CMH Equestrian

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!

And more importantly HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all the Thoroughbreds in the barn;

Zoey
Cal
Gemma
Bourbon
Carter
Flower
Moose
Loki
Rye
Levi

And in memory Ollie and Corelli

12/25/2025

Steph got the barn a new giant cart for Christmas! Feel free to use it, but under absolutely NO circumstances should scissors ever be shoved through the bottom to rub on the tires. (Photo in comment)

12/17/2025

Ayelet said she wanted to lesson ba****ck today. I said, “Sure! If you can do everything you would with a saddle.”

And she did.

12/07/2025

We had SO MUCH FUN participating in the Marengo Christmas Parade today! The ponies couldn’t have been better behaved!

11/28/2025

Season results are in! And I, once again, couldn’t be more thrilled with my horses and riders. We don’t show just to win ribbons, but as I always tell my riders, ribbons come when the hard work is put in!

Chase and Ducky were CHAMPIONS in the Special Hunters, RESERVE CHAMPIONS in the Intermedite Child/adult Jumpers, and fifth in Modified Child/Adult Hunters (a division they tried the very last show to push themselves).

Ashton and bourbon were CHAMPIONS in the Intermediate Child/Adult jumpers, and RESERVE CHAMPIONS in the Hopeful Jumper.

Ashton and Tommy were CHAMPIONS in the Modified Child/Adult Jumpers.

Lauren D and Ducky were CHAMPIONS in the Novice Hunter.

Lauren J/T and V were third in the Novice Hunters.

Kendall and V were fifth in the Hopeful Jumpers.

Ayelet and Cookie were CHAMPIONS in the Crossrails 12 and under, third in the Cross Rails Equitation, and third in the Future Jumpers.

Clara and Tommy were sixth in the Cross Rails 12 and Under, and RESERVE CHAMPIONS in the Cross Rails Equitation (beating Ayelet by only 0.2 points).

Maeve and Jasper were third in the Baby Hunters.

Claire and Carter were CHAMPIONS in the Intermediate Child/Adult Hunters, fourth in the Intermediate Child/Adult EQ, and RESERVE CHAMPIONS in the Modified Child/Adult Hunters

Emily and Zoey were third in both the Intermediate Child/Adult Hunters and Equitation.

And Jaden who catch rode Widget in only 2 shows finished fourth in the Short Stirrup/Limit adult hunters and third in the Short Stirrup/Limit adult Equitation

Every year my crew blows me away!

11/18/2025

STUDENTS!!

There will be no lessons the week between Christmas and New Years! Because riders pay for 4 lessons every month, regardless of if there are 4 or 5 lessons that month, invoices will remain the same for the month of December.

I will still be at the barn that week and those who own or lease are still more than welcome to be there. I do have a few horses left to lease if anyone is interested!

Sometimes we all need little breaks every now and then.

11/15/2025

Some of my newer young riders are still figuring out what they want to focus on with their equestrian education. So they’re trying everything! Even things that initially make them uncomfortable! So pleased I had the opportunity to dig out my kid’s side saddle for Destiny and Dallas to try last weekend!

11/04/2025

Exciting news!!!

KevyGo Riding is hosting a show on December 6th! And has invited us to join.

This is a great opportunity for riders who aren’t sure about the whole showing idea to have a chance to try it in a low stress atmosphere.

Spaces are limited and I will be prioritizing riders who don’t show at HEA so let me know if you’re interested as soon as possible!

11/03/2025

Every year, in November, I get sad that our show season is over.

And every year in November I look back at my riders through the year and am impressed with how far they have come.

I spent the last 15 minutes trying to individually praise all my riders and horses and I was only 1/4 of the way through my list. So i had to move on.

Everyone stepped up this season. Everyone improved more than i expected. I literally cannot praise everyone for everything snd the improvements they’ve made because there are far too many of them.

My riders are amazing and my horses are amazing.

11/01/2025

We showed up to (not pictured is Ashton and Bourbon, and Ayelet and Cookie, because they did a different height). Congrats to Chase and Ducky for winning the class, Lauren and Bourbon for getting fourth, Claire and Carter for getting fifth, and Edyn and Reba for their sixth.

10/17/2025

I hope everyone made it to the AQHA Congress for shopping and fun this year! If you haven’t yet the trade show goes on until 10/26!

Here’s a video of yours truly showing at Congress as a teenager. I won’t admit to my age or the year!

Max and I at the 2002 congress doing jumpers. BNeither of us had ever done a course this high, so its a lttle rough

10/11/2025

While I know she’s adorable and everyone will want to love on her, please don’t touch or go too near, the pony in the round pen. She’s a new arrival who came in with out vaccination records and an unknown history, so she’s in strict quarantine for a while.