Riverbend Farm

07/02/2024

Edit: Both spots have been filled. Let me know if you would like to be added to our waiting list!

We welcome all disciplines and our horses receive excellent care and thrive in a peaceful, low key no drama environment! Our amenities include:

-Large 12 x 14 stalls, 10-12 hrs daily turnout
-Stalls cleaned daily, fresh bedding provided as needed
-Strategy, Triple Crown Perform Gold or TC Senior Gold available, fed 2x daily
-Quality timothy hay provided
-Outdoor wash rack, indoor wash bay with hot & cold water
-Large tack room w/ fridge
-Loft for additional storage
-100x200 arena with m10 and river sand, drains well and rideable after rain
-Large flat grassy fields with 4 rail fencing
-Mares & Geldings mixed in turnout, based on personality
-Night turnout in summer months
-Owner-provided supplements fed upon request
-Blanketing included in winter months
-Shelters in all fields
-Large deck overlooking the arena
-Owner lives on site and has an Equine Science degree and 25+ years experience
-Full board $625

Please pm, call or email Beth for more information!
678-549-4014
[email protected]

Located in Ball Ground, 2 miles off Hwy 372 and about 3 miles off 575.

05/26/2024

Life around the farm this spring 🩷

08/07/2023

An absolutely unimaginable tragedy...please donate if you can.

Early this morning, Marcy received a phone call that no horse owner ever wants to recei… Renee Henderson needs your support for Blue Springs Farm Fire Relief

07/25/2023

Accurate.

Familiar...

07/17/2023

A week ago we said goodbye to Aztec. Affectionately know around the barn as "Grandpa", his presence and nickckers sure are missed. He was a special soul, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to care for him in his final years ❤️

03/25/2023

SCF Olympic Jet "Jett"
2007 Appendix mare, 16.2hh

Sweet and easy to handle, quiet disposition. Most suitable for a confident intermediate or above level rider. She had an early career in H/J, foaled a couple colts and most recently came off a lease from a youth rider in a dressage program. Dressage, Western dressage, hunter under saddle, low h/j. Willing & trainable. Pleasant to ride, ready for training level and lots of potential to move up. Minor maintenance. Reasonably priced. Located in Ball Ground, GA. PM or call for more info 678-549-4014.

01/28/2023

She's finally able to earn her keep!!

10/18/2022

They have all the cold weather feels this morning!

08/15/2022

This morning, I stood in the aisle and just hugged this horse of mine for the longest time. It's something amazing how the sweet puffs of breath, the kindness in the eyes and arms wrapped around the neck of a horse has the power to make life's problems melt away. I 💜 you Zippy.

07/30/2022

9 years of blood, sweat, tears and happy horses...Happy Anniversary Riverbend Farm❤

07/17/2022

Every barn needs a mascot...

06/25/2022

Hard-working barn 🐈‍⬛

02/01/2022

Lots of truth right here.

“Farm work doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t make you anything. It reveals you.
There’s gym strong and then there’s farm strong. They’re mutually exclusive. The toughest women you’ll ever meet spend their days on a farm.

There are more uses for twine than you can possibly imagine. You can tie up a hole in a slow feeder, fashion a tail strap for a horse’s blanket, mend a broken fence and use it as a belt.

“Well that certainly didn’t go as planned,” is one thing you’ll say quite a bit.
Control is a mere illusion. The thought that you have any, at any given time, is utterly false.
Sometimes sleep is a luxury. So are lunch and dinner. And brushing your hair.

If you’ve never felt your obliques contract, then you’ve never tried stopping an overly full wheelbarrow of horse manure from tipping over sideways. Trust me, you’ll find muscles that you never knew existed on the human skeleton to prevent this from happening.

When one of the animals is ill, you’ll go to heroic lengths to minimize their discomfort.
Their needs come first. In summer heat and coldest winter days. Clean water, clean bed, and plenty of feed. Before you have your first meal, they all eat.

When you lose one of them, even though you know that day is inevitable, you still feel sadness, angst and emotional pain from the top of your head to the tips of your toes. And it’s a heaviness that lingers even though you must regroup and press on.
You’ll cry a lot. But you’ll never live more fully. You’ll remain present no matter what because you must. There is no other option.
You’ll ask for so many miracles and hold out hope until the very last.

You will, at least once, face-plant in the manure pile. You’ll find yourself saying things like, “we have maybe twenty minutes of daylight left to git ‘er done” whilst gazing up at a nonspecific place in the sky.
You’ll become weirdly obsessive about the weather.
You’ll go out in public wearing filthy clothes and smelling of dirt, sweat and p**p. People will look at you sideways and krinkle their noses but you won’t care.
Your entire day can derail within ten seconds of the rising sun.
You can wash your coveralls. They won’t look any cleaner, but they will smell much nicer.

Farm work is difficult in its simplicity.
You’ll always notice just how beautiful sunrises and sunsets really are.
Should you ever have the opportunity to work on a farm, take the chance! You will never do anything more satisfying in your entire life.”

-Author Unknown

11/07/2021

My sweet angel baby ❤

09/28/2021

A fun day of getting back into showing, and Lyla's first!

09/25/2021

The boys are looking pretty official as we get ready to head to a show tomorrow...I forgot how much prep work goes into it after a 5 year hiatus!

09/17/2021

Weaning success last weekend. Not too dramatic and now he gets to hang with his big brother...who is a momma look-a-like! x SCF Olympic Jet...name suggestions for his APHA papers??

09/05/2021

Big day today! Lyla loped for more than just a few strides and River spent some time away from momma.

09/04/2021

Great start to the day, my helper woke up in a helping mood and we are loving the cooler weather!

08/12/2021

Someone is feeling good this morning!

07/17/2021

About time he has some big kid responsibilities!

05/18/2021

One full stall board available Feb 1st! **Ideally looking for a boarder who is interested in working off part of board. Work entails cleaning10 stalls & prepping feed (1 hour of work) 2-3 days a week**

Primarily Western & HUS but all disciplines are welcome. Our horses receive excellent care and thrive in a peaceful, low key environment! Our amenities include:

-Large 12 x 14 stalls, 10-12 hours daily turnout
-stalls cleaned daily, fresh bedding provided as needed
-Strategy, Triple Crown Complete or TC Senior available, fed 2x daily
-Quality timothy hay provided
-Outdoor wash rack, indoor wash bay
-Large tack room w/ fridge
-Loft for additional storage
-100x200 arena with m10 and river sand, drains well and rideable after rain
-Large flat grassy fields with 4 rail fencing
-Shelters in all fields
-Large deck overlooking the arena
-Owner lives on site and has an Equine Science degree and 25+ years experience
-$450 Pasture board
-$625 Stall board

Please pm, call or email Beth for more information!
678-549-4014
[email protected]

Located in Ball Ground, 2 miles off Hwy 372 and about 3 miles off 575.

05/18/2021

Just a few pics showcasing our beautiful renovation! A few finishing touches left, but we have one stall open for full board!