OAK Stables Boarding & Training Facility

06/19/2024

04/10/2024

Omg  what is with all the scamming people commenting on my stuff once again, do not buy any clothing item that is not posted by me directly. It is a scam. I feel like every time I turn around somebody else is doing it.

02/17/2024

A huge thank you to Cynthia & Jim Priebe for your generosity and donating items for our girls as we add and update our Show tack for our growing show team  it is ever so appreciated, and will be cherished  thank you so very much. 

02/15/2024

01/30/2024

Second show of the winter series Win-Seek Mountain Trail and Lessons girls did awesome great team work thank you for hosting another great show 😊 shout out to Danielle for spending her day helping us and taking wonderful pictures 

01/30/2024

our second show of our winter series for our show team was an awesome show this weekend we would not have been able to get there without the help of Kyle and the service team at Tri State Ford in East Liverpool huge shout out for giving us a loaner truck while our truck was in the shop in a pinch 

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12/28/2023

We took a few horses and lesson students on a field trip to Win-Seek Mountain Trail and Lessons every one did amazing and had a great time thank you Laura Wiencek for all of your help and sharing your beautiful facility and knowledge with this great group of students 😊

12/22/2023

Our annual Christmas party will be on January 6th starting at 3 o’clock

12/20/2023

June to November he is literally the size of a horse at 7months old!!!

12/03/2023

12/03/2023

Sebring Christmas parade with the littles 😊

11/25/2023

Thank you Win-Seek Mountain Trail and Lessons for hosting another great trail challenge super proud of Miss Willa in her peewee classes with two 1st places and our new horse breezy did superb getting two 1st places and two 3rd places for her first outing 😊

11/05/2023

2023 Columbiana county High Point awards ceremony. Congratulations to all my girls that got grand and reserve in each division. So proud of you all. you have put the hard work in looking forward to next year 😊

11/05/2023

I will never be able to describe the power of time spent cleaning stalls.

During this time I have made some of the biggest decisions in my life. I have silently walked my way, step by step, through some of the biggest disasters of my life. I have prayed, listened to sermons, and wrestled with God. I have cried my way through heartbreak and loss all while cleaning stalls. I’ve thrown bags of sawdust as I thought about all of the hard things going on in my life.

Each stall has oddly given me a place of comfort as I stood, fork in hand, feeling empty during the times I’ve felt alone. It has taught me to appreciate the serenity of the quiet. Realizing the ones in my life I can count on and the numerous people who are present only when convenient for themselves. I’ve enjoyed a free gym membership, as I’ve sculpted my back and shoulders sift by sift.

I understand that there are those who think us horse people should get “real” jobs. And that all we do is spend our days “playing” around. I’m genuinely sorry that you have never been exposed to a lifestyle that teaches you discipline, how to love unconditionally, put something other then yourself first, bust your butt for the things you want and need, kept humble by a 1200 lb animal, the real meaning of “hard work”, early mornings and late nights spent caring for something other than YOU. Those are things a “real job” will never give you.

Some of you haven’t cleaned stalls .....and it shows.

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11/01/2023

Our 3rd annual Halloween party in the books. Everybody had a great time. Thank you so much to everybody who helped set up.  wouldn’t have been able to do it without you guys. 

10/22/2023

Today, a few of our girls took Mr. blue to Auburn nursing home to visit some of the residence
and put a smile on everybody’s face. He even got an apple, and of course he took a little tiny bites, trying to make applesauce out of it. 

10/19/2023

Our annual Halloween party will be on Sunday October 29th starting at 4pm. Everyone is welcome we always have a great time, our lesson people are also invited and encouraged to join our costume class, if you choose to use a horse you can make them a costume to horses will be first come only

07/15/2023

We will have a few horses and ponies to do pony rides to raise funds for a great cause, come on out and support the cause and take a pony ride and lots of other great events, we will have a raffle drawing for a free lesson for anyone who does a pony ride as well !!!

06/26/2023

We have been super busy this summer The kids are doing awesome at the shows. Everybody is learning so much and learning new things. Super proud of all my show team girls. They are all doing so good and putting in 150% effort.

06/06/2023

So proud of the girls this weekend everyone did a great job, and took excellent care of the babies at the show 😊

05/14/2023

Recipe for raising a “horse girl”…….

You bring them home from the hospital and instead of keeping them home you let them breathe in the smell of horses every chance you get….

Then at a few months old you prop them up in the saddle and hold them there to just sit in the saddle….

When they are 3 they say they can’t pick up the horse’s hoof …you help them but then tell them they need to finish themselves…..

You let them lead the 23 yr old faithful gelding because leading the big horse makes them feel so proud….

At 4 yrs old you teach them that the horse depends on them for water, hay, grain….Dinner might be almost ready in the house, but ponies eat first …..

At 5 years old, when she falls off for the first time, you check to make sure nothings broken, wipe her tears, then you give her a leg up and tell her to get it done, because you KNOW she’s a great rider…..

At 10 years old when she doesn’t place in her class at the horse show and she’s falling apart, you ask her if her horse worked hard for her, and then you tell her that to her horse she is #1, and to keep riding, because her horse depends on her……

At 12 years old she comes home from school and tells you another kid said something mean at school to someone she knows. She then tells you she told that kid to shut their mouth and keep it to themselves…. Then she walked off with the kid that was being made fun of……

At 13 years old her friends at the barn are as close as siblings……they support her in her wins and her falls…..the barn has created relationships that are thicker than blood….

At 15 years old her first “boyfriend” breaks up with her ….. you can tell she is upset so you both head to the barn. She wraps her arms around her horse’s neck, breathes him in, and the tears flow. But you can see that resolve emerge when she’s cantering around the ring…. She tells you her horse is better than that boy any day.

You heard others say over the years…..

“Horses are too expensive!”
“She’s going to get sick from all the germs.”
“She’s going to fall off and get hurt.”
“She spends too much time at the barn.”

When she is a young woman and leaves your home, off on her next adventure, you head out to the barn. You thank her horses, you breathe them in, you wrap your arms around them because ….

Horses helped you to create a confident, self-assured, responsible, kind, nurturing, outdoors-loving, tough as nails, throws her shoulders back and stands tall, strong woman.

To all the parents raising “horse girls” keep going, you are giving them more than just riding lessons…..
Written by Kara LaBrie❤️

05/14/2023

We had a great show weekend the kids did amazing yesterday and everything ran smoothly as far as our organization went 😊 lil Beau did amazing at his first point show today as his trainer his behavior today speaks volumes. I am super proud of him. He was such a very well behaved little stud.  I cannot wait until he grows into himself 😊