe DO it!

It’s been a wild ride. There has been a LOT of joy, big plans and goals, successes and accomplishments that even surprised me and my big dreams. And there has been tremendous loss, suffering and sacrifice over these last three years as well. I get choked up and emotional thinking about all of the blood, sweat and tears and the outright battle I’ve fought to keep this dream alive. And I am so so grateful for the people that made and continue to make this place exist. To every person who believed in me from the start and now. Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I remember every person who brought a trailer to move, cut down a tree, cleaned my tack room, picked up a pitch fork or just came and was a part of the barn family here. Even if you are no longer here, I am still grateful for you. To my future and the people in it standing by me. I love you, and I hope you know how much I appreciate you lifting me up and continuing to believe in me. I can’t do it without you. Happy birthday, Stone Fox Farm 🦊

Group nap time 😂

We are drying out! 🙌

Winter sucks 😂 these beasts want to go to warmer homes! Also open to long and short term leases. I have a few others plus broodmares for lease! Shoot me a message, strike while the iron is hot (errr or cold?) and before my shoulders recover from hauling water and I change my mind about caring for so many!

🔥🔥🔥Please check your calendars early!!! 🔥🔥🔥 We are scheduling set make-up lessons for December (and if it goes well- maybe January). If you will be out of town or you have a conflict and can’t make your regularly scheduled lesson- please RSVP to one of these times 🎄 MONDAY 12/4 @ 5:30pm THURSDAY 12/14 @ 5:30pm SATURDAY 12/16 at 12:30pm MONDAY 12/18 at 5:30pm FRIDAY 12/22 at 5:30pm *In the event that it is too COLD 🥶 to ride- we will have UNMOUNTED lessons at your normal scheduled lesson time. Too cold is actual temp 20 degrees or below or real feel in the teens * We appreciate everyone looking ahead to get lessons moved around! This is easier on the lesson horses (and instructors! 😅😅) It helps us keep hay in the horse’s bellies and everyone gets to spend time with their families ❤️

🎄 Christmas shopping on anyone’s radar yet? Let me know if we can help! Might not be able to stuff that pony under the tree but a gift card is the next best thing! 🎅

Super successful weekend at the IEA show Flying Change Farm in Cowetta, OK! I am SO proud of the improvement our team made since our show there in August! You girls have worked your tails off and it showed in a big way. The ribbons and the points are coming as well, I hope everyone walked away this weekend feeling confident in their rides. I know I did! As always, coaches and parents got lots of compliments from volunteers and other coaches about how sweet and helpful and on time our girls are. Now we get to regroup, plan out the remainder of the season and post season and just keep on improving 🖤💚🦊🖤💚

I know this last week didn’t feel like it but Autumn is here! 🍁 Now is a GREAT time to start horse back riding lessons (or maybe start thinking about Christmas gifts!!!) New riders can take advantage of a FREE 30 minute private lesson to come try us out for the month of October 🕷️ 👻 🎃 Old friends of the farm that haven’t seen us in while, get back on our schedule for 1/2 off a month package of lessons if purchased this month! Can’t wait to see everyone!

🦚 ⭐️ ATTENTION!! ⭐️🦚 Invoices were sent out yesterday. Pretty please READ the notes at the bottom of your invoices 😆 I sent a link to the LESSON HANDBOOK that I’ve been talking about making for oooooohhh four years or so LOL

In honor of our first IEA show of the season… I present to you… a throw back to the dancing avocado changing tent 🤣🤣🤣 does anyone remember who’s this was? LOL Good luck Stone Fox Farm English Team at Flying Change Farm this weekend!!! 🦊 💚🖤🤍🦊

I feel this in my soul Too hot…

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Windy Fox Farm, A lifelong Dream

Windy Fox Farm was born when I was five. I went to watch one of my Aunt’s horse back riding lessons and decided then and there that riding was what I wanted to do. My mom, a Lab Director at the time for the Illinois State Police Crime Labs, told five year old me that “it was against the law” for five year olds to ride and that I had to wait until I was seven. Two LONG years later and I started taking western riding lessons. There began my obsession. My christmas list consisted of “barn, hay, grain, saddle, pony”. I wrote to the children’s magazine for horses “Young Rider” to get a pen pal where I told them I wanted to own a farm with all kinds of animals and grow pumpkins and christmas trees. I’m pretty sure I said I also wanted a cow and a pig, so at least I’m over that now.

After college I started riding other people’s horses after my full time job as a receptionist in a doctor’s office. The office job lasted about a year before I was asked to be an assistant trainer at a facility in Manhattan, KS. I was an assistant for three months before being the head trainer. I grew the lesson program from 5 riders to over 20, filled the boarding stable and had us on a wait list. I did a LOT more showing at this time. Then I moved to a facility where I traveled to all the big shows, and prepped and groomed. I rode the sales horses at home. Finally I moved back to a barn I was riding western at through college and started a full fledged riding academy, The Stables at Brush Creek. I taught english and western lessons, started and coached an english and western Interscholastic Equestrian Association Team (the western team went to nationals two years in a row), helped coach the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association western club team for KSU, and had my own show team, training horses and personal horses.

In 2017 my husband was offered a job at Wichita State University, and we decided we were moving! So The Stables at Brush Creek became Windy Fox Farm and I finally owned my own place! We moved with two dogs, one cat, and three horses. Now we have 8 horses (of our own), 2 dogs, 3 cats, 12 chickens, 5 ducks, 2 goats and 1 rabbit and two kiddos!