Shadow Creek Farm , LLC

06/17/2024

Fathers day trail ride! Thankyou to all of our fathers at the barn! You all truly are a big help and bring the light for your students.

05/21/2024

This is a great deal!! Anyone looking to schedule a sitting please let me know and I can set it up with Eloedie for you!

05/20/2024

Summer Camp time is almost here! Both location are about 75 percent full(some weeks are 90% full). Get your kids registrations in today to ensure a fun filled summer!!! Activities include but not limited to daily lessons, trail ride, arts and crafts, demonstrations by vet and farrier, games, horsemanship, horsecare and water times.

04/16/2024

ISO two positions currently

Shadow Creek Farm is currently looking to add an instructor to our growing program at our Ridley Creek State Park facility. Applicant would be well educated in teaching beginner-advanced lessons in hunter and equitation(bonus if also in jumpers), be positive and encouraging in their teaching style and be a self starter. We attend several shows a month over the summer and at least one a month over the winter months.

We are also in search of additional head camp counselor to join our summer camp program 7 weeks starting mid June and ending mid August. Must be great with kids and teaching beginners through intermediate level riders. Applicant must be energetic and creative and ready to lead. This would be a great opportunity for a college student who is a good rider and pursuing a training career.

Please inquire for both to Corinne at 4439079999

03/03/2024

We have a few available stalls due to horses being sold and layups leaving.

Top quality facility and care! Indoor and outdoor arena, shows, clinics and several onsite trainers. Showing local-rated.

03/03/2024

🌹🌸🌻☘️☘️Spring Madness ☘️☘️🌻🌸🌹
We have a few available stalls due to horses being sold and layups leaving. Sign your board contract for March or April and your rate is discounted to 1100 a month instead of 1300.

Top quality facility and care! Indoor and outdoor arena, shows, clinics and several onsite trainers.

Open for full care board or working board

Shadow Creek Farm is a premier equestrian facility located in Chadds Ford, PA. We offer 29 stalls that are 12x12’s matted stalls with shavings. We have three indoor wash stalls with hot and cold water as well as fans. A outdoor wash stall with cold water. Along with five grooming areas, one featuring a electro groom vacumn available. Heated and air conditioned tack room with a sink, washer, and dryer. We also have a heated bathroom available, as long with a heated and air conditioned lounge including a microwave and fridge. Featuring a 100x300 indoor arena with top of the line fiber footing and a full course of jumps as well as plenty of hacking space. We offer plenty of trails in the woods along with hacking on numerous crop fields. We have 3 split board pastored along with 12 electric fence paddocks. We also currently offer two round pens available for grazing and lunging. Our fields are gender separated, along with having solar water troughs in all of them. We feed top quality feed and hay. We never charge extra for nightly blanket changing, fly spraying, and giving supplements. We currently offer five trainers in a array of disciplines. Lessons/Training/Sales/Consignments and Layups all welcome. For information and to scheduled a visit please call Corinne Deans at (443)907-9999 or send a pm.

03/02/2024

Happy Pig day Pua! Aka Piggy Smalls!

02/27/2024

Looking for something fun for your kid to do over spring break. Join us for a spring break camp! Located at our Ridley Creek State Park facility.

Open for full care board or working board

Shadow Creek Farm is a premier equestrian facility located in Chadds Ford, PA. We offer 29 stalls that are 12x12’s matted stalls with shavings. We have three indoor wash stalls with hot and cold water as well as fans. A outdoor wash stall with cold water. Along with five grooming areas, one featuring a electro groom vacumn available. Heated and air conditioned tack room with a sink, washer, and dryer. We also have a heated bathroom available, as long with a heated and air conditioned lounge including a microwave and fridge. Featuring a 100x300 indoor arena with top of the line fiber footing and a full course of jumps as well as plenty of hacking space. We offer plenty of trails in the woods along with hacking on numerous crop fields. We have 3 split board pastored along with 12 electric fence paddocks. We also currently offer two round pens available for grazing and lunging. Our fields are gender separated, along with having solar water troughs in all of them. We feed top quality feed and hay. We never charge extra for nightly blanket changing, fly spraying, and giving supplements. We currently offer five trainers in a array of disciplines. Lessons/Training/Sales/Consignments and Layups all welcome. For information and to scheduled a visit please call Corinne Deans at (443)907-9999 or send a pm.

02/24/2024

We love our lesson horses!

By Maddy Brown
One of my biggest frustrations in this industry is the lack of understanding and consideration for the role that lesson horses play. So often, I see riders complaining about lesson horses for a huge variety of reasons: for their perceived lack of quality or value, for having to ride one they don’t like, for not getting to ride the one they do like, for their trainer not having enough lesson horses, or for the lesson horses not being available at their convenience when their personal horse is out of commission. I’ve dealt with all of the above and I know I’ll continue to do so, but I think it’s important that people understand the reality of lesson horses, and that’s that they aren’t here for your kid to ride forever and climb the levels with your one or two lesson a week commitment. They’re here to get you started, safely and productively, while you decide just how far you want to take this.

Lesson horses are incredibly special creatures. They have to be easily caught by beginners who don’t know how to properly approach a prey animal. They have to stand like statues on the crossties while tiny kids take the better part of an hour to get them clean. They have to hold their head still while beginners jam the bit into their teeth for the fiftieth time in a row to put the bridle on. They have to stand still at the mounting block while someone stands for too long with all their weight in the left stirrup and then slams down on their back with no consideration for their comfort. They tolerantly teach riders who are unbalanced, uncoordinated, and unclear, who catch their mouths and bounce on their backs and kick at their sides, and every single time, they are expected to just come again without so much as a swish of their tail or pinning of their ears. And any time one of these horses has a moment where they act like a regular horse or force the rider to really ride, they’re labeled annoying or rude or bad or lazy or whatever.

Lesson horses are not intended to take you up the levels and jump big jumps and win all the classes. If these horses were this beginner-friendly and this tolerant AND the hack winner with an auto lead change, you couldn’t afford them! That’s not to say these horses can’t be winners if you ride them well and pull your weight, but their ability to win in the show ring is not where their real value lies. Lesson horses exist to bring new riders into the sport. To teach them the ropes and get them started, lay a foundation and prepare them to make a bigger commitment to the sport by leasing or purchasing the next step horse. Lesson horses are not responsible for chasing your Olympic dreams for you. They’re responsible for getting them started in the first place. For riders to act like a lesson horse isn’t valuable because he isn’t the winner in any company is ignorant and unfair.

Every horse you ride has something to teach you. Whether it’s the crotchety old school pony who likes to root when you’re not paying attention, or the younger lesson horse who will only pick up the right lead if you ask *just right*, or the ultra reliable skip-change king, they all will add to your toolkit that you can one day apply to the fancier model you get to take you to the next level. Don’t forget about all the lessons you learn along the way and remember that without lesson horses, you wouldn’t be riding at all!

**Thank you so much for all of the shares!! The fact that this took off the way it did shows that people love and appreciate their lesson horses, as they should!! If you wish to share my words with your own photo, I would really appreciate being given author credit. Thank you!**

02/11/2024

Dont forget to sign up to join us for a wonderful day of showing this Saturday 2/17! Quility judge, lovely facility with great footing and amazing prizes!! Sign up today!!!

USHJA
PHSA
M&S League

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02/06/2024

Attention attention!! More Chadds Ford Camp dates have been released. Sign up now before they are all full!

June 17th-21st
July 8th-12th
July 15th-19th only 10 spots remaining
August 5th-9th

01/28/2024

Just around the corner!

Join us!

Don't forget - our very first 'Fix A Course' is scheduled for next Saturday February 3rd with Beth Spatz!

Come get a warm up for our very first Snow Cap show on February 17th!

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01/22/2024

Come earn points for 3 associations at fun show with an excellent facility!

Full Prize list can be found here.

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01/22/2024

Join us!

Don't forget - our very first 'Fix A Course' is scheduled for next Saturday February 3rd with Beth Spatz!

Come get a warm up for our very first Snow Cap show on February 17th!

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01/19/2024

It’s cold and snowy out there! We will be postponing our Fix a Show till 2/3. Stay safe and warm!

01/15/2024

Are you dreading riding outside this week? Afraid of getting windburn on your face or frozen fingers? But we are not. We are nice and toasty in both of our indoors. We do offer indoor arena rentals for anyone looking to stay out of the harsh winter weather, and ride in the warmth. Full set of jumps at both facilities.

01/15/2024

We are back! Need something for your kids to do this summer? Want them outside and in nature instead of glued to a iPad? Send them to Horse camp! They can enjoy as many weeks as they want learning to ride and care for horses, arts and crafts, nature trails, horsemanship, and much much more! Demonstrations by vets, farrier, chiropractors, judge’s, equine nutritionists and so much more. Ridley Creek State Park location and our Chadds Ford Location have opened up more weeks and most are already over half full! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to get your kid involed!!

Its OFFICIAL!!! The dates for 2024 have been released!! Check below to find the dates that work best for you! Every year our camp is a HUGE success and we are expecting nothing but the best summer again this year!

01/14/2024

Super proud of all of our students at the Awards for Triangle Series last night. Job well done to a great group of riders and team.

01/11/2024

Come join us for a fun filled day of learning!
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