Fern Haven Farm

08/16/2024

08/14/2024

Past week after the storm….

08/12/2024

08/09/2024

08/09/2024

08/07/2024

Training stalls available!
Please PM for pricing. Fully customizable programs starting at 30 day minimum.
Will work on-
✨Groundwork
✨Baby boot camp (every horse and pony needs to know they’re ABCs)
✨Starting under saddle
✨Exercise rides or tuning up for showing
✨Restarting or solving problems
Lessons with owner are more than welcome ❤️
Over 15 years of experience in Hunt Seat, Equitation, Jumpers, Eventing, Dressage, Western Ranch Riding and Trail, and natural horsemanship

08/03/2024

Let's Congratulate Showjumping team silver medallists at Paris 2024 - Team USA
Karl Cook (riding Caracole de La Roque)
Laura Kraut (riding Baloutinue)
McLain Ward (riding Ilex)
The U.S. won its third consecutive silver medal in the team jumping event at the historic Chateau de Versailles,

07/29/2024

07/28/2024

As the sun goes down….

07/28/2024

Zara photo dump tonight 💜

07/28/2024

07/23/2024

She withdrew, putting her horse”s well being first. She’ll be back, tons of respect for her.

Five-time Olympian Ingrid Klimke will not be heading to Versailles for the Paris Games

Read more via link below

07/21/2024

It can sometimes be tricky to figure out where you can tune in for Olympics coverage, so we did some research for you! Here's a handy guide for where you can find coverage in your country. It's very nearly go time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, hosted this year in Paris, France. We're excited to...

07/21/2024

07/21/2024

Where entire breeds can go off track is when some one feature becomes so popular that breeders get so focused on that single piece to the neglect of the real deal basics such as soundness, temperament and general athletic ability.

Examples might include the way some Arabian breeders focus on a distorted looking dish face, some Quarter Horse breeders on extreme musculature, some race horse breeders on intense early speed, some Morgan breeders on a high knee action trot, some color breeders on specific color, any one piece of the whole that leaves other more important features neglected when decisions are being made about which stallions to breed to which mares.

Why does this happen? Probably because of ignorance about overall horsemanship that fails to take into account that horses should be sound, sane and athletic if they are to be useful to the average rider or driver.

But fads have a life of their own. One breeder produces it, some judge rewards it, and before you know it the aberration has become so popular that that’s where the money goes, and we all know the saying, “Follow the money.”

And once that starts it can so easily become a runaway train, and another breed is in trouble. And it started with some fad made popular through ignorance of basic horsemanship.

07/21/2024

07/19/2024

Gem Twist (June 12, 1979 – November 18, 2006) was a 16.3 hands (67 inches, 170 cm) world champion American Thoroughbred show jumping horse registered under the name Icey Twist. Bred by equestrian Frank Chapot, Gem Twist had an incredible career at the Grand Prix level. The gelding is the only horse to have won the "American Grand Prix Association Horse of the Year" title three times, and is regarded as one of the best show-jumpers in history.

Three genetic clones of Gem Twist were subsequently foaled after Gem Twist's death in 2006: Gemini CL, Murka's Gem, and Gem Twist Alpha Z. All three clones are primarily used for breeding German warmblood sport horses in Europe.

Gem Twist began winning early in his career with rider Greg Best, including the 1985 USET Talent Derby as a six-year-old. He went on to win his first two competitions at the Grand Prix level, the Grand Prix of Tampa and the Grand Prix of Florida, in 1987. He finished the year with his first American Grand Prix Association (AGA) Horse of the Year honor, as well as a team silver medal from the Pan American Games.

Best continued to ride Gem Twist for several years with great success, including earning two silver medals at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. In 1989, Gem Twist was named the American Grand Prix Association Horse of the Year for the second time.

In 1990, he was named the "World's Best Horse" at the World Equestrian Games in Stockholm. Best injured his shoulder in 1992, however, and the ride was turned over to Leslie Burr Howard (then Leslie Burr Lenehan).