Stone Field Stables

10/15/2022

Let your daughters grow up to be horse girls.

Let her room be messy and her clothes be torn. Let her barns be spotless and her horses shine. Let her be first up in the morning and the last in from outdoors at night. Let her forget breakfast and skip dinners and have flat sandwiches on white bread, gripped in dirty hands. Let her horse share the sandwiches.

Let the kids at school call her 'horse girl' as an insult and let her screen saver tell them she accepts the name with pride. Let her miss class for a show. Let her miss a show for the vet. Let her cry when she wins and cry when she loses. Let her make best friends and make worst enemies and fall off and get back on and fall off again. Let her be the one they put on the crazy ponies. Let her ride every day. Then let her have a second horse. And a third.

And when the going gets rough, let yourself relax. Horse girls become horsewomen and horsewomen don't give up.

- Angelina Vita

05/10/2022

04/04/2022

Elvis Presly had around 20 horses during his lifetime. He bought horses for his friends and bodyguards, It didn't matter if they wanted one or not, they were getting a horse!
Elvis got into horses like he got into everything; he eased into it right over the top. Elvis cared deeply after his horses.
After a hard ride, Elvis would walk his horse three times longer than necessary to cool him out, just to be sure the horse was safe to return to pasture. He was fastidious about the barn area, and personally marked each person's tack hook and stall … Daddy's, Priscilla's, Mine… The labels remain in the barn to this day.

One of his favourite breeds was Tennessee Walking horse. The last horse he purchased, passed away in 2005 at the age of 32 years old, a Tannessee Walking stallion named Ebony's Double purchased in 1975. While, one of his horses, Mare Ingram lived to the age of 50!

His personal mount was a Rising Sun, a big, beautiful palomino Quarter Horse.

Sometimes Elvis would ride down to the gates of Graceland and show off for his fans, sit and chat from the saddle, and sign autographs. Then to their gasping admiration, he'd take off on Rising Sun at a dead gallop back towards the barn. Elvis was so attached to Bear, a Tennessee Walking Horse, that when the horse died while Elvis was on tour, no one would tell him until he got home, fearing how the news would devastate him.

03/24/2022

Our hearts go out to our dear friend Corrine’s family and friends in this sad time. She was always a smiling face and a helping hand. Rest In Peace beautiful Angel😥

03/15/2022

BY PONYMOMAMMY I am firmly in the camp of never blaming the horse/pony when things go wrong. This concept has been engrained in me since I first put a foot in the stirrup, and I hold strong to that belief today.  Sometimes I wonder if this mentality is universal for all equestrians, and if it […]

03/06/2022

HORSES AT WAR. How we handle.

To understand the situation I need to give you short review of Ukrainian horse-world. So, we have:
🏇 top sports horses and riders / stud farms. Those people are rich enough to secure their horses. Who was clever enough took the horses out of Ukraine first days of the invasion. Some people hesitated and now their horses got stuck in Ukraine because of war actions. Main request from them is evacuation (transport only). Equestrian Federation of Ukraine is working to gain international support for them.
🏇 Private hobby horses. The owners didn’t think of evacuation mostly or postponed the decision as they do not have funds to keep horses abroad for a long time. Lots of them lost their jobs. These horses stay in Ukraine, some moved to border. So, here the funds for food and free shelter abroad are needed.
🏇 Horse riding schools / recreation stables / horse therapy. Very low-margin business where owners are also grooms and coaches as well. Our stable belongs to this group. We are not members of Equestrian Federation. We have small savings and our horses have no commercial or breeding value. So we don’t have funds for evacuation and keeping horses abroad for long. The options we have: 1) to keep horses locally hoping to survive war; 2) to find sponsor for evacuation; 3) to loose horses and hope for best. For now we still stick to option 1 and ask to support us with food for horses (we still can buy locally) and team (salary, food, mobile internet to be in touch). Maybe we survive till truce or piece comes. If too dangerous to stay we’ll move to option 2 and 3.

As of today hippodrome in Kyiv is not shot with rockets and bombs. People and horses are safe. There about 400 horses at hippodrome. Horses belong to riding schools, clubs, private owners, state stud farms.

Our school has 10 horses: 8 school horses and 2 private hobby horses. One groom is staying with them. Food supply is enough for several days.

To help us you can DM. To help other stables or verify other help requests you can contact and

02/16/2022

Ce matin du 15 Février 2022, une étoile s’en est allée briller vers le ciel … DIAMANT DE SEMILLY s’est éteint lors de sa sortie quotidienne au paddock où il profitait d’une retraite choyée.

Même si à 31 ans, nous pouvions nous attendre à cette inévitable séparation et même si nous en avons vécu d’autres par le passé, le choc émotionnel n’en reste pas moindre. Certaines pages de l’Histoire sont plus difficiles à tourner que d’autres… car cette force de la nature n’était pas un cheval comme les autres : il était devenu un membre de notre famille et nos vies étaient profondément liées…
Que de souvenirs en plus de trente ans … un tourbillon de flash-back déferle tel un tsunami d’émotions… tes premiers biberons, ton charisme qui te différenciait des autres, tes victoires, de grands moments de stress vécus à tes côtés, les larmes de bonheur avec l’Or aux Jeux Equestres Mondiaux de Jerez, les moments suspendus à ton souffle au cours de tes 3 opérations de coliques il y a 14 ans, ton sacre de Meilleur Etalon Mondial en 2015 à l’aube du décès de Germain où tu lui as fait son ultime et plus beau cadeau… Deux étoiles vont briller un peu plus que d’autres dans le ciel de notre cœur ce soir…

Ce soir dans ton box, la caméra de surveillance restera éteinte… Le rideau est tombé sur plus de trente ans de vie commune mais un destin commun reste scellé entre nous pour l’éternité.

Ce n’est pas la page de l’histoire d’un cheval qui se tourne, c’est une Histoire extraordinaire qui s’est écrite avec toi et continuera de s’écrire grâce à toi.
Tu as changé le destin de notre vie. Au travers de ta production, tu as également marqué les vies de beaucoup de personnes, éleveurs, cavaliers, propriétaires… qui ont eu la chance de pouvoir apprécier les nombreuses qualités de tes produits, notamment force, courage et volonté de bien faire qui font la différence. Tu as ainsi marqué de ton empreinte le Monde du Cheval de Sport et pour tout ça :
MERCI DIAMANT
MERCI INFINIMENT POUR TOUT !
TU RESTERAS A TOUT JAMAIS DANS NOTRE CŒUR ET DANS L’HISTOIRE

02/08/2022

After some major cleaning and renovations will be reopening our doors April 1. We are excited to be welcoming an International Grand Prix Rider to our lineup of trainers. Please contact for information on our full service program.

02/08/2022

Lessons are in session at Stone Field please contact Bille or Thomas at (352) 502-2517 to get on the schedule. We look foreword to seeing everyone!

01/25/2022

From Day one of breaking ground for the main barn at Stone Field every detail was planned and every piece of building was overseen and even hands on built by Bille and a team of her cousins and great friends…..

The making of Stone Field Stables

01/12/2022

How about a little Transformation Tuesday for you...same kid, same pony - five years apart! The photo on the left is from Lamplight Equestrian Center during Equifest and the Short Stirrup division. The photo on the right is from the World Equestrian Center in Ocala and was her performance during the National Anthem prior to the Grand Prix!!!

12/21/2021

BY PONYMOMAMMY If you ride horses for long enough, you will fall off at some point. It’s inevitable. Horses and ponies will give you an ego check when you are least expecting it. I’ve had several moms (some new to the pony mom scene, and some who are fellow ammy’s) ask me recently about how [....

12/01/2021

Start planning your visit to Stone Field South this winter- just a quick drive over to WEC, Disney, beautiful beaches, St.Augustine, and lots of other Florida attractions.

No snow here!

Spend a magical day at World Equestrian Center - Ocala, Florida! Experience extraordinary athletes in top competition, family-friendly events, live music, lu...

11/27/2021

Some equestrians are lucky enough to start riding as a child. They've grown up on the back of a horse and it's forever changed their lives. It's true...