Empire Pony Pals

11/04/2024

Hmmm….maybe next year?

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11/03/2024

Duncan and Nugget are with their Pals to today in downtown Sutton’s Bay! We are here supporting their parent’s Pediatric clinic event until 3 today!
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11/02/2024

11/02/2024

Wow! What day for our Pony Pal Performance and family picnic! This caps off a summer and fall of hard work by these kids, learning all about horses, their care, understanding them and working with our Mini’s they performed for their family and friends today and we couldn’t be prouder of them and how well they did! Looking forward to spring when we start up again!

10/30/2024

We are in our final week of the season for our Pony Pals! They’ve been working hard on learning their first routine and are doing so well! Looking forward to their performance this Saturday for their families and then exciting things in store for Spring!
Our Leelanau School kids continue until Christmas break.

10/27/2024

C’mon out from 4-6 at Bayview Church corner of Division and Waterfront for Trunk or Treat! Gracie and Duncan are here!

10/23/2024

After a whirlwind weekend, we finished this weeks Pony Pals with our The Leelanau School kids back after break. They learned about horse types, breeds, color patterns and markings, followed with grooming and beginning ground work with Champ and Ginzy.
Our littles practiced their routine with mini’s that just wanted to eat grass!

10/19/2024

What a GREAT day with the Pony Pals! We are nearing the end of the season and having our farm sleepover with the Pals! Today started with a wagon ride with Wilson’s gorgeous Percherons, then a pizza party back at the farm, craft time painting paddock plaques for the ponies, riding lesson on Champ and movie time watching The Black Stallion.

10/13/2024

Our Mini herd is complete! This past week saw the arrival of our sweet girl mini’s! Welcome Lorelei, Annie, Mandy Twinkeltoes, Brenda and Peggy Sue. They came to us as rescues from Michigan Humane, just like Alex and Napoleon.
They will settle in over the winter and begin with our Pony Pal program next spring.
As always, if you’d like to support our rescued minis and our kids programs, we appreciate it!

https://gofund.me/455cbe64

10/02/2024

We had a great day at Empire Pony Pals today! Our Leelanau School kids learned about safety around horses and how to catch, halter and lead. We also had a horse chiropractic demonstration by Dr. Lisa Melling, DVM. This is the also the first time our young kids were all together in the same day with all the ponies! We were able to practice their performance routine all the way through. They all did great!

09/17/2024

Meet Chloe, the Clubhouse Kitty!
She lives in our Pony Pal Clubhouse and is a favorite amongst our farm visitors. Chloe is a rescue and is about 13 years old. We are thankful to have her as part of our crew. She loves the attention all the kids give her!

09/17/2024

Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful.

09/13/2024

Just brought home our two newest Mini horses to add to the herd. Meet Duncan and Grace! They came to us from Saving Grace rescue and we couldn’t be happier to have them!
If you’d like to help support our efforts to give rescued horses a good home and provide our programs for kids, please visit our GoFundMe page or buy some merch from our website!
www.empirehillsfarm.net

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08/21/2024

We’ve been busy at Empire Pony Pals!
Our new little ‘Nugget’ arrived to join the others and the kids are working on maneuvers for our performance team. Their handling skills keep improving and the horses are getting the hang of it too!
If you’d like to help us with our rescue minis, please visit our GoFundMe page!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-rehabilitate-our-new-mini-horses-alvin-and-theodore?utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&attribution_id=sl%3A1df570ea-5287-493d-beec-d158f1e7ddba

07/31/2024

This week saw some new Pals joining the fun, and we are working on new Minis to join our herd. We went downstate to visit Grace and Duncan, who we would like to adopt. In class, we learned new maneuvers of lunging and backing up. The kids continue to amaze us with how great they are doing.

07/24/2024

Another wonderful week with the Empire Pony Pals! The Pals got to work with Alvin and Theodore, our two newest mini’s, and everyone did a great job. We learned about horse health and first aid, and had time to work on basic in-hand maneuvers in the paddock.

07/15/2024

Look at this adorable Pal in her great gear!