Hidden Springs Farm

09/28/2024

Finally found food in Gastonia at Waffle House. Standing room only. We have no power. No water. No internet and phone service just came back on. Got to find a way to water ponies. No grocery stores open. No church tomorrow.

07/30/2024

My sweet girls. Life will be so much different without you in it. The best of the best. The goodest girls.

To my sweet Sally (Hidden Springs FanDancer) what an incredible legacy you have left behind. My heart is broken, you were so beyond loved by everyone. A dream pony. A saint. And so much more. You were the world’s best teacher and friend. To know you was to love you and you were so loved. I hope your retirement was everything you wanted. You have lived the life of luxury these last few years. I pray that you are galloping in fields of green grass and warm sun. They say all dogs go to heaven but I know all horses do too. You deserve it my sweet girl. 32 years was not nearly long enough.

And to my beautiful Skittles. You were truly one of a kind. You made the sweetest babies as you retired from the show ring, and you taught so many kids how to ride. You had the most lovable qualities and you will be missed forever. I remember riding you when I was a kid and you were truly one of a kind. A fan favorite. And a true child’s pony. The fancy golden girl. You have always been the kindest pony. My favorite part was your big kind eye and the cutest facial markings I think I’ve ever seen.

It has been an honor and a privilege to know both of these ladies. Not only at the top of their game but as they slowed down and retired to large green fields, stalls, fans, blankets, warm meals twice a day, and all the love and affection they could ever wish for. I hope you both know how much you were loved and how much you meant to every child and adult you touched. They say bad things come in threes and I hope it is over for me for a while. Losing these 3 girls in the last month has been heart breaking to say the least. 3 amazing ponies who will live on in our hearts forever.

Hidden Springs Athena (28)
Hidden Springs Skittles (25)
Hidden Springs FanDancer (32)

07/08/2024

Congratulations to Lara Smithson!!
Paradise’s Heavenly Promise. 2nd in the yearling filly class in the Maryland Pony Breeders Show. She is by Heavenly Silver Crown and out of The Promise Fantasy Flame. Owner is Lara Smithson.

06/30/2024

Heavenly Patch of Blue by *Pendock Larkspur who also sired Heavenly Silver Crown. Crown is standing at stud at Hidden Springs Farm in South Carolina.

06/14/2024

https://youtu.be/cetRalAB2lI?si=7Mi6AK0ys0Br2XHw

Hidden Springs Flirt’n at the Ritz is a 2016 mare who measures 12.2. She is by Glenhaven Lotus and out of Hidden Springs Designed to Flirt (Morton’s Elliot x...

06/14/2024

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NnuIFQGyNJ4&d=n

Hidden Springs Sashay is a 2019 mare by Heavenly Silver Crown and out of a Warmblood mare (Aziza) who is a granddaughter of Voltaire.

06/06/2024

It was baby goat day at the farm today

05/22/2024

The spotted pony baby by a 12.3 stallion is taller than the horse baby by 16.2 parents!!!!!

04/13/2024

Boys are growing up. Nick name goose. By Hidden Springs Valentino and out of Hidden Springs Halston.

04/08/2024

The horses didn’t watch the news about the eclipse. They have already come up for supper at 3:15. Poor things.

04/02/2024

Three weeks late today and showing no promise of tomorrow either.

03/29/2024

Some standing shots of our new boy by Carry On MF.